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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Here's How President Jeb Bush Would Combat The Threat Of Climate Change [View all]seafan
(9,387 posts)13. Look out. Jeb's talking 'disruption' again....
"Disruption" oozes out of his mouth again.
Meanwhile, quite a few people are looking to disrupt this guy's dark money-greased hunt for White House power.
.....in an interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader, (Jeb Bush) did offer his vision of how the climate change problem will be solved.
Ultimately, theres going to be a person in a garage somewhere thats going to come up with a disruptive technology thats going to solve these problems, and I think markets need to be respected in this regard," he said.
.....
So, basically, we're just sitting around waiting for someone in a garage somewhere to fix all of this while, locally, we pray Miami Beach isn't swallowed by the sea.
Sure, a lot of companies got their start in garages: Apple, Microsoft, and Hewlett Packard in the tech sector, plus Disney, Barbie, and Nike.
Of course, all of those companies started with the ultimate aim of making money, not solving major world problems. Jeb seems to think the the person who fixes climate change will end up making lots and lots of money. Granted, that's a fairly common Republican way of thinking.
However, because of today's real-estate climate, we wonder if this theoretical hero could even afford a place with a garage (unless this person were living in a garage) and if he/she has enough free time while not working to pay off student debt to devote to world-saving extracurriculars. We can only hope that our garage savior does. Please, person in a garage, save us. You're our only hope.
Ultimately, theres going to be a person in a garage somewhere thats going to come up with a disruptive technology thats going to solve these problems, and I think markets need to be respected in this regard," he said.
.....
So, basically, we're just sitting around waiting for someone in a garage somewhere to fix all of this while, locally, we pray Miami Beach isn't swallowed by the sea.
Sure, a lot of companies got their start in garages: Apple, Microsoft, and Hewlett Packard in the tech sector, plus Disney, Barbie, and Nike.
Of course, all of those companies started with the ultimate aim of making money, not solving major world problems. Jeb seems to think the the person who fixes climate change will end up making lots and lots of money. Granted, that's a fairly common Republican way of thinking.
However, because of today's real-estate climate, we wonder if this theoretical hero could even afford a place with a garage (unless this person were living in a garage) and if he/she has enough free time while not working to pay off student debt to devote to world-saving extracurriculars. We can only hope that our garage savior does. Please, person in a garage, save us. You're our only hope.
Meanwhile, quite a few people are looking to disrupt this guy's dark money-greased hunt for White House power.
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Pic Of The Moment: Here's How President Jeb Bush Would Combat The Threat Of Climate Change [View all]
EarlG
Jul 2015
OP
Maybe by a few billion people in garages with electric cars and solar cells on the roof.
tclambert
Jul 2015
#4
Dubya should have said "Terrorism? Don't sweat it. Ultimately it's gonna be some guy in a garage
TrollBuster9090
Jul 2015
#62
Yeah, but we DON'T need it according to them because global warming is a hoax.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2015
#35
I'm confused as to how anyone in the U.S. is going to solve the problem (garage or no) when...
Moonwalk
Jul 2015
#23
the sad fact is that there are a lot of people who do believe that garbage--and they vote!
niyad
Jul 2015
#59
That would be a great commercial. Next the garage needs to blow up and the meth
jtuck004
Jul 2015
#44
Why do you suppose this sounds like a cheap politician looking for an excuse to do nothing?
Jack Rabbit
Jul 2015
#48
Apple Computers, too. Steve Wozniak was supposed to have tinkered together the first Apple computer
TrollBuster9090
Jul 2015
#61
That's what spoiled rich people always do: Wait for somebody else to clean up their mess.
raging moderate
Jul 2015
#54
Does anybody remember TED BAXTER's solution to the world population explosion?
TrollBuster9090
Jul 2015
#56
Leadership. It's his version of Obama's Hope and Change only Bush's is more like Hope and Pray
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2015
#71
Chris Elliott's character lived in a garage in the sitcom Get A Life
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jul 2015
#79
Jeb is a neoliberal capitalist. He has TOTAL faith that the 'market' will take care of it all.
PatrickforO
Jul 2015
#83