Beck's rant on "some" cap and trade supporters: "dumbest people" to walk Earth, "greedy," "wicked," "treasonous"
June 26, 2009 2:18 pm ET
From the June 26 edition of Premiere Radio Network's Glenn Beck Program:
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Just a note. "Presently" means "soon," not "at the present time."
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The dumbest people that walk the Earth... are those that think you are worth watching!!!!!
Glenn you forgot to mention That Peabody Coal contributed $250,000 to the Conservative Party 527 Group to fight Cap & Trade. Lets see your list of big polluters that are fighting Cap & Trade that benefit from it not passing.
Your boss Rupert Murdoch has been in bed with Communist China's Leaders for years so why would anyone expect them to be for anything he's not.
Whether its fashion design {Mikey Savage Wiener}, education {Sean Hannity}, energy {Glenn Beck}, morality {Rush Limpballs}, or just about everything else {Bill O'Reilly}, there's no specific educational level or even experience in your field required for your area of expertise . . . all you need is a microphone, a billionaire bankroller, and about a half million brain-dead listeners -- you're on your way!
For more information, contact Rupert Murdoch, c/o the NewsCorp Building, NYC.
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Wait... when did the Republicans start supporting cap and trade?!
What Beck's listeners don't know is that China and India represent the biggest threats to the environment today. Beck's talking about India like it needs to raise itself out of poverty; it already is doing so. The problem is that it's doing so in the direction that the West did. The same goes for China. And that's a problem. Between the two nations, they hold almost half of the world's population. If they all suburbanize, that means a lot more traffic-jammed commuters, which will worsen the pollution problem beyond repair. Progress must not include the same mistakes that were made in North America.
The governor was advocating a global approach to a global pollution problem. Solving the pollution problem in the West will require drastic societal adjustments. The governor was saying that if China and India are not brought on board, then any sacrifices that America makes will be rendered completely meaningless.
Also, if Beck thinks the debt to China is so bad, then he should tell people to start checking for country-of-manufacture or just plain stop shopping at Walmart.
The House of Representatives Friday approved a milestone energy and climate change bill that would curb greenhouse gasses omitted by industry and agriculture.
The vote was 219-212.
At least eight Republicans sided with Democrats on the plan
I got this tidbit from fox website
According to the UN, without Waxman-Markey the warming from 1990 to 2050 would be 2.8ºF, and 5.3º by 2100. (Of course, observed warming since 1990 is running about 40 percent below the expected rate, largely because there hasn't been any net warming since the very warm year of 1998.)
If the U.S. only adopts Waxman-Markey, global warming would be reduced by a grand total of 0.2ºF by 2100. This is too small to even detect, because global temperatures bounce around by about this amount every year. For those who like to think more near-term, the amount of warming prevented by 2050 would be 0.07 of a degree.
You tell me if this is the time when we are in a recession and losing jobs every day to pass any legeslation that would cost more job and add energy cost to all.
I think the whole bill is a farce. And I think the Congress who Voted yes on this bill are idiots.