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[Xipe Totec]

This is from the inside cover of Scientific American Magazine, June 2008 edition...

[LaurenG]

1. Aaah nice loveseat?

:(

[silverweb]

2. Yeah, but it was for a good cause:

Setting an example for overcoming partisan differences to get everyone on board to address climate change and all its horrific ramifications.

[Xipe Totec]

10. We can't even get Clinton and Obama people to get along

and we're supposed to play kissy poo with the GOP?

!

[AllentownJake]

20. After the election

The obama aides and clinton aides will get along just fine. Its business to them not personal. Us on here are the ones who are making this personal.

[Xipe Totec]

23. The way to fix global warming begins with cleaning house

not by helping the GOP retain seats by pretending to be green.

[AllentownJake]

29. What is Newt Running for exactly?

Last time I checked he was retired for playing with a staffer.

[Xipe Totec]

31. What's Howard Dean running for exactly?

Just because he's not in office, doesn't mean he doesn't have influence and power in the party.

Same goes for the newt.

[silverweb]

35. Who said anything about "kissy poo" ??

I agree with what Jake3463 said.

Climate change is one issue that our very survival depends upon and even the Pentagon has said it's a top national security issue.

We MUST look for and find common ground in order to get ANYTHING done.

[Xipe Totec]

38. Look at the newt's proposed solution...

It's another bait and switch.


Gingrich criticized the limit proposed by Kerry and said the senator's policy was to create a "level of pain" to compel businesses to cut their emissions, whereas he said he wanted to create a "level of pleasure" through tax breaks that would give incentives to polluters to develop new carbon-reducing technologies.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/04/11/gingrich_drops_skepticism_on_global_warming/

[silverweb]

43. That doesn't mean a thing.

Gingrich has no status and his proposal carries no weight. He is only one voice among many.

The imperative thing right now is to get everyone to acknowledge the critical nature of the immediate problem and to sit down together in good faith, looking for solutions.

If Gingrich's appearance in an ad with Pelosi means more conservatives will start paying serious attention to the issue, that's a good thing. It does NOT mean we have to accept his "solution."

[Xipe Totec]

44. The message is: Look, you can vote GOP and be Green

which is bullshit.

[silverweb]

45. I didn't get that from it at all.

What I got was, "We can and must set aside some of our differences to work on this problem together."

[Raven]

3. Robots? n/t

[TomInTib]

4. Newtie's got some heavy compression going on there.

Pelosi doesn't even make a dent.

[MattP]

5. Great cause

That was for Gores campaign against Global warming so I have no problem with it.

[Xipe Totec]

11. Better alone than in bad company nt

[RL3AO]

6. Yeah...so? Its appart of a GW campaign.

Theres another one with Jesse Jackson and that right wing pastor whos name I forget sitting on a couch on a beach.

[genna]

8. Don't you mean Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson?

I mean this with only the best intentions...I hope the Jesse Jackson one is out there because if not you are confusing a comb over with a serious relaxer to an afro. It's like mixing up Jerry Falwell and Bill Clinton in drag with neon boots.

Bah...

[RL3AO]

13. Yep. It was Sharpton. My bad.

[Xipe Totec]

9. This just gives political cover to the GOP

after decades of fighting us tooth and nail on GW.

Now, al of a sudden, they're greenies?


:eyes:

[Occam Bandage]

25. No, it doesn't. It gives political cover to the Republicans who admit GW is real.

[Xipe Totec]

36. It's a preemptive move

To turn global warming into yet another excuse for tax cuts for the rich:

"Gingrich criticized the limit proposed by Kerry and said the senator's policy was to create a "level of pain" to compel businesses to cut their emissions, whereas he said he wanted to create a "level of pleasure" through tax breaks that would give incentives to polluters to develop new carbon-reducing technologies."

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/04/11/gingrich_drops_skepticism_on_global_warming/

[Yael]

27. I thought it was Al Sharpton and Pat Buchanan?

Could be wrong. I saw the commercial a few weeks (months?) ago.

[RL3AO]

40. It was Sharpton and Robertson.

[Yael]

42. Thanks

[ElsewheresDaughter]

7. just looking at Newt makes my ass want to suck a sour lemon

[OzarkDem]

12. Pelosi is the worst

Cuddling up to the enemy is her favorite game.

