Majority Whip Blunt: If I Stay In Charge, Congress Won’t ‘Do Anything Meaningful’ On Climate Change
Majority Whip Blunt: If I Stay In Charge, Congress Won’t ‘Do Anything Meaningful’ On Climate Change
Today in Energy and Environment Daily (sub. req’d), House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) said that if he remains in power after the November elections, there will be no action on global warming for the entire 110th Congress:
Continued Republican House and Senate majorities would likely mean more of the same on climate. House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said he would oppose global warming mandates if Republicans control the 110th Congress. “I think the information is not adequate yet for us to do anything meaningful,” he said.
Actually, thousands of scientists have agreed that global warming is real, humans are responsible for much of it and, unless steps are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, there will be extremely serious consequences.
61 House members – including Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA) – understand this and have co-sponsored Rep. Henry Waxman’s Safe Climate Act. Waxman’s bill is a serious and practical effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. You can find more information of the Safe Climate Act here.
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Well America, you know what you have to do.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:32 amAre they giving the Dems these talking points on purpose? Repubs: “We have done nothing while in power and will continue to do so. Look forward to your vote.”
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:34 amI await the long, dreaded “cut and paste” from sam/craig/sexion/whomever
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:37 amWhy Why Why???
I don’t get it……There is nothing in the Bible about Global Warming
There is nothing about global warming that empowers terrorists against us…..
There is nothing liberal about global warming….
Other than pleasing big industry and big oil, I haven’t heard a single reasonable explanation for the republican attitude towards gloal warming
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:37 amTo be blunt to you Rep. Blunt > you need to resign from the House today, so tender your resignation immediately!
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:39 amWell honestly, they can’t be the “Do-Nothing” Congress if they actually do something, now can they?
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:41 am“I think the information is not adequate yet for us to do anything meaningful,†he said.
The only appropriate time for this statement was before the invasion of Iraq.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:45 amI am ok with this. The less he does, the better.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:45 am928 scientists is NOT enough to do something about GW….
….but one or two “sources” (Chalabi and one tortured former Iraq cabinet offical) used in the lead up to the Iraq War was more than enough for the Republicans and Bush to justify military action against Iraq
I get it……its just a massive Corporate Protection Racket…..
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:45 amThe long range forecast is for continued 100 degree weather in Washington D.C. until November, then light to moderate dust storms. Congressman Blunt can be reached for comment while cooking eggs on the sidewalk outside the capitol building.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:46 amOther than pleasing big industry and big oil, I haven’t heard a single reasonable explanation for the republican attitude towards gloal warming
Comment by Jebus loves me — August 2, 2006 @ 11:37 am
The core objection is that it might cost an awful lot of money. However, if you consider risk and do a modest cost benefit analysis, including those risks, this does not appear to be the case. Sweden already generates 25% of it’s electricity from renewables and it has a great economy, similar growth to the US and social services so good that it’d make you guys faint, and yet people still work, freaky, huh?
The “black helicopter” conspiracy, is that it is an effort by the unified global network of eco terra-ists to slow US growth. Not a bad idea really given the US is the biggest per capita polluter, but I never given much credence to conspiracy theories.
Given that we “don’t know enough” (translation : I’m not convinced) we should take no action. That seems to be it in an … aha …. “nut” shell:-)
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:48 amI think we’re too ignorant to do anything meaningful.
Dems, you have your campaign commercial.
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:53 amOf course Global Warming is real , Bush wishes to ignore this as he can kill more desert and tropical populations
Think of why Bush chooses to ignore things not just money there has to be death in the equation
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:56 amOf course Global Warming is real , Bush wishes to ignore this as he can kill more desert and tropical populations
Think of why Bush chooses to ignore things not just money there has to be death in the equation
Comment by Tobey Tall — August 2, 2006 @ 11:56 am
Mind you, gallows humour, if he was really sensible, he’d let the global warming kill them for him. I believe that is what you chaps call a “tufer”?
Gee, I guess he really thinks it won’t happen, huh?
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:00 pmI think Republican speech-writers are rebelling or something. I can think of a hundred ways to say what he meant without leaving the door wide open for the “do-nothing congress” comments! It’s definitely working out for us, though.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:01 pmI think his evil wavy eyebrows hijacked his body
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:02 pmObviously the repubs have decided that big business (especially oil producers) will continue to support them if they do nothing about global warming. The failed logic we’ll see prior to the election will be that “Global warming is disputed by science and any action to curtail something that may not exist will result in many, many (like a zillion) jobs of low income wager earners being lost forever and ever, praise the oil fields of Iraq!”
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:02 pmthat’s the spirit, ray!!!
quite the campaign slogan for ray:
I DO NOTHING AND AM PROUD OF IT
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:02 pmI don’t get it……There is nothing in the Bible about Global Warming …
Because any discussion of global warming makes the Baby Jesus cry.
More Agitprop Whinycons here.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:03 pm#16
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:07 pmSomehow he reminds me of Blair.
Maybe he is tired of the B.S. in Washington and this is his face saving way of getting out.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:08 pmOh my God do they ever lie.
All of them: Big Auto, Big Oil, BushCo, Pennzoil and Havoline and Saudi Arabia and crusty Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and the oil lobbyists and lackey scientists working for the Department of Energy and all the rest, on down the line and right up to your garage door.
Lie lie lie lie lie like evil little ratdogs because they are, after all, corporate greedmonkeys and war profiteers and duplicitous oil-sucking cretins (is that too polite?) who would eat their own mother’s heart for a notable uptick in share/barrel price. Nevertheless, it’s always a bit of a jolt when you see it all up close and personal and they basically rub it in your face.
Just look. Look over here. It’s a new sports car. It’s a new sports car that looks deliciously like a Lotus Elise and reportedly drives like Michael Schumacher’s wet dream and goes from zero to 60 in about four seconds with so much torque and freakishly instantaneous power it makes the gods swoon.
