I know very little about the Green New Deal. I do know that it gives us 10 years to reach a goal. I say go for it. Better to aim high and not quite make the time limit than to sit on our asses and do nothing. Let the young ones try to help out the world since they are the ones who will live 60 years from now. We oldsters need to give assistance as we can and then step back and let them go.
So, they are that terrified by her that they even pretend to love her, making up the scenario that her green deal would guarantee that the Dems will lose the elections. Certainly, they will lie as much as they can to convince people that her green deal would destroy the US, although it only resembles the official policy of rich, modern european countries like Norway, Denmark, and Germany. The Dems should analyze her plan, explain it internally to everybody for making clear that the items on her list are feasible, then go for it publicly and inform the voters about the same. And they should also show how the abovementioned european countries are economically doing since they follow a similar plan.
Nancy: Mr. (gag) President…I think I have a solution to the Cortez situation.Trump: Who is this Cortez guy? Or are you talking about the country of Cortez in South America? Or is it Central America? Nevermind, it doesn’t matter they’re both ****holes. Can you slide that Diet Coke closer? Not the empty one, the one with the straw. I need both of my tiny hands to pick it up and one of my hands is busy with this hamberder.Nancy: Um, sure…here ya go. I’m talking about this lunatic wingnut Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.Trump: Right, right, right…I knew that. Do you have any idea what’s in the special sauce on this Big Mac? I guess it’s a secret but now that I’m the President I can probably just order Ronald McDonald to tell me, right? Nancy: No, I don’t think you can, but no need. I already have it. I’ll email it to you this afternoon.Trump: You do? Fantastic! But tweet it to me. I don’t do email.Nancy: Fine. Now, can we get back to the Cortez issue? She has to be stopped.Trump: Why’s that? Is she the really young one? Nice butt? What’s the problem?Nancy: Have you been briefed on that Green New Deal of hers? Trump: Yes, Mitch read it to me last night. It must be important because he was supposed to start reading the second Harry Potter book to me but he said I needed to know this New Greenie thing. He said it’s very, very bad. Nancy: It’s idiotic and dangerous but the problem is there are millions of millennials who think this woman is great. Half of my party is lining up to support her because they’re afraid if they don’t some Cortez Clone will run against them in the next election and they’ll lose their phony baloney jobs. Being a politician is the only way they know how to makes lots and lots of money. This is serious!Continued…
Trump: Well, this sounds like a dem problem. I’m only president for the republicans. Why don’t you get Hillary to see that Cortez has an “accident?”Nancy: She offered but I said I’d get back to her. I think we can deal with this without resorting to that. I propose that you appoint her to be the hallway monitor for Congress but have her dropped off at the Pentagon. She doesn’t know the difference. She’ll be walking around for the next 6 months, by then we’ll figure out how to fix things more permanently. Trump: I like how you think, sweetcheeks, but I have a better idea. I’ll appoint her as our Ambassador to Venezuela. I hear she loves that place. Nancy: I can’t believe I’m saying this, but that’s brilliant, Donald, dear. Trump: You bet your botox it is! Mitch actually thought of it but it was my idea to order Mexican food that put it in his head so it’s really my idea. Nancy: Right. So how soon can you do this?Trump: Oh, about 2 seconds after I get my wall. You thought I forgot about that, didn’t you?Nancy: Well, I was hoping, haha! I’ll tell you what, you like to make deals, so let’s make a deal. Ok?Trump: I’m the best at making deals. Nobody makes deals as good as me. Nancy: Oh, yes. Very true. So if you ship Cortez to Venezuela I’ll send you the secret sauce recipe.Trump: Done! I told you I was the best at making deals. That recipe is worth billions! Nancy: Okaaaay, so we’re good?Trump: You bet, babe. Now get off my lap. I need to get tweeting.
Some are already comparing her new deal with “Mao’s Disastrous Great Leap Forward” (e.g. the FEE) orr other known “Failures”. Scientifically and logically, you cannot prove anything by such a “comparison”. Making such arbitrary comparisons rather suggests that you don’t have good arguments. And so far, although having read a dozen critical web pages about it, I did not read a single convincing fact or reasoning, what was wrong with the green new deal, but only opinions and wild comparisons. In fact, most critics would not present facts at all. Don’t you have more than that?