Its all about job security and power.

[Occam Bandage]

15. Sexist.

[Lucky 13]

18. No this is an ad for Al Gore's organization

The one that's fighting global warming...

There's another ad with Pat Robertson and Al Sharpton. The point is we all agree on climate change.

[NYCGirl]

21. Well, you can blame Al Gore for that, since the ads are for his organization. NT

[Xipe Totec]

26. Then t was a bad call on Al's part

sorry, but Newt is a slime ball and one of the biggest GW deniers around.

[NYCGirl]

32. Good thing you didn't see the one with Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson, then.

How can Newt be a GW denier when he volunteered to be part of the campaign? He changed his mind.

http://news.muckety.com/2008/05/19/polar-opposites-join-forces-to-promote-awareness-of-climate-change/2891

“I am honored that Al Gore asked me to be a part of this campaign urging people to take care of the planet,” Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network. “It’s just common sense that we ought to be good stewards of the environment, and do everything within our power to protect this fragile planet that we all live on,” according to an account on the wecansolveit.org web site.

House speaker Nancy Pelosi and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich appear in a similar commercial titled, “Speakers speak out on climate change.”

Using the U.S. Capitol as a backdrop for their ad, Pelosi, a liberal Democrat, and Gingrich, a conservative Republican, find common ground on this issue. “We don’t always see eye to eye, do we Newt?” says Pelosi. “No, but we do agree our country must take action to address climate change… if enough of us demand action from our leaders, we can spark the innovation we need,” responds Gingrich. Pelosi closes the ad with a pitch for viewers to visit wecansolveit.org saying “together we can do this.”

Here's the website for the Alliance for Climate Protection:

http://www.wecansolveit.org/

[Xipe Totec]

34. Jonnie come lately; the GOP is running scared

They are trying to immunize themselves on this issue:

Gingrich drops skepticism on global warming
But he and Kerry differ on solutions

...

Gingrich criticized the limit proposed by Kerry and said the senator's policy was to create a "level of pain" to compel businesses to cut their emissions, whereas he said he wanted to create a "level of pleasure" through tax breaks that would give incentives to polluters to develop new carbon-reducing technologies.


http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/04/11/gingrich_drops_skepticism_on_global_warming/

[Occam Bandage]

14. Yeah. It's a "let's put our differences behind us to solve global warming" ad.

Why do you hate the Earth?

[Xipe Totec]

19. You can't solve global warming by blowing hot air nt

[Occam Bandage]

24. Correct. The ads are suggesting that it is possible to stop blowing partisan fumes,

and actually work together to solve a problem that threatens humanity.

[Xipe Totec]

28. To solve it, we must first remove the obstacles

and that means removing the GOP from power, not helping these hypocrites stay in power by pretending to be green.

They need to be exposed and held accountable.

[Occam Bandage]

30. Newt ain't in power.

[Xipe Totec]

33. ain't elected; still has power

Parties work that way.

Look at Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter.

[AllentownJake]

16. It was for a good cause

and believe it or not as much as they fight over policy. Some of these people are actually friends when congress is not in session.

[Xipe Totec]

41. Look at the solutions being proposed

Gingrich criticized the limit proposed by Kerry and said the senator's policy was to create a "level of pain" to compel businesses to cut their emissions, whereas he said he wanted to create a "level of pleasure" through tax breaks that would give incentives to polluters to develop new carbon-reducing technologies.



http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/04/11/gingrich_drops_skepticism_on_global_warming/

[Arugula Latte]

17. But this ad campaign makes it harder for the Rethugs to deny global warming.

So, it's worth the sacrifice at looking at ol' Fetus Face Newt.

[Xipe Totec]

22. If you want Rethugs to read it, print it in the bible nt

[Arugula Latte]

46. I don't most of them actually read the Bible...They just mouth Bible talking points

handed down to them by their rightwing religious freak puppetmasters.

[Tribetime]

37. Looks like Newt's cushion is more worn than Nancy's side

[Xipe Totec]

39. His carbon footprint could flatten the Himalayas nt