This car, it has a top speed of 130 mph. It has a range of 250 miles. It also has GPS navigation and air-conditioning and air bags and it surely will come with a very badass sound system. It has heated seats and (I presume) iPod integration and Bluetooth. You know, just like a real car.
Oh, and by the way, this car? It’s completely silent. It is 100-percent emissions-free. Doesn’t even have a tailpipe. Because it has no internal combustion engine of any kind.
It’s not a hybrid. It’s pure electric, powered by a “3-phase, 4-pole AC induction motor,” which I’m sure is rather impressive if you know what the hell it means. But it means one thing for certain: The only oil in this car is in the buffing fluid for the leather seats.
Lick My Silent Sports Car
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:08 pmHow much has Big Auto lied? Take a drive in this four-wheel electric orgasm, and find out
By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
But they lie, most of all, about how much we still require foreign oil, because these billion-dollar corporations claim they can’t possibly afford to develop sufficiently advanced technology in your lifetime to create a 100-percent emissions-free, oil-free, ultragreen vehicle that still has all the comforts and performance of a regular car.
Nice pipe dream, they say. Here, have a bloated SUV, they say. Sorry about all your dead kids in Iraq, they add, smirking like a chimp and blowing their noses into a big pile of Halliburton profits.
Did you already know? Did part of you suspect that we could be, if we were directing our country’s massive resources at all correctly, already mass-producing the technology that could quickly wean us from our dependence on foreign petroleum?
Did you already calculate that if even a fraction of the $300 billion — a truly staggering amount — we’ve wasted on BushCo’s failed and disgusting war could have gone to revolutionizing our nation’s energy infrastructure (like, say, funding large-scale development of the Roadster’s technology), instead of annihilating a pip-squeak nonthreatening nation over its oil reserves while simultaneously serving as the most successful terrorist-recruitment poster in world history, the United States could be considered the epicenter of integrity and invention once again? Of course you did.
But oh wait. Such an obvious, lucid redirection of resources and ideology would require someone with true vision in the White House. Someone with integrity. And intelligence. And fearlessness. And an articulate understanding of complex ideas. And a Congress to match. Never mind.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:11 pmI don’t get it……There is nothing in the Bible about Global Warming …
yes, there is not. the earth was created by god 6000 years ago so it hasn’t changed much at all. global warming would mean that god made a mistake, and we all know that that is impossible.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:11 pmHe doesn’t get how hot it is when he spends his time in his expensive house with air conditioning on all the time. Or is gas guzzling vehicle with the A/C on.
And when he looks at the weather map, all the red he sees he takes as representing the plotical shift of the country as being Republican.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:13 pmRoy Blunt:
Paid puppet moron of the corporate interests that are melting polar ice. Blunt will be responsible when Miami is underwater.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:15 pm“We only use inadequate information to do mean things like denying equal protection under the law to homosexuals, banning flag burning, denying stem cell research funds, torturing, and most importantly starting wars. Vote for us!”
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:17 pm“We promise not to do anything meaningful about climate change and we’re going to do our darnedest to destroy Social Security, too. We’re the Republican Party. Please put us out of our misery.”
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:32 pmJust wait until kansas and iowa are as dry as the sahara and they are growing wheat and corn in siberia. Do they think the russians will sell us food at huge discounts the way we did in the 70’s? I don’t think any of them have really sat down and thought about climate change and what it means. It isn’t just getting warmer, weather patterns are shifting, and from what I’ve seen the changes do not favor the U.S.Everyone else on the planet can see the oncoming train. Why can’t the repugnacans?
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:34 pmLoud and clear. Thank you Roy. Every time you open your mouth, you shove in your leg. It’s a great help and I, for one, want to thank you for it.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:38 pmThe do-nothing republican congress can’t see passed their nose. It is time to boot them out of congress in November.
November can’t come soon enough.
GO DEMS GO!!!!
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:39 pmRoy Blunt. Republican elected in 1996 from the Ozark Mountains of Missouri whose backward district is one of the most republican in the state. Its the Show Me state, remember? Evidently he ain’t seen shit yet.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:40 pm#29 Ckerst
Everyone else on the planet can see the oncoming train. Why can’t the repugnacans?
It’s because they have absolutely no foresight and they can’t understand the relationship between cause and effect. It’s a nebulous concept to them. Things just happen. If good things happen, they take credit for them. If bad things happen, it’s Clinton’s fault.
And the other reason is that they just don’t give a rat’s ass. They don’t think global warming is going to shut off their air conditioners. They think they’re going to be sheltered from it all inside their little gated communities. And they really don’t care what happens outside of the gates.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:44 pmAWESOME!!! I’ll be able acquire new ocean front property @ a affordable price in WEST VIRGINIA soon !!!!!!!!
Mr. Blunt should be quoted at every opportunity by all Dems between now and November. What a dolt.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:45 pmBEFORE any candidate runs for ANY OFFICE, they should have to PASS A BASIC CIVICS test and take an ETHICS class. Then they should be PSYCHOLOGICALLY TESTED!
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:45 pmPatrioticLiberalChristian
“…Vote for us!”
Vote for U?
Go ahead, c how much votes you will get.
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:57 pmHello my fellow Americans. I just stopped in to say hi to everyone and to quickly explain my position on Global Warming. You see…this deal in the middle east is really a sign from God. We are facing an inevitable World War III and Armageddon. Don’t you see what this means? It means that there is no need to be concerned about Global Warming or anything else other than salvation because God will soon be taking the chosen to live with him in Heaven everlasting. And as we all know, the way to salvation is to assist God in irradicating all non believers from the face of the earth. We must prove our loyality to God by doing his good work. Its time for Americans to join with the Republican party by not concerning ourselves with matters that are irrelevant: The Environment, Retirements, Equal Rights, Higher Wages…this is all meaningless since we will soon be engaged in the Rapture and the earth will be cleansed by the hand of God. Let us pray now, thy will be done, thy kingdom come.
