Comments on: Palin on CBS: “I’m not going to solely blame all of man’s activities on changes in climate.” Seriously.

By: shop

shop — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:35:44 +0000

It’s a little bit of whatever Bush has.
In politics – there is such a thing as being too smooth and well spoken – she doesn’t suffer from that

By: Danny Bloom

Danny Bloom — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:13:32 +0000

Joe,
It’s true, as Gov Palin says, that Alaska is the only state to have
set up a sub-cabinet agency in the state government in Alaska system
“to focus solely on climate change.” they have their own website too

BUT

I’ve written to the director Larry Hartig 10 times and he has not responded once to
my emails……maybe the email account has been hacked…..But what’s up
with that?

I just wanted to tell him and Palin that in 2500, Alaska will be the
center of polar city activity for survivors of global warming……if
worst comes to worst…….as Lovelock predicts….and that Juneau will
house the buildings and people of the US CONGRESS NORTH…..and
Anchorage will house the Northern White House…….since nobody will be
left in the Lower 48…….

But Larry, the head of the subcabinet post, does not reply to any of
my emails……..What kind of state govt does Palin run? they do not answer letters from Lower 48 people?

Sarah and Larry, see the future of Alaska here:
(http://www.polarcity.org)

— Danny Bloom

By: Jim Eager

Jim Eager — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:00:19 +0000

Not the only possible factor, DWM, just the dominant one, at least over the past century. See:
http://climateprogress.org/ 2008/ 09/ 30/ study-suns-contribution-to-recent-warming-is-negligible/

By: Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:27:44 +0000

Now its not very nice of you guys to gang up on me – I’m only a woman after all!

So what if I backwards say my sentences sometimes – at least I can write proper!

Palin for President, um, Vice President, I meant Vice President.

By: DWM

DWM — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:45:53 +0000

So many of you think that the greenhouse effect is the only possible effect? Palin is supposedly stupid because she does not attribute warmming solely to human activity, but allows for the possibility that solar activity might have at least a small impact? OK, I smell where you are comming from.

By: Dano

Dano — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:24:35 +0000

3rd kind [to vote for Palin]: Single issue gun nuts. 4th kind of voters would be racists, but I think we’re really only talking about her fans and admirers, not those who will vote for her (since she’s just part of a ticket).

Didn’t bookmark it, and could have faulty memory, but recently read an analysis that of the MSAs with the highest family size, all 25 poll pro-Palin. Smallest family sizes (possibly misremembering), ~22 of 25 polling pro-Obama.

This ties to religiosity and conservatism. I also tie the McCain base to gun nuts.

Best,

By: OregonGirl

OregonGirl — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:53:26 +0000

Um, yeah, it kind of DOES matter, A LOT, because you kind of need to know what CAUSES climate change to “do something about it”. If man’s activities have caused climate change, then any intelligent person would make some changes to, what? MAN’S ACTIVITIES.

And, what does this even mean?

“I’m not going to solely blame all of man’s activities on changes in climate.”

Is she saying that instead of man’s activities bringing about climate change, instead climate change is having an affect on man’s activities?

By: john

john — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:18:57 +0000

rjm:

We’re finishing up 8 years of a person who “wasn’t to smooth talking” … and we eschewed two “elitist” candidates to get him. The result: a 1929 style economy, a ruined military, a shredded Bill of Rights, record debt, and a loss of prestige that is unprecedented in US history.

I’m kinda ready for an elitist, myself.

By: Richard C

Richard C — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:03:30 +0000

Okay, transcripts can appear worse than the actual conversation. However, in the quoted section above, she uses the wrong words, reverses concepts and fails to show coherence. This is not just about climate change. If she gets the job she will need to communicate clearly with senior politicians and world leaders, many of them will not have English as their first langusage.

By: Earl Killian

Earl Killian — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:42:34 +0000

Oh no, I just thought of another reason for McCain’s claim about the U.S. having the largest oil reserves in the world. What if it is not the result of Palin’s bogosity field, but he means Green River basin? Perhaps some “Shale, baby, shale” oil executive got to him?