Senator Stabenow can "feel" global warming when she's flying

2009 August 12
by Kathy Shaidle

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It’s enough to make this particular female long for the repeal of the 19th Amendment…

Senator Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.) has a history of saying and doing silly things, like announcing “that she would conduct hearings and have radio station owners subpoenaed to testify so that the Senate could determine why people tune in Rush Limbaugh and tune out Air America,” the self-identified “liberal” radio station.

And then there was the time she voted to extend Social Security benefits to illegal aliens.

But Debbie Stabenow has outdone herself with her latest declaration. As Sean Hannity reported on his FOX News program last night, Stabanow told the Detroit News last Monday:

“Climate change is very real. Global warming creates volatility. I feel it when I’m flying. The storms are more volatile. We are paying the price in more hurricanes and tornadoes.”

Here’s what’s really scary, at least to those of us with both feet on the ground: Stabenow sits on the Senate Energy Committee.

Stabenow (who is not trained in meteorology or any other “hard” science, but has a Masters Degree in Social Work) won’t be troubled by such unpleasant “feelings” much longer. Congress has just approved nearly $500 million to purchase new Gulfstream G550 luxury business jets to ferry its members around.

With all that rich leather seating and those state-of-the-art flat screen tvs to distract her, she’ll likely forget all about the evils of global warming. And a good thing too:  best not to dwell on the fact that those jets Stabenow will be using reportedly consume $3,000 of fuel per hour, and cough out loads of C02.

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  1. fiftyfifty permalink
    August 12, 2009

    when you have moron in office you get it kicker to the the curb

  2. Jim L. permalink
    August 12, 2009

    Just wondering if Ms. Stabenow`s parents had any children that survived?

  3. August 12, 2009

    Michigan once again sends their best and brightest to DC….

  4. August 12, 2009

    I just checked her Bio: “Magna Cum Laude” from Michigan State University. I am sitting here in a state of shock. My hopes for a PHD are renewed.

  5. August 12, 2009

    Two of my students are gifted natural athletes and will likely both be All State first teamers. Their gifts do not extend too deeply into the academic world. How do I get in touch with the MSU coaches?

  6. Elaine permalink
    August 12, 2009

    Hey, MSU is no different than other universities. What else can we expect from four decades of affirmative action and liberal/radical feminist run public education than the Debbie Stabenow’s who run for public office because they aren’t qualified for anything else?

  7. Irwin Chusid permalink
    August 12, 2009

    I believe the jets were cancelled. But your basic point, that Stabenow is a crackpot, is irrefutable.

  8. KansasGirl permalink
    August 12, 2009

    Another lib I hope fails.

  9. Donald permalink
    August 12, 2009

    As I said, she should stop smoking the ganja. Then she wouldn’t feel anything when she’s “flying”.

    Ridiculous.

  10. theblanque permalink
    August 12, 2009

    Somebody needs to explain to the Senator the difference between “global warming” and a hot flash.

    Seriously…does anybody believe Rome was this bad under the Caesars?

  11. Amy P. permalink
    August 12, 2009

    I can sympathize. The “stoopid” radiating out of DC is palpable and, frankly, it hurts.

    But I know the solution to that problem is simple. Vote the idiots out of office and send them back to the dens of incoherency and idiocy from whence they came.

  12. August 12, 2009

    She may be an idiot, but unfortunately her idiocy is widespread. What need does an ideologue have for facts? Did she notice the hurricane season last year? No? Neither did anyone else, but the presence of inconvenient facts will not deter a true believer in the inconvenient truth, that there is no anthropogenic climate change, except for the myth.

  13. Revnant Dream permalink
    August 13, 2009

    What has happened to our Southern Cousins that they now vote for Morons like this?
    I never in a million years figured Americans would be buffaloed by a dude in an expensive suite selling charms.
    Not, & I repeat not like its any better in the Canada’s. We allowed socialism inch by inch so deserve a Hedy fry or some other lefty nut.
    If any remnant of the Old America is to survive people down there have to reassert their Constitutional rights. Debbie Stabenow with the rest of the radical gang have to be electoral defeated so bad it puts the fear of God back into the three branches of Government
    Here we have to do it by back dooring legislation because most of the government workers are good little radical statist drones. Our press have become an appendage of the State. Universal health care allows them to control when we die now as well. Abortion of course is promptly paid by tax payers.
    This is what Obama wants place on the fount of the once World seat of Liberty!
    JMO

  14. August 13, 2009

    “Michigan once again sends their best and brightest to DC….”

    I’m Sorry?

    To be fair… Her war chest is highly funded from outside the state. We are trying our best to rectify this tragic mistake.

  15. Ellie in T.O. permalink
    August 13, 2009

    Wait a minute — she flies? In carbon-belching airplanes? Doesn’t she realize this makes her worse than Hitler?!

  16. Jim R permalink
    August 13, 2009

    I feel global warming each time I fly, but not from the weather, in my wallet.

    And if Debbie-does-DC Stabenow, and her fearful leader, have their way, I’m going to feel the pain of global warming sooner than later…..even if it doesn’t really exist.

  17. Jim R permalink
    August 13, 2009

    Oh, and that huge mouth of hers looks like it was just made for running on.

    You get the feeling there is no power strong enough to shut it up…..god help her husband……if she even believes in them.

  18. September 12, 2009

    Poor Debbie.

    She’s pathetic!

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