Amen
“Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be doomed.”(Exodus 22:19 NAB)
“Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. (Matthew 24:29-35 NAB)
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:58 pmCongress hasn’t done anything meaningful yet; why start now?
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:01 pmBEFORE any candidate runs for ANY OFFICE, they should have to PASS A BASIC CIVICS test and take an ETHICS class….
Comment by madashell
Forget all that cyphering and figuring, madashell. From 1993 to 1996, Blunt was president of Southwest Baptist University, his alma mater. Southwest Baptist University (SBU) is a private institute of higher education affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention.
He knows everything he needs to know from the Bible.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:02 pm#39 Joe Sixpack
He knows everything he needs to know from the Bible.
Is that where he learned how to shakedown lobbyists?
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:06 pm1 Ju
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:07 pmC U on 11/7. Time enough 4 U 2 try 2 lie and manipulate, i.e. B what UR naturally.
#20 yeah, I agree. If Blair had a fat, twisty neck too.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:09 pmThank you Blunt for your blunt honesty!
Just another good reason why Republicans don’t deserve to be re-elected.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:15 pmRepublicans would change eventualy their hive mind when countries nearer to the Ecuador become inhabitable and their population begin flooding the USA… “Only” 11 milion of illegal people would become a sweet dream of the past…
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:18 pmBlunt–rhymes with C***!
-GSD
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:19 pmThank you Mr. Blunt for informing us definitively that you have to be sacked in order to save the planet. We can accommodate you!
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:20 pmThe only thing weird about this is HE’S BEING HONEST.
Refreshing candor: We don’t give a rat’s ass.
Wow.
They’re not even bothering to lie to us anymore.
And yet the Dems still just don’t GET IT. Fake war on terrorism. Stolen elections. The NeoCon permanent war agenda. And the Dems just play along.
One thing’s for sure, they better wake up soon or the planet is toast. Unfortunately I heard Sen. Reid on Ed Schulz last week, and, he still doesn’t get it. He’s behind Israel all the way… and is too thick to realize the NeoCons are just using the long history of conflict between Israel and Palestine as cover to launch the NeoCon Permanent War.
Idiot. Like Charlie Brown and the football, getting fooled over and over again…
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August 2nd, 2006 at 1:26 pm#36: Vote for U? Go ahead, c how much votes you will get.
I believe the person you’re responding to was being ironic.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:33 pmReelect Blunt and his cohorts to assure more of the same — there’s a chilling thought.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:37 pmThey have no intention whatsoever of changing their modus operandi if they remain in power.
America - we must oust them.
#49 Marie You are right we have to boot the Republicans out, out, out. If the people in America doesn’t wakeup soon before this election we are all doomed.
August 2nd, 2006 at 1:45 pmIt’s clear that the rove plan for November elections is the be agressive and “in your face” with Dems. It must be his hope that tough, take no prisoners, screw you approach to real problems will sell with the GOP base. We’ll see.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:07 pmThat is to be expected, Bob. If there’s one thing Republicans like better than war, it’s insulting people.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:18 pm“I think the information is not adequate yet for us to do anything meaningful,†he said.
To borrow a phrase from Condi, this means that in this case, as opposed to Iraq, they would like for the proof to be in the form of a mushroom cloud, or flooded New York, or an uninhabitable desert like Las Vegas. The pre-emptive doctrine for national security only goes so far.
But….but…the Germans think there’s global warming. And the French think their’s glopbal warming. And the rest of the whole freakin’ world thinks there’s global warming. When it comes to war, it’s good enough that other people think action is justified. But not global warming.
Holy Moly! These people are creating their own hell.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:21 pmOhhh, he’s so rebellious! Gosh, that really appeals to my sense of bucking authority.
Yeah, you show the environment who’s boss Blunt, you show who’s the man around this planet.
What a douche.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:28 pmWhen it comes to war, it’s good enough that other people think action is justified. But not global warming.
Holy Moly! These people are creating their own hell.
Comment by tp — August 2, 2006 @ 2:21 pm
Actually I get the sense it’s completely inverted. Almost no one else was in favour of invading Iraq, but they did it. Almost everyone else is in favour of action on global warming, so they refuse.
Freaky.
August 2nd, 2006 at 2:54 pm#56 At least they are consistent. They only take a course of action if everyone else is against it.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:00 pm#56 At least they are consistent. They only take a course of action if everyone else is against it.
Comment by Kermit the Freedom Frog — August 2, 2006 @ 3:00 pm
LOL .. true enough:-)
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:01 pmSurprise! A Republican leader in a “do nothing” Congress promises to do nothing.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:06 pmlistening to franke, guest jonathon alter… his latest newsweek article is particularly important to this discussion… in part, and i’ll have to give away the ending also:
‘The Putting of First Things First’
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:09 pmThe revival of the romance of the antiwar left is a potential disaster for the Democrats. It’s what gave the world Richard Nixon in 1968
…
But there’s something psychologically deeper going on in this campaign that is both understandable and depressing—a cannibalistic distraction from what should be the top priority of Democrats, namely booting Republicans. The same Democrats who are justifiably angry with Lieberman for not holding Bush accountable are harming efforts to, well, hold Bush accountable.
…
But if the blogs aren’t a force on the ground, they are becoming a powerful factor in directing the passions (and pocketbooks) of far-flung Democratic activists. They’re helping fuel a collective version of what shrinks call “projection,” where the anger of Democrats at Bush is projected on a handy target, in this case Lieberman. But in doing so, they have neglected what FDR called “the putting of first things first.” Job one for Democrats is identifying which Republican House incumbents are vulnerable in their own states and directing all available energy against them. Savaging fellow Democrats (except those who cannot win) should come after taking control, not before.
