Monthly Archives: February 2010
Conservatives Don’t Believe The Science of Global Warming
While many of our country’s liberal politicians are trying to pass legislation to prevent further global warming, they are facing harsh criticisms from the conservative media. Many Fox News personalities as well as radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh and several conservative internet blogs have claimed that the recent north east snow storm is proof that global warming is a myth. Global warming is a term that many suggest was made popular by former Vice President Al Gore. In 2006 David Guggenheim directed a film titled “Inconvenient Truth” which was a informative film about Al Gore’s message of man’s responsibility for global warming. Many advocates say that the proper term would be “climate change”. Global warming suggests that through man made pollution, we are damaging the planet’s ozone layer, increasing the sun’s affect on planet earth. Global warming has many supporters, including thousands of scientists who claim to have proven that the issue is real and should not be ignored. Recent studies have shown that the temperatures of 2009 were among the top warmest temperatures since satellites started keeping records. A similar study also suggested that the previous decade, 2000-2009, was the warmest decade in almost 2000 years. Global warming … Continue reading
Climate Change Affects Us All
Many recent studies have proven that are planet is enduring massive climate changes. Climate change is a dangerous threat that has been increasing for many years. There are scientists that suggest the climate changes we are seeing are due to pollution caused by man. The climate change in recent years show that our temperatures are rising. This does not mean that all of the planet is facing warmer temperatures. In fact many places on earth are experiencing extreme cold temperatures and that can bring more snowfall than usual. It is unfortunate that there are many elected officials, most seem to be republicans, who do not believe the scientific evidence and choose to ignore record temperatures. The current democratic president is urging both the House of Representatives and the Senate to pass legislation that will help prevent further climate change and transition our current energy sources to cleaner sources. However, this process has been delayed due to the politicians who choose to treat climate change as a political disadvantage to them for reasons unknown to the general public. The conservatives who do not believe that there are dangerous climate changes, promote their views by choosing to only use the term “global … Continue reading
Liberalists Fight For Health Care Reform
While most conservatives are coming up with excuses on why our country does not need health care reform, liberalists are doing everything in their power to finally get reform passed. A liberalist is simply someone who believes in liberty for everyone. A liberalist feels that the government should involve itself in order to help social needs. Right now it is clear to most that our current health care system is broken. Health insurance companies are taking advantage of American citizens by constantly raising their premiums and decreasing their quality of care. These companies seem to be much more interested in their share holders rather than their members. The government has come closer than ever to passing health care reform, but the process is now stalled due to the strong opposition of the republican party. However, it seems that each liberalist who believes in passing reform is not going to let the recent progress die due to false claims. With health care premiums rising and the quality of care plummeting, liberalists are constantly protesting for reform to the system. Many liberalists believe that there is no use for health insurance companies and that they only serve as a middle man, which … Continue reading
America Going Green!
