Comments on: Top businesses demand action on global warming.

By: Lefty Patriot

Lefty Patriot — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:10:19 +0000

So why call for the US to join Kyoto, rather than for more countries to leave it ?

Comment by Kilo â€” December 2, 2007 @ 4:54 pm

Brilliant. Let’s kill off the grandchildren even faster, because kilo says so.

Looks the the home-schooling in Australia is just as good as that in the Homeland.

By: Lefty Patriot

Lefty Patriot — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:06:19 +0000

But, the main reason modern life is immensely better than in the past, is due to liberty and free markets.

this is a very hard statement to prove. most of our technological advances are government-produced and funded, many in the name of war. so the rest of your statement is on very shaky ground. and the US has advanced, as have many nations in Europe, with a healthy mix of socialism and capitalism. Your use of socialism as a negative is fearmongering in the GOP tradition. Socialism doesn’t jeopardize liberty, in fact, in enriches and strengthens it, distributing it to all, not just the few that can afford it.

By: Sabyen91

Sabyen91 — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:54:03 +0000

‘Carbon emissions do not cause global warming.

On to the next â€œcrisis.â€’

Yes, I am going to believe a broken link from a website called globalwarmingskeptics.com. Great credibility.

By: Sabyen91

Sabyen91 — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:49:13 +0000

“On the topic of this thread, this is fantastic news. If the Invisible Hand of the market place determines that Green technology is a winner and consumers agree, there is no downside that I can see.”

Oh, yeah, the old invisible hand. Considering corporations play a large part in releasing those pollutants and helping cause this situation I don’t think old Adam Smith really applies.

By: Lefty Patriot

Lefty Patriot — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:31:58 +0000

Trolls canâ€™t see past their hatred for Al Gore.

Comment by Marie â€” December 1, 2007 @ 12:02 am

Trolls have a natural aversion to their superiors.

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:02:46 +0000

There is potential for new business and new sources of profits for companies who actually work toward improvements in the environment.
Trolls can’t see past their hatred for Al Gore.

By: Lefty Patriot

Lefty Patriot — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:26:54 +0000

On to the next â€œcrisis.â€

Comment by muckdog â€” November 30, 2007 @ 10:33 pm

yes, let’s all believe the oil industry lobbyist’s patently obvious lies. not for me, suckdog, he’s taking directly to the stupid and gullible, which is why you were so easily hooked.

By: Lefty Patriot

Lefty Patriot — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:24:54 +0000

ou folks really need to stop masturbating every time a US soldier dies in Iraq.

Comment by muckdog â€” August 8, 2007 @ 2:23 am

Liâ€™l Muckie! Yer a true class act.

Comment by The Republic of Stupidity â€” November 30, 2007 @ 11:14 pm

suckdog projects like a Kodak. if he weren’t so busy cheering the deaths of the troops, he might get behind properly arming and training them. but he won’t, it would embarrass his masters.

By: The Republic of Stupidity

The Republic of Stupidity — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:14:20 +0000

At least Olâ€™ Al Gore doesnâ€™t have to feel so bad about heatinâ€™ his pool this winter, eh? If you can afford the bill, Al, dive right in!

Comment by muckdog â€” November 30, 2007 @ 10:35 pm

You folks really need to stop masturbating every time a US soldier dies in Iraq.

Comment by muckdog â€” August 8, 2007 @ 2:23 am

Li’l Muckie! Yer a true class act.

By: muckdog

muckdog — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:35:25 +0000

It’s the Sun, stupid.

At least Ol’ Al Gore doesn’t have to feel so bad about heatin’ his pool this winter, eh? If you can afford the bill, Al, dive right in!

By: muckdog

muckdog — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:33:23 +0000

Carbon emissions do not cause global warming.

On to the next “crisis.”

By: Keltoi at Night

Keltoi at Night — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:07:08 +0000

If Green technology is a winner and consumers agree, why do companies need governmental action? Is that the new definition of â€˜invisible handâ€™?

BTW, GE international signed the petition; guess who makes the new â€˜greenâ€™ light bulbs?

Comment by CaptainMantastic â€” November 30, 2007 @ 8:57 pm

There is always a push and pull between regulation and unfettered capitalism. Either taken to an extreme is not good. Green technology and the politics that drive it is inexorable, whether you believe humans are causing global warming or not. I like seeing American corporations getting on board this train. I see no downside from a practical standpoint; the ideology is a secondary concern.

By: Keltoi at Night

Keltoi at Night — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:31:14 +0000

On the topic of this thread, this is fantastic news. If the Invisible Hand of the market place determines that Green technology is a winner and consumers agree, there is no downside that I can see.

By: Keltoi at Night

Keltoi at Night — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:27:32 +0000

Iâ€™ll ask you again: do you see taking hundreds of billions in social security funds – all of which was contributed by working class people, and giving most of it to the most wealthy as a redistribution of wealth? If not, why not?
Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper â€” November 30, 2007 @ 8:16 pm

Are you referring to the Bush tax cuts here? The national debt? The war? I can’t find your original reference point for this question.

By: Keltoi at Night

Keltoi at Night — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:22:06 +0000

I think the inability of modern conservatives to recognize UPWARD redistribution of wealth is the same as royalists and torries believing that the aristocracy has a god-given right to their wealth by birth-right. For centuries, we lived in monarchal systems and some people, mainly self-loathing sociopths, just canâ€™t let it go. Itâ€™s like itâ€™s in their blood.

Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper â€” November 30, 2007 @ 8:06 pm

Would that be Blue blood…?

By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper

Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:19:07 +0000

crickets

By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper

Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:16:01 +0000

Captain, you posted that you don’t believe in redistribution of wealth. I’ll ask you again: do you see taking hundreds of billions in social security funds – all of which was contributed by working class people, and giving most of it to the most wealthy as a redistribution of wealth? If not, why not?

By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper

Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:06:16 +0000

By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper

Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:00:24 +0000

“I hate when these idiots talk about costs and stuff.”

Right. And they couldn’t care less about spending 40 billion a month in Iraq. And when the redistribution of wealth is moving from the working classes to the most wealthy, they just stare off into space like nothing’s happening.

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:59:07 +0000

The Colonel makes an excellent point about the current redistribution of wealth we’re seeing in this country.

Cap’n, just as the planet has been heating and cooling for millenia, so is wealth being constantly redistributed. Our current economic model is set up beautifully for a redistribution upwards. That doesn’t seem to bother most conservatives.