The challenge facing voters this year is not to hold Democrats accountable for their heresies but Republicans accountable for where they have taken the country. They are the ones in power…
Sure the GOP keeps handing Dems easy targets for the upcoming elections, but the Dem leadership has said time and time again, ‘We will NOT lift a finger to fight the GOP’. There are only 5 Democrats in all of Congress, the rest are under-cover Republicans.
To Blunt and Inhofe (who said somthing similar last week) I quote Grouch Marx:
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:28 pm“Who are you going to believe? Me, or your lting eyes?”
They’re doing something all right and it stinks:
http://icestationtango.blogspot.com/ 2006/ 08/ new-rules-would-make-us-citizens.html
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:32 pm#60
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:33 pmkaty,
I listened to that Jonathan Alter interview, too. I think he has great instincts most of the time, but I’ll disagree with him on Lieberman. A vote against Lieberman is just like a vote against Bush. A vote for Lieberman says “It’s okay if you coddle the Republicans. There will never be a price to pay for it.” Whoever the Democratic candidate for that seat is, he’s going to win it. This isn’t like trying to take down Ben Nelson or some other moderate-to-conservative Democrat in a red state. There’s no danger of losing the seat, and Lieberman is not only soft on the Republicans, he’s hostile towards Democrats.
#60: Savaging fellow Democrats (except those who cannot win) should come after taking control, not before. The challenge facing voters this year is not to hold Democrats accountable for their heresies
I don’t consider it “savaging” Joe Lieberman to support Ned Lamont in the primary. Nor do I consider it to be punishing Lieberman for his “heresies.” I support Lamont in the primary because he’ll be a better Senator than Lieberman. The reason we have primaries is so that the people in the party can select a candidate we support, rather than being stuck with one we don’t support. It’s not some sort of enforced orthodoxy; it’s just, you know, democracy. What about this is so difficult to understand?
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:39 pmKaty,
I think Alter is wrong. Lieberman has demonstrated time and again that he doesn’t support core Democratic values. For Democrats to follow only the tactical expedient and support him would surrender the strategic need to communicate these laudable and popular core values. The right already gets far too much traction with their “Democrats don’t stand for anything” noise. There is a real difference between Democrats and Republicans. Joementum can’t demonstrate the same degree of difference; he should go. We must stop sacrificing overall strategy for short-term tactical advantage.
Alter says we have to avoid holding Democrats accountable in favor of holding Republicans accountable. I think we need to do both.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:41 pmI think I know why W does not believe in global warminhg - when he returns from his month-long August vacation in Crawford to Washington, the air temperature decreases in only a few hours.
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:50 pmGod these people are Evil
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:58 pm[…] Majority Whip Blunt: If I Stay In Charge, Congress Won’t ‘Do Anything Meaningful’ On Climate Change House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said he would oppose global warming mandates if Republicans control the 110th Congress. “I think the information is not adequate yet for us to do anything meaningful,†[…]
August 2nd, 2006 at 3:59 pmLook at the pic of Rep. Blunt > he is an extremely ugly person who is filled with hatred and it shows!
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:09 pmIsn’t that like going to your boss and saying “If you don’t fire me in November, I will not do any work on your most important projects for the next two years.”?
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:14 pmThanks, Roy!
We’ll be sure to make campaign ads and posters about this. Matter of fact, the sooner, the better (as people are dying across the county).
Cheers,
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August 2nd, 2006 at 5:31 pmBlunt is the perfect rep for the backwards hillbillies in MO. STL and KC are the only cities in this miserable state that give a crap about the state of the world outside of their trailer.
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:32 pmPerhaps he doesn’t care because now that the Republicans have the voting machines rigged, they can say whatever they please and still get “re-elected.”
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:38 pmLooks like Blunt had a brow lift and botox, he’s got that surprised look all the time,….. though he may wan’t to wax that unibrow,creepy. Time for plastic surgery but no time for the palnet.
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:41 pmWhen he says “anything meaningful” I assume he must talking about…oh…I don’t know…HIS FRICKING JOB perhaps.
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:52 pmBlunt is blunt alright! What do you expect?
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:54 pmHope America will wake up soon!
Compared to this guy Al is a saint!
Believe you me!
jimb, alphonse and peter - well, i spent too much time reading the comments in the s.s. thread… i have a headache now…
first of all, i’m in illinois so i cannot directly influence the lieberman/lamont race… and that is why i appreciated alter’s article - and his interview - as it was directed ALSO to dems nationwide, and this, to me, is most important:
Job one for Democrats is identifying which Republican House incumbents are vulnerable in their own states and directing all available energy against them.
each of us, in our respective state and district, need to pick a dem candidate, at least one, and work to get that person elected - that is alter’s message… at least that is what he was most adament about during his talk with franken… and it’s what i’ve been trying to make those who think 3rd party voting is the thing to do now… that would be a sure disaster…
The challenge facing voters this year is not to hold Democrats accountable for their heresies but Republicans accountable for where they have taken the country.
MAKE THE REBUBLICANS ACCOUNTABLE.
but, hey - if you’re in conn., i’m sure the best thing to do is vote lamont… not a fan of holy joe…
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:58 pmLet’s make a point in November by electing a Democratic majority in the House. That will solve Blunty’s dilemma.
August 2nd, 2006 at 6:26 pm#22 - I just checked out the site and emailed them to contact me. What a cool ride!
August 2nd, 2006 at 6:45 pmMy 98 Cougar is just about ready for it’s second owner, and I was thinking Mariner Hybrid or some other green solution, this is it!
