The Critical Critic Loc: Turtle Island

The Green New Deal, a sweeping Democratic proposal for dealing with c*****e c****e, fell at the first hurdle Tuesday as the Senate failed to reach the 60 v**es necessary to begin debate on the non-binding resolution, with 42 Democrats and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., v****g "present."

No senator v**ed to begin debate on the legislation, while 57 lawmakers v**ed against breaking the filibuster. Democratic Sens. Doug Jones of Alabama, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona joined 53 Republicans in v****g "no." Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, who caucuses with the Democrats, also v**ed "no." The v**e had been teed up by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in a bid to make Democratic senators -- including several 2020 p**********l candidates -- go on the record about the measure. McConnell had called the proposal "a radical, top-down, socialist makeover of the entire U.S. economy." The Green New Deal calls for the U.S. to shift away from f****l f**ls such as oil and coal and replace them with renewable sources such as wind and solar power. It calls for virtual elimination by 2030 of greenhouse gas emissions responsible for g****l w*****g. Republicans have railed against the proposal, saying it would devastate the economy and trigger massive tax increases. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, called the Green New Deal "ridiculous" and displayed pictures of dinosaurs, cartoon characters and babies on the Senate floor. He said he was treating the plan "with the seriousness it deserves”.

Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, called McConnell's move a "sham v**e" that aimed to draw attention away from real debate on the consequences of c*****e c****e. In addition to Sanders, Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York -- all candidates for the Democratic nomination who have endorsed the Green New Deal -- v**ed "present" Tuesday.
"Today's /#GreenNewDeal v**e is a partisan stunt to side-step needed debate on climate action, and give Republicans cover to put oil lobby checks over our kids," Gillibrand tweeted earlier Tuesday, adding " ... I don't play ball with bad-faith farces." However, Democratic p**********l candidate John Hickenlooper said Tuesday that he opposes the Green New Deal. The former Colorado governor said the proposal sets "unachievable goals" and shuns the private sector.

In explaining his "no" v**e, Manchin said in a statement: "This climate problem is a massive one and we must act, but aspirational documents will not solve this crisis -real solutions focused on innovation will ... The t***h is even if we zero out our country's use of f****l f**ls tomorrow, we must face the facts that other nations have invested in and will continue to use f****l f**ls to develop their economies for decades to come. We cannot successfully address our climate challenge by eliminating sources of energy that countries are committed to using.”

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said Democrats were being hypocritical by refusing to v**e for their own plan. "I've never seen a bill sponsored by a dozen people who don't want to v**e on it," he said. At a news conference earlier Tuesday, McConnell said he believed c*****e c****e was real and at least partially caused by humans, but said the real question facing lawmakers was, "How do you address it?"

“The way to do this, consistent with American values and American capitalism is through technology and innovation," McConnell said. " ... Not to shut down your economy, throw people out of work, make people reconstruct their homes, get out of their cars, you get the whole drift here. This is nonsense, and if you're going to sign on to nonsense, you ought to have to v**e for nonsense."
"[McConnell's] stunt is backfiring and it's becoming clearer and clearer to the American people that the Republican Party is way behind the times on clean energy and that Democrats are the party willing to take action," said Schumer, D-N.Y., who asked, "... What's the Republican Party proposal? Is it more coal?" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., the Green New Deal's main sponsor in the House, accused McConnell earlier Tuesday of rushing the resolution to the floor "because he doesn't want to save our planet. Because he thinks we can drink oil in 30 years when all our water is poisoned."

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meridianlesilie Loc: mars

well obama try to do something like that never went far . my cousin tried to get a solar panel on top of the house but that fell thru to ..let them try that on mars !!

Seth

How about this article on -- -- "Gasp!"
-- why nuclear energy is safer and more realistic than solar and wind power, etc by -- get this -- one of the Grand Panjandrums of the Church of Environmentalism©!

Really spot on...

https://quillette.com/2019/02/27/why-renewables-cant-save-the-planet/

The Critical Critic Loc: Turtle Island

Excellent article, Seth. Thanks for sharing. Especially from a Time Magazine “Hero of the environment”.

Seth

I'll bet HIS phone was ringing off the hook after the article was published, a lot of profanity from the left.

karpenter Loc: Headin' Fer Da Hills !!

So AOC Calls It All A Dirty Trick
I Guess The Dirty Trick Was Her Scribbling It Up
Trying To Make Republicans Look Bad
While Pulling More Spotlight Onto Her

She's An Empty Attention Whore

Wonttakeitanymore

She is an ovomit ho! All teeth and no brains! A puppet hired for wh**ever look and ethnic group they feel wins! Justice is bling except when you belong to those groups!

son of witless

Democrats support their own Bill by v****g present. McConnell is a genius.

Seth

According to AOC, she told the Dems to v**e "present," but it seems like that was one of those well known Democrat changes-of-story.

karpenter Loc: Headin' Fer Da Hills !!

She's Such The Strategist....

https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/congressman-confused-aoc-v**ed-yes-no-present-yes-1-bill-pelosi-irate-v**e/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=patriotupdate&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=libertyalliance

https://www.westernjournal.com/democrats-including-ocasio-cortez-v**e-green-new-deal-amendment/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=conservativebyte&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=libertyalliance

Seth

The Democrats are morphing the House into some kind of National Lampoon extravaganza.