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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 09:02 PM Feb 2014

CBS host asks NC gov.: You still think climate change caused by ‘God’s hands’ after storm?

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) on Sunday tried to imply that he had been taken out of context when he said that climate change was in “God’s hands.”In the wake of a devastating winter storm that left over a dozen people dead and about a million people with out power through out the South, the North Carolina governor told CBS host Bob Schieffer that his state was finally starting to recover.

“We’ve never seen storms go in such a massive widespread area in the state,” McCroy explained “Two times in two weeks. And it’s about depleted our budget. And it’s also going to have an impact on our economy here in North Carolina because people were stuck inside and not spending money. And also, sadly, we had at least six fatalities.”

Schieffer reminded McCrory of a 2008 radio interview with WHKY when he had said that he wasn’t convinced that global warming was real, and that it was caused by “God’s hands.”“I, frankly, think there are some things that are out of our control,” McCrory told the station. “It’s in God’s hands. Frankly, the world has been warming for a long time, and back in the 70s, if you look a the covers of Newsweek and Time, we were getting cold.”


“My main argument is, let’s clean up the environment,” he added. “And as a mayor and now as a governor, I’m spending my time cleaning our air, cleaning our water, and cleaning the ground. And I think that’s where the argument should be on both the left and the right. And if that has an impact on climate change, good.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/16/cbs-host-asks-nc-gov-you-still-think-climate-change-caused-by-gods-hands-after-storm/


Um, what?

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CBS host asks NC gov.: You still think climate change caused by ‘God’s hands’ after storm? (Original Post) octoberlib Feb 2014 OP
cleaning up? barbtries Feb 2014 #1
Didn't GA and SC accept federal funds for the storm emergency? WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #2

barbtries

(28,810 posts)
1. cleaning up?
Sun Feb 16, 2014, 09:22 PM
Feb 2014

yeah, he and his cohorts are cleaning up at the expense of the people. what a crock of shit!

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
2. Didn't GA and SC accept federal funds for the storm emergency?
Mon Feb 17, 2014, 10:01 AM
Feb 2014

Why didn't this buffoon? Wait, I think I know the answer to that.

Alrighty then, let's all get out our brooms to "clean the ground" and put a stop to that nasty ol' climate change! Jaysuz, he's like the Southern Sarah Palin. And we're stuck with him until two thousand and freakin' sixteen. Ugh.

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