There was an
hour-long discussion,
with author Dave Eggers,
at the Obama Foundation
Summit in Chicago.
Former President Obama
launched a thinly-veiled attack
on the current administration,
and anyone who voted for Trump.
When global warming
came up,
after about 29 minutes,
Obama’s criticism was
a weird combination of
liberal platitudes, generic
platitudes, and the claim
that governments can solve
all the world's problems.
SUMMARY:
Obama is certain
we can solve all
the world’s problems
- “climate change,
education,
agriculture
and so on”
- quite easily,
because they are
“not nearly
as complicated
as they are
made out to be.”
The “reason we don’t do it,”
Obama explained,
“is because we are
still confused, blind,
shrouded with hate,
anger, racism,
mommy issues.”
"Racism" ?
"Mommy issues" ?
What is Obama smoking ?
DETAILS:
Without a Teleprompter
to read a speech from,
which he does well,
if you ignore the content,
if you ignore the content,
Obama is usually hesitant,
and often sounds dumb.
This was as dumb
as I've ever heard
Obama sound,
and the actual words,
don't properly reflect
his many pauses,
and stammering:
"... the reason we don't ...
[invest in climate change policies]
is because we are still confused,
blind, shrouded with hate,
anger, racism - mommy issues ..."
“I mean, we
— we are we are
fraught with stuff,”
he continued.
“And — and so if
that’s the case then
the single most
important thing
that we have to invest in
is not all
— and look
I’m a huge supporter
of science and
technological research
and social science and,
you know,
evidence-based learning
and all that good stuff."
"I’m — I’m — people
call me Spock
for a reason,
I believe in reason
and logic and all these
enlightenment values,
but the thing that really
we have to invest in
is people."
"We got to get people
to figure out how
they work together
— in a — you know,
how do we get people
to work together
in a cooperative,
thoughtful,
constructive way."
“I was having
a conversation
with a friend,
who was depressed
about the
current course
of our country —
it’s a conversation
that happens a lot,”
Obama said later.
“I had to remind him
that this is what happens."
"Societies are these
incredibly complex,
organic things
that sometimes
moves forward
and sometimes
takes a step back.”
“This is a heavy burden,”
Obama said.
It's also
a heavy burden
listening to
Obama blathering
for an hour !
for an hour !
But Obama
certainly deserves
certainly deserves
to be the first winner
of this Honest Climate
of this Honest Climate
Chart Blog's:
Climate Buffoon
of the Year.
of the Year.
That award
certainly makes more
certainly makes more
sense than giving Obama
the Nobel Peace Prize,
and then watching him
fight two wars,
almost losing in Iraq,
and then watching him
fight two wars,
almost losing in Iraq,
for every single day of his
eight long years in office !
eight long years in office !