Herschel Walker: 'Don't We Have Enough Trees Around Here?'

[riversedge]

Source: huff post




“You know that some of this money is going into trees?” the Republican Senate candidate said at an event Sunday in response to the new climate law.



Liz Skalka Aug 22, 2022, 04:29 PM EDT

Georgia Republican Herschel Walker said the Biden administration’s sweeping new climate law represents unnecessary spending because it sets aside money to plant and protect trees.

“They try to fool you and make you think they are helping you out — they’re not. You know that some of this money is going into trees? We got enough trees — don’t we have enough trees around here?” Walker said Sunday in Georgia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.


Essentially, no — the planet does not have enough trees to neutralize the impact of burning fossil fuels.

While a 2015 study found the earth has over 3 trillion trees, the number of trees here now is far less than at the beginning of human civilization — and not nearly enough to offset the devastating effects of climate change, scientists say.

The Inflation Reduction Act, passed by Congress without a single Republican vote, allocates $1.5 billion over a decade to the Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program, which funds tree-planting in cities like Atlanta that struggle with poor air quality. Especially in lower-income areas, scientists agree that trees are beneficial, helping to reduce air pollution and temperatures.

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[hlthe2b]

1. Herschel: "People don't know, I got academic scholarships to go to Harvard, to Yale..."

Uggh, huh...

Link to tweet

[colorado_ufo]

22. Yeah. Right.

[Walleye]

2. I think this man's IQ is in negative numbers

[SouthernDem4ever]

6. Me too LOL

[ShazzieB]

26. He makes Trump look intelligent and articulate by comparison!

No wonder Donnie likes him!

[quaint]

3. Don't running backs get hit a lot?

[hlthe2b]

19. No. NFL study showed both offensive and defensive LINESMEN most often suffer head trauma and

linked to CTE in later life. Both on college and professional play.
https://www.inverse.com/article/37934-nfl-funded-study-brain-injury

By analyzing the brain scans of 61 former players — half played only college ball, and the other half went on to play professionally — the researchers concluded that their hypothesis was correct: Certain positions were linked to greater white matter damage due to recurring head impacts. In particular, they looked at the effects of playing speed positions, like running backs and wide receivers, versus non-speed positions, such as offensive and defensive linemen. In general, linemen tend to bear the brunt of brain impacts, especially those to the front of the helmet.

Still, there has been at least one study since that found no association with player position and risk, so...


That said, Herschel had his exceptional speed on his side--throughout his career so statistically, at least, he would NOT be expected to have been at high/highest risk as a linebacker.

[2abigbman]

25. In the bad old days

In the bad old days of football it was okay to helmet slap your opponent. This was to dominate and control the line of scrimmage. As a DT I issued them and occasionally got my bell rung by someone with faster hands. It was made illegal years ago

[paleotn]

29. In the head, yes. A professional hazard.

but some never had all much gray matter to damage in the first place.

[LiberalFighter]

47. He was stupid from the get go.

[Stuart G]

4. Herschel isn't the smartest fellow when it comes to "Trees" or ANYTHING ELSE...AND i GOT TO ADD....

one more idea:.............................'STUPID IS STILL STUPID!!!!.........................................................

[Slammer]

5. He's literally looking out the window at Georgia

...and saying, "Don't We Have Enough Trees Around Here?"

Sure, you could argue there's enough trees in Georgia. But most places aren't Georgia.

It's like this discussion of the water crisis I had with this one guy who wouldn't accept that there's a water crisis because he can see that there seems to be plenty of water in the river that borders his property.

I couldn't even get him to acknowledge that if he personally took as much water as he possibly could out of that one river that it might affect other people who used that one river, much less get him to think about any larger issues.

As long as he could personally see water, there was no problem at all as far as he was concerned.

[ShazzieB]

28. This reminds me of something.

Does anyone remember when Sen. James Imhofe made a speech disputing the idea of global warming, using a snowball as "evidence" that there was no such thing?

He was deadly serious. As long snow as still falls, his argument went, how can the earth be getting warmer?

[democratsruletheday]

7. such a fucking DOLT....

just a GD clown this guy. To think Warnock barely leads in polls is just revolting. C'mon Georgia

[cloudbase]

8. As Signalman Chief Cowan used to say,

if they put his brain in a gnat's ass it would rattle around like a BB in a boxcar.

[SouthernDem4ever]

9. The lungs of the planet are slowly being decimated

I hope the trees in Hershel's yard can compensate.

[Blue Owl]

11. Remember tRump's 'Trillion Trees' bullshit?

These fuckers don't give a rat's ass about trees, the ecosystem, etc. unless it makes for a snazzy, empty campaign feather for their phony red caps...

[Botany]

12. Does Herschel know that Georgia has millions of acres of land in timber production?

Southern Yellow Pine ring a bell?

