Michael Bloomberg is launching a coalition to defy Trump and uphold the Paris Agreement

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  1. Grokmaster

    Grokmaster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    None of your madeup nonsense changes the FACTS of how they were registered to vote.
     
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    Dispondent Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    If anyone is to blame for this Paris nonsense, its Obama. Had Obama just got this ratified Trump couldn't do anything about it on his own. Once again Trump is just fixing Obama's many, many failures...
     
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    Because I don't do that.
     
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    justonemorevoice Well-Known Member

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    So true.
     
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    Grokmaster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No, when the left goes too far, Sandy Hook is the result. Or riots in the streets, etc.
     
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    Going to pretend Dylan was a ghost?
     
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    Grokmaster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Going to pretend that the Sandy Hook shooter wasn't democrat, from a democrat household, in a democrat state
     
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    Grokmaster Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Has Bloomberg ponied up the BILLIONS in payments to the rest of the world, in keeping with the Paris Accord, yet?

    Didn't think so...
     
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    Science reports that 41% of the world's electricity is generated from coal.

    What burns "progressives" is that The People, acting through our unique constitutional format repudiated the MSM and the Dems. They cannot believe it. They cannot accept it. They are reacting with the distemper of cornered rats or rabid dogs. So now the Democrats and the MSM (but I repeat myself) are operating out of a subversive and intemperate mindset bent on destroying the new Administration, and making themselves fools in the process. .

    The election of Donald Trump may seem to be the last straw in a string of defeats for the cultural Marxists. Since 2008, more than three fifths of the states are now governed by the Republicans, and the Republicans are no prizes, they are simply the only choice that doesn't advance the Marxists. The Republicans won the House of Representatives in 2010 and the Senate in 2014. Now they control the Executive Branch as well. Decades of left-wing stealth and politically correct manipulation of the society and of political processes are dying before their "progressive" eyes.

    http://www.americanthinker.com/arti...aning_of_trumps_presidency.html#ixzz4j4eHxxww
     
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    Here is a good example of why you should spend less time on the site you quote (but not in quotes) from:
    https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/american-thinker/

    Dude, you are feeding yourself an almost far right diet. Expand you mind.
     
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    Well, okay. Since some states and cities are promising to live by the Paris agreement anyway, and since Trump’s rejection of that agreement doesn’t mean that Congress is forbidden to act, I have some proposals for legislation that will take climate change seriously indeed.

    First, we need to tax the “blue zones.” That is, we need to impose steep taxes on property in coastal areas that will be flooded by the sea-level increases that global warming is supposed to bring. By discouraging people from living or building there now, we’ll save ourselves from big problems in the future. Sure it’ll drive down property values, but those values should go down — they’re values for property that’s going to be flooded anyway, remember?

    Second, we need to ban taxpayer-funded air travel to conferences. State legislatures could ban reimbursement for travel outside their states; Congress could require that no federal grant money be spent on air travel to conferences and similar events. A lot of academic conferences would fail, but that’s a small price to pay for saving the planet. And besides, it will encourage the development of Internet-based conference alternatives. A whole new industry might result: Green jobs!

    Third, we need to ban private jet travel. At first I thought about just taxing it heavily, but with the planet at stake, that might not be enough. It’s nice that John Travolta can have his own Boeing 707, or that Leonardo DiCaprio can jet around the world speaking against climate change, but the carbon emissions involved set a bad example that outweighs anything he might say. So no more private jets. Bigshots will just have to fly commercial like everyone else, the way they did in the 1950s. (And sorry, Leo, but massive yachts have to go, too). Politicians, too, should have to fly commercial. No more government-funded “executive jets” for them.

    Fourth, we need a luxury tax on mansions. Any home more than twice the size of the average American home should be taxed at 25% of its value per year. Celebrities and the rich enjoy great powers of persuasion — but with great power comes great responsibility, and they have a great responsibility to set a good example for the rest of us on climate change!

    The important thing is to set a good example: Treat climate change like the crisis you say it is, and maybe more people will believe that it really is a crisis.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...imate-change-glenn-reynolds-column/102489538/
     
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    No evidence that Lanza was registered as a Democrat. As in ZERO.

    His obsession with guns and his admiration for right-wing mass murderer Anders Breivik make him a RWNJ in my book.
     
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    There's nothing wrong with cities, states, and corporations doing what they can for the environment. If their voters and shareholders agree with them doing this, more power to them. I wish them luck.

    But I agree with Trump ... the U.S. doesn't need to write billion dollar checks to the rest of the world under the fraudulent Paris agreement, which is nothing but wealth redistribution.
     
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    I agree entirely. I suspect the majority of people so vehemently protesting the US leaving the Paris agreement aren't worried about the US destroying the earth by becoming a polluted cesspool -because they know that won't happen- they're worried because they wanted our money.

    We can continue to protect the environment and develop green technologies at home without the Paris agreement.
     
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    Meh, Trump just save 2 billion from going down a liberal wet dream rathole. The real morons think 40,000 politicians and their retinue flying to Paris will save the planet.
     
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    The transformation of Manhattan from a sleazy, dangerous city into the great place it is today began with Rudy Guiliani. Even though I can not stand Guiliani as a national candidate, I do respect his work as mayor of NYC. Rich and poor alike can enjoy Manahattan now and business is better than ever.
     
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    I was there during the days of the "squeegee" people. All it takes is one strong personality who isn't afraid to ruffle some feathers to get things done. I'm surprised a bit that Giuliani didn't find a place in the Trump White House but he may have been too real for Trump to handle.
     
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    So Bloomberg has ponied up the $BILLIONS to pay the rest of the world, in keeping with the asinine Paris Ripoff?
    Didn't think so.
     
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    You are telling fibs and based on your posts, posting history and style of writing I can safely assume you are younger than 21. Please do more research before posting things, this is completely false.

    While some people do their due diligence, there are too many Americans that will parrot it out without realizing it is a flat out lie.

    There have been 42 presidential elections since California became a state in 1850. I was raised here, currently own a house in Laguna Beach and a company in Corona so I am intimately familiar with the state, its history and its current predicaments.

    In history, California has voted an Independent once (1912), a Democrat 18 times and a Republican 23 times.

    Furthermore, if you take away the recent hyper liberalism that has taken over California in 92, the numbers are skewed even more to a count of:

    1 - Independent
    11 - Democrats
    23 - Republicans

    Since your statement clearly indicates that you are talking about the "creation" of the state, I would assume that the more modern elections would have no bearing.

    So may I ask the question, did you truly believe that your statement was not a lie and in fact true? Or have you just assumed that everyone else has always agreed with you?
     
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    Can you post the hate groups of each side?

    I actually would be curious to see this tabulation you are basing your data off of.

    Or is it similar to Californias voting history?
     
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    Hmm.
    Leftists applauding the private sector for coming together to do something the left said could not/would not happen, absent the state forcing them to do so.
    Irony, anyone?
     
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    Notice how none of these liberals are agreeing to make the payments of cash pledged by Obama under the Paris agreement.
     
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    Great, already cleaning up the skies without him flying back and forth to DC.
     
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    Yeah...they keep "glossing over" that one, little detail.... :)
     

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