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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 06:09 PM Mar 2015

More Orwellian Crap from Florida

Gov. Rick Scott's chief of emergency management, Bryan Koon, testifying Thursday before the Legislature, had a half-dozen chances to use the term "climate change."

But he would not say the C-words.

Scott has denied news reports that employees of the Department of Environmental Protection were barred from saying "climate change," "global warming" and "sustainability," but he has declined to discuss the subject in detail.

In a televised hearing before a Senate budget subcommittee, Koon was talking about his agency's request for federal funds to improve emergency life safety notifications for residents and visitors in advance of floods, tornadoes and hurricanes in Florida. Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, asked Koon if it's true that states need to have "climate change plans" to qualify for that federal money.

Yes, Koon replied, referring to "language to that effect."

"I used 'climate change,'" Clemens said, "but i'm suggesting that maybe as a state, we use the term 'atmospheric reemployment.' That might be something that the governor could get behind."

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http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/more-climate-change-silence-from-gov-scotts-administration/2222024

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More Orwellian Crap from Florida (Original Post) n2doc Mar 2015 OP
Well... Newest Reality Mar 2015 #1
"atmospheric reemployment"? surrealAmerican Mar 2015 #2
+1. The Nazi verbiage is truly appropriate for today's whacked-out GOP. blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #3
The whole Florida government should be resigning in disgrace...not allowed to hide away again for Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #4

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
1. Well...
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 06:14 PM
Mar 2015

When it comes to _______ we can always _________ to mitigate the _________. However, there is no ________ to ______ at all.

Give Florida enough time and they will have nothing left to say. That might not be bad, actually.

Natural weather events are not a big deal and continuity of biological entities is not at stake since they come and go

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
4. The whole Florida government should be resigning in disgrace...not allowed to hide away again for
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 06:41 PM
Mar 2015

a better more stealthy Attack on science later with better lawyers.

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