MoveOn hits Romney
The liberal political action committee MoveOn.org hit Mitt Romney for opposing the auto bailout in this ad that aired prior to Tuesday's Michigan primary. The ad features Elisa Gurulé, an auto worker, who tells her story of being unable to find a full time job in Detroit at the height of the financial crisis. But she says the president's bailout of GM and Chrysler helped her get full time work at Chrysler where she is still employed today.
"Mitt Romney said let Detroit go bankrupt," Gurulé says, looking straight into the camera. "I'm grateful our country didn't listen. We need a president who will stand by us all when times are tough."
In the next shot, Gurulé is in her car and looks at the camera and says "Mitt Romney, he'd let America fail."
Though the Michigan primary is now over, expect ads like this one to continue into the general election as President Obama uses the auto bailout as one of his major achievements as president while every Republican candidate opposed what they consider a government overreach that has put billions of taxpayer dollars at risk.
"Global temperatures have been warming since the Little Ice Age. Studies within the respectable scientific community have shown that human beings are most likely a part of this process. As a Congressman, I've done a number of things to support environmentally friendly policies. I have been active in the Green Scissors campaign to cut environmentally harmful spending, I've opposed foreign wars for oil, and I've spoken out against government programs that encourage development in environmentally sensitive areas, such as flood insurance."
"I strongly oppose the Kyoto treaty. Providing for a clean environment is an excellent goal, but the Kyoto treaty doesn't do that. Instead it's placed the burden on the United States to cut emissions while not requiring China - the world's biggest polluter - an other polluting third-world countries to do a thing. Also, the regulations are harmful for American workers, because it encourages corporations to move their business overseas to countries where the regulations don't apply. It's bad science, it's bad policy, and it's bad for America. I am more than willing to work cooperatively with other nations to come up with policies that will safeguard the environment, but I oppose all nonbinding resolutions that place an unnecessary burden on the United States."
When asked by Bill Maher if he thinks the Federal Government should be involved in stopping Global Warming, Ron Paul replied:
"Then you have to deal with the volcanoes, and you have to deal with China... so what are you going to do, invade China so they don't pollute? ... But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't do what we can to slow up the emissions and stop subsidizing big oil companies. I don't like subsidizing oil companies. They've been doing that for years. We go to war to protect oil, so that we can buy more oil, and burn more oil. So I say our foreign policy contributes to global warming -- by subsidizing a policy that is deeply flawed. And that's why we're in the Middle East, to protect oil interests."
When asked if efforts to slow down Global Warming should be increased, Dr. Paul replied: "Yes."
Because he does not support any piece of legislation not specifically authorized by the Constitution, Paul votes against most bills that involve government spending or expanded government initiatives; thus he does not seek legislation to combat the global warming. Instead, he advocates reducing emissions, halting subsidies to oil companies, and altering a war-for-oil foreign policy that in itself contributes to global warming.
Special thanks to Pure Energy Systems Network; this is taken pretty much verbatim from their site.
"Global temperatures have been warming since the Little Ice Age. Studies within the respectable scientific community have shown that human beings are most likely a part of this process. As a Congressman, I've done a number of things to support environmentally friendly policies. I have been active in the Green Scissors campaign to cut environmentally harmful spending, I've opposed foreign wars for oil, and I've spoken out against government programs that encourage development in environmentally sensitive areas, such as flood insurance."
"I strongly oppose the Kyoto treaty. Providing for a clean environment is an excellent goal, but the Kyoto treaty doesn't do that. Instead it's placed the burden on the United States to cut emissions while not requiring China - the world's biggest polluter - an other polluting third-world countries to do a thing. Also, the regulations are harmful for American workers, because it encourages corporations to move their business overseas to countries where the regulations don't apply. It's bad science, it's bad policy, and it's bad for America. I am more than willing to work cooperatively with other nations to come up with policies that will safeguard the environment, but I oppose all nonbinding resolutions that place an unnecessary burden on the United States."
When asked by Bill Maher if he thinks the Federal Government should be involved in stopping Global Warming, Ron Paul replied:
"Then you have to deal with the volcanoes, and you have to deal with China... so what are you going to do, invade China so they don't pollute? ... But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't do what we can to slow up the emissions and stop subsidizing big oil companies. I don't like subsidizing oil companies. They've been doing that for years. We go to war to protect oil, so that we can buy more oil, and burn more oil. So I say our foreign policy contributes to global warming -- by subsidizing a policy that is deeply flawed. And that's why we're in the Middle East, to protect oil interests."
When asked if efforts to slow down Global Warming should be increased, Dr. Paul replied: "Yes."
Because he does not support any piece of legislation not specifically authorized by the Constitution, Paul votes against most bills that involve government spending or expanded government initiatives; thus he does not seek legislation to combat the global warming. Instead, he advocates reducing emissions, halting subsidies to oil companies, and altering a war-for-oil foreign policy that in itself contributes to global warming.
Special thanks to Pure Energy Systems Network; this is taken pretty much verbatim from their site.
Why is the media so lazy that they cannot report the actual truth and just repeat a narrative that has been dreamed up with no basis in reality? Just because Rick Santorum is paranoid and delusional doesn't mean it should be national news.
@ReduceGHGs, without freedom or liberty supression will remain. infact it will get worse. you mentioned congressional obstructionists and scientific institutions. isnt it congress that funds the institutions you speak of? the problem is we dont not heve the liberty to venture off mainstream ideas because they simply are not funded. man made greenhouse gasses can be reduced if we had the freedom and liberty to do so.
Peaceout.