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michele bachmann: quotco2 is a natural byproduct of naturequot
Bookmarked 766 weeks ago http:wonkroomthinkprogressorg20090424bachmann-harmless-co2 on the house floor on earth day april 22 2009 rep michele bachmann r-mn argues that manmade global warming doesn039t make any sense because quotcarbon dioxide is a natural byproduct of naturequot attempting to repeat the goofy denier talking point that co2 makes up only a fraction of the atmospheric content and thus isn039t of concern bachmann errs wildly she claims that carbon dioxide makes up quotthree percent of the atmospherequot when in fact it only comprises 003 -- off by a factor of a hundredrep earl blumenauer d-or responds: quotits interesting to listen to her say that something that was naturally occurring simply couldnt be harmful ignoring the fact that we have the highest concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for 23 of a million yearsquotbachmann: but people talk about cap and tax and they arent sure exactly what were talking about lets get back to step one what is the problem why do we have to have this tax in the first placeits about carbon dioxidewell what is carbon dioxide lets just go to a fundamental questioncarbon dioxide mister speaker is a natural byproduct of nature carbon dioxide is natural it occurs in earth it is a part of the regular lifecycle of earth in fact life on planet earth cant even exist without carbon dioxide so necessary is it to human life to animal life to plant life to the oceans to the vegetation thats on the earth to the to the fowl that that flies in the air we need to have carbon dioxide as part of the fundamental lifecycle of earthas a matter of fact carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmfulbut there isnt even one study that can be produced that shows carbon dioxide is a harmful gas there isnt one such study because carbon dioxide is not a harmful gas it is a harmless gas carbon dioxide is natural it is not harmful it is part of earths life cycleand yet were being told that we have to reduce this natural substance and reduce the american standard of living to create an arbitrary reduction in something that is naturally occuring in the earth well were told the crux of this problem is human activity its humans that are creating more carbon dioxideis that true or is that falsewell carbon dioxide is a natural part of earths atmosphere the carbon dioxide is perhaps three percent of the total atmosphere thats in the earth so if you take a pie chart and you have all of earths atmosphere carbon dioxide is perhaps three percent of that totalwhat part of human activity creates carbon dioxide if carbon dioxide is a negligible gas and its only three percent of earths atmosphere what part is human activityhuman activity contributes perhaps three percent of the three percent in other words human activity is maybe 3 percent contributing to the 3 percent of carbon dioxide thats in earths atmosphere its so negligible its a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent that it can hardly be be quantifiedblumenauer: my good friend the gentlelady from minnesota doesnt think there are any problems with the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere its interesting to listen to her say that something that was naturally occurring simply couldnt be harmful ignoring the fact that we have the highest concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for 23 of a million yearsthe consensus of the scientific community not people making things up on the floor of the house is that this has been profoundly influenced by human activity starting with the dawn of the industrial revolution where we started consuming huge quantities of coal burning fossil fuels accelerating that over time the consensus of the scientific community is that this is in fact a serious problem |
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chris matthews rips tea party express co-founder sal russo
Bookmarked 794 weeks ago matthews tries to get a comment from russo on quotballoon headquot michele bachmann039s lack of knowledge on american history and slavery |
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bachmann: we can039t settle
Bookmarked 759 weeks ago rep michele bachmann r-minn fired up a crowd in iowa on monday with repeated reminders that conservatives can039t settle on a candidate they quotneed a fighterquot |
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bachmann: i call on obama to quottell the truthquot
Bookmarked 770 weeks ago rep michele bachmann r-minn says president obama and treasury secy tim geithner are trying to pass a misnomer to the public about the debt ceiling |
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michele bachmann on marriage gays amp satan: i think my views are clear
Bookmarked 765 weeks ago bachmann doesn039t think gay couples with children are families |
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bachmann: iran threatened us with nukes
Bookmarked 754 weeks ago gop presidential candidate michele bachmann makes a transparently false charge that iran has threatened the us and israel with nuclear weapons it denies possessingsubscribe to the young turks: http:bitlyewuu5ithe largest online new show in the worldgoogle: http:wwwgplustotheyoungturksfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationtwitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks |
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michele bachmann: new hampshire absence caused by debt ceiling fight
Bookmarked 757 weeks ago north conway nh -- republican presidential hopeful michele bachmann said sunday that her unsuccessful fight against raising the federal debt ceiling kept her away from new hampshire for nearly four months but she |
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the state of the modern left: throw stuff at people with whom you disagree
Bookmarked 773 weeks ago as us rep michele bachmann concluded her remarks at the rightonline conference in minneapolis a liberal activist tried and failed to throw glitter on her because she disagrees with her position on an issue behold the state of the modern left: instead of engaging in substantive debate just throw stuff at people with whom you disagree |
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sotu bores bachmann riles and for some reason christine o039donnell was booked on good morning america: the mediagasm
Bookmarked 794 weeks ago last night after president barack obama delivered his state of the union address your cable teevee people stepped up to the microphone and offered hours of coverage devoted to a serious discussion of the policy proposals hinted at in the speech and their potential impact on ordinary americans long lamentation about how bored they were watching the speech |
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michele bachmann warns against united nations taking away gun rights
Bookmarked 755 weeks ago republican presidential candidate and minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann said she opposed the united nations taking away gun rights at a recent iowa campaign stop even though such a scenario remains virtually impossible quoti don |
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michele bachmann event rocked by occupy wall street protesters video
Bookmarked 753 weeks ago republican presidential candidate michele bachmann was interrupted by occupy wall street protesters while speaking on foreign policy during a stop in south carolina on thursday mount pleasant patch reports that bachmann was in the middle of her remarks when the incident occurred |
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michele bachmann concedes 2012 gop primary race after iowa caucus
Bookmarked 745 weeks ago after a poor showing in tuesday night |