Fratto Rewrites Bush Climate Policy, Claims President Called For Halting Carbon Emissions
Fratto Rewrites Bush Climate Policy, Claims President Called For Halting Carbon Emissions
Yesterday, President Bush gave a speech on the environment in which he called for a “national goal” to halt the growth of U.S. carbon emissions by 2025. In other words, Bush would allow unchecked and unlimited growth in carbon emissions for the next 17 years, and only at that point would he have the “goal” to halt the rate of growth of those emissions.
Today, however, White House spokesman Tony Fratto rewrote Bush’s policy. In the press gaggle this morning, Fratto insisted that the media was ignoring “the major news” Bush made yesterday: a “goal to halt carbon emissions”:
I think some people have overlooked the major news that the President made yesterday, which was committing a national economy- wide goal to halt carbon emissions. That was a very important piece of the puzzle to lay out there as we move forward in the international arena and domestically in addressing this issue.
Of course, Bush proposed nothing close to a goal to “halt carbon emissions.” He announced merely a goal to halt the growth of emissions, explaining that emissions should “peak within 10 to 15 years, and decline thereafter.” For this reason, Bush’s proposal was ridiculed by the international community — and recognized as a catastrophic approach by leading climate scientists:
To keep temperatures from rising above 3.5 degrees, the [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] said, industrialized countries would need to reduce emissions by 25 percent to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. The European Union has recommended doing that.
Bush’s goal would allow emissions to be 28 percent above 1990 levels in 2025, according to calculations made by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group, that are based on U.S. government projections data.
Considering that Bush’s proposal would do nothing to mitigate the disastrous effects of global warming, it’s no wonder Fratto instinctively sought to significantly strengthen the president’s goals.
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The chymp never met an emission he wouldn’t suck up to.
April 17th, 2008 at 6:14 pmTony FratBoy: We’re gonna do nothing for the next 17 years, and then a miracle happens.
WTF
April 17th, 2008 at 6:16 pmBush called for halting Emissions just like how he called for “intelligence” on Iraq…
you guys seen all the people that compare Bush to Hitler. ever wonder why Hitler gets so much respect as far as militarism goes?
me too…
April 17th, 2008 at 6:23 pmFratto must be submitted samples of his “historic” writings in hopes of snagging a job at the GWB “Library.”
April 17th, 2008 at 6:24 pmOT - I wonder if Fratto supplied the quip the boy-king offered to the pope after his address: “holiness, awesome speech.”
April 17th, 2008 at 6:51 pmWhat a turd - a walking turd is this Bush — and all who continue to work for him, stand by him and defend him.
A comedian said we have a Will Farrell president.
Farto lives on the planet like the rest of us. Maybe he wants to have a healthy planet for his grandkids to enjoy? Nah.
April 17th, 2008 at 6:53 pmStratRat: I didn’t see your name for Fratto - I really didn’t until after I wrote about flatulence. Too funny!
April 17th, 2008 at 6:56 pmBush/co study concludes that Global Warming has nothing to do with carbon emmisions but instead the shrinking number of PIRATES!;) ARRRRG!
April 17th, 2008 at 7:07 pmhttp://www.venganza.org/piratesarecool4.gif
Is there anything Bush could do that you guys wouldn’t scream bloody murder about? Honestly.
April 17th, 2008 at 7:09 pm11
April 17th, 2008 at 7:12 pmhttp://www.regimeofterror.com Says:
Yes….RESIGN AND TAKE TRICKY DICK 2 WITH HIM!
good one specialist f! That works for me!
maybe #11 will go back to his obsession with saddam hussein now.
April 17th, 2008 at 7:14 pm“I think some people have overlooked the major news that the President made last week, which was that he personally approved of the torture of U.S. detainees, which constitutes a war crime.”
April 17th, 2008 at 7:16 pmThere - I fixed it for you, Tony.
Oh and I read some of the PROPAGANDA that you link to. Was good for a laugh. How about links to Saudi Arabia??? You know where 15 of the 9-11 hi-jackers came from? How many were from Iraq again?
April 17th, 2008 at 7:17 pmWell Mary,I guess we could reanimate SH and try him for his terrorist links.Then hang him AGAIN!
April 17th, 2008 at 7:19 pmAs an humanistic atheist, I’ve pondered how a non-humanistic one would behave. Now I know, we can add Bush, Cheney, Fratto (of course I could go on and on) to the likes of Stalin, Hitler, etc.
If there is no post-life consequence, then the object of life is to go out on ‘top’, no matter the cost. It’s the only thing I can come up with to explain the immorality of these.
April 17th, 2008 at 7:24 pmROT:
April 17th, 2008 at 7:26 pmthe no-call list was great.
Firing Rumsfeld was also a good idea.
lessbrains=joey2times. You know it sucks you waste bandwidth with your first drivel filled post,but did you have to repeat it.
April 17th, 2008 at 7:27 pmThe Big Lie is alive and well in Cheney-Bush!
April 17th, 2008 at 7:56 pmlessfree Says:
Global Warming is the kind of irrational ideas that we want to keep out of our leadership.
Where’s the irrationality? And who said anything about shutting down all coal based power plants?
April 17th, 2008 at 8:09 pmLet me guess lessthanzero is the guy who dumps his used motor oil down the kitchen sink.
April 17th, 2008 at 8:23 pmLess than smart says: Articles like this really show TP’s true colors. Do you expect Bush to shut down all coal based power Plants? For a theory? Global Warming is the kind of irrational ideas that we want to keep out of our leadership. Happy 4/20!!!!!!!!!!
Gravity is also a theory. Go jump off a bridge and prove that one isn’t true either. Please. Pretty please. Pretty please with sugar on top….
April 17th, 2008 at 8:43 pmNews flash for Fratto: No one can get too excited about a President who promises something (and very little at that) which requires him to do absolutely nothing. And 17 years from now? Good crap, we could have three different occupants of the White House by then.
If Bush had bucked up and said he was going to HALT carbon emissions STARTING TODAY, and will have a plan to CUT them by NOVEMBER 2008 - now, people could get excited about that.
April 17th, 2008 at 11:34 pmThey let it slip out. It was supposed to be a secret. Bush is going to be president for the next 17 years!!!
April 17th, 2008 at 11:58 pmWhat did I say about Bush wanting to enact a law now before he leaves office, and then the Republicans would block any changes?
True to form…..
April 18th, 2008 at 12:14 am“Fratto Rewrites Bush Climate Policy, Claims President Called For Halting Carbon Emissions”
In what world?
April 18th, 2008 at 6:58 amBIZZARO WORLD. Where up is down,
April 18th, 2008 at 8:58 amblack is white,
torture is OK,
the Constitution is optional,
and shrub & dick are still not in prison!