“Earth can’t kill all of us” Or something.
The point of the senator was still stupid. The plan is overreaching, and dealing with issues that are barely related to the main issue, but the main issue about dealing with climate change more aggressively, as we haven’t been doing so far, is not stupid at all.
I’m not sure which is more implausible:
- A Republican promising that he will listen to scientists in another 30 or 40 years; or
- A Republican promising that it’s only going to be the tip, and just for a second.
Somehow Mike Lee has managed to converge this into some kind of meta lie. Bravo!
To be entirely fair to the corrupt dishonest moron, I believe the premise is that somebody’s kid is going to invent a magic problem-solving gun which he will point at the problem and solve it, with his magic gun. The assumption isn’t that the republicans will ever have to listen to science (horrors!), it’s that a solution will manifest that doesn’t involve them having to listen to science (or use less resources, or stop polluting); it will instead be something that will just magically work without relying on science, like televisions and computers and such.
The really sad thing about it is that a lot of those “magical” solutions (that ignore also who will pay for for their deployment) involve listening to the very same scientists that those politicians are willfully ignoring right now.
I have noticed that particularly when geo engineering solutions are proposed, as climate experts will have to be consulted to investigate if they will work properly.
Actually, he argued that the idiotic strawman he’d stamped with a “GND” post-it note was stupid. Which it was, but that has nothing to do with the *actual *GND. The GND doesn’t propose banning air travel, or anything whatsoever for that matter.
I would also add that if your rebuttal to *any *proposed solution to *any *problem whatsoever is a mere “nuh-uh” or “it won’t work” without providing any alternate solution, you’re not helping and are, at best, an annoyance. Even “you missed a spot !” is more helpful than “your idea is dumb and you’re dumb (PS get fucking)”.
“Is that a fucking dare ?” - Earth, probably
I am hardly disappointed. I am not even surprised. Given the clear lack of logic in his quoted opinion, your support for him appears to be consistent with your expressed views, here.
You’re right. I have no idea about your views on politics. If you have no problem with your senator being bought and do the bidding for those who buy him, then I stand corrected.
I’m including below a summary of Senator Mike Lee’s voting record. I’m sure no one would agree on all positions of any elected representative, but if you are in agreement on most of these positions. I can only deduce you are a very wealthy, white evangelical person, owner, or more likely, a major share holder, of a large labor intensive business that happens to produce a good deal of toxic waste.
Or you are a life long conservative Republican who have not yet realized how corrupt the Republican party (and the Democratic party for that matter) has become.
Opposes
Taxing businesses
Taxing the middle class
Taxing the wealthy
Restricting money in politics
Disaster relief
Funding education
Environmental protection
Regulation of the financial sector
Gun control regulations
Public health
Foreign and humanitarian aid
Humane immigration policy
Unions, labor rights and minimum wages
LGBT rights
Internet neutrality
Poverty amelioration
Racial equality
Higher government spending
Supports
Big business
Military spending.
How can anyone look at that list and then with a straight face say “Yep! He’s my guy!” ?
Running against whom?
Presumably Cthulu.
Well, then, yeah, probably.
What if Cthulu is offering Medicare for all?
What, are we going to do the entire Frogurt Is Also Cursed routine?
Nah, it was a one off. Plus I don’t know what “Frogurt Is Also Cursed” means.
Yeah, it’s not difficult. I want lower taxes and a generally-less-meddlesome federal government. So does Senator Lee.
It’s a bit in THE SIMPSONS.
Anyhow, I never meant to hijack this; the ‘Cthulu’ bit wasn’t mine; I honestly wanted to point out that I back a candidate by considering the alternative — and, yes, one can of course keep tweaking the alternative to get me to reconsider and reconsider.
It must be nice to not think much about politics.
Sure. I’m wondering how far your “I want lower taxes” goes. Say Senator Lee came to you and said “HurricanDitka, you won’t have to pay ANY taxes next year, but we are completely disabling the SNAP program”
Would you be cool with that?