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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:11 PM Original message |
Question: why are republicans so opposed to the idea of global warming? |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Climate change is not a "one percent" threat, it's 100% |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Well duh... |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Well cha... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I am aware of how EXXON is influencing the debate |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. They are terrified of change, any change, even change for the |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Big corporations are quietly looking towards renewables |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. It all comes down to money. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:20 PM Original message |
How so? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. they believe their jobs and the economy require the use of natural |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I think this is closer to the truth |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. DON'T FALL FOR THE SMOKESCREEN OF THE MINIORITY. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I'm basing this on too much time spent on FR. |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Freepers are another story |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-06-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. So you think the non-fundy freepers |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. I could write reams of detailed analysis... |
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pepperbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. this should be it's own thread.... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. They're more than willing to get freaked out about terrorists |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Sure it does! Make a day-to-day difference, that is... |
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PADemD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You have the answer, TygrBright ! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Honestly |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Yes, exactly... they DO care... |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Minor correction... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. That's an extreme statement |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Well, possibly... |
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Nitrogenica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. They are blinded by their greed. Oil is everything to them. |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. there are afraid of ending up in a warmer place nt |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here's a thought: The USA. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
25. Which Republicans? |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
26. Change threatens their positions |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. I dunno. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. If it was the haves who were the loudest |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 06:41 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Easily explained I fear ... |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. It is a wake up call from the blissful cornucopian dreams |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
29. We are at war with the energy industry... |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
33. There's also a religious (or "cosmological") factor in play here |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. The most wretched 13 year old still expects mom will feed them. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Extra bonus: those people are now running America. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-05-06 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
36. Ignorance and the inability to think critically |
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