America the unserious
It’s hard to imagine that one of America’s great political parties is ready to nominate for President a candidate who apparently can spout nonsense such as this with a straight face:
We can’t afford more of the same timid politics when the future of our planet is at stake. We are already breaking records with the intensity of our storms, the number of forest fires, and the periods of drought. By 2050, famine could force more than 250 million from their homes. And if we do nothing, sea levels will rise high enough to swallow large portions of every coastal city and town.
Famine, drought, fires, and storms — all at once? A presidential candidate says this and is not laughed off the stage? We said the other day that America had apparently turned into a TV show. Maybe things are even worse than that. Maybe Americans have been dumbed down to the level of a disaster movie for 12 year olds.
June 7th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Hells bells, this isn’t just a disaster movie or a TV show. This is happening before our very eyes, Maybe I’m just restating the article. But as reality goes it is very reminiscent of Jonestown, and that was really, really tragic and not understandable folks.
June 7th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
This guy is the most dangerous Marxist to even come close to the head of the executive branch. And then throw in the Congress and the 2-3 judges on the SCOTUS and you have fait accompli
June 7th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
I’ve been meaning to post my joke that Obama is a bodhisattva, but–you snooze, you lose–have been preempted by Mark Morford of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Except he isn’t joking.
Mary Katharine Ham is, brilliantly. (HT: Instapundit)
June 8th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Obama’s rhetoric indicates that he, like Bush and Carter, has delusions of grandeur. Obama’s off-teleprompter performance suggests that he, like Bush and Carter, lacks the gifts and temperament to bring his visions to fruition. Unlike Bush and Carter, Obama has charisma. What kind of a presidency would ensue? We may be about to find out.