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Started by Roger Coppock
Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:58
Has global warming overheated Bush's brain?
Author: Roger Coppock
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:58
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:58
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Has global warming overheated Bush's brain?
Dec. 5, 2005. 06:35 AM
LINWOOD BARCLAY, The Toronto Star
How could it be that President George W. Bush, whose country has been
plagued by murderously hot summers, melting glaciers up in Alaska, and
catastrophic hurricanes in the gulf states, is not the slightest bit
interested in tackling the problem of climate change?
This past week, in Montreal, there were delegates from all over the
world, meeting and discussing ways to stop global warming, or at the
very least, slowing the pace at which it is getting worse. And which
country wasn't interested in putting in its two cents' worth of
unleaded to find solutions? The United States.
For some time now, I've been puzzling over this one, this lack of
interest on Bush's part, and for awhile there I had it narrowed down to
four things:
a) He's not all that bright.
b) Whenever climate change comes up during the President's Daily Brief,
it's at the same time Dick Cheney does his Colin Powell impression
("Oh, gee, we better be careful!"), at which point everyone clutches
their sides and falls over laughing.
c) When people talk to him about this problem, all Bush hears is: "They
hate freedom, they hate freedom, they hate freedom."
d) All of the above.
And then I thought maybe Halliburton's got all these massive climate
change machines coming down the pipe, at $100 billion a crack, and when
we really need them, Cheney can broker a deal.
But that's just being cynical, and I'd hate to give the impression that
I'm cynical where the Bush administration is concerned.
Another theory is that George W. Bush is in fact himself a casualty of
climate change. We know that global warming can raise the average
temperature of the ocean by a degree or two, and that this creates a
breeding ground for absolutely insane Katrina-style hurricanes.
Well, what if a warmer climate has raised the average temperature of
Bush's brain by only one degree? Now, we already know that an extremely
high fever, even if it's only over a short period of time, can do
damage to the brain. What if a slight increase in temperature, over an
extended period, has the very same effect?
What if the inside of Bush's brain is spinning around like Dorothy's
house just before it crashes in Oz?
If Bush's brain has been altered by climate change, he may be unable to
fathom the fact that a change in the climate is responsible. And if
this is the case, he deserves our sympathy, not scorn. In fact, he
deserves more than our sympathy. He deserves our help.
What we have to do now, before we can get the U.S. involved in tackling
the climate change problem, is we have to get Bush's brain temperature
down
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Re: Has global warming overheated Bush's brain?
Author: M. Pimberton
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:17
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:17
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What a bunch of delusional and childish crap. No wonder most people do not take the GW crowd seriously. When are you faux environmentalists going to get serious about the Asian Brown Cloud which has absolutely nothing to do with Bush or the USA?
Re: Has global warming overheated Bush's brain?
Author: zzbunker
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:07
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:07
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Roger Coppock wrote:
> Has global warming overheated Bush's brain?
> Dec. 5, 2005. 06:35 AM
> LINWOOD BARCLAY, The Toronto Star
>
> How could it be that President George W. Bush, whose country has been
> plagued by murderously hot summers, melting glaciers up in Alaska, and
> catastrophic hurricanes in the gulf states, is not the slightest bit
> interested in tackling the problem of climate change?
> This past week, in Montreal, there were delegates from all over the
> world, meeting and discussing ways to stop global warming, or at the
> very least, slowing the pace at which it is getting worse. And which
> country wasn't interested in putting in its two cents' worth of
> unleaded to find solutions? The United States.
> For some time now, I've been puzzling over this one, this lack of
> interest on Bush's part, and for awhile there I had it narrowed down to
> four things:
> a) He's not all that bright.
Well the last US President that could be called
environmentally briight was Teddy Roosevelt.
And that was only because he *stopped*
construction in Los Angelos.
> b) Whenever climate change comes up during the President's Daily Brief,
> it's at the same time Dick Cheney does his Colin Powell impression
> ("Oh, gee, we better be careful!"), at which point everyone clutches
> their sides and falls over laughing.
But Cheney's from Nebraska, they don't have a climate,
they got Idaho.and The Washington Redskins by
10 points on the Vegas Spread Sheet.
Re: Has global warming overheated Bush's brain?
Author: M. Pimberton
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:00
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:00
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Well the last US President that could be called
environmentally briight was Teddy Roosevelt.
And that was only because he *stopped*
construction in Los Angelos.
