YESTERDAY WAS THE 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE
KATRINA, SO PRESIDENT OBAMA WENT
TO NEW ORLEANS TO SPEAK FOR THE
ANNIVERSARY.
ONE THING HE
ADDRESSED IN HIS REMARKS WAS
CLIMATE CHANGE, AND HOW CLIMATE
CHANGE AND WEATHER EVENTS SEEM
TO BE STRONGLY LINKED.
HE SAID
WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE EXTREME
WEATHER EVENTS AS A RESULT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE, DEEPER DROUGHTS,
DEADLIER WILDFLOWERS, STRONGER
STORMS.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
PREPARING FOR THE CHANGE BY
INVESTING IN STRONGER LEVEES, AS
WELL AS RESTORING WETLANDS AND
OTHER NATURAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE
CRITICAL FOR STORM PROTECTION.
WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE
DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND
ALSO WHAT CAN BE DONE TO
MITIGATE SOME OF IT, AND WHILE
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT I
WANT YOU TO BEAR IN MIND THE
SEVERITY OF WHAT HURRICANE
KATRINA REPRESENTED NOT JUST IN
TERMS OF LIVES BUT MONEY.
KATRINA, WHICH STRUCK THE GULF
COAST ON AUGUST 29, 2005,
UNLEASHED FLOODS THAT KILLED
NEARLY 2000 PEOPLE, LEFT
THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HOMELESS AND
CAUSED AN ESTIMATED $250 BILLION
IN DAMAGE.
IT WAS THE COSTLIEST
AND MOST DAMAGING STORM IN U.S.
HISTORY.
I THINK CONSIDERING HOW
MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE BY A SINGLE
STORM, AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME
OTHER STORMS LIKE SANDY THAT
SIMILARLY WERE QUITE
DESTRUCTIVE, IF WE BELIEVE THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE
ASSOCIATED EXTREME WEATHER, THAT
THEY ARE LINKED AND WE CAN DO
SOME TO STOP IT, FIRST BY
RECOGNIZING IT AND THEN
ADDRESSING IT, THEN WE HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT THAT.
GOVERNOR BOBBY
JINDAL DID NOT WANT
OBAMA TO DO THAT.
HE SAID THE ANNIVERSARY IS A
TIME TO MOURN THE DEAD, NOT
BRING UP A TOPIC THAT'S PART
OF THE DIVISIVE POLITICAL
AGENDA OF LIBERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM.
A LECTURE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
WOULD DO NOTHING TO IMPROVE
UPON WHAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING.
>>I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT.
IT WOULD DO A LOT TO IMPROVE
UPON WHAT YOU ARE DOING, BECAUSE
YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ON
CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE YOU ARE A
REPUBLICAN AND YOU DON'T
ACKNOWLEDGE IT EXISTS.
IF YOU
ARE THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA
AND YOUR CITY CAN GET DROWNED AS
IT DID 10 YEARS AGO AND YOU ARE
NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT,
LECTURING YOU ON IT MIGHT
HELP A LOT BECAUSE YOU MIGHT
LEARN SOMETHING AND THEN
TAKE SOME ACTION.
>>EXACTLY.
AND IT SEEMS FUNNY TO
ME, WE TALK ABOUT THERE WILL BE
THIS MASS SHOOTING AND THE GUN
RIGHTS ACTIVISTS WILL SAY NOW IS
NOT THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SO WE SAY, HOW LONG DO WE HAVE
TO WAIT?
THE EXACT SAME ISSUE NOW, AND
APPARENTLY MORE THAN 10
YEARS YOU ARE STILL NOT ALLOWED
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT
HAVE LED TO THE TRAGEDY.
>>REPUBLICANS
WITH THE THIS ISN'T THE TIME, IT
IS NEVER THE TIME.
>>I THOUGHT THEY WERE AGAINST PC
CONTROLLING LANGUAGE.
>>AND SINCE WHEN ARE THEY
SENSITIVE TO PEOPLE'S FUCKING
FEELINGS?
THEY LOVE DONALD TRUMP
BECAUSE HE HATES PEOPLE'S
FEELINGS AND HE SHITS ON THEM
PUBLICLY.
I LOVE THAT GUY, YOU
ARE AN ANCHOR BABY I WILL KICK
YOU OUT, YOU ARE A CITIZEN, WHO
GIVES A FUCK, LET'S GO FASCISM.
GO BACK TO UNIVISION.
HEY, I LOVE IT.
ALL OF A SUDDEN,
NOT THE TIME.
>>DID YOU SAY CLIMATE CHANGE?
THAT IS OFFENSIVE.
FACTS, SCIENCE, OFFENSIVE.
NOT
THE TIME.
>>I DON'T LIKE THE TONE.
AND
WHAT IS BARACK OBAMA SUPPOSED TO
DO?
IS HE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT
THAT LETTER AND SAY, YOU KNOW,
BOBBY JINDAL MAKES SOME GOOD
POINTS.
REWRITE THE SPEECH, GO
AHEAD.
DON'T MENTION CLIMATE
CHANGE.
>>AND ALSO HE ADDED THE PART
ABOUT THE DIVISIVE
POLITICAL AGENDA OF LIBERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM.
I THINK THAT WAS A SIGN THAT
MAYBE THE LETTER WASN'T
GOING TO GET PAID ATTENTION TO.
