Bloomberg & Global Warming
Posted on 01. Oct, 2010 by admin in Global Warming
I love how nearly every week the MAYOR of New York has something to say about national, international, and planetary issues. The New York mayor- who just happens to be Michael Bloomberg, who is spending lots of money testing the political presidential winds. And he has a lot of money to test those currents as well. His net worth is somewhere around five BILLION, but who’s counting!
While he acknowledged that scientists are unable to predict its consequences, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday compared the scourge of global warming to the threat of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Although it is a “long-term” fight, he said, reducing gas emissions may save the life of “everybody” on the planet, the same way that fighting terrorism and its proliferation saves lives in shorter terms.
You can bet that he’s done his homework and he is honing his messages as the political tectonic plates shift from week to week. Will it be Obama & McCain, Hillary & McCain, or some other alignment? Whatever the March political landscape tells us, speaks volumes as to the messages that Bloomberg releases.
This is not being disingenius- just politically smart!
Addressing a U.N. climate change conference, the mayor also announced a new plan to reduce the use of tropical hardwoods by New York City and told delegates that the city plans to host a meeting in June of leaders from 20 major world cities to discuss ways for the largest municipalities to reduce global warming. Other participants in the conference called for a “war” against climate change, in which the United Nations would serve as a front-line combatant.
You go Michael- ride the border shores! It’s not yet Bloomber time, but very soon!
Mr. Bloomberg renewed his call, made first late last year, for taxing countries such as America that emit large amounts of carbons, which are believed to cause changes in the planet’s climate. “So long as there’s no penalty or cost involved in producing greenhouse gases, there will be no incentive” to meet targets set by international institutions, the mayor told the General Assembly. “For that reason, I believe the U.S. should enact a tax on carbon emissions.
That appeals to the moderates in both parties.
Again, as the New York mayor, Bloomberg said that “We should go after terrorists every place in this world, find them and kill them, plain and simple. If weapons of mass destruction get out of the hands of the countries that have them and get into the hands of terrorists, the potential is just mind-boggling. he added. And while global warming “is a much longer-term thing,” he said, it “has all of the same potentials of destroying the planet that we live on. No scientist knows for sure what’s going to happen, but you don’t want to wait to find out.”
That appeals to the Republican conservatives.
Bloomberg announced that in addition to his initiatives to convert the city’s taxi fleet to hybrid fuels, devise a plan for congestion tax, “green our buildings,” and plant more trees, the city would curb the use of tropical hardwoods, which it purchases to the tune of $1 million a year, causing rainforest deforestation.
That appeals to the Democratic liberals.
Is this guy covering all the beses or what? And he won’t have to worry about any super delegates either! I’m ready for something new and refreshing and if Obama can’t defeat the Clinton political machine, I’m betting that archangel Michael can!
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