Payments will be pricey, but I work two jobs anyway…
Asshat-
Asshat MUST be removed from power before he can do any more meaningful damage
Fat Co2 Footprint Pig Phucker
August 2nd, 2006 at 6:45 pmSorry folks. The science is clear. The warnings from the evidence are clear. The price of oil is clear.
It’s also clear that the distinguished Senator from MO is right in the back pocket of the oil industry. There is no other reason he would be so adamant about NOT doing anything about this clearly defined issue.
The Senator needs to get a brain, tho. He fails to understand the tens of thousands of jobs that will be generated if the US attempts a new Manhattan Project. This one will be ‘create a set of alternative energy sources so we can be self-sufficient, or DAMN near it, and EVERY ONE ON THE FREAKIN’ PLANET WILL PURCHASE OUR TECHNOLOGY’. The by product, of course, is that we will start to address global warming at the same time.
But no. The encephelitic Senator is too damn stupid to even think of the long term, or the people he represents, or his country. He’s only thinking about his stocks, his bonds and his short term goals.
Dumbass.
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:07 pmOops, I meant the distinguished REP, not Senator.
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:08 pmA reminder: Blunt is from Missouri. His son is governor of Missouri. We have a senatorial election in this state this year. If Jim Talent (who has routinely voted for the Bush agenda) is reelected, Missouri will continue to back the pro-Bush agenda including its stall-as-long-as-you-can-on-global-warming policy. Missourians with strong feelings on this issue should vote for Claire McCaskill in November.
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:15 pmNow we know clearly why our “Boy Wonder” Governor here in Missouri is so incompetent.
The apple does not fall far from the tree.
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:27 pm83. Please don’t promote the bastard. We have enough idiocy with Kit Bond and Jim “No” Talent already.
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:32 pm“Perhaps he doesn’t care because now that the Republicans have the voting machines rigged, they can say whatever they please and still get “re-elected.â€
Comment by Kit ”
Go to Huffington Post today and watch Marty Kaplan’s demonstration on “how to rig a Diebold TS voting machine”. Not suggesting anything, but … Democrats can fight back!
We need PAPER BALLOTS ONLY, public financing of elections, and instant runoff voting from now on, after November, of course.
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:38 pmYou’ve seen mention of a petition signed by 2,000 scientists and several Nobel laureates saying that they believe global warming exists and poses a significant danger. But were you told about the Heidelburg Appeal to Heads of States and Governments, which stated just the opposite, and was signed by more than 4,000 scientists and over 70 Nobel laureates? It states that our decisions need to be based on “scientific criteria and not on irrational preconceptionsâ€.
Bill Clinton and Al Gore had an honest scientist fired for wanting to properly research global warming. William Happer, then of the Department of Energy, wanted to perform a proper survey of how much ultraviolet radiation was reaching the Earth, to see if the ozone hole was really a problem. Nobody had yet performed such a study, and claims of increased ultraviolet radiation were based on theory. At this suggestion, he was fired by Katie McGintey.
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:39 pm#$%**&%%%!!!!! $$$%%%%%%@@@@***?????? @@!#%*&!!! Arrrrggggghhhhhhh!!! Make them go away! Save us!!
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:41 pmI think the question to ask a clown like this is, “what planet do you plan on escaping to?”
Seriously, this underscores the need to get oil money out of politics. Find out how by going to this website: http://priceofoil.org/oilandstate/
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:57 pmWe need to sue the stupid fool!
August 2nd, 2006 at 8:26 pmLest we not forget…there are like-minded constituents who actually sent this bozo to Washington. The real challenge will continue to be re-wiring voters so they’re able to identify, analyze and electorally destroy this kind of idiocy. I fear this is a multi-generational task however…and unfortunately the clock continues to run down.
August 2nd, 2006 at 8:31 pmTo the Memory of my fellow American, compatriot and the Soldier of Freedom
Michael Levin, 22,
“… moved to Israel three years ago from Pennsylvania and enlisted in the paratroopers, Israeli media reported. Levin cut short a visit to his family four days ago and returned to his unit.”
By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer
Peace for Israel
August 2nd, 2006 at 8:47 pmUnfortunately the “No child left behind program” is a cleverly designed neocon ploy to reduce the intellectual prowess that has made the United States the technological leader in the World to a thing of the past. This plot will reduce the most far-reaching educational system in the World to nothing but a memory. They only want to create more idiots, by destroying our public school systems, so they can suck the carcass of America dry for their own gain.
August 2nd, 2006 at 8:51 pm.05
Blunt’s record shows he’s as corrupt as DeLay
Republicans would like you to believe that since Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) yesterday resigned his leadership post, they have cleaned up their act. But a quick look at DeLay’s replacement, Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), shows the GOP has once again opted to be led by one of Congress’s most corrupt figures.