Yesterday in the WashPost I counted 4 commentaries by conservative leaning writers all saying, “But we can’t AFFORD it! But it’s too expensive! But everyone else in the world needs to be on board with it!” And all this without any apparent realization that climate change is truly an existential issue, and that the rest of the world has come together on it with the Paris Climate Accords—-from which Trump removed us. Every week in Science and Nature, the two most prominent scientific journals, I see reports of the effects of climate change detailing the physical changes and the biological changes. EVERY WEEK!! And it is all moving at a faster rate than the first models expected. How can we not make this the priority?
Funny how the Righty cartoonists are blasting AOC for the Green New Plan but never mention Ed Markley, the senatorial co-sponsor of the resolution. Could that be because he is a white man?? Awww, no, that couldn’t be…
It has certainly been a joy watching her stuff her foot in her mouth, over and over again. All we can do is hope that the voters in her district are stupid enough to send her back for 2 or 3 terms.
If she ever learns how to shut her mouth and play the DC game she will be dangerous. But I am betting the Dems will have a solid candidate lined up to primary her in 2020.
@dagnabbit — I’m sure it is correct to say that we have very different classifications for “fake” news … But I can guess that your’s are close to #45’s!
mysterysciencefreezer about 5 years ago
“First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you”
- Nicholas Klein, union leader (c. 1914)
We are squarely in AOC’s “ridicule” phase.
Zev about 5 years ago
C’mon, this is funny. Stupid and untrue, but funny. I’m giving Ramirez a pass today.
running down a dream about 5 years ago
the gift that keeps giving.
Vidrinath Premium Member about 5 years ago
She’s living rent free in your head Mike.
Librarylady about 5 years ago
I know very little about the Green New Deal. I do know that it gives us 10 years to reach a goal. I say go for it. Better to aim high and not quite make the time limit than to sit on our asses and do nothing. Let the young ones try to help out the world since they are the ones who will live 60 years from now. We oldsters need to give assistance as we can and then step back and let them go.
Odon Premium Member about 5 years ago
No surprise that the right wants an individual to attack instead of working for today and tomorrow.
Spock about 5 years ago
So, they are that terrified by her that they even pretend to love her, making up the scenario that her green deal would guarantee that the Dems will lose the elections. Certainly, they will lie as much as they can to convince people that her green deal would destroy the US, although it only resembles the official policy of rich, modern european countries like Norway, Denmark, and Germany. The Dems should analyze her plan, explain it internally to everybody for making clear that the items on her list are feasible, then go for it publicly and inform the voters about the same. And they should also show how the abovementioned european countries are economically doing since they follow a similar plan.
guyjen2004 Premium Member about 5 years ago
Nancy: Mr. (gag) President…I think I have a solution to the Cortez situation.Trump: Who is this Cortez guy? Or are you talking about the country of Cortez in South America? Or is it Central America? Nevermind, it doesn’t matter they’re both ****holes. Can you slide that Diet Coke closer? Not the empty one, the one with the straw. I need both of my tiny hands to pick it up and one of my hands is busy with this hamberder.Nancy: Um, sure…here ya go. I’m talking about this lunatic wingnut Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.Trump: Right, right, right…I knew that. Do you have any idea what’s in the special sauce on this Big Mac? I guess it’s a secret but now that I’m the President I can probably just order Ronald McDonald to tell me, right? Nancy: No, I don’t think you can, but no need. I already have it. I’ll email it to you this afternoon.Trump: You do? Fantastic! But tweet it to me. I don’t do email.Nancy: Fine. Now, can we get back to the Cortez issue? She has to be stopped.Trump: Why’s that? Is she the really young one? Nice butt? What’s the problem?Nancy: Have you been briefed on that Green New Deal of hers? Trump: Yes, Mitch read it to me last night. It must be important because he was supposed to start reading the second Harry Potter book to me but he said I needed to know this New Greenie thing. He said it’s very, very bad. Nancy: It’s idiotic and dangerous but the problem is there are millions of millennials who think this woman is great. Half of my party is lining up to support her because they’re afraid if they don’t some Cortez Clone will run against them in the next election and they’ll lose their phony baloney jobs. Being a politician is the only way they know how to makes lots and lots of money. This is serious!Continued…
