No climate change is one of the many reasons I live in Florida.

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  • L-Pink
    working on my tan
    • Mar 2005
    • 39151
    #1

    No climate change is one of the many reasons I live in Florida.

    ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Climate change activists blasted Florida Governor Rick Scott on Monday for leading an "Orwellian" campaign to ban employees of the state's lead environmental agency from using such terms as ?global warming? and ?climate change.?

    Despite coastal Florida's vulnerability to storm surges and rising sea levels, the state?s Department of Environmental Protection was directed in 2011 not to use the phrases in official communications, according to a report by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.

    Employees were told not to use the phrases ?climate change,? ?global warming,? 'sea level rise,' or ?sustainability,? attorney Christopher Byrd, who worked with the department's Office of General Counsel from 2008 to 2013, confirmed to Reuters.


    Florida bans use of 'climate change' by state agency: report - Yahoo News
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    • Captain Kawaii
      So Fucking Banned
      • Oct 2007
      • 6748
      #2
      Just what i expected, Born: December 1, 1952 (age 62), Bloomington, IL
      Another dumbass in-bred yankee goes south/

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        • L-Pink
          working on my tan
          • Mar 2005
          • 39151
          #3
          Originally posted by Captain Kawaii
          Just what i expected, Born: December 1, 1952 (age 62), Bloomington, IL
          Another dumbass in-bred yankee goes south/
          What's amazing is the healthcare company Scott cofounded and was CEO of was guilty of the largest Medicaid fraud in US history and fined almost 2 billion dollars. And old people still elected him governor!


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            • arock10
              Confirmed User
              • Jan 2006
              • 6217
              #4
              Originally posted by L-Pink
              What's amazing is the healthcare company Scott cofounded and was CEO of was guilty of the largest Medicaid fraud in US history and fined almost 2 billion dollars. And old people still elected him governor!


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              And he basically bought himself the election too with that Medicare money. America fuck yeah
              Sup

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                • Captain Kawaii
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Oct 2007
                  • 6748
                  #5
                  Originally posted by L-Pink
                  What's amazing is the healthcare company Scott cofounded and was CEO of was guilty of the largest Medicaid fraud in US history and fined almost 2 billion dollars. And old people still elected him governor!


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                  Flagrant stupidity. How can the guy be eligible for public office? 'Murica!

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                    • crockett
                      in a van by the river
                      • May 2003
                      • 76818
                      #6
                      Originally posted by L-Pink
                      What's amazing is the healthcare company Scott cofounded and was CEO of was guilty of the largest Medicaid fraud in US history and fined almost 2 billion dollars. And old people still elected him governor!


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                      I'd guess 80% (probably higher) of the voting public, don't care whom they vote for, but only if the letter [R] or [D] is next to the name.
                      In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator.

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                        • Harmon
                          ( ͡ʘ╭͜ʖ╮͡ʘ)
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 20012
                          #7
                          Fuck Rick Scott. He's such a douche bag and it angers me just to look at him. I hate fucking Charlie Crist too, but he would have been a much better decision for the state as a whole. The lesser of two evils so to speak.

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                            • crockett
                              in a van by the river
                              • May 2003
                              • 76818
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Captain Kawaii
                              Flagrant stupidity. How can the guy be eligible for public office? 'Murica!
                              You should hear about the company his wife owns... Remember that "drug testing for welfare" hoopla which the Republicans wanted to push so much for? Well they did it in FL, and it cost the state tax payers a shit load of money in the process.. They barely caught anyone on drugs meaning they didn't save any money but actually cost the state money.

                              Meanwhile guess whom owned the company which was granted the contracts for the drug testing..

                              Gov. Rick Scott, Solantic and conflict of interest: What's the deal? | Tampa Bay Times

                              Really I've never understood why Scott Walker gets all that national media when we have a much bigger scumbag running FL..
                              In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator.

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                                • crockett
                                  in a van by the river
                                  • May 2003
                                  • 76818
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Harmon
                                  Fuck Rick Scott. He's such a douche bag and it angers me just to look at him. I hate fucking Charlie Crist too, but he would have been a much better decision for the state as a whole. The lesser of two evils so to speak.

                                  I've always thought Crist was a closet homosexual.. However both him & Jeb Bush at least tried to do a half ass job..
                                  In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator.

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                                    • EonBlue
                                      Apocalypse
                                      • May 2007
                                      • 3043
                                      #10
                                      Governor Scott says Florida did not ban the phrase 'climate change'

                                      The Miami Herald published a story Sunday that Gov. Rick Scott had banned the use of phrases like global warming and climate change, based on statements by former employees. The only problem: it's not true. At least according to Gov. Rick Scott.

                                      On Monday, Scott denied that the administration in his Department of Environmental Protection were ever banned from using those terms. "It's not true," Scott told reporters in Hialeah. He said no such policy existed. While not going into specifics, he maintained the allegations were false.

                                      A search of the DEP's website revealed hundreds of instances of the phrases "climate change" and "global warming," and the accusations were made by former employees of DEP that were fired or laid off. Based on the reporting by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, which bills itself as a non-partisan investigative agency, the accusations appeared to be an orchestrated attempt by ex-employees to disgrace a sitting governor.

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                                        • bronco67
                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                          • Dec 2006
                                          • 29032
                                          #11
                                          You have to ask why some want so badly to not believe scientific consensus. Could it be something green?

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                                            • L-Pink
                                              working on my tan
                                              • Mar 2005
                                              • 39151
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by EonBlue
                                              Governor Scott says Florida did not ban the phrase 'climate change'




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                                              Maybe not in writing, but .....

                                              "Employees were told not to use the phrases ?climate change,? ?global warming,? 'sea level rise,' or ?sustainability,? attorney Christopher Byrd, who worked with the department's Office of General Counsel from 2008 to 2013, confirmed to Reuters"


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                                                • Barry-xlovecam
                                                  It's 42
                                                  • Jun 2010
                                                  • 18083
                                                  #13
                                                  You better hope they are right. Florida is flat as a pancake and Florida's median elevation is 100 ft (30.48 m) above sea level.

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                                                    • 2MuchMark
                                                      Mark of 2Much.net
                                                      • Aug 2004
                                                      • 50977
                                                      #14
                                                      Rick Scott is an ass.

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                                                        • crockett
                                                          in a van by the river
                                                          • May 2003
                                                          • 76818
                                                          #15
                                                          Everytime I see Rick Scott's picture I think..



                                                          I think however at least the lead singer of this band was probably smarter at politics..
                                                          In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator.

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                                                            • L-Pink
                                                              working on my tan
                                                              • Mar 2005
                                                              • 39151
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Barry-xlovecam
                                                              You better hope they are right. Florida is flat as a pancake and Florida's median elevation is 100 ft (30.48 m) above sea level.
                                                              Where I lived on Pine Island the elevation was 5-9 feet!


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                                                                • Harmon
                                                                  ( ͡ʘ╭͜ʖ╮͡ʘ)
                                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                                  • 20012
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by L-Pink
                                                                  Where I lived on Pine Island the elevation was 5-9 feet!


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                                                                  Yeah! Fucking Pine Island... I haven't been out there in years. Loved that beach... nice ride out there too. Bayport Inn for beers in the afternoon and then a ride out there to watch the sunset and smoke a fatty. Good shit.
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