Just look at the record:
BLUNT DOES FAVORS FOR SON-TURNED-TOBACCO-LOBBYIST: “Only hours after Rep. Roy Blunt was named to the House’s third-highest leadership job” he tried “to quietly insert a provision benefiting Philip Morris USA into the 475-page bill creating a Department of Homeland Security…The new majority whip, who has close personal and political ties to the company… Blunt has received large campaign donations from Philip Morris, his son works for the company in Missouri and the House member has a close personal relationship with a Washington lobbyist for the firm.” Blunt later married Philip Morris’s lobbyist. – Washington Post, 6/11/03
BLUNT DOES FAVORS FOR SON-TURNED-LOBBYIST, PART II: “In April, for instance, Blunt managed to have a provision inserted into a Senate bill, without debate, on behalf of United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. The two companies were seeking to block the expansion of a foreign rival’s U.S. operations. Blunt’s son Andrew also represents UPS in Missouri, as the Wall Street Journal first reported, and the two companies have contributed a total of $120,000 to Blunt since 2001, according to Federal Election Commission data.” – Washington Post, 6/11/03
BLUNT SECURES ETHICS WAIVER AFTER MARRYING TOBACCO LOBBYIST: “Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) had a happier year, marrying a prominent lobbyist and obtaining the House ethics committee’s permission not to report their wedding gifts.” – Washington Post, 6/17/04
BLUNT USES LOBBYISTS AS DE FACTO WHIPS TO PASS CORPORATE TAX CUT: “Blunt’s mobilization of the lobbying community proved crucial in winning passage” of a massive special-interest tax cut bill in 2004. Though the public opposed the bill, Blunt had a “solution to breaking the logjam: Every major lobbying interest got something… The task of rounding up the votes was delegated by Blunt’s whip operation to a coalition of lobbyists, all of whom had clients with huge stakes in the outcome.” – Washington Post, 5/17/05
BLUNT USES SAME CONSULTANT UNDER INDICTMENT WITH DELAY: “The political committee of Rep. Roy Blunt, who is temporarily replacing Rep. Tom DeLay as House majority leader, has paid roughly $88,000 in fees since 2003 to a consultant under indictment in Texas with DeLay, according to federal records… Records on file with the Federal Election Commission show the fund linked to Blunt retains Ellis’ firm, J.W. Ellis Co., and has made periodic payments for services. Political Money Line, a nonpartisan Internet tracking service, places the total at about $88,000.” – AP, 9/29/05
BLUNT HAS CLOSE TIES TO LOBBYIST UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION: “Rep. Blunt and his staff have close connections to uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is the subject of criminal and congressional probes. In June 2003, Mr. Abramoff persuaded Majority Leader Tom DeLay to organize a letter, co-signed by Speaker Hastert, Whip Roy Blunt, and Deputy Whip Eric Cantor, that endorsed a view of gambling law benefitting Mr. Abramoff’s client, the Louisiana Coushatta, by blocking gambling competition by another tribe. Mr. Abramoff has donated $8,500 to Rep. Blunt’s leadership PAC, Rely on Your Beliefs. If, as it appears, Rep. Blunt was accepting campaign contributions from Mr. Abramoff in exchange for using his official position so support a view of gambling law that would benefit Mr. Abramoff’s client, he would be in violation of the law.” – Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington, 9/27/05
BLUNT TRIES TO GIVE “ONE-OF-A-KIND” EXEMPTION TO COMPANY UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION: “Westar, the biggest electric utility in Kansas, is seeking an exemption that would free it from new oversight by the Securities and Exchange Commission…The company wanted the one-of-a-kind exemption inserted in a wide-ranging energy bill. It was criticized as the kind of loophole that contributed to the failure of Enron Corp….House Republicans were pushing the provision at the request of two Missourians, GOP Reps. Sam Graves and Roy Blunt… state regulators [had] barred the company from splitting off its unregulated business [and] a congressional exemption ‘would have the effect of removing an important obstacle to Westar splitting its companies and leaving non-utility debt with the utility companies,’ Kansas Corporation Commission chairman John Wine wrote” on the same day Westar disclosed it was the target of a federal investigation. –
August 2nd, 2006 at 9:51 pmThe truth is, Blunt has so many connections to people and companies under investigation by federal law enforcement you’d think you were reading about a gangster, rather than one of America’s most powerful politicians
August 2nd, 2006 at 9:52 pmRoy Blunt and all of your friends and relatives…MAY YOU ALL ROT IN HELL !! There are no words strong enough to express my outrage with you and the republican party, you are truly a pig snot criminal.
August 2nd, 2006 at 9:59 pmEverybody sing!
God Bless America
Land the Republicans hate
Trample on her
Throw up on her
Burning under the light from above
From the mountains
to the valleys
to the oceans
diseased with foam
God bless America
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:30 pmMy home sweet home
As Robert Redford declared back in 1998, the time for discussion about Climate Change (then called Global Warming) is over. Now is time for action. We must create massive new taxes and regulations influencing all human activities. We must sign legally binding treaties with countries that have no intention of keeping their part of the bargain. We must vilify any elected officials who dare contradict the received wisdom delivered by celebrities, foreign leaders, and international bureaucrats.
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:38 pmoh you wacky Democrat(ic) Americans. Dont ya know, Republicans can say anything they want, they have Diebold on their side. Good old (inexpensive) paper ballots not good enough I guess. Plus with cheap paper ballots, you can have many many short 5 minute lines instead of those kookoo 5 hours lines. (Let alone registering with your driver’s license on election day.) Boyo, the Republicans sure know how to win elections. Who knew holding elections could get so screwed up? I seemed so simple.
August 2nd, 2006 at 10:47 pm[…] from thinkprogress: […]
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:06 pm[…] from thinkprogress: Today in Energy and Environment Daily (sub. req’d), House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) said that if he remains in power after the November elections, there will be no action on global warming for the entire 110th Congress: Continued Republican House and Senate majorities would likely mean more of the same on climate. House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said he would oppose global warming mandates if Republicans control the 110th Congress. “I think the information is not adequate yet for us to do anything meaningful,” he said. […]
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:10 pmThe moron is about as dumb as a box of rocks. Any fool who has half a brain wouldn’t make such a stupid statement. Since he said it, I hope we send a Democratic majority to Washington so maybe mankind will have a chance to slow global warming down. If we don’t stop these rightwing nuts our planet may burn up causing femine, war, and last but not least extension of man. The funny thing about it is that the only thing left standing will be roaches. Did Mr. Blunt realize that he was supporting roaches with his dumb ass stand?
