Obama to reverse Bush’s executive orders
President-elect Barack Obama met with President Bush (that must have been awkward!) this afternoon to discuss the war, the economy, and to get a tour of the Obama’s new home come January 20, 2009.
The BBC (and every other news agency) is reporting that with the Bush presidency nearing its end the Republicans are planning to pass last minute proposals that will be difficult for Obama to change once he’s in office. Although, the Bush administration is denying their plans.
Barack Obama also has plans of his own, to quickly change many of Bush’s executive orders that are detrimental to the society and to the progress of science. Read more to find out which laws may be affected in ’09!
McCain won’t regulate greenhouse gas emissions
The truth spills out!
John McCain and Sarah Palin seem to be supporting technology that would help decrease the rising greenhouse gas levels, or so says their official website. What McCain’s “climate change” position doesn’t tell you is that John doesn’t plan to do a thing about global warming. Sure, he’ll tell corporations to “set limits on greenhouse gas emissions,” but these limits are voluntary, not mandatory.
It’s like asking metro passengers to move towards the center of the train car in order to allow for more people to cram into the train. Some passengers will do it automatically, but others will stand near the doors blocking everyone else’s way in and out of the train car.
A voluntary cap-and-trade system, optional wind and solar technology, and a recycle-if-you-feel-like-it mentality will not save the planet. If reduction of GHG emissions will not be a law, it won’t mean much.
Read more to find out why McCain and Palin will not put the Planet First!
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