Pope pledges climate change fight; Schwarzenegger calls Bush plans bogus

President Bush is the Anti-Christ of this time on earth. We should all reject him. Everything, every single thing he has said and done have rung hollow in every single aspect of his presidency. He is the Anti-Christ, as was Hitler and Napoleon. He will go the way of Anti-Christs.

Should Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger consider a fee on corn fuel ethanol use?

* * Lower price for food, gas, water, beer, cleaner air and funds for the budget from oil profit.

Republicans; 3%cynics, as their constituency relies partly on the super wealthy, and those are limited, who make all the decisions and have no moral compass; and 97% simpletons, on whom they relie for the bulk of their voters; none equal to the task, either from being over aged and in nursing homes, still able to vote but no longer continent nor compis; and the rest a mishmosh of religious right wingers who really believe prayer in the schools and death penalties for abortionists will be revisited in the near future; or bigots who somehow feel a subtle sympathy coming from the right, along with the fervor with which they support the right to keep dangerous weapons within reach of their children.(thier watchword seems to be: promise them anything, give them the finger after you get their vote). But to those 97%, the 3% actually claim to believe in God. Wouldn't it be funny if there were a God and they were headed straight for the Hot Place? Let's see; which of the ten commandments have they not broken?

Is anyone really surprised by the conduct of the Bush regime. They continually thumb their noses at anything that doesn't support their facist ideaology. Is it to late for impeachment proceedings against Bush/Cheney?

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People its all about Oil he owns oil. This is why he rejects the global warming, it will make oil companies responsible and have to pay to clean up the air. We dont have a gar shortage yet he insists on opening more land for oil drilling. The oil company already own land they are not using. Oil is not the answere its getting off of oil. We have high gas prices due to ethanol now on the market, plus we are making higher milage cars, so the oil nazis will increase the price of oil so they can keep those profits where they are at. This all boils down to Mr. Bush. He is in on it. We should impeach him!!!!! He is destroying our economy, our soldiers and our pockets!!!

George Bush is the worst ecological disaster this country has ever known

I liken our inadequate preparedness to fight the fires in calif. to that of our response to Katrina. Their are fires every year and we can expect an increase in the future. There should be a major push for at least an order of magnitude increase in the # of planes and pilots ready to fight them. They should be able to put them out in one day not 6 weeks.

Let me see if I understand this. The US Supreme Court said that the EPA has to enforce the Clean Air Act. In turn, the EPA has said, in brief, no, we are not going to follow an order of the US Supreme Court. Or is it more compliacted than that?

Has anyone ever refused to carry out an order of the Supreme Court? What happens now? Can the Supreme Court order the head of the EPA be arrested for failing to carry out the courts order?

The republicons have become the new NAZI party in america,

the new fascists,

they are in fact quite UnAmerican in their dogma,

Bush, McBushSame, Cheney, wolfowitz, rumsfeld, rice,

these are the very same cabal of war criminals that brought america

the war in vietnam

they belong in prison

Nothing good has come out of the white house for the last 8 years, and bush is indeed the worst president in the history of this country, and he has done so much damage to everything, the economy, our relations with the world, the environment, what a relief, only a few more months of this

The earth is being "cleansed with fire" just as ancient prophets had predicted. The real problem has been forest management. There is too much dry fuel for fires during a dry cycle because it takes an act of congress to harvest dead trees. Fires release carbons in the air, and effect the ozone layer in a big way.
It's comical to hear Californians complain about it, but when you drive down the packed 4-5 lane freeways in California, the car pool lane is usually wide open, while the other 4-5 lanes are packed with cars with only one person in them. Maybe some day in California it'll be like Brazil where you have to take turns driving your car with others, and can only drive it on even or odd numbered days of the month. We all need to do our part, and stop whining.