[paleotn]

30. Wouldn't ring a bell if you whacked him in the head with a 2X12.

[MyOwnPeace]

32. DAYUM!!!!!!!

Truly THE best response of the day!!!!!!

[yonder]

34. All of his bells done been rung and clappers now unsung.

[Cozmo]

13. What an effing Maroon!

[Initech]

14. Just when I thought they couldn't get any stupdier, new lows are reached.

[Botany]

15. Who has ever heard of a pine plantation in Georgia?

?1567710856

[RussBLib]

16. stumbling into Idiocracy

Walker is so embarrassing

[generalbetrayus]

17. "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." - Ronald Raygun, 1981

[MyOwnPeace]

33. How DARE you!!!!!!

That's "SIR LORD Ronald Raygun" - supreme idiot to those that now follow the mutant spawn - "SIR DONALD tRump."

[LisaL]

18. I bet he got hit on the head one too many times.

[Paladin]

21. Even someone that stupid can grasp some of the basics of Republicanism.

"...don't we have enough trees around here?"

Sounds like a quote from Pat Buchanan...

[Evolve Dammit]

23. the acuity of pressure-treated planking....

[dameatball]

24. I used to follow SEC quite a bit and I seem to recall rumors about his mental health a long time ago

I don't think it was necessarily related to injuries. Really, it's a pretty sad situation. Also too damn alarming.

[MyOwnPeace]

35. While it would be the 'correct' thing to do.............

to be concerned about the 'welfare' of said candidate - even more alarming is that there is more than ONE PERSON (assuming that he would know to vote for himself) that would vote for him to serve in ANY position in ANY firm, let alone a government position!

[dameatball]

36. Yeah, that's what I meant by alarming. His health wasn't my point on that account. Probably

could have written that better. Alarming that he could be considered for a senate seat.

[Warpy]

27. No wonder Louie Gohmert is retiring

Keeping up with Walker's level of stupidity would be exhausting.

[iluvtennis]

31. Herschel Walker is such an IDIOT

[jerseyjim]

37. I live in a blue state. BUT...

our county is Republican. You can tell because we are losing our remaining forests to towering condos.

[Aussie105]

38. Don't worry!

Once the human race runs out of places to live, fresh water, food to eat, and clean air to breathe, and dies out, the trees will have a conference and decide it's their turn to take over the planet.

Like how it was, before those pesky humans came and messed up the planet.

Walker just wants to speed up that process.
Probably thinks he is a tree himself.
Or something like that.

[jgmiller]

39. I know I shouldn't but I feel sorry for him

I rarely call people dumb but he is, I don't know that's just lack of education or because of TBI but he is just dumb.

He's surrounded by people who are using him and telling him he's brilliant and then when he's out of earshot they laugh at him and congratulate themselves on how smart they are in finding someone that will just do what they want.

He needs to lose and lose badly but I feel sorry for him.

[3Hotdogs]

40. What a fukkin' maroon.

[eppur_se_muova]

41. If wood is made from trees .... why are there still trees ?

Answer that one, smart guy !

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

42. Is pulling a Mitt Romney?

"The trees are just right"

[Pinback]

43. In metro Atlanta, no less

-- where we still have what looks like a good many trees, but old oaks, poplars, etc. routinely are cut down to make way for the seemingly never-ending construction boom.

Walker's intelligence is on par with a stump, so maybe it's a touchy subject for him.

[Coventina]

44. What a gigantic ass!!!

[DFW]

45. Enough trees, right

And the west has enough water, the arctic has enough ice, and Beijing has enough clean air at rush hour.

Methinks Herschel might not have enough gray matter to walk and chew gum at the same time. Either that, or some Georgia Republican did something really, REALLY evil to him a long time ago, and his revenge is embarrassing the hell out of them with this farce of a candidacy. However, if that is the case, the joke is still partially on him, because 90% of Georgia Republicans take him seriously. There isn't much that is more embarrassing than THAT.

[lefthandedskyhook]

46. Why do we have freaks like this in our media?

The joke is exhausted

[LiberalFighter]

48. Don't we have enough people?

An argument to use against the pro-lifers.

[sindri]

49. This guy still gets fooled

by a game of fucking peek-a-boo!

[niyad]

50. please let him stop wasting oxygen, the sooner, the better.

[niyad]

51. "if you've seen one tree, you've seen them all." James Watt (Interior Secretary

under ray-gun)

[Bayard]

52. How in the world,

Can this guy be considered as a contender against Warnock?

And how many times do I have to say, the stupid--it burns?

[leftyladyfrommo]

53. Sounds like Reagan. He said trees were the biggest polluters

or something completely stupid like that.

[olddad65]

54. Well, if trump is looking for a running mate in 2024, here is his guy.