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:18 pmi wonder why the trolls (except the stupid one) avoided this thread?
perhaps because even they realize it’s incredibly idiotic to say you’re not going to do anything about an issue that 74% of americans acknowledge as a “very serious” or “somewhat serious” problem…
yes, sure blunt’s a jackanape, but seriously, does he not have any advisors to tell him that it’s basically moronic to say, as a public servant, that you’re not going to take “meaningful” action? especially in the middle of a heat wave?
and to think i have roots in the missouri ozarks…
August 3rd, 2006 at 12:07 amThe following is a response to “muckdog” #89 who said:
“You’ve seen mention of a petition signed by 2,000 scientists and several Nobel laureates saying that they believe global warming exists and poses a significant danger. But were you told about the Heidelburg Appeal to Heads of States and Governments, which stated just the opposite, and was signed by more than 4,000 scientists and over 70 Nobel laureates? It states that our decisions need to be based on “scientific criteria and not on irrational preconceptionsâ€.
Comment by muckdog — August 2, 2006 @ 7:39 pm
Muckdog, you need to go back and re-read your Crichton NOVEL. First of all, there is no such thing as the “Heidelburg Appeal to Heads of States and Governments” despite the link to your fake website. There WAS a thing called the “Heidelberg Appeal”, that was sponsored by Big Tobacco and asbestos companies. It said absolutely nothing about climate change, and in no way “stated just the opposite” of the aforementioned petition to combat global warming. Here is a proper link to the wikipedia entry about the Heidelberg Appeal:
Muckdog, you made a very feeble attempt at misinformation. Only an idiot would take the word of a link provided by the likes of you. The sad thing is that you probably actually believe the nonesense that you spew. Try shutting off Fox/Limbaugh et al and using your brain for a change.
BTW I am a PhD candidate at the most respected institution in the world for the study of climate change. ALL of the scientists in the field absolutely believe in human induced climate change.
August 3rd, 2006 at 12:18 am#89: I see nothing in the link you’ve provided that disputes the findings of the International Panel on Climate Control, the National Academy of Sciences, the joint science academies of the G8 nations, or any of the over 1000 studies that link global warming with human activities. What do you think this link proves?
William Happer, an appointee of Bush Senior, was rightfully fired from his post at the DOE because he wasn’t interested in studying ozone or climate change, but simply in confirming his already determined position. His goal was to sabotage the work that was being done at the DOE, not to pursue any new or cutting-edge science.
August 3rd, 2006 at 12:26 amWhy is it always the most powerful people who seem to be total ignorant idiots, complete failures of logic and common sense? They wouldn’t feel the heat if they were about to enter hell.
August 3rd, 2006 at 4:26 amBlunt looks like Spock,Warren Christopher, Sam Donaldson and Micky Hart. Actually he is an alien that has invaded our planet by possessing a human body and like his reptilan bretheren, he is preparing the planet for full invasion by raising the temp and CO2 to accommadate his species who need a different atmosphere than our own to profligate and spawn. They will have us kill each other while they rule the empires of the east and the west until we are subjegated entirely for they barter in human blood as they move the chess pieces into place. Rejecting the hive and thinking for thyself is our only hope.
August 3rd, 2006 at 6:28 amWell, he’s honest……
Ahh, yes…the father figure of the First Family of my state of residence…promising to do nothing about the destruction of the planet……
August 3rd, 2006 at 6:52 amI’m so sick of feeling sick every day about these inbred people. Look at this guy Blunt. Is he the result of some haywire inbreeding or what? He is the epitomy of the new southern GOP leadership out to destroy the world in favor of their bible’s prophecies. The same book, which by the way, that says bats are birds and the rabbit (hare) chews the cud. Smart book, smart people….
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:37 amThe religious right can’t believe in global warming because it was not mentioned or foreseen in the bible. For whatever reason they have a psychological need to believe, contrary to all evidence, that major activities on earth were predicted a long time ago by a supernatural being talking to people taking notes in the desert. Accepting global climate change would damage their faith in grand scale determinism, particularly if the cause is agreed to be human activity. If there were a biblical mention they would believe in it, but it would be an “act of God” so there would not be any point in doing anything about it because he wanted it that way and what he says goes for the planet forever. If you want to deal with global warming, first eradicate faith-based “reasoning” by curing the mental illness that drives it. That’s the cause of most problems on earth.
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:56 amIndividual states should create their own policies addressing global warming. States are already beginning to develop health insurance plans and California is addressing global warming… if this keeps up, we won’t need a federal government and we can hand pink slips to this incompetent Congress and to the idiot president that they rubber stamp.
Bush dumpkopf iss.
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:07 amThey can afford to be honest about all the crap they have done and about all the stuff they should be doing but are not.
They own the voting machines and the optical scanners that count the votes.
They do not believe they can lose. They may be right.
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:12 amBefore anyone is allowed to vote, they should pass an intelligence test… think about the dumpkofts that support Blunt.
(dumpkopf translates to idiot, fool, stupid, dumbf**k)
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:19 amI’m an architect working for a firm that does a few houses for billionaires in Florida. After seeing in Inconvenient Truth the image of the reduced size of Florida from rising ocean level as polar ice melts, I wonder when the rich people will start demanding action? They are the ones being serviced by the GOP. When will that party start doing something to protect the average $25-million home owner on Jupiter Island or Palm Beach? Obviously the denial stage is continuing, but sooner or later the very wealthy will become some of the most vocal doomsayers about global warming.
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:32 amFollowing comment #1’s lead, we can not leave our nations energy, and global warming solutions in the hands of policy makers in D.C. While some are putting their best foot forward with solutions, the majority is sitting down, waiting for more clarity, once again.
American consumers have the right and ability to select less polluting energy, domestic renewable energy, by increasing their demand. Consumers have many options either with their local utility or with clean energy marketers. Exchanging our nations current energy production with clean renewable energy will do more than just address global warming, it will also create more US jobs, lessen our dependency on foreign and fossil fuels while doing so. We need to lower all the global warming contributors, not just CO2, and the best way to do so is by supporting the generation of clean American energy.