I can tell by reading all of the comments that not one of the writers have any idea who the Lord of this world is. It is Jesus Christ and He has lifted His hand almost off of this great nation, because of the sin and evil that we have let into this nation. When the time comes I am glad we (Christians) will not have to listen to this anger and hatefull attitudes in Heaven.

why should we be suprised by anything the illiterate bush does or says, all he has done since being in office is lie and lie and lie. he has no morals and would destroy the garden of eden to get oil . I hope he burns in hell forever.

Bush and the his"puppet master" Cheney, should be impeached. Have they no shame?

The Republican Administration knows and has known about Global Warming. Al Gore told them with mastery and finesse repeatedly year after year until he had to go to the people themselves for support. The Republican predecessors permitted (if not engineered) the Global Warming crisis for their own, and their successors', benefit. The people of the United States of America must wake up to what is going on. It's an Us and Them philosophy, always was, and always will be, with dissenters being labeled inferior, evil and wrong, and those who agree and play copycat given rights and privileges. Now the world is (as predicted) tumbling down around their ears and the Republicans are scrambling to keep everything under tight, tighter, tightest controls for as long as possible. This brings them power, profit, you know the drill. Frighten the people with an enemy or a crisis and they will pay you to rescue them. The current administration will force people to fight them, if they can gain by it. That would provide them with an excuse to rid themselves of those multitudes of "bad, evil, wrong" bogies. I say it's time to admit what they've done, encouraged and allowed us to do (something really wierd to the environment) and for all of us regardless of caste, creed, beliefs, or borders, to join forces in a coalition that transforms the planet and heals her.

Let's try a win/win solution. The solutions to Global Warming are already invented, listed, and communicated, and they're being revised, refined and made economical as we speak. Be forewarned, though, Mr. Bush is now using FISA to try to outmaneuver the green movement in the interests of Big Oil and the military under the guise of protecting us from terrorism, which they partially created by feeding rogue oil producing countries who did not have our best interests at heart an unusually large amount of money and weapons for something that causes disease and is destroying the environment. Disease works for people like Mr. Bush. He can profit from pharmaceuticals.

not just republicans democrats too there really is ASOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PARTYS .
We live in the most currupt country in the world and this president is no different than the last.
Congress as usual is full of ANCIENT Enfeebled Alzheimers patients that cant represent anything short of what they are told to vote for.
Dont blame any one party or president ,The federal government Is to blame for every single consequence We are suffering .
Like every nation that has ever existed weve come to a point in our history where the government needs to be put in check and shown who is really in charge, we are not exempt from this we all took world history in high school this is nothing new so lets get it over with, or shut up and take it.

Boy is it hot- I was walking around with a headache all day yesterday, it was so damn hot. My air conditioner can't begin to keep up, at this point, and I suppose it will only get worse. I don't want to live like this. I think soon there will be war. War between those of us who do not want global warming, and those few super wealthy with entrenched interests in killing the rest of us. If you aren't into war, then we have to choke off their funds, by using less energy, and moderating this insatiable demand for disposable items. In an irony , we are the enemy we seek, causing pollution through our short sited dependence on chemicals, and petroleum products, the byproducts of which, are poisoning the earth, and it's inhabitants, and our utter lack of moderation, discipline, and self control, to consume a fair, and sustainable portion of the earths bounty.

I think Bush is a Saudi spy...

I hope John McCain chooses Joe Liberman as his vice president. That will go a long way to remove the finger pointing that one political party is worse than another. It's people who are good or bad. President Bush has repeatedly asked congress to do their job. This is the worse congress I have ever seen. I saw one article on the volcanos going off under the Arctic Ice Cap and melting it. I suppose that's Bush's fault also.

