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Effete Snob

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68. Take it up with the groundhog
Wed Dec 29, 2021, 11:38 AM
Dec 2021

I guess he'll have to see if he can get re-elected without the critical Swedish teenager voting bloc.

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Greta Thunberg [View all] catsudon Dec 2021 OP
context? Celerity Dec 2021 #1
Greta Thunberg Slams Biden Over Climate Policy: comradebillyboy Dec 2021 #3
Your last sentence ChazII Dec 2021 #7
Revealed: Biden administration was not legally bound to auction gulf drilling rights Celerity Dec 2021 #37
Good grief. Disaffected Dec 2021 #42
yep Celerity Apr 2023 #74
she is slaming our president catsudon Dec 2021 #2
She is slamming the fact that the US is going to do fuck all about climate change Effete Snob Dec 2021 #10
+1 Celerity Dec 2021 #58
I doubt she's interested in "allies" Effete Snob Dec 2021 #4
Without allies, she's just yelling into the wind. W_HAMILTON Dec 2021 #48
Yes. That's all she's ever done Effete Snob Dec 2021 #49
Allies will be determined by the severity of the coming climatic change. aocommunalpunch Dec 2021 #5
+1 Kaleva Dec 2021 #43
She's not wrong though. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #6
Yep Effete Snob Dec 2021 #8
Yep. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #9
My opinion for what it is worth... Caliman73 Dec 2021 #27
Well, unfortunately for Ms. Thunberg Effete Snob Dec 2021 #40
I posted on another thread this morning: ret5hd Dec 2021 #11
I keep asking everyone else to do something about overpopulation Effete Snob Dec 2021 #12
Well, I did a part, a small part, my very small part...short of suicide... ret5hd Dec 2021 #14
Other than Canada, one less U.S.A. human is equal to two to eight humans elsewhere. hunter Dec 2021 #15
You're right. Nuclear could work Dirty Socialist Dec 2021 #28
The usual outcome at the restaurant is -- Klaralven Dec 2021 #16
Yeah Effete Snob Dec 2021 #53
Overpopulation is not a problem. People have less kids with higher standards of living and higher JI7 Dec 2021 #63
Good point Effete Snob Dec 2021 #64
Well said. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #13
Of course she's wrong gulliver Dec 2021 #25
It's not her job to prop up Biden's (admittedly not great) climate accomplishments or grade anyone WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #35
That's wrong. She "took the job" of defending the climate. gulliver Dec 2021 #38
Better president than what? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #39
Than pussy-grabbing guy Effete Snob Dec 2021 #54
Do you genuinely think Joe Biden inspires the world about climate change? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #57
Why does the world need to be inspired about Climate Change ? JI7 Dec 2021 #59
That was the question she was asked. Do any world leaders inspire her about the climate, muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #60
Unless people want to give up their lifestyle JI7 Dec 2021 #61
The reality is that people in the West do need to give up some of their lifestyle muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #65
In a couple of weeks, we'll be asking a groundhog what it thinks of the upcoming weather Effete Snob Dec 2021 #62
That seems rather unfair to President Biden muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #66
Take it up with the groundhog Effete Snob Dec 2021 #68
The job of an effective climate leader is both to be inspired and to inspire gulliver Dec 2021 #70
"superior to Trump and Bush" is such a low bar, it's laughable muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #71
+1. nt BlackSkimmer Dec 2021 #31
I don't think the solutions for climate change will come from the political sphere. Midnight Writer Dec 2021 #17
More's the pity. Disaffected Dec 2021 #18
Her message is largely truth, and we need to hear it... VarryOn Dec 2021 #21
I don't view her "style" Disaffected Dec 2021 #22
I agree there are many that need a good scolding... VarryOn Dec 2021 #32
Did the scolding style turn you off when she was excoriating Trump? Caliman73 Dec 2021 #29
I didn't see it, but if I were to make an exception... VarryOn Dec 2021 #34
She wasn't laying into Trump in particular anyway Effete Snob Dec 2021 #55
Don't Look Up n/t Sympthsical Dec 2021 #19
at least llashram Dec 2021 #20
I liked her when she was slamming Trump fescuerescue Dec 2021 #23
Well, at least that is an honest sentiment. Caliman73 Dec 2021 #30
Lol I can't tell if this is satire or not. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #36
I know this. Here comments wouldn't be allowed on DU fescuerescue Dec 2021 #41
We need to remember that "Greta" is mainly just a media phenomenon gulliver Dec 2021 #24
Atmospheric CO2 content continues to rise, 2021 saw record-high coal emissions . . . . hatrack Dec 2021 #26
Good post. Thanks. Caliman73 Dec 2021 #33
Climate change is already here. Reducing emissions won't do much. Kaleva Dec 2021 #44
Yes that is true, but continuing on the path we are still on will make it worse. Caliman73 Dec 2021 #45
Some scientists believe we may be very near or already past the point of "Do Something" Kaleva Dec 2021 #56
In 1985 Carl Sagan spoke to Congress about climate change. marie999 Dec 2021 #46
Greta sees the future more clearly than 99% of the people out there NickB79 Dec 2021 #47
Right now, around Jacksonville NC this week, our nighttime lows in the mid 60s marie999 Dec 2021 #51
Because we are always above reproach. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2021 #50
If you dont think Biden should be fairly criticized... SYFROYH Dec 2021 #52
Nah, you're wrong about that. demmiblue Dec 2021 #67
The fossil fuel industry is a powerful force in US politics. To our detriment. jalan48 Dec 2021 #69
DON'T LOOK UP! oioioi Dec 2021 #72
what political obligation does a Swedish environmental activist have to a US president? bigtree Dec 2021 #73
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