So, as a fellow American, I say we know what to do, and it is up to us.
Here are some choices to choose clean energy:
August 3rd, 2006 at 9:17 amDoesn’t Blunt look like a Romulan in the photo?
August 3rd, 2006 at 10:55 am[…] Indeed, it’s past time to get serious about this. That is, unless you’re in the House Republican leadership. […]
August 3rd, 2006 at 11:35 amMaybe Blunt is not as dumb as he seems. Anyone check to see if he owns lots of property at the projected “new” coastline? … on second thought, nahhh that would require way too much “strategery” and reliance upon real scientists.
August 3rd, 2006 at 11:54 amI guess it wasn’t hot enough in DC or MO for Mr. Blunt and his son, the governor of MO is a log off of the old block. Let him sweat.
August 3rd, 2006 at 11:59 amCheney maintained that if there was one percent that Iraq had WMD we should take it as a certainty. I wonder why he and the repugs don’t use the same logic when it comes to something that will significantly not only the US but entire our planet. And then they wonder why no-one with more than 2 brain cells believes them.
August 3rd, 2006 at 12:23 pmWhy am I NOT surprised by this?
August 3rd, 2006 at 12:53 pmHe is just as bad as those morons who deny the Holocaust ever happened!
Let’s think about this. Why is the GOP gifting the Dems with all this ammunition? Would YOU want to be in charge of a country with debilitating deficits, two (and possibly more) wars with a volunteer army, reduced revenue coming into the coffers from wealthy citizens and corporations, global competition knocking the socks off your workers, companies reneging on pensions, global warming, and increased animosity from the rest of the world? The GOP has already given away the store to its base; what else is there to do?
August 3rd, 2006 at 1:17 pmMy guess is that those conservative ignorants prefer a much hotter earth so that they can train for their life after death at a very hot place - in HELL.
August 3rd, 2006 at 1:41 pmjebus, the sick sad truth of it - at least if the religious crazies i work with are any indication - is that they don’t want to minimize global warming’s impact on the earth because they think it will stall CHRIST’S RETURN. that’s why they won’t do anything. they believe this is prophecy. and they WANT IT. because they want to float up on a cloud to live out eternity with puppies and kittens and great-grandma agnes.
August 3rd, 2006 at 1:47 pm“I get it……its just a massive Corporate Protection Racket….. ”
That’s been the deal all along. As the song says we’ve sold our souls to the company store.
August 3rd, 2006 at 2:00 pmGlobal warming is a liberal myth — just like evolution, gravity, and the idea that the earth is flat. Stay the course!
August 3rd, 2006 at 2:44 pmMy Gosh, Roy Blunt! Whatever planet you call home, please return to it immediately!
August 3rd, 2006 at 3:45 pm[…] go to source/story>>Think Progress » Majority Whip Blunt: If I Stay In Charge, Congress Won’t ‘Do Anything Meaningful’ On Climate Change […]
August 3rd, 2006 at 4:51 pmWhy do so many people ignore economic growth in regards to the environment? It is just as harmful as CO2 emissions.
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:17 pmRoy Blunt - if you are not for us, then you are against us! Get out of Dodge!
August 4th, 2006 at 3:24 amThe real reason for this is because the republicans don’t want us worrying about what happens when we run ut of FUEL, not energy. Fuel. Global warming is a great distraction that people can argue about forever. Sooner or later the oil will be gone, and the natural gas. The economies of the world need more and more fuel and there is only a finite amount.
If you think global warming is going to be catastrophic, then without major changes in policy to modify our infrastructure, it’ll be a picnic compared to the food riots and the poverty and sickness because EVERYTHING will stop pretty much.
There’s the real reason…
August 4th, 2006 at 10:40 amSomeone please ask Roy Blunt why, if there isn’t “adequate information to do anything meaningful,” the big Swiss reinsurance firm, Swiss Re, a big reinsurance firm, is going “carbon neutral” by selling their greenhouse gas emissions on carbon trading markets? The company apparently “says it is going carbon neutral partly to fight global warming, which damages its business by causing more extreme weather, and therefore more claims against its policies. But it also hopes to gain experience of a new type of risk which it can manage on behalf of its customers.” (”Upset about offsets”,The Economist, Aug 3rd, 2006). The Economist further reports that “various emissions-belchers have joined the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), which requires them to eliminate or offset 6% of their emissions by 2010″ and allows its members to buy credits to offset their carbon emissions. “Its membership has grown from 23 firms at the end of 2003 to 210 now, including such corporate titans as Motorola, DuPont and Ford.” If Big Business is taking climate change seriously, how can government justify hiding its head in the sand?
August 4th, 2006 at 11:19 pmAfter thinking my issue about this and watching pretty carefully, I find it rather inane for people to make global warming a partisan issue. It seems Democrats are supposed to think there is, Republicans think there isn’t. Why not just realize there is? It is happening. We should be spending our money on preserving the planet, not talking about the “second coming”. The conservative religious right is totally out there, off the charts.
There’s a great series of two articles in http:www.ilfpost.org by Jane Poynter who lived inside Biosphere 2 for more than two years, and her articles are well worth watching. They are called “Environmentalism is Dead, Long Live Environmentalism.”
Oh, and Number 37, “Roy Blunt” I should hope your comment is a joke. I am laughing.
August 4th, 2006 at 11:21 pm[…] For instance, as Think Progress posted last week, House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) said that if Republicans remain in power after the November elections, Congress won’t “do anything meaningful” on climate. […]
August 21st, 2006 at 8:15 pm[…] Majority Whip Roy Blunt says he won’t “do anything meaningful†about global warming if the GOP maintains control of the House in November. […]
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Do you think many people may consider it?
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