President Barack Obama is a fierce advocate for clean energy. He believes that in order for America to go green, we must act now by developing new forms of clean energy. Going green will not be a quick or easy process.However, in order to go green we must provide American scientists with the tools they need. President Obama has a strong plan to invest in alternative and renewable sources of energy, end our reliance on oil from other countries and prevent further global climate change. While President Obama wants the country to go green, he faces strong opposition from the republican party who insist on not going green and continue to drill for oil overseas. Many wonder why anybody would not want our country to go green. Going green will protect our planet from global warming, protect our country and world from global warming and will create millions of new jobs. Many republican politicians have claimed to support going green, but very few of them have actually acted on their claims. Last year the government passed the infamous stimulus package which included billions of dollars to help the country go green. More than ten billion dollars will go to creating … Continue reading
Global Warming Statistics Demand Action
Global warming is one of the most important issues we face as a nation. We cannot let critics of this issue attempt to convince people that it does not exist simply by just saying so. Critics of the existence of climate change seem to be ignoring global warming facts. For years global warming statistics suggest that man is responsible for the majority of why our world is facing serious climate change. There are global warming myths and there are global warming facts. The global warming facts indicate that last year was one of the warmest years since we started keeping records. There are global warming facts that prove that the last ten years was one of the warmest ten year period in thousands of years. Scientists have produced global warming statistics that break down the percentages of each type of pollution and their affect on global warming. These global warming statistics suggest that the biggest producer of greenhouse gas are power plants, which account for more than twenty percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Global warming statistics also show that power plants are the biggest producers of carbon dioxide which produce almost thirty percent of the world’s carbon dioxide. … Continue reading
America’s Green Lifestyle
Since the government is having trouble passing legislation that will help prevent global warming and create clean energy, many American citizens have taken it upon themselves to live a green lifestyle. Climate change is becoming a bigger threat to our world everyday and green jobs are hard to come by. So instead of waiting for the government to stop their partisan bickering, people have come up with better ways to promote a green lifestyle that will help our planet. Leading a green lifestyle does not require making dramatic changes to your life. The best ways to be green are very simple. * For starters, try to do all of your shopping at either one store or as few as possible. For example, stores like Wal Mart, Target or Whole Foods have a wide selection of not only food but other items such as clothes and hygiene and entertainment products. Limiting the amount of stores you shop at will reduce the amount of gas you use to get from store to store. * When you go shopping, purchase a few canvas bags to put your groceries in so you don’t waste the plastic bags that most stores give you. These are … Continue reading
Republicans Have No Global Warming Solutions
Many republican elected officials have stated that they are not in favor of passing legislation issuing global warming solutions most likely because they do not believe global warming exists. Democrats know how to stop global warming but are having trouble passing legislation because of the republican’s demand for a super majority in order to pass anything. There are several different types of global warming solutions like developing new kinds of alternative and renewable energies such as solar, wind and geothermal power. Investing in this will create millions of new jobs, which will put Americans back to work and stimulate our economy. The list of global warming solutions also include producing more electric cars like RAV4s and hybrids. This will substantially reduce the amount of pollution that gas powered cars create and it will also create more jobs. The democrats do not claim to know how to stop global warming from their own basic knowledge. These global warming solutions come from scientists who have evidence that proves that not only does global warming exist, but explains how to stop global warming. In the world of politics, the republicans have always been better at getting their message heard. That does not give … Continue reading
Al Gore Warns About the Effects of Global Warming
In 2006 Davis Guggenheim directed a film that documented former Vice President Al Gore’s findings about dangers and effects of global warming. The film “Inconvenient Truth” explains global warming effects on the planet and various steps we can take to prevent further damage. While he has always been a strong promoter of climate change, it was not until after the 2000 presidential race that he made it a primary focus. The film was very successful in the United States and abroad. Many of the film’s viewers claimed to be more aware of the effects of global warming after watching it. Some viewers also said they changed many of their ways of life after learning about global warming effects on the planet. Global warming effects all of us living on planet Earth in many ways. Al Gore is a strong advocate and warns us that we must take the effects on global warming very seriously. Al Gore faced some harsh criticism from people who do not believe that global warming effects are real. When the film first came out there were many organizations who tried to block the film from being seen be certain viewers as well as schools who felt … Continue reading
Liberal Politics and Gay Marriage
There are many Americans who believe that any American citizen should be able to marry who ever they want. Whether that person is of the same sex or not. Liberalism promotes freedom and liberty for all people. The conservatives who are against gay marriage have never presented much of an argument. Liberal politics should not play a role in this issue, because this has to due with individual rights. If a man wants to marry another man, that will not effect anybody else besides the two men getting married. People who believe in liberalism believe that anybody should be able to do what they want as long as it is not harming anybody else. Those who object to gay marriage claim that gay couples should not receive the same tax benefits as straight couples, but why? If a gay couple receives tax benefits how does that effect anybody else? The main argument that conservatives make is that gay marriages ruin the basic institution of marriage. However, that is based on opinion and it is also unclear on how the effects anybody personally. To those that believe in liberalism, it seems that conservatives are against gay marriages due to a personal … Continue reading