guyjen2004 Premium Member about 5 years ago
Trump: Well, this sounds like a dem problem. I’m only president for the republicans. Why don’t you get Hillary to see that Cortez has an “accident?”Nancy: She offered but I said I’d get back to her. I think we can deal with this without resorting to that. I propose that you appoint her to be the hallway monitor for Congress but have her dropped off at the Pentagon. She doesn’t know the difference. She’ll be walking around for the next 6 months, by then we’ll figure out how to fix things more permanently. Trump: I like how you think, sweetcheeks, but I have a better idea. I’ll appoint her as our Ambassador to Venezuela. I hear she loves that place. Nancy: I can’t believe I’m saying this, but that’s brilliant, Donald, dear. Trump: You bet your botox it is! Mitch actually thought of it but it was my idea to order Mexican food that put it in his head so it’s really my idea. Nancy: Right. So how soon can you do this?Trump: Oh, about 2 seconds after I get my wall. You thought I forgot about that, didn’t you?Nancy: Well, I was hoping, haha! I’ll tell you what, you like to make deals, so let’s make a deal. Ok?Trump: I’m the best at making deals. Nobody makes deals as good as me. Nancy: Oh, yes. Very true. So if you ship Cortez to Venezuela I’ll send you the secret sauce recipe.Trump: Done! I told you I was the best at making deals. That recipe is worth billions! Nancy: Okaaaay, so we’re good?Trump: You bet, babe. Now get off my lap. I need to get tweeting.
Spock about 5 years ago
Some are already comparing her new deal with “Mao’s Disastrous Great Leap Forward” (e.g. the FEE) orr other known “Failures”. Scientifically and logically, you cannot prove anything by such a “comparison”. Making such arbitrary comparisons rather suggests that you don’t have good arguments. And so far, although having read a dozen critical web pages about it, I did not read a single convincing fact or reasoning, what was wrong with the green new deal, but only opinions and wild comparisons. In fact, most critics would not present facts at all. Don’t you have more than that?
thomaspryan about 5 years ago
More lipstick, please?
martens about 5 years ago
Repost:
Yesterday in the WashPost I counted 4 commentaries by conservative leaning writers all saying, “But we can’t AFFORD it! But it’s too expensive! But everyone else in the world needs to be on board with it!” And all this without any apparent realization that climate change is truly an existential issue, and that the rest of the world has come together on it with the Paris Climate Accords—-from which Trump removed us. Every week in Science and Nature, the two most prominent scientific journals, I see reports of the effects of climate change detailing the physical changes and the biological changes. EVERY WEEK!! And it is all moving at a faster rate than the first models expected. How can we not make this the priority?
DrDon1 about 5 years ago
Ramirez and ‘Cons’ would prefer the status quo – never changing, never progressing, making the same mistakes over and over and over ….
olesmithy about 5 years ago
Let’s see how many votes AOC/Markey get in upcoming Senate vote.
running down a dream about 5 years ago
the brainless wonder .. dangerous and yet mindless.
martens about 5 years ago
Funny how the Righty cartoonists are blasting AOC for the Green New Plan but never mention Ed Markley, the senatorial co-sponsor of the resolution. Could that be because he is a white man?? Awww, no, that couldn’t be…
Andylit Premium Member about 5 years ago
It has certainly been a joy watching her stuff her foot in her mouth, over and over again. All we can do is hope that the voters in her district are stupid enough to send her back for 2 or 3 terms.
If she ever learns how to shut her mouth and play the DC game she will be dangerous. But I am betting the Dems will have a solid candidate lined up to primary her in 2020.
DrDon1 about 5 years ago
@dagnabbit — I’m sure it is correct to say that we have very different classifications for “fake” news … But I can guess that your’s are close to #45’s!
Daeder about 5 years ago
Well Ramirez and most other conservative cartoonist certainly have it bad for her!