Democrat Pelosi Signals Pro-Environment Agenda
Once the Democrats decide where they stand on the environment, we just may seem some rapid and positive changes. In what I call “sounds-really- great-but-I’ve-had-my-hopes- up-before” news, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced yesterday that she is seeking to set up a new committee (ahem) to (finally) tackle global heating through progressive legislation. It looks like the great rush to be “the-one-who-pushed-a-substantial-pro-environment-bill-into-law” is finally on. Could it be that, by the time of the 2008 elections, the environment will be a hot-button issue? Recent polls show that it languishes behind such comparatively insignificant issues like war and ‘family values’. Yes, I said that war is comparatively insignificant. Oh, and don’t think I didn’t notice my rabid use of hyphens in this post. Indeed, it has me a bit nervous. More on that later.
From Pelosi:
“The science of global warming and its impact is overwhelming and unequivocal,” Pelosi said in a statement. “With this new select committee, we demonstrate the priority we are giving to confront this most serious challenge. Now is time to act. The future of our country, indeed our entire planet, is at stake.”
Sounds great, doesn’t it? Remember, however, that Gore said much the same thing ten years ago but did nothing.
The way you can tell this is serious, and that there may be some real good to come of it, is by looking at the quotes from embittered old-timey politicians, like Michigan Democrat John Dingleberry who dismissed Pelosi’s plan thusly, “We’re just empowering a bunch of enthusiastic amateurs to go around and make speeches and make commitments that will be very difficult to honor.”
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