I was proud when Nancy Pelosi became speaker of the house, I saw hope and a promise of a new era in U.S. Government. But now I have realized that she deceived the American people by not standing up against the Bush corrupt government. Instead she and others like her have done nothing but continued to prop up the corrupt Bush government. My Dad, a very good man once told me that if you have the power to change a wrong, but you do not, then you are just as guilty as the one who is committing the wrong. So, let us let them know that "WE THE PEOPLE" are watching and we will not forget, believe me; There's power in voting. So, in November let's do everything "WE THE PEOPLE" can do to make sure we vote out this corrupt Bush government, along with those Dem's who continue to support them. Remember, "POWER TO WE THE PEOPLE".

You're wrong about pelosi, watson, but the rest of your message is right on!

If you raving lefties seriously think that we can affect global warming one iota by having the EPA regulate CO2 and other gases, then you are all seriously deluded and in desperate need of some education.

The EPA does not make law in this country, congress does. If they want to regulate something that affects every aspect of our economy (CO2 emissions), they should pass a law through both houses of congress, as it should be done. It is not up to the EPA or the supreme court to do the dirty work that congress is too cowardly to do.

Bush allowed 3000 americans to be slaughted on 9/11 after he received numerous briefing and warnings about the terrorist hijacking planes. And Bush Did nothing about the warnings. Now bush is receiving numerous warnings about global warming ............again he blows it off. I think bush needs to be charged with manslaugter, reckless endagerment,spying and treason.

Mr Watson, I too am disappointed with Mrs. Pelosi, however, we have to keep in mind that although the Dems do hold the majority in Congress, they do not have a big enough majority in order to pass legislation that we need in order to override the vetos that Bush promises for almost everything that comes out of the democratic legislature, so she is somewhat "hamstrung". Nothing of any substance will be passed into law until the Dems get a larger majority &
Bush is gone. We know that they have trampled on the Constitution, & broken many laws of this nation as well as of the World Court, but the Republicans in Congress still maintain enough votes to block any attempts to bring them to justice. We must be patient, & wait until Bush & Cheney are gone from office & hope that we gain a filibuster proof majority in both houses of Congress & then we can hope to see Pelosi push through meaningful legislation & the Senate bring forth those from the Bush Administration to JUSTICE. Any attempts to do so now, would give Bush the ability to pardon them upon the eve of his leaving office . Don't forget the hand Rove has had in all of this as well. Let's not be too hasty in prosecuting them, while Bush still would have the power to pardon his "Partners in Crime". They have all been complicit in the damage to the environment, Clean Air, lack of support for alternative energy, Treason, for their trampling of the Constitution, & most importantly, Crimes against Humanity. No doubt, that they should all be in jail.

To question #9, has anyone refused to comply with a Supreme Court decision, the answer is yes. In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, requiring the Cherokee Nation to leave their lands in Georgia so white people could have them. The Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee were a sovereign nation and could not be moved. President Jackson's response was, "Chief Justice Marshall has made his decision; let Justice Marshall enforce it." The result was the infamous Trail of Tears. So much for checks and balances.

On a related note, wasn't it Hitler who asked, "How many battalions does the Pope have?" So much for moral authority.

How depresing.

This posting has two material misquotes, and I am afraid they are no accidents.
First, Schwarzenegger unfortunately did not acknowledge the Global Warming played a role in the wild fires. He much rather said that Global Warming could have played a role. A small, but important difference. Still, it is remarkable that he even said that much.
More importantly, though, he did NOT say that the Bush environmental plans are bogus. He much rather said that if the Bush administration acted on carbon emissions regulations now - shortly before leaving office, he could not take the results seriously and they would be bogus.
Please be more careful.

Wow. You people really are out there. You must be the ones that Barack Obama is sprinting to the "center" and away from. I'm not even going to attempt to make an argument about any of these points because it is clear that you do not have the requisite brain synapses to have a rational dialogue.

Man - this is why my shares of pharmacology stock are doing so well. You people must be popping the old Zoloft, Prozac, Celexa, Effexor, Xanax from your Hannibal Lector PEZ dispensers like it is going out of style. Who are you going to blame after the anti christ leaves office for all your woes?

