Rick Perry didn't exactly say that, but he implied it today, when he said he did not believe in global warming, and that it was more-or-less a "ploy" of scientists to get funding for their research projects. Un huh! Yep! That's the ticket! But then here's a person who carries a lazer-sighted pistol when he jogs so he can kill snakes. Mind you, any human being who is healthy enough to jog, can easily outrun a snake. I mean, a person can outwalk a snake!
Oh, and of course big business says that as long as we have such "stringent(?)" environmental laws, they are hamstrung from creating more jobs. Sure they are. And then when they screw up the environment, there'll be plenty of jobs available to clean up their messes.
Think Katrina, and New Orleans. If we hadn't built in the floodplains, and filled in the marshes, the town would not have gone underwater. Think the Everglades! And how the lack of them has caused some terrific hurricane damage to the coast of Florida. So what are we doing now? Trying to "restore" the Everglades...ah...jobs created, twice, if you count when we screwed it up in the first placed.
But how do you really "fix" a problem when the land has changed, the animals have vanished, the plants don't grow there anymore. Are the "promises" of more jobs more important than saving the earth so it's habitable? Notice I said "promises" of jobs; no guarantee there really would be jobs!
Getting back to Rick Perry, Molly Ivens... you had your work cut out for you when you cussed and discussed the Texas ledg...and we miss you. This story is about way more than Texas, but Perry started the ball rolling with his inane remarks.
Can't write as well as you did, but I'm trying, this Day 168!
Oh, and of course big business says that as long as we have such "stringent(?)" environmental laws, they are hamstrung from creating more jobs. Sure they are. And then when they screw up the environment, there'll be plenty of jobs available to clean up their messes.
Think Katrina, and New Orleans. If we hadn't built in the floodplains, and filled in the marshes, the town would not have gone underwater. Think the Everglades! And how the lack of them has caused some terrific hurricane damage to the coast of Florida. So what are we doing now? Trying to "restore" the Everglades...ah...jobs created, twice, if you count when we screwed it up in the first placed.
But how do you really "fix" a problem when the land has changed, the animals have vanished, the plants don't grow there anymore. Are the "promises" of more jobs more important than saving the earth so it's habitable? Notice I said "promises" of jobs; no guarantee there really would be jobs!
Getting back to Rick Perry, Molly Ivens... you had your work cut out for you when you cussed and discussed the Texas ledg...and we miss you. This story is about way more than Texas, but Perry started the ball rolling with his inane remarks.
Can't write as well as you did, but I'm trying, this Day 168!
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