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Rick Perry on the stump in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday.
In today's edition of "Repealing the 20th Century," Texas Governor Rick Perry does "not buy into" the whole climate change thing. While on the campaign trail today in New Hampshire, an area known for its environmentally-friendly policies, he rejected the concept, saying "the issue of global warming has been politicized."
"I think there are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling into their projects,” the Republican presidential hopeful told the crowd of local business leaders. "I think we’re seeing it almost weekly or even daily, scientists who are coming forward and questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change." Perry added, the climate's been "changing ever since the earth was formed."
As a long-time skeptic of the overwhelming scientific data, Perry referred to the phenomenon as "all one contrived phony mess that is falling apart under its own weight" in his book, Fed Up!
Fellow GOP candidate Willard M. Romney broke away from this conservative-leaning doctrine, siding with science. In June, Romney told another crowd in New Hampshire, "I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that."
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I think, like the rest of the conservatives, Rick Perry thinks he is saying and doing the right things to get elected.
I am sick of his voice, and his 'over-the-top-boisterous use of big words' way of talking that he must think makes him sound smarter than he is.
I don't know him well enough to say if he is dumber than George W. Bush, but i didn't think anyone could be dumber than W. Bush.
Yes, there is someone dumber than W. It's Perry.
And that's saying something, isn't it?
Good thing you didn't use the word, "corrupt". Actually George knows how many states their are in the USA, and it's not 57 or 58 and still looking.
"UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the Post Office that's always having problems." –attempting to make the case for government-run healthcare, while simultaneously undercutting his own argument, Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 11, 2009
"The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system." --in remarks after a health care roundtable with physicians, nurses and health care providers, Washington, D.C., July 20, 2009
"What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith..." --in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who jumped in to correct Obama by saying "your Christian faith," which Obama quickly clarified.
"I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." --at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon
I don't think either one of them are stupid, actually. Obama's on vacation and so is Bush. I'm still sacrificing. I haven't had a vacation in 3 years. I think I'm the one that is stupid.
Burning hydrocarbons... priceless.
George...
I must have missed something. What do you mean priceless? I'm sure it must have been in some video I missed.
Who are you working for, really? It's late here. More in a few hours.
Hi there, 6. This is getting to be fun.
There's a world that exists outside YouTube-land. It's called reality. In this world, a fortuitous boom in energy, with rising oil prices creating jobs in extraction and refining, helped close a massive state structural deficit. (Not to mention billions in Obama stimulus funds, but we don't like to talk about that.)
So if I were Gov. of a state that relied for what little real economic health it has on oil, I might be against expensive (quoting now) "anti-carbon programs," too. This gives new meaning to "Burn, baby, burn."
And I don't need no stinkin' video to say that.
Cheers.
Glad to see Mrs. Harris Perry again but we miss you. Also, please let her know that her hair looked better the old way.
Prayers for your family Lawrence.
Whew! STILL not toooooooooooo hot for Perry in Texas, huh?
Has Obama done anything right as president? NO I'll take Perry.
Hey nick, you can have him. Maybe he won't treat ya'll too ugly down there in hell, uh I meant Texas but right now I think most Texans thinks it's hell as hot and dry as it is.
Nick...
I don't think I'm that crazy about Perry, but four more years of Obama would be like dying and going to hell. And Johnny doesn't realize it, but he would be right there beside us.
Global Warming.....Climate Change......Just like the Dust Bowl, in the thirties, the folks in Washington did not believe it till the wind blew it to the Capital. And we wonder why we cannot find the cause of Autism in children, brucellosis in bison at Yellowstone, broken legs and skeletal problems of racehorses, etc., etc., etc,.
What people like Perry are doing is like gagging fireman who call for an evacuation. It should be illegal, and perhaps even a capital crime.
Global warming is not a matter of opinion like the tastiest alcoholic drink. It has been hard science since the 1800s when Svante Arhennius (the famous Swedish chemist who discovered ions) worked out the formula for concentration of carbon dioxide and its effect on global temperature. We know darn well how much CO2 we have released because we know how much fuel we have burned. We can measure the CO2 skyrocketing as expected, over time. There is no controversy, just FUD put out by special interests to drown out the world's scientists.
For an introduction see
http://mindprod.com/environment/kyoto.html
to see what I have dug up in my research.
Yep. Perry is dumber than dogdirt...As most right wing nut jobs, he thinks all science is flawed. He throws around the word "treason" like its nothing..Like many vets who fought world war II. accusing someone of treason is the ultimate sin to commit against one's country..How dare he..And I'm sick of these bobbleheads calling social security entitlements..What the heck have I been payin in taxes all these years since I was 17..SOC SECURITY TAXES..This moron needs to be shown what he is..another dumb millionaire who hates taxes on his ilk..but is so ready to impose them on us workin folk! Y'all better not fall for his swagger and lies..God help us all...
This is an interesting statement by Rick Perry because he also highly touts is United Methodists beliefs, the problem is the United Methodist Church has the exact opposite point of view as Perry. The United Methodist Church has a book of its core doctrines called "The Book of Discipline". It is the official word on statements about the United Methodist Churches beliefs. It is published by Cokesbury but you can find it on Amazon.com. In it's opening remarks The Book of Discipline describes itself this way, "It is the most current statement of how United Methodists agree to live their lives together." In part 160 "The Natural World" The Book of Discipline says," Rampant industrialization and the corresponding increase in the use of fossil fuels have led to the buildup of pollutants in the earth's atmosphere. These "greenhouse gas" emissions threaten to alter dramatically the earth's climate for generations to come with severe environmental, economic, and social implications." It goes on to say, "We therefore support efforts of all governments to require mandatory reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and call on individuals, congregations, businesses, industries, and communities to reduce their emissions." This is just one of the many topics where Rick Perry's statements and actions are NOT aligned with his beliefs. It should also be mentioned that some of the people protesting outside Rick Perry's Prayer-a-palooza where Methodist Ministers. Rick Parry is a phoney just like his political idealogs!
