Is Bush unitentionally becoming the environment's best friend?
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By getting the gas prices to go through the roof? That's an interesting question. \nThey said on the news today that Americans will not even consider buying a more gas-efficient car before the price of gas hits $3.5 per gallon... So I'm not sure that what's happening is really going to help.
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I love Bush. The more Bush the better. No man is complete without a good supply of Bush.
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Clinton blamed Bush for not continuing his (Clinton's) environmental programs. The science is tenable at best, and pure politiking at worst, that links human activity with stronger hurricanes. There may indeed be a link, but we can't explain how it works. If we don't understand the mechanics behind it, it remains only a theory and a coincidence. It's like the Lisa Simpson Analogy: I have a pen that repels tigers. I don't know how it works but there are no tigers around, therefore it repels tigers. By the same token, we have high levels of carbon dioxide and we have warmer ocean surface temperatures and more hurricanes. But the temperature rise has been greatest in the Pacific, while Atlantic hurricanes have been most impacted. Where's the mechanism? Once we understand it, we can say for certain.\n\nA businessman relative once tried to diagnose a leak in my car's power steering reservoir by sticking his little finger into the dip. As he stared at it, I asked him which knuckle meant "full" and which "low." Mechanics fix cars. Environmental scientists decipher atmospheric phenomena. Lawyers litigate. Presidents make decisions\n\nSo we have Clinton, a lawyer and former President, declaring a scientific connection between atmospheric phenomena and the guy who beat his chosen successor. I'd say the connection is less than tenable at best, out and out political at worst.
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LOL, you are so gonna get ittt. I love it, I wonder now if Bush is a (as our truckers call them) goooood buddy.
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People seem to be forgetting that U.A.E. is a very valuable ally.  George Bush probably knows much more than we realize.  If he does the U.A.E. this favor, the U.S. will almost definitely get a very valuable favor in return.  We are also forgetting that the current leader of U.A.E. is close to death (maybe he is even dead already, for as much as I know).  This man is a very good friend of the U.S., but there is no guarantee that his successor will be.  If we do the U.A.E. this favor, we increase the liklihood that they will remain our valuable ally.
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George W Bush, it would make the world a safer place
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Word. Youre one of the few people who notice that. I think its because the same people who are against Bush (generally speaking) are also involved with stereotypically liberal issues. You know, the environment, gun control etc. Thats what it used to be anyway. I dont know if that still applies because alot of people who dont give a flying f*ck about the environment are now against Bush too...So in the end, I dont know. But thanks for posting a thought-provoking question. Theres not too many on here these days.\n\n\npeace
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False, but VERY close...\n\nThe real Bush legacy:  "Ask not what you can do for your country; ask what you and your country can do for me and my rich buddies."
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Bush is the bigger weasel.
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All of the above.  El Presidente Jorge Bush and Fox are on the same page.  We get his poor, that he sends here for slave labor, and they bring him our money.  In return we will get their energy.  And we all know how much Cheney loves energy.  In a few months, we will have a major energy crisis, just like the trumped up one in California before 911 that Enron was going to help with.  I see Cheney's hands all over this.
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Of course he wouldn't step down and forsake his billions, just because someone else discovered something that helps the enviroment. By the way, there is no such thing as clean free energy, it doesn't exsist. Every form of energy we use today is has some enviromental problems and nothing is life is absolutely free.
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Yes he does. Both President Bush and a monkey can outsmart a democrat any day.
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The natural world within which people, animals, and plants live.  It is regarded by many as being at risk from the harmful influences of industrialized societies.\nI don't think I have anything to say to Bush...since he ignores the environment, won't he ignore me?
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If you have watched the changes the Bush administration has made to environmental laws over the last 6 years, and the systematic removal from oversight and regulating bodies like the EPA of anyone who disputed those changes, then you are aware that laws which require cleaner standards have been badly weakened or rescinded during Bush's term in office.\n\nSince the changes were made to laws governing industry, yes, these policy changes have increased pollution.\n\nI don't know about your lake.  But the Democrats are, across the board, far more concerned than your typical Republican about the effects of pollution, global warming being one of the more pressing issues.\n\nIf you start contacting your state representatives, making your concerns about your lake well-known to those who can do something about it,  then you may well see a cleanup occur.  If they're Democrats, that is.
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Yes.  Global Warming is occuring.  It will just keep getting worse if we don't take measures to try and prevent things from getting worse.
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I think he is sincere and worried about the planet.  I didnt hear him complain about wanting to run for office but wanting to clean up the planet.  Ever wonder why the election was stolen?  Cause big business dont want him cleaning up their killer crap.  Duh, think about it.  Funky politics, Bush oil family, and the list goes on and on.  Now DC is getting flooded like in the days of Noah.\nAl Gore seems to be a nice man who really deserves the job of president.  GWB is going to continue to mine coals, killing people, driving cars and profiting and warmongering for oil.  Due to greed and lobbyist, he sold his soul to the devil and if you think I'm wrong, let me know.  But quite frankly I'm a little pissed OFF DUPONT IS ALLOWED TO DUMP teflon in the water and KILL MY CHILD< WILL THEY LET YOURS LIVE?\nWatch the STAND.  And wag the dog.\nWhen you bless the poor and helpless you also will be blessed.\nGreed an pride are causing the USA to go belly up but all will suffer int eh USA for the destruction of the planet.  Ask the Indians, they'll tell you.
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Bush and his cronies are not very good at diplomacy or cooperation.  It's not surprising that the rest of the world would not be happy with a country that's taken such a "my way or the highway" stance.  After all, we haven't signed the Kyoto treaty, we won't talk to countries we don't like, we call the UN names and bully them while refusing to pay our dues (uh, that predates the Bush era, but still), we've got people who claim that the Geneva Conventions are "quaint", and we've decided that's it's perfectly okay to wage pre-emptive strikes on sovereign nations without UN approval, which is something that's been a huge no-no ever since WWII.  Frankly, we've not been good world citizens, largely because of the Bush administration.  I think the world hopes the Dems are like their colleague, Bill Clinton, who is, if nothing else, very good at making friends.