ALL AMERICANS MUST Divest all retirement funds from the Large Oil/Gas Investment houses! THIS WILL CERTAINLY CURTAIL IF NOT ELIMINATE THE PROFITS BEING achieved from the American households!

What is funny is that the same people who voted for him (the second time) are probably those that are being hurt the most by him. The stock market has not budged since his entire tenure, every business except oil has suffered. Only speculators (not the typical Republican conservative) have prosperred during his entire term of office.

It makes you really wonder who would put money into the McCain campaign. It could not be anybody who is pro-American. A sobering (pardon the pun) note: an American icon, Anheiser-Busch, is being sold to a non-American company.

I once was Republican before I reached the age of reason. This clown we have as a president is ubelievable. I can never vote republican again. I hope this is the death of the party it is so bad.

Bush and Republican philosophy, bad for:
business, economy, environment, political relations with foreign nations

Is there anything that has gotten better during this entire two-term fiasco except oil and defense company bottom lines? If so, please tell me what it was.

I can tell by reading all of the comments that not one of the writers has any idea who the Earth Mother is. It is Gaia and She has lifted Her hand almost off of this planet, because of the lack of respect that we as a species exhibit towards her Creation. When the time comes I am glad we (Pagans) will be air-lifted in spaceships to the orbiting biospheric geodesic dome inhabited only by Democrats (except we will make an exception for Arnold).

I didn't vote for bush the first time and I didn't vote for him the second time ... shame on all of you who did and stop your whining... you did this by electing a moron!

I’m here. I’m ready willing and able. But I’m nothing more than a snowflake, one of many whom believe in the Snowflake Theory”. Ever watch a snowstorm? Billions of snowflakes perish before they over come the land. When the storm subsides “We The People” deal with the effects, first the beauty it creates, second the misery it mostly causes. The most amazing aspect is, it all started from a single snowflake.

Unfortunately my first post may not mean a thing to you, or it could explain everything. Can you read between the lines? Are you willing to look yourself in the mirror and be judged for all that is wrong in and around your world? If not than don’t Judge or pass blame. I did. I lost my self. It took years to rediscover myself, I still feel lost, alone, and tired. I’m like a prisoner of war only my wars are silent, and they rest within my head. What terrifies me is that all this plays out for me constantly daily.

As I broke I repeated one thing over and over. “If you want me to be the voice of everyone, I must first be the voice of no one”. As the voice of no one I’m here typing in my computer trying not to over step the boundaries, Laws, or like most people the guidelines to which “We The People” live.

I call out to all, Mostly the deaf, as they hear the most. Help me on my quest. We could be nothing more than a few snowflakes but if there are enough of us “We The People” can and will make a difference. My first question would read as follows;
1.What is life going to like after climate change?
2.Are we “The People” prepared for living conditions that our world has to offer after global warming reaches its most critical points?
3. Is the climate going to drive us back to the stone ages?
4. Could all of the progress we achieved over time be simply lost in history, or lost in translation?
5. Can “We The People” overcome all odds? The answer is as simple as pie!
I just don’t belive we the human race are ready for the answers to pie?
6. Do you remember what happened when someone learned how to split an atom???

I’m trying not to write a novel here but I think this sets my stage. And the world is my audience.

I’m stuck between two worlds. As the “Boy” with a dream, and a “Man on a mission. When Worlds Collide!!! As Arnold would say I’ll be Back!!!
Is this pen mightier than the sword??? Hmmm I’m Waiting!!! I’m waiting on a world to change? Imagine, a message in a bottle, would you stand by me, all I am saying is give peace a change. Take this sad song and make it better.

The Boy
S.O.S …---… …---… …---… …---… …---… S.O.S. “We The People”

ALL AMERICANS MUST Divest all retirement funds from the Large Oil/Gas Investment houses! THIS WILL CERTAINLY CURTAIL IF NOT ELIMINATE THE PROFITS BEING achieved at the EXPENSE of the American households!