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In reply to the discussion: The Sugar Makes the Poison Taste Sweet [View all]joshcryer
(62,265 posts)If only because you compared Obama's mediocre speech on policy positions he's held for many years to OWS. I doubt you ever watched an OWS speech much less understood how radical they were in comparison to Obama's entire political career.
A "Greenpeace activist"? The environment barely hit on his radar, it is fitting, since he's been the one pushing hard for Keystone since day one. TPP? Rio+20? Environmental tragedies. He got rid of Lisa Jackson from the EPA, after she was the first to call CO2 a pollutant. She would've given him too much trouble going forward on Keystone. (Yes, the US's coal plant CO2 guidelines are an improvement, but they match the US's energy independence roadmap and are not a real commitment. The only thing good the administration did was fuel standards, but those were easy to get from car companies going under as political extortion for the bailout.)
But, hey, I can see why you'd be upset with Obama closing with a military guy after being oh so enamored by his speech. It bugged you. I think honestly if he saved the Iran stuff and ending war state stuff for the close, you wouldn't have given two shits about Remsburg's applause.
I don't see how that merits the hyperbole and hubris and overall exploitation of Remsburg to score some political talking points.
Don't worry, I won't expect a response, my phone has issues too sometimes.