hold my beer.
Why the 'Green New Deal' is a gift to President Trump's reelection campaign
FEB 10, 2019 | 3:00 AM
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks about the proposed "Green New Deal" with other congressional supporters of the plan in Washington on Feb. 7. (Shawn Thew / EPA/Shutterstock)
To the editor: Listening to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and others talk about the particulars of their “Green New Deal”reminds me of a scene from one of the Austin Powers movies.
In the year 1969, Dr. Evil has built a laser on the moon and is threatening to destroy major cities. He is speaking via video link to the president (played by Tim Robbins) and demands $100 billion in ransom. The president and members of his Cabinet immediately burst out laughing, pointing out that much money doesn’t even exist in the entire world, much less the U.S., in 1969.
When I hear Ocasio-Cortez and others describe dismantling the airline industry and replacing it with high-speed trains, abolishing the internal combustion engine, passing living-wage proposals and renovating every building in the U.S., I see a 4-year-old promising to make her mother the “bestest cake ever.”
The best news for Republicans is that it looks like Democrats are going to craft their 2020 strategy around this lunacy, and I'm going to be handing out cigars and brandy to celebrate President Trump’s reelection.
David Pohlod, Oak Park
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-green-new-deal-aoc-20190210-story.html
Deflecting again. Y’all really that afraid of her?
she has accomplished more in her 29 years than you will ever amount to and you have the audacity to trash talk because she is from a different mindset than you. she's actually doing something about the unfairness of corruption and all you have to offer is criticism. you are just sitting and looking from the sidelines and not contributing anything to society except manifesting materialism.
A freshman rep a month into her term, it's sad really. "Da broad" lives rent free in these scared cavemen's heads.
but what is it to you? you stay in a three mile radius. you don't care about anything but yourself. now you want to have fake outrage because people are actually concerned with the well being of future generations. people are actually thinking of the future and how the environment will be 50 years from now. instead, you are simple minded and just thinking of collecting jewelry your existence is a joke.
How is evolving into a more intelligent society that is aiming to create new methods of transportation that better serve society downgrading? Bruh you wanna be working in a coal mine don’t you? You want that horse and buggy b? You want a slave to plow ya land for ya too? Let go of these old ideals and move on and grow. We had it your way we’d all be rocking with aol 3.0 and 56k modems.
so instead of proposing something new and innovative, you just criticize and offer no alternative. well done b you contribute nothing to society
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"Da broad talking bout 5 mb internet, rookie"
That's the problem. Just like with healthcare, they have no proposal. Just running on an anti-left platform.
where exactly do you get that from? you know things work in parallel right? improving and being self reliant is going backwards? so essentially with the invention of new hybrid cars is going backwards? now that we don't necessarily depend on oil from foreign countries, we are taking a step back? harnessing the power of renewable energy will put us behind?
