~~Rants del Nicoleta~~

I’m feeling political today.  Just am.  So some facts that may or may not be well-known:

1- Statement: The US is the largest greenhouse gas producer of CO2, therefore……yada yada

Answer: China is now held to be the largest greenhouse gas producer.  NOT the US.  We’re #2. Yeah for us!

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/20/business/emit.php

2- Statement: Republicans are war-mongers.  And other related issues

Answer: My favorite one to point out! ^^  WW1- President Wilson, WW2- Franklin, Korean War- Truman, Vietnam I’ll skip cause I don’t know much about; for Clinton- Yugoslavia {Kosovo} (1999) and Somalia.  So that would mean Bush is a rarity in “conservatives” being war-mongers.

3- Statement: The in ‘02-03 recession was Bush’s fault.

Answer: It started during Clinton’s term. 3rd Q of ‘00; 1st Q of ‘01 and 3rd Q of ‘01.  Most commonly it’s said to have started in March of 2000.

http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_luskin/luskin200405050850.asp

4- Statement: Oil is too high so we have to find a solution!  But not those! (Drilling, Coal, Nuclear, etc)

Answer:  Too bad.  I say for every person that opposes finding new resources should pay for other people’s gas until a solution is found.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25252119

That’s a good bit of oil there!  And couple it with sythetic oil from coal (America does have the largest proven coal reserves in the world) you’d get dependence reduced!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal#Production_trends

Burned out of politics for now………