American Republic Online

This quote was buried in the press for obvious reasons, but the ARO has ferreted it out for you. Here is a full snippet of Obama’s speech in Oregon on Saturday:

“All right. So that’s what we want to do on global warming here in the United States. We are also going to have to negotiate with other countries. China, India, in particular Brazil. They are growing so fast that they are consuming more and more energy and pretty soon, if their carbon footprint even approaches ours, we’re goners. That’s part of the reason why we’ve got to make the investment. We got to lead by example. If we lead by example, if we lead by example, then we can actually export and license technologies that have been invented here to help them deal with their growth pains. But keep in mind, you’re right, we can’t tell them don’t grow. We can’t drive our SUVs and, you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on, you know, 72 degrees at all times, whether we’re living in the desert or we’re living in the tundra and then just expect every other country is going to say OK, you know, you guys go ahead keep on using 25 percent of the world’s energy, even though you only account for 3 percent of the population, and we’ll be fine. Don’t worry about us. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.” - Sen. Obama (emphasis added)

This brief portion of his speech speaks volumes about Barack Obama’s outlook of and for the country. I must say though that this compelling messag has raised a lot of questions in me:

• What should I do with my SUV now that I can’t drive it?
• Isn’t having enough to eat a pre-req for not being among the “3rd World”?
• How many Americans are currently living in the “tundra”?
• Why is Brazil with a population of 188 Million worse than China & India that both exceed a Billion?
• How many other countries need to approve of our lifestyle to be acceptable? Just one, three, all of them?
• Since we should shrink our lifestyle to allow for China’s growth - is Obama running for President or Chairman?

One additional side note: normally I keep my termastat at 74 degrees since I don’t eat enough to have the insolation from fat, but today I’m sitting in a sweater at a frosty 65 degrees (because it doesn’t go any lower than that on my unit). Viva la republic!

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