Would this be the same Green New Deal that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refuses to demand get a House floor vote? The same one which she and Democrats threw a fit over having a vote on it in the Senate? The one that zero Senate Democrats voted for, instead voting “present” (except for the few who voted “no”)? And aren’t these two people who use vast amounts of fossil fuels to travel around?
Bernie Sanders to join AOC at Green New Deal rally in DC
Sen. Bernie Sanders will join Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a rally next week sponsored by a group of young activists in D.C. to promote a Green New Deal.
Sanders, I-Vt., a 2020 presidential candidate, will headline the Sunrise Movement’s final stop of its “Green New Deal Tour†on Monday night at Howard University, the group announced Saturday.
BIG NEWS: @SenSanders is joining us Monday with @AOC, @SenMarkey, and more for the final #Road2GND tour stop in DC where we'll launch the next phase of the #GreenNewDeal campaign. https://t.co/SeYQxPolBT
— Sunrise Movement ???? (@sunrisemvmt) May 11, 2019
Sunrise has also pressured 2020 presidential candidates to pledge to reject donations from fossil fuel interests, as Sanders has.
So, they won’t take donations but they’ll use a ton traveling around the nation to mostly Democrat voting areas? Is that correct?
Sanders has associated himself with Sunrise and endorsed the Green New Deal, although he has not yet released a detailed climate change policy such as Democratic rivals Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke.
His website currently has just a few talking points, most aimed at fossil fuels, including natural gas. Will he come out with a deeper plan, like for 2016, when he wanted to “bring climate deniers to justice”, a call that treats people who do not toe the Cult of Climastrology line like terrorists?
There is no “middle ground” when it comes to climate policy. If we don't commit to fully transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels, we will doom future generations. Fighting climate change must be our priority, whether fossil fuel billionaires like it or not.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 10, 2019
The middle ground is a shot at Joe Biden, but, how would we get rid of fossil fuels when Democrat Believers refuse to give up their own use of them? Meh, we all know they’re hypocrites.
The essence of modern leftism is hypocrisy. Almost everything they do in life is the opposite of what they preach for others.
Here’s an interesting vid about how leftists tick. If you can get through the droning voice of the narrator for the first three minutes it’s an excellent diagnosis of what we should call “Elwood Syndrome”.
https://youtu.be/r5kjJhY1104
The essence of modern NuConism is dishonesty and cruelty. Almost everything they do in life is dishonest and cruel.
It’s known as ‘Kyehole Syndrome’ in tribute to its exemplar.
Elwood — You’ve never posted about how you personally have done anything at all to reduce your carbon footprint. Instead, you and most other greenies are working hard to use Climate Change to introduce the same socialism that they’ve been trying to force on us for the last 50+ years.
It’s not working and worse, the weather’s not cooperating.
So yes, most Climate Change believers, (it’s a belief system not based on evidence), are not willing to change their own behavior.
We’ll post our personal details regarding carbon footprint when Brokeahontas releases his tax returns.
But tell me, why do Cons base their scientific positions on the behavior of others?
Con dogma is, “When non-deniers start treating global warming as a crisis, non-warmists will consider it a crisis.” An approach that is as dishonest as it is stupid. It’s just another debate logical fallacy – ‘moving the goalposts’ for one – e.g., if a non-denier says they drive a hybrid, a non-warmist will say “Why not an EV or why not a bicycle or why not walk”… and on and on. No non-warmist would change their position based on whether Al Gore drove a Prius.
There is overwhelming evidence that the Earth is warming as a result of CO2 being added to the atmosphere, CO2 from us humans burning fossil fuels.
But tell me, why do Cons base their scientific positions on the behavior of others?
We don’t. We base them on fact. You base yours on what your trollmassas tell you.
Projection. Transference.
Con dogma is, “When non-deniers start treating global warming as a crisis, non-warmists will consider it a crisis.â€
Nothing of the sort. We speak in English, not PC.
Or lies.
We’d say, “When the environuts start treating global warming as a crisis, intelligent people will still think they’re out of their mindsâ€.
There is overwhelming evidence that the Earth is warming as a result of CO2 being added to the atmosphere, CO2 from us humans burning fossil fuels.
Since when?
It would seem that Mr Dowd is simply making excuses — again! — for his failure to live up to what he tells the rest of us we must do.
Actually, some might. The problem you (plural) have is that you talk the talk but don’t walk the walk. Why should people take what you say seriously if you don’t act like you take it seriously yourself? Actually sacrificing yourself, giving up things yourself, would be at least some evidence that you believe what you have written.
As for me, yesterday I installed a solar-and-wind powered clothes dryer. (Some people might call it a clothesline, but whatever.) Why? Because my wife prefers it when the sheets smell of sunshine and fresh air, rather than the electric dryer! So, my motive wasn’t to reduce our carbon footprint, but I suppose that it will, at least slightly.
When I remodeled the kitchen, I replaced the insulation in the ceiling — probably a net wash with what was up there previously — and added insulation to the exterior walls. My motive wasn’t to reduce our carbon footprint, but I guess that it will, slightly. We added more energy efficient windows; same thing. When we remodeled the kitchen, we purchased a much more energy efficient refrigerator, not to reduce our carbon footprint but to lower the sparktricity bill. Still, that ought to help, oughtn’t it?
