Obama to visit Florida Everglades on Earth Day — to talk about climate change

Washington Post ^ | 4/18/15 | Chris Mooney

[Qiviut]

I read an article way back (do not remember the source) that The Mooch did an interview in her early marriage years and one of the things she was whining about was not being able to get pregnant. Supposedly this was published somewhere, but like most of the relevant details of Obola’s life, it has disappeared. I personally think a DNA test ... for the girls AND Obola himself, might be enlightening.

[MeshugeMikey]

I CAN ALMOST SEE THE HEADLINES NOW!

[Rebelbase]

Our idiot in chief would be better off addressing the invasive species invasion in the Everglades.

Besides the Pythons there are no 4-5' long South American lizards in breeding populations.

[SandRat]

Will that Over-Sized SWAMP GATOR find him?

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Hope the skeeters are plentiful and hungry!

[Leep]

Is Obama “for” or “against”?

If it involves a pipe line..he is probably against it.

[FrankR]

Just mount his teleprompters in front of a pool of quicksand.

[haircutter]

To answer a posters question....DOES HE EVER SPEND ANY TIME WITH HIS KIDS???

lol, only when he needs a photo op...then he drags out his two daughters...He spends more time with Valeria Jarrett...she even lives in the family quarters in the WH. strange don't ya think???

He is going to Florida simple so he can go golfing after a 15 min. prepared speech, read from a teleprompter, so tax payers can pay for it...

note to obama’s...we are wise to you and it didn't take six plus years...

[tbpiper]

We have pythons down there now, too.

[Mercat]

Years ago my parents went to the Everglades. My dad said he didn’t understand the big deal about it. It was a swamp. Mr. M and I went in February. My dad was right. We canoed (by ourselves not a guided tour) half a day into the mangroves and we saw lots of mangroves and that’s pretty much it. Then we road our bikes several miles on a trail through the mangroves and other trees and say pretty much nothing but mangroves and swampy ground. I’m sure it’s important to Florida tourism and I apologize if I’m insulting any Floridian freepers but Florida is way overrated. I don’t feel compelled to ever go again.

[DaveA37]

When visiting the swamp, perhaps he will meet up with one of those long abandoned anaconda snakes and the two can shake hands.

[Mastador1]

Somebody put a call in to Wally Gator, we need a little help in the glades.

[molson209]

I hope the Alligators are Hungry

[Ragnar54]

“The Everglades is one of the most special places in our country,” the president said. “But it’s also one of the most fragile. Rising sea levels are putting a national treasure — and an economic engine for the South Florida tourism industry — at risk.”

An extremist, anti-government organization called NOAA has this to say about rising sea levels:

Mean Sea Level Trend Key West, Florida

"The mean sea level trend is 2.31 millimeters/year with a 95% confidence interval of +/- 0.15 mm/yr based on monthly mean sea level data from 1913 to 2013 which is equivalent to a change of 0.76 feet in 100 years."

So yes, the sea level is rising. Anyone with a house within 0.76 feet of high tide should plan on relocating within the next 100 years. Clearly this is an emergency requiring a major tax increase.

Of course, "high water events" do occur in Key West, per hurricanecity.com:

Key west,Florida's history with tropical systems

My grandfather lost his house in Key West due to a hurricane in 1909. He rebuilt on the same spot. He was angry and decided to use wooden pegs instead of nails. When we visited the Keys after the turn of the millenium, the house looked the same (except in color) as the old family photographs. But in those days, people did not build on the shore and then expect a government handout when disaster struck.

[liberalh8ter]

In order to get a real feel for the Everglades, you really need to do it by airboat. A good airboat guide can take you out to the heart of it all. Birds, gators, frogs; even the old camps that are grandfathered in and have been handed down from generation to generation. Once you see that, you get a feel for what it really is.

As a disclaimer, I'm a native Floridian. On the one hand, that might make me impartial but on the other, I'm used to mangroves and swamps so even for me, the Everglades is special.

[SoFloFreeper]

The Everglades provides fresh water for the lower part of the state.

Floridians are capable and willing to care for it; the federal government (especially under Valerie) isn’t needed to care for the place.

[Tigerized]

As a footnote...Does he spend any time with his kids?

He probably would, if he had any. Those rental units acquired as set dressing don't count.

[SoFloFreeper]

The Everglades provides fresh water for the lower part of the state.

Floridians are capable and willing to care for it; the federal government (especially under Valerie) isn’t needed to care for the place.

[AlphaOneAlpha]

If we get lucky, the slug gets lost in the Everglades and eaten by a gator.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***“The Everglades is one of the most special places in our country,” the president said. “But it’s also one of the most fragile.***

Bunk. About fifty years ago the Everglades were so dry everyone said the ONLY thing that could save them was a hurricane.
The Everglades are STILL with us!