Forget the debate, whether you believe in global warming or not is not the question. Republicans need to be green! The general consensus of scientists, the media, and the public is that global warming is real and it is a problem. The public is pushing for change. So now the question is how will republicans lead the debate on how to deal with global warming.
On April 10, 2007, Newt Gingrich and John Kerry debated about global warming. They debated not on if it exists but how to do we deal with it. Yet republicans are still trying to argue that global warming is not occurring. This causes republicans to be labeled as “against the environment”. This in turn allows radical environmentalists to frame the debate on how to deal with it. We need to step up and lead on environmental issues with common sense and do it in a manner that will not cripple our economy.
Currently Arnold Schwarzenegger leads the world’s sixth largest economy, California. The initiatives in California will bring a huge economy of scale that will lower the price of alternative energy. Richard Branson, billionaire owner of Virgin, has committed over $3 billion to alternative energy sources. Business people and market incentives are what are needed not government regulation.
It is time for conservatives to lead the dialogue on environmentalism, rather than being labeled as being against the environment. Otherwise, Al Gore, the inventor of the Internet, will help decide how we deal with the environment. The standard liberal solutions of regulation and litigation will only slow things down and increase costs dramatically.
Sound use of science, technology, and incentives by conservatives can create better solutions for a green America. We need to reward entrepreneurs and retool the marketplace to get the fastest results. By embracing green, we can fuel job growth by making new industries, some of which may reduce our costs of living.
We need leadership now to show that conservatives are pro environment. Not only can it be healthy for our economy it is the responsible thing to do!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Pelosi: The "Speaker of State"?
Okay, first let me get the congratulatory part out of the way: Nancy Pelosi, congratulations on being the first woman Speaker of the House. Now, what the hell are you thinking?
Pelosi decided to conduct her own "peace-making mission" in Damascus by meeting with Syrian President Assad. I can see making rounds in the Middle East, but she cannot undermine the current administrations policies! Worse, she embarrassingly spoke in error for Israel concerning its views Syria.
Even the typically left-leaning Washington Post cannot stomach Pelosi’s conduct. In unusual tone, the Post called her statements "ludicrous." Click here and see for yourself: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040402306.html
We cannot send mixed messages to foreign governments. Yes, she can visit and advocate peace, but she cannot – indeed, must not – go against the policies set by the administration. Doing so undermines the credibility of the President and the State Department, as well as giving the US a poor image of sending mixed messages.
Instead of trying to limit how the President can address the war in Iraq and fund it, she should be at every US base in Iraq telling the troops she will do everything in her power to give them equipment and support to get their job done. She should then visit all the wounded there and thank them for their efforts! Only then should she get back and authorize funding for more and better equipment for the troops to combat the explosive devices that are causing 70% of the casualties over there.
Regardless of how one feels about how we got to Iraq, we are there. Now we need to support our troops and help them get their job done effectively, and not have the Speaker undermine our troops and our diplomacy.
Pelosi decided to conduct her own "peace-making mission" in Damascus by meeting with Syrian President Assad. I can see making rounds in the Middle East, but she cannot undermine the current administrations policies! Worse, she embarrassingly spoke in error for Israel concerning its views Syria.
Even the typically left-leaning Washington Post cannot stomach Pelosi’s conduct. In unusual tone, the Post called her statements "ludicrous." Click here and see for yourself: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040402306.html
We cannot send mixed messages to foreign governments. Yes, she can visit and advocate peace, but she cannot – indeed, must not – go against the policies set by the administration. Doing so undermines the credibility of the President and the State Department, as well as giving the US a poor image of sending mixed messages.
Instead of trying to limit how the President can address the war in Iraq and fund it, she should be at every US base in Iraq telling the troops she will do everything in her power to give them equipment and support to get their job done. She should then visit all the wounded there and thank them for their efforts! Only then should she get back and authorize funding for more and better equipment for the troops to combat the explosive devices that are causing 70% of the casualties over there.
Regardless of how one feels about how we got to Iraq, we are there. Now we need to support our troops and help them get their job done effectively, and not have the Speaker undermine our troops and our diplomacy.
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