Climate Change Not a Top Worry in U.S.

[DarrinS]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/167843/climate-change-not-top-worry.aspx




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[Wild Cobra]

It doesn't matter.

It is a bigger issue than race relationships!

[boutons_deux]

how many of these worrying problems are being actively addressed by Congress?

amusing to see how the VRWC propaganda machine has got people worrying about the non-problems of govt spending, deficit, and SS.

terrorist attacks? really? :lol

[DarrinS]

And Senate Democrats held an all-night "talkathon" on climate change that no one gives a shit about.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/09/senate-democrats-talkathon-climate-change/6172647/





WASHINGTON—Just don't call it a filibuster.

A majority of Senate Democrats on Monday will launch an overnight "talkathon" until approximately 9:00 a.m. Tuesday to draw attention to climate change.

The overnight effort, organized by Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, is part of the recently launched Senate Climate Action Task Force headed by Sens. Barbara Boxer of California and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island.

In a statement, Boxer said Democrats want to "wake up Congress" to the dangers of climate change.

The marathon session is not technically a filibuster in part because there is no legislation under debate, but overnight sessions are rare and likely to draw media attention to the topic — which is precisely the goal.

The most recent overnight "talkathon" session was led by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, last September in an unsuccessful but highly public effort to block a stopgap spending bill.

The Democratic effort is cause for some confusion because these senators are calling for action in a chamber they control but without any specific legislation to offer up for a vote, or any timetable for action this year.

Whitehouse spokesman Seth Larson said the overnight event is "just one of a number of steps that the Senate Climate Action Task Force will be taking this year, and we hope it will help get more Americans engaged in the important debate about how we can act on climate change."

The issue of climate change is politically volatile, and Congress has shied away from serious legislative efforts since 2010, when House Democrats narrowly approved a bill to cap carbon emissions. That bill was ultimately viewed as contributing to the party's electoral losses that year. Senate Democrats never took it up.

Democrats have 28 senators scheduled to speak through Monday night, but some of the party's most vulnerable senators facing re-election this year—Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Kay Hagan of North Carolina—are notably missing from the lineup.

[boutons_deux]

I think a lot of people give a shit about climate change, as well as the environment, but they see that federal govt is blocked from doing anything serious.

[Spurminator]

Darrin posts another thread about not caring about climate change. Shocker.

[Nbadan]

Apparently, they don't give a shit about illegal immigration either....shocker!

[Jacob1983]

People don't give a shit because most of us will be dead before shit gets bad. I don't want to hear "future generations" bullshit. Be honest now. Your ancestors didn't give a shit about you and didn't even think about you when they were alive. Your future descendants are not going to be thinking about you when you are long dead. Who gives a fuck?

[MannyIsGod]

Darrin posts another thread about not caring about climate change. Shocker.

Well he's actually posting factual info on the subject. He's right. People generally don't give a shit about climate change when they're faced with problems they see as urgent and more pressing. Its hard to worry about a problem that to the average person is very abstract and far off into the future.

[Th'Pusher]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/167843/climate-change-not-top-worry.aspx




http://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/djxc9fa960igh03ny5-f_w.png

Seems like an excellent reason to do absolutely nothing about it then!

[TeyshaBlue]

Seems like an excellent reason to do absolutely nothing about it then!

Im doing my part!:lol

[Wild Cobra]

Well he's actually posting factual info on the subject. He's right. People generally don't give a shit about climate change when they're faced with problems they see as urgent and more pressing. Its hard to worry about a problem that to the average person is very abstract and far off into the future.
And when observations don't match 95% of the models, the observations must be wrong.

Right Manny?

[Th'Pusher]

And when observations don't match 95% of the models, the observations must be wrong.

Right Manny?
Why do you even bother responding to Manny or asking him direct questions? You know he doesn't respect you or your mind enough to respond. Why waste your time?

[Wild Cobra]

Why do you even bother responding to Manny or asking him direct questions? You know he doesn't respect you or your mind enough to respond. Why waste your time?
LOL...

I have no respect for that Climastrologist either.

I kicked his ass so many times, he's afraid to debate me now.

[DarrinS]

Im doing my part!:lol

I'm actually doing my part, but it's more about personal economics than carbon.