I have recently noticed that there has been an outpouring of phoney grassroots opposition to this year's clean energy and climate bill.
We have seen well-heeled groups like those at Bonner and Associates and EnergyCitizens shell out money to generate so-called grassroots letters opposing the clean energy and climate bill.
But what about those of us who don't have deep pockets? Many of us have held meetings, made calls and signed petitions to encourage U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and other legislators to support a strong bill to cap our global warming pollution and support renewable energy. Groups with deep pockets pay for many more TV ads than our side can afford.
All of us have seen ads and phony-baloney letters, but we haven't seen faces behind the majority of those who howl against strong federal action on climate change.
These campaigns are trying to convince the American people that there are good reasons to oppose climate change legislation and that their efforts are useless. However, events over the past few weeks have uncovered these campaigns.
To say we have lost is far from the truth. Time and time again polls have shown that the majority of Americans want strong action on climate change. This is not new.
Money can buy a slick ad or a high-priced legal firm, but it can't buy public opinion. Our citizens have better sense than that.
FRANK WARREN
Snow Hill
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Gore's house....
11/09/2009 08:17:11 PM
...is mostly solar. So am I to believe that the sun is a source of "fossil fuel"? No wonder so many folks can't get their head around how climate change works.
Suggest removalcj
11/09/2009 09:22:59 AM
whether you 'believe' in global warming or not is irrelevant. the science isn't there. it's just not. sorry folks. legislation should be based on FACT. scientific FACT. the cap/trade is not. it is garbage. this is the country killer. the cost of h/c will dim in comparison.
Suggest removalGod gave us free will
11/09/2009 08:04:32 AM
n/t
Suggest removalLest We Forget
11/08/2009 08:42:55 AM
God has total control!
Suggest removalYeah
11/07/2009 06:45:38 PM
I'm sorry to say Frank and other liberals are missing the train on this one. Nobody cares or even believes in climate change (not allowed to call it global warming anymore).
Suggest removalThe letter seems to be a waste of time about a subject nobody care about.
tristan
11/07/2009 09:55:38 AM
let me try again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suggest removal"phoney" yep I agree...you and al gore look in the same mirror! how many millions of dollars does this cooperation make?$$$$$$$$$$$$$ spewing what "they" think might happen!!
last year there was a blizzard in washington , dc.......they day there was going to be a global warming march on washington!
that says it all!
tristan
to BB
11/06/2009 04:36:45 PM
And those are legitimate points. But you don't have to deny climate change exists to make them. It's not a loss for conservatives to look at a problem and say, "Yes, something needs to be done." I don't consider what we're doing now to even be a loss b/c we're not even in the game. It's a forfeit.
Suggest removalTo In sum: No, we don't agree.
In sum
11/06/2009 03:34:29 PM
I think we can all agree that climate change/global warming is nothing but a liberal idea backed by a minority of the scientific community.
Suggest removalBut who really cares considering the more important things going on? Tell that to a liberal: there are more important things going on. That's why they are losing states so quickly - focusing on made up stuff that just doesn't matter.
Sad, really.
BB
11/06/2009 03:17:24 PM
Humans have been burning things every since found out that fire will warm there feet. You can put solar panels on your roof and wind mills in you back yard but the rest of the world are not. They found out that steam mades there machines work better then wind or water.
Suggest removalIf you wait until
11/06/2009 02:21:06 PM
a politician moderates his vices to make decision, you'll need a cryogenic specialist to make it that long. However, you indirectly hit on my point. Gore demonstrates the infeasiblity of emissions controls, which is the Democrats answer to climate change. If a major proponent of climate change is still a major consumer of fossil fuels, why do Dems think others will do their part?
Suggest removalBB
11/06/2009 02:03:33 PM
I will take it seriously when Big Al gives up meat, his jet and moves in to a modest house
Suggest removalmeh
11/06/2009 11:53:14 AM
"90%? Where are you getting that figure? The Daily Kos? Huffington?" Yep, you got me, I'm really a raging socialist liberal who likes to put puppies in blenders, while I advocate for more conservative representation on policies that will affect us all. But what do I know, right? http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5702/1686
Suggest removalcon't
11/06/2009 11:41:00 AM
"Are you agreeing the caveman did melt the ice?" Silly.
Suggest removalThis isn't about an absolute truth that neither you or I are qualified to answer. This is about representation of conservative governing principles in government. Why would those of us who see a threat vote for candidates who can't even identify the problem we believe is real? Folks whose lives are devoted to this type of research is real, I believe them.
Isn't it funny
11/06/2009 11:37:08 AM
that Mel, the raging Democrat, automatically believes global warming is true because that's a liberal platform.
Suggest removalThat only proves that there is no real science driving this debate, but rather simple party platforms! HA!
And that is why no one believes/cares about global warming. I mean, climate change. I mean, polar bears. Or something.
to "Con't"
11/06/2009 11:35:28 AM
90%? Where are you getting that figure? The Daily Kos? Huffington?
Suggest removalWhen you look at the actual numbers and data and scientiests, you see there is no real concensus - one way or another.
And until the "climate change" or "global warming" or "whatever" advocates can get at least 50% of scientists behind them, then maybe we'll start taking them seriously.
con't
11/06/2009 11:31:01 AM
Afraid the Dems will bankrupt us on policies that won't work? Welcome to the club. Problem is, they've fielded a team to tackle what over 90% of climatologists say is problem. Where's our team? Sitting on the sidelines watching that twit Glen Beck cry on national television. I'm just begging Republicans to get in the game, don't leave the field undefended.
Suggest removalBB
11/06/2009 11:17:53 AM
This denial idiocy should've run its course years ago.
Suggest removalAre you agreeing the caveman did melt the ice?
William F. Buckley
11/06/2009 11:06:12 AM
"Conservatism implies a certain submission to reality."
Suggest removalTrue conservatives face facts, take risks seriously, and support prudent measures to reduce those risks. For God's sake, get in the fight. This denial idiocy should've run its course years ago.
11-6-09
11/06/2009 10:54:54 AM
what i've noted is that there are as many scientists who say there is not such thing as global warming as those who say there is. agree that humans have anything to do with it. the costly cap and trade deal will cost jobs, create few, and the cost will be astronomical. our country cannot afford to engage in such foolishness.
Suggest removalBB
11/06/2009 10:53:15 AM
The dinosaurs are gone because they were all ate by Polar Bears.
Suggest removalJohnH
11/06/2009 10:42:49 AM
Climate change exists, and has for much of earth's history. What's very doubtful is that the human race has much of anything to do with it.
Suggest removalBB
11/06/2009 10:30:21 AM
The cavemen with there campfires melded the ice that covered the northern hemisphere and caused the Great Lakes.
Suggest removalMel
11/06/2009 09:44:15 AM
LOL, it's always so hilarious to see people deny climate change like the previous commenter. Ha! I take it you don't like science, eh?
Suggest removalUm
11/06/2009 09:28:29 AM
Probably the best reason to not support global warming - er, um, "climate change" (or whatever it is liberals like to call it these days even though I think we have a war overseas) is because (brace yourselves liberals and uneducated alike) it does not exist.
Suggest removalGASP! SHOCK! OH NO! Now go back to San Francisco and write letters in support of gay marriage.
Al Gore
11/06/2009 09:03:53 AM
Call big daddy Gore and ask him for financial assistance. He has over a billion pushing global warming. Suckers!
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