Teapublicans,
Secondly we can look at such things as Climate Change, Evolution, President
Obabma's birth certificate, and so on. The denial of these FACTS is strictly due
to fear. Republicans and Tea Party members that deny facts, fear that if they
are true, then they have to accept the real truth. If in fact Climate Change is
true we may have to alter the way we want to live and accept responsibility. If
Evolution is true then we may have to question how we believe in our religion.
If President Obama is a citizen, then we have to accept that our society
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I think you have that wrong, Teaparty members, republicans, or conservatives in general, tend to stand on principles. It is not fear of change or even being proven wrong that scares them, only loosing the very ideals that this country was created upon, those ideals that give you the freedom to be an ass if you so choose.
Be careful about these "facts" you throw around. I support the tea party yet I study (and truly believe in) physical anthropology and human evolution through natural selection. All the liberal progressive professors that I studied under, all the left wing jargon I sat through in college because of my chosen area of study, only made me realize how much repetitive sound bites and "truth" regurgitated from "legitimate" news sources can manipulate the human mind.
P.S that's a long winded way of saying liberal's are puppets to the so called "Elite"
Been to Texas lately??? There will be 20 consecutive days of 100+ temperatures by Friday! Compounded by a severe drought. Just bad luck I would guess and blame it on Obama...
been to Utah lately??? 2 summers of beautiful green and mild mountain temperatures. More water than I have seem in my many years of living here. Stood in the snow just last Saturday. What is your point?
Chemdmd
Global warming is not based on a few seasons or years. It is based on trends not a few here and there temp changes. Global warming also has areas of global cooling that occurs when the poles become warmer than normal and moves the colder air to other regions. To bad it can 't move the air out of your FOXED-UP-Head. Tirn off FOX and turn on to real facts.
Global cooling is not based on a few seasons or years it is based on trends not a few here and there temp changes. Thank you for making my point about Texas. You thought you were going to show me how smart you were, but instead proved my point about Texas.
I have done years of research as a scientist in cleaning up environmental pollutants. If you have 3 or 4 hours I could educate you enough to show you that you don't know anything. I am one of the scientists that studied the environment, and could educate Fox as well. My knowledge of the environment didn't come from a new source as yours did. Fox and MSNBC both have an agenda. That being said you could learn from Fox because at least your getting two half truths instead of one.
P.S. there has been 6 ice ages in earths history. What occurred in between? Also, man was not industrialized during any of those periods. Think about it.
P.P. S you just got information from one of the scientist that the media claims to reference.
chemdmd
I enjoyed watching you put Don in his place, notice how he had nothing to say. I waited to respond to see if he/she would. On a different note however, I have read "slaying the sky dragon" a book that debates humans influence on climate change.
I would simply like your opinion on it, if you are truly a scientist. or if you have not read it, to recommend it to you.
I think Karl Rove (or Perry Himself) has just killed Perry's chances.
http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2011/08/17/rick-perry-porn-monger-for-president/
Perry allegedly made his money investing in porn!
I can't think of a punishment severe enough for what this planetary traitor has done to ensure the earth suffers severely from global warming, purely out of greed.
Keep in mind despite his ignorant and/or intentional lying about global warming science and his generally moronic outlook, Rick Perry is REAL he is AUTHENTIC
as real and authentic as Elmer Gantry ofr"The Rainmaker"-if he didn't exist we should have to invent him-as Voltaire said of God-so that Burt Lancaster can return and play him in the movies!!!
And here I thought I was the only one with Sinclair Lewis-inspired visions dancing through my head. Don't forget "It Can't Happen Here."
You think he's a phony? What would ever make you think that? He may nit be bright enough to be a true phony. He probably doesn't have an ounce of comprehension of the issues at stake in climate change and like any ideologue (republican) he is simply repeating the mantras. I enjoyed your remarks
(I'm a little late to this.)
Rick Perry asserts scientist's conclusions about global warming are influenced by the grant money they receive. (Never mind that the greater incentive in science is to disprove an accepted notion.) By that reasoning, oil company donations must have a corresponding influence on political conclusions. By discounting the integrity of the scientists, Perry discounts the sincerity of his own arguments.
Perry said the climate has been changing since the world was formed. He probably added when it was formed , what is it now, four or six thousand years. Even a rotten economy can't prevent this guy from self-immolation. But don't count on it because I read somewhere that fully 40% of the American people believe that the Genesis account is literally true.
And humans had dinosaurs for pets.
@George Martin..I CANT STOP LAUGHING..Wasnt that in his book "Fed up"? lol
The problem with science is that is limited to man's knowledge at that point in time. Over time, science was convinced that; the world is flat, the sun rotates around the earth, man cannot fly, it's impossible for a human to run fast enough to break the 4 minute mile, it’s impossible to break the speed of sound, it's impossible for man to travel to the moon, etc. There has been no substantiated scientific facts presented that support man-made global warming, only opinion and conjecture and as we say in Texas - that dog won't hunt!
With the hottest temps occuring in the last 5 to 10 years it only takes a sliver of common sense to admit we humans are affecting the weather these days. Anyone who does not admit that is simply adhering to "party speak" and definitely WON'T get my vote.