We have a good garden, and thus reduce our consumption of vegetables bought from the supermarket, reducing our carbon footprint. We have chickens, to produce eggs; same thing.
So, really, what have you done? Surely you’ve done something?
In fact, the failure to practice what they preach, especially amongst the leaders, was one of the reasons that I went from Warmist to skeptic.
Sorry, J-you’re only half way home. The warming, however much and however why, is irrelevant. It’s the alleged effects of said warming that matter. And there you have absolutely zero. On top of that, there’s no definitive proof of how much of the alleged warming is AGW or natural, and of course we have our data “adjustments†that add even more warming.
Teach claims he went from non-denier to non-warmist because of the actions of others rather than the science. That makes no sense.
Believe what you wish… I’ve learned my lesson about sharing information with you dishonest Abes…
How do you think we should live?
In a way it’s like former Vice President Gore combitching about then-President Bush for withdrawing our signature from the Kyoto Protocols, yet Mr Bush’s personal residence in Midlands, Texas, was far more energy efficient than Mr Gore’s mansion outside of Nashville.
The left talk; conservatives actually do things.
Mr Dowd wrote:
Actually, it makes perfect sense. When the actions of the warmunists tell us that they do not take their own statements seriously, that is going to have an impact on whether other people believe them. When you tell us that we must all fight
global warmingclimate change, but refuse to tell us what you, personally, have done to do so, don’t you think that is going to tell people that you don’t take your own warnings seriously? Don’t you think that is going to lead others to think, “Well, heck, Mr Dowd hasn’t done anything at all to fightglobal warmingclimate change”?I am opposed to the government making people poorer to fight
global warmingclimate change, yet I, at least, was willing to post things that we have done which do things to reduce our carbon footprint, even if those things were not motivated by that. Yet you, who claim to be wealthier than most of us here, can’t even do that much. Have you traded in your gas-guzzler for a Tesla or a hybrid? Have you bought more energy efficient appliances? Have you updated your home to improve its insulation? Have you adjusted thermostats at your business to be 1º cooler in the winter and 1º F warmer in the summer? It’s spring in the Bluegrass State, and we’ve had several days in the eighties, yet I’ve not turned the air conditioning on even once this year!I’m not trying to lead anyone when it comes to
global warmingclimate change, yet it seems that I’ve done more leading on it that you have!We ALL have done more than Mr. Dowd. However, Mr. Dowd’s solution to “Climate Change” can’t be implemented at all by himself. No, Mr. Dowd’s solution is to implement Cuba style socialism on the whole world. You know, seizing assets, business, wealth, 401k moneys, etc and then redistributing it all on the basis of Climate Justice.
Can you guess who’s going to be a whole lot poorer with absolutely ZERO change to the climate from this?
Elwood, you’re so original. Did you come up with that all on your own or did mommy help ya? Incidentally, you offered nothing to explain or substantiate you false claim. Figures, it’s all explained in the video. You are a mind numbed robot like all leftists. That’s why they make such good gulag guards. The lefts motto should be “Murdering those who disagree since 1917”.
BTW, how can the guy who supports murdering babies in the womb tell ANYBODY they are cruel? Hypocrite!!!
The bear suit returns. Complete with pre-digeested slogans and shots at the commentariat.
At least we’re original.
And the bare suit (gross!) is soooo clever… LOL!
If the analogy fits (and it do), live with it.
(and he said he and the bear suit were 2 different people)
PS Bare and bear are 2 different things, but, like much else, that seems lost on you.
You’re an idiot, of course. And a belligerent idiot at that.
I would suggest that the essence of Leftism is Theft. Wanting stuff that doesn’t belong to you and expecting others to provide it. The leftists at the top of the food chain, want to be powerful aristocrats, even though they weren’t born into aristocratic families, and have done nothing to earn power. Then to gain power, they make promises to the peasants about giving them land (land reform) and lately, free health care and education. Land reform promises worked pretty well from 1900-1980, but modern socialist underlings don’t want land, since that means they would have to work it to survive. They want government jobs in offices in cities where they make Powerpoint slides with all sort of great ideas about how other people should live, but never having to produce anything themselves or prove what they say is right.
Sadly, the message of “free stuff” is very compelling. people getting free stuff don’t care about the long term consequences, national debts, or counter-productive incentives. Those are other people’s problems.
Is it really hypocrisy if you don’t believe any of it yourself and only cynically proclaim it as a tactic to increase your own wealth and power? Is it really lying if your intended audience all know you don’t believe it because they don’t believe it either? At this point, only the under thirty mal-educated youths are deluded enough to not know that this is all just about the money transfers. The entire Left simply has grown used to saying things that they don’t believe because the politburo has decreed the party line and no one wants to be accused of lacking enthusiasm. Similarly, no one will ever admit they were wrong when a new party line is proclaimed. The old party lines will just go down the memory hole with the rest of them.
“Constant offense is the best defense.”
— Oppo
Adding to the “the under thirty mal-educated youths” are the older mis-educated 30-60 somethings who, as they approach retirement, have begun to realize that there aren’t enough years left to properly start saving for retirement and start becoming responsible adults, (growing up), so they envision a government that punishes the “successful”, (i.e. people who made hard choices early enough to have some wealth), and gives it to them because it isn’t fair.
The irresponsible Leftists have their concert ticket stubbs, tattoos, trips, lattes, trips and general spending issues and now they want the rest of us to help them. Climate Change is the latest ploy.