Bush Puts Jobs Ahead of Climate Treaty

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The Bush administration contends that the long-term benefit from the Kyoto climate treaty won't be worth the immediate economic cost.

The conspicuous U.S. absence from the treaty limits its impact when it takes effect Wednesday. While the 35 participating industrial nations have committed to reducing carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other compounds to below their levels of 1990, the United States is the single biggest source of greenhouse gases.

President Bush agreed in his 2000 campaign to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant but came to the view shortly afterward that its harm has yet to be scientifically established.

"We are still learning about the science of climate change," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Tuesday. In the meantime, McClellan said, "We have made an unprecedented commitment to reduce the growth of greenhouse gas emissions in a way that continues to grow our economy."

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Learning? Still learning? The planet is dying you bastards!

[underpants]

1. Oooh a tie

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=102&topic_id=1240246&mesg_id=1240246

[Placebo]

2. Well I posted it a few seconds earlier!

So technically, it should go to me. :P

[cyberpj]

3. Ok, it's yours. eom.

[underpants]

4. Kick

:kick:

[pinniped]

5. There is no $$$ to be made in saving the planet.

Fuck that piece of shit presidunce.

These assholes don't even acknowledge climate change exists. Go to hell Scotty.

--"We are still learning about the science of climate change," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Tuesday.--

Sure, busting up ANWR is sure to reduce those greenhouse gases. I do my part in reducing greenhouse gases by burning wooden pallets every night at the beach.:eyes: Stupid idiots.

--"We have made an unprecedented commitment to reduce the growth of greenhouse gas emissions in a way that continues to grow our economy."--

[LongTomH]

6. What a crock!

Bush doesn't care about American jobs or the planet! If he wanted to protech American jobs, he should just stop outsourcing them.

Actually, one of the reasons corporations want to outsource jobs is to find countries with looser pollution controls.

[leftofcool]

7. Learning????????

Oh, I forgot, it's a retard speaking for a retard.

left of cool

[Mich Otter]

8. Pollution Controls and Jobs

The idea that pollution controls are gonna cost us jobs is a big bag of buffalo droppings. The work designing, installing and maintaining pollution control devices will provide a lot of jobs.
We just need leadership in this country who will pass mandatory regulations to get the job done.

[Lorien]

17. Coming from the pResident who gives corporations tax breaks for

sending our jobs overseas, this is especially rich!

[Cocoa]

9. nice headline by YahooNews

not "Bush puts corporate profits ahead..."

[Lorien]

16. or "Bush puts greed ahead of survival of all life on earth.." n/t

[Coastie for Truth]

10. That is pure unadulterated Texas Cowpatty

Compliance with Kyoto would generate new technologies and new products.

My gosh --- nobody made a freaking Prius hybrid ev until Japan signed up for Kyoto. And now hybrid ev's and metal hydride batteries are a growth industry.

Likewise with flat panel displays -- burn 1/100th the electricity of CRT's -- and they were adopted first in Japan -- which got the knowhow and the IP ahead of us.

Is this guy suicidal for the American economy? The American Electronics Association says America's technology prowess is seriously threatened -- on Bush's watch.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/10903442.htm

[bdot]

11. What jobs?

[jdj]

12. who blew who for that headline?

more quid pro blow?

[Inland]

13. I agree: nobody writes, "puts Oil/Gas Lobby ahead of Sustaining Life"

[Placebo]

15. Seriously...

It rests on the huge fallacy that Bush's policies which are "creating jobs" (yea right) would be effected by Kyoto! And we wouldn't want that...:eyes:

Talk about biased, give me a break.

[TahitiNut]

14. Why did they spell 'profits' as j-o-b-s???

The only 'jobs' the GreedyObscenePigs have cared about are their own and the blowjobs others get. Lying pieces of whale shit!

[Deja Q]

18. If the destruction of the Earth would make someone a billionaire, they

would allow it.

I'm sick of "people" putting money above existence.

[wildflower]

19. Also see this LBN thread...

Global warming as bad as terrorism: ALP

The Labor leader, Kim Beazley, has ranked global warming next to nuclear proliferation and militant fundamentalism as a major threat to the world's security.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1239870

-wildflower

[gratuitous]

20. Jobs? Jobs?

Stupidhead has presided over a net loss of jobs during his time in office. So he doesn't even have the bad excuse of trying to save jobs for killing the planet.

But thanks to our faithful lapdogs in the media for painting the "controversy" as one of jobs vs. the environment, instead of as one of personal profits for an elite few vs. the welfare and well-being of everyone on the planet.

[struggle4progress]

29. !

:mad:

[stepnw1f]

21. F'n Kracka is Taking Jobs Away

Cleaning up the planet would create jobs, and help efforts in finding more environmentally positive solutions to manufacturing. This asshole is killing us all.

Bush=End Times Anti-Christ

[The Sheik]

22. I would support Jobs before enviorment.

But Bush is lying. The only people the Kyoto accord effect are the top crust at major corporations, his friends.

[clem_c_rock]

23. It's not about OUR jobs he's worried about

It's all of his rich friends jobs

[Erika]

24. Jobs won't matter if we kill off life on Earth

We owe it to our children and grandchildren to fight this ruination of our planet for the greedy few.

Gore should have been president in 2000. The devil is behind putting Bush in.

[Guckert]

25. He is trying desperately to get to ONE net job before year 8

[proudbluestater]

26. "Bush Puts Jobs Ahead of Climate Treaty "

There is simply NO better shill for the regime that the formerly-trusted AP.

The only time the word JOBS would naturally occur in a sentence with the word Bush is when the word LOST accompanies both.

Freaking A! Bush worries about lost jobs? Only his own. The rest of us can eat cake. Or dumpster dive, whatever.

[leesa]

27. As in LAST and SECOND LAST priority??

[pdurod1]

28. Didn't JK have a re-newable energy plan similar in scope to the

Apollo program? that would have created math, science, manufacturing jobs, etc,... here in America and opened up new markets in energy and reducing emmissions, here in this country? Again this country would have a 20 year lead (from massive $$ invested and spent) in energy technologies. Instead we have oil men in charge of the white house.