> b) Whenever climate change comes up during the President's Daily Brief,
> it's at the same time Dick Cheney does his Colin Powell impression
> ("Oh, gee, we better be careful!"), at which point everyone clutches
> their sides and falls over laughing.
zzbunker wrote:
"But Cheney's from Nebraska, they don't have a climate,
they got Idaho.and The Washington Redskins by
10 points on the Vegas Spread Sheet."
Cheney is from Wyoming - moron. Typical know nothing Global Warming
kook.
Re: Has global warming overheated Bush's brain?
Author: zzbunker
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:10
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:10
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M. Pimberton wrote:
> Well the last US President that could be called
> environmentally briight was Teddy Roosevelt.
> And that was only because he *stopped*
> construction in Los Angelos.
>
>
> > b) Whenever climate change comes up during the President's Daily Brief,
> > it's at the same time Dick Cheney does his Colin Powell impression
> > ("Oh, gee, we better be careful!"), at which point everyone clutches
> > their sides and falls over laughing.
>
>
> zzbunker wrote:
>
> "But Cheney's from Nebraska, they don't have a climate,
> they got Idaho.and The Washington Redskins by
> 10 points on the Vegas Spread Sheet."
>
> Cheney is from Wyoming - moron. Typical know nothing Global Warming
> kook.
Wyoming is from Omaha though. Since the last thing
that ever came out of Wyoming that wasn't
Mutual Of Omaha and New York Central Park,
was Hunter Thompson and Las Vegas.
Re: Has global warming overheated Bush's brain?
Author: James
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:39
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:39
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"M. Pimberton" <kenmartining@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:1133824628.243747.82180@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > What a bunch of delusional and childish crap. No wonder most people do > not take the GW crowd seriously. He and Dan make a good couple. > > When are you faux environmentalists going to get serious about the > Asian Brown Cloud which has absolutely nothing to do with Bush or the > USA? >
Re: Has global warming overheated Bush's brain?
Author: z
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:44
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:44
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zzbunker@netscape.net wrote:
> M. Pimberton wrote:
> > Well the last US President that could be called
> > environmentally briight was Teddy Roosevelt.
> > And that was only because he *stopped*
> > construction in Los Angelos.
> >
> >
> > > b) Whenever climate change comes up during the President's Daily Brief,
> > > it's at the same time Dick Cheney does his Colin Powell impression
> > > ("Oh, gee, we better be careful!"), at which point everyone clutches
> > > their sides and falls over laughing.
> >
> >
> > zzbunker wrote:
> >
> > "But Cheney's from Nebraska, they don't have a climate,
> > they got Idaho.and The Washington Redskins by
> > 10 points on the Vegas Spread Sheet."
> >
> > Cheney is from Wyoming - moron. Typical know nothing Global Warming
> > kook.
>
> Wyoming is from Omaha though. Since the last thing
> that ever came out of Wyoming that wasn't
> Mutual Of Omaha and New York Central Park,
> was Hunter Thompson and Las Vegas.
Fun fact: Wyoming was named after a valley in Pennsylvania.
Re: Has global warming overheated Bush's brain?
Author: zzbunker
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:30
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:30
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z wrote:
> zzbunker@netscape.net wrote:
> > M. Pimberton wrote:
> > > Well the last US President that could be called
> > > environmentally briight was Teddy Roosevelt.
> > > And that was only because he *stopped*
> > > construction in Los Angelos.
> > >
> > >
> > > > b) Whenever climate change comes up during the President's Daily Brief,
> > > > it's at the same time Dick Cheney does his Colin Powell impression
> > > > ("Oh, gee, we better be careful!"), at which point everyone clutches
> > > > their sides and falls over laughing.
> > >
> > >
> > > zzbunker wrote:
> > >
> > > "But Cheney's from Nebraska, they don't have a climate,
> > > they got Idaho.and The Washington Redskins by
> > > 10 points on the Vegas Spread Sheet."
> > >
> > > Cheney is from Wyoming - moron. Typical know nothing Global Warming
> > > kook.
> >
> > Wyoming is from Omaha though. Since the last thing
> > that ever came out of Wyoming that wasn't
> > Mutual Of Omaha and New York Central Park,
> > was Hunter Thompson and Las Vegas.
>
> Fun fact: Wyoming was named after a valley in Pennsylvania.
I know. I was born right near there. That's how I knew that.
An even funner fact is that a nearby country, Luzerne County
Pennsylvania,
was named after New Orleans and Washington FEMA morons.
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