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CrispyQ

(36,461 posts)
2. It's about time.
Tue Jan 14, 2020, 12:11 PM
Jan 2020

I wish there were a way to charge the oil companies, News Corporation, and the Republican Party with crimes against humanity, for their lies and obstruction on the climate crisis and seize their assets to start a global fund for climate change. We'll call it the Thunberg Fund, just to goad the deniers.

The future generations that are not going to look kindly on us are not our great-great-grandchildren, they are our grandchildren. Those future generations are here, now.

Andrew Romanoff, one of our democratic challengers to Senator Cory Gardner, has put out a 4 minute dystopian ad, showing a world where temps in the 120s are not unusual. It starts with the voice of a little girl who is living in a dark bunker and can't go outside because of the temps and air quality. She says she misses the sunshine most. He's taken a lot of criticism, and the ad is waaaaaayyy too long, but the first 30-45 seconds have impact.

Easier to believe in arson than climate change mountain grammy Jan 2020 #1
A sudden outbreak of thousands of arsonists all over Australia. That's the problem. Kablooie Jan 2020 #10
It's about time. CrispyQ Jan 2020 #2
+100 Duppers Jan 2020 #13
Wake up call for Rupe-a-Dupe bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #3
. OneCrazyDiamond Jan 2020 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #5
If history is recorded accurately not fooled Jan 2020 #6
I wonder if Jerry Hall is a climate change denier? bronxiteforever Jan 2020 #7
Better late than never NCProgressive Jan 2020 #8
Do more James! zentrum Jan 2020 #9
It's rare that you see such a pointblank admittance that... jvill Jan 2020 #11
blah blah blah blah blah blah hatrack Jan 2020 #12
Go James! nt Duppers Jan 2020 #14
Good!! Maxheader Jan 2020 #15
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