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No Koch Bros. loot for you.
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Gibson is retiring from Congress to run for Governor of New York in 2018. He is an Upstate conservative who is trying to soften his image for a statewide run in a state dominated by Downstate liberals. It could work. Pataki knocked off Mario Cuomo and a moderate Republican could knock off Andrew Cuomo, who has made a lot of enemies, even in his own party. If Cuomo takes a pass on a third term, my bet is on AG Schneiderman, who is clearly positioning himself to run. I think he would beat Gibson.
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Rep. Chris GibÂson (R-NY) penned a resolution stating that human activity contributes to climate change and urged his fellow Republicans to sign on.
“This is a call for acÂtion to study how huÂmans are imÂpactÂing our enÂvirÂonÂment…”
… and not do anything about it.
We know how humans are impacting the environment and global warming - adversely. We’ve been studying it for 50-60 years. A call for more studies is just another excuse to delay action for another decade or more.
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“Action to study” reminds me of some of the meetings I have to attend at work, where the purpose of the meeting is to plan another meeting.
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Hell, at this point even I’d consider voting for a Republican over Cuomo, and I’ve never voted for a Republican in my life. But if we’re going to have a governor that acts like a Republican, and secretly supports Republicans taking over the State Leg. despite the will of the people who successfully voted in a Democratic legislature, then I’d rather it be an actual Republican instead of Cuomo giving Democrats a bad name.
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Deathbed conversion, anyone?
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Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-KS)
KS is short for Oklahoma now?
Man made abbreviation change.
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Schneiderman is a sensational AG from all I can tell. I would like to see that. How did Andrew Cuomo get so far left of his father who was a great human being.
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Progress is progress, even if it is baby steps. Just getting nine GOPers from the House to admit humans are the reason for climate change… I’m calling that a win.
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Oooooooh this is SOOOOO great, because of course We. Don’t. Know! Yes, indeed, the vast majority of science workers and beleebers believe because They. Got. No. Choice. It’s. Their. Baby. Jeebus., but Real Americans are conservative, cautious and constructively skeptical, so intend to take, oh, maybe 3-4 generations to STUDY - S.T.U.D.Y. - it, to, you know, see what’s up an’ stuff.
WTF you talkin’ trash about the Energy Bidnitz? These good folks are JAHB creators and the backboners of our way of life. Show some self-control, get ahold of yourselves & include THEM in the 3-4 generations (maybe more!) study and thinktankery to come, because they got OODLES OF MONEY to put into this, plus they got a big important STAKE in all this, so you know they’ll Do the Right Thing, pitch in like no one else’s business and help possibly make this maybe sort of a perceived success!
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I think it should be Senator Den I. (R-Inhofe), cuz those Okies deserve to own that numbskull for the rest of time that humans exist.
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Pope Francis has been outspoken in calling for world leaders to address the impacts of climate change. And numerous Republicans, including Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-KS) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush have dismissed the Pope’s comments.
Pope Francis--------a respectful Christian. Need more like him.
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This business with Pope Francis being outspoken reminds me that there are two kinds of cafeteria Christians:
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Those who pick and choose which scripture matters, according to whether or not it supports their own agendas and/or biases
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Those who pick and choose which papal leaders they support, for the very same reasons as number 1 above
If you ever want to make a fundamentalist’s head explode, ask them this: If the Bible is the word of God, and the Pope is our conduit to God, who are we to decide what does and does not matter?
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I’m going out to get some more ice cream now — Probably a LOT of it ! —
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Guess which Congresscritturs are getting primaried next spring?
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Rep. Chris GibÂson (R-NY) penned a resolution stating that human
activity contributes to climate change and urged his fellow Republicans
to sign on.
His career is now over.
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I am not missing the Pope addressing Congress. Plenty of heads exploding and plenty of popcorn to go around.
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He’s retiring in 2016. Not speculation. It’s true.
(I know you mean right… ;)) Yeah, Cuomo’s an opportunistic corporatist who actually maneuvered to prevent Dem control of the state house so he’d have an excuse to “compromise” with the GOP on economic issues. But Schneiderman is indeed sensational.
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