>>DID HE SEND THAT BECAUSE HE
KNEW PEOPLE WOULD REPORT THAT HE
SENT IT?
AND THEN BARACK OBAMA DID IT
ANYWAY, HE TALKED ABOUT IT
ANYWAY.
>>ANOTHER THING, WHO SENDS A
LETTER?
>>HE COULD TRY CALLING OBAMA,
BUT IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT OBAMA
WOULD ANSWER THE PHONE.
OBAMA
INDICATED THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WAS DOING WHAT THEY
CAN TO HELP AVOID OTHER
TRAGEDIES IN THE FUTURE, FEMA IN
PARTICULAR HAS SPENT 1.4 BILLION
DOLLARS FOR NEARLY 700
MITIGATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING
ELEVATING HOMES AND CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE, RETROFITTING
GOVERNMENT AND RESIDENTIAL
STRUCTURES AND IMPROVING
DRAINAGE.
AND THERE ANY NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT CHARITIES
ATTEMPTING TO SORT OF RESTOCK
PLANTS, TREES, AND OTHER THINGS
IN THE MARSHLANDS AND WETLANDS
FROM THE COAST TO TRY TO STOP
SOME OF THE EROSION GOING ON.
BEFORE THE SHOW WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE AMAZING STATS, LET'S
SEE, ABOUT 2000 SQUARE MILES OF LAND
HAVE ALREADY DISAPPEARED INTO
THE GULF, AND ALMOST THE SAME
AMOUNT COULD BE LOST OVER THE
NEXT 50 YEARS WITHOUT DRASTIC
ACTION THAT WOULD COST TENS OF
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
BUT IT IS
LITERALLY SINKING INTO THE GULF
COAST BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SO
MUCH DAMAGE, THE NORMAL
RESISTANCE TO THE STORMS
HAS BEEN WORN AWAY.
>>AND IT WILL BE MORE UNPROTECTED FROM
STORMS WHEN THEY LOSE MORE LAND.
>>BECAUSE THAT IS THE LAND
THAT PROTECTS THEM.
NOT THE CITY STREETS.
>>BUT ALL YOU LIBERALS, ALL YOU
DO IS TALK, TALK, TALK ABOUT
THE PROBLEMS WHEN CONSERVATIVES
HAVE THE RIGHT ANSWER.
JUST IGNORE THEM, IT WILL BE
FINE.
>>THE WATER WILL RECEDE
SOMEDAY, JESUS WILL COME
BACK AND WE WILL GET OUR PLANTS
BACK.
>>I AM NOT A MATH SURGEON, THE
2000 SQUARE MILES, HOW MUCH IS THAT?
I CAN'T DO MATH AT ALL.
>>IT HAS TO BE 10 X 200, DOESN'T
IT?
>>VERY GOOD.
>>WE SOLVED A MATH PROBLEM.
>>SO 200 MILES X 10 MILES, THEY
LOST THAT TO THE GULF?
THAT IS A
LOT OF LAND.
IF YOU CAN LOSE THAT AND
NOBODY IS SCREAMING ABOUT IT,
MAYBE YOU HAVE MORE LAND THAT
YOU KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH.
>>MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE SOME,
THAT IS WHAT TRUMP WOULD DO.
YOU
ARE NOT USING IT ENOUGH,
INEFFICIENT MANAGEMENT, I WOULD
FIX IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT TRUMP IS
GOING TO DO?
HE WILL TAKE THE
LAND BACK FROM THE OCEAN AND
MAKE THE OCEAN PAY FOR IT.
>>I AM GOING TO BUILD A YOOGE LEVEE
AND MAKE THE OCEAN PAY FOR IT.
AND BELIEVE ME, THE DOLPHINS
HAVE MONEY.
THE SHARKS.
>>THEY KEEP SENDING US THEIR
WORST, LIKE THE SHARKS.
AND
JELLYFISH, WHO LIKES JELLYFISH?
I WILL MAKE THEM STOP.
JORGE
RAMOS, YOU WANT JELLYFISH COMING
IN?
WHAT A DUMB DUMB.
>>I WILL SEND CARL ICAHN TO THE
SHARKS.
>>THIS IS A NICE LITTLE PREVIEW
OF WHAT WE COULD HAVE ALONG
ALMOST ALL OF THE COASTLINE IF
CLIMATE CHANGE CONTINUES.
IT
SEEMS LIKE IF IT IS MARSHLAND
AND WETLAND, MAYBE WE DON'T CARE
SO MUCH WITH LOUISIANA, BUT THIS
IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE,
THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES OF
LAND RECEDING INTO THE OCEAN.
>>I'VE GOT AN IDEA, JIMMY.
DONALD TRUMP TALKING TO HIMSELF:
DONALD, I HAVE AN IDEA.
>>WHAT IS THAT?
>>I WILL SEND THEM TO THE
CLIMATE, WE WILL CHANGE THAT.
>>THAT IS A TREMENDOUS IDEA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT IS
TREMENDOUS, A LOT OF TOP PEOPLE.
>>WE WILL BUILD A WALL BETWEEN
US AND THE CLIMATE.
>>THEN I MAKE THE CLIMATE PAY
FOR IT.
>>THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW WHAT
THE WALL IS?
BIG.
>>WE ARE GOING TO FUCK SPACE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
GO BACK TO SPACE,
THAT IS WHAT I TELL THOSE
MARTIANS.
WE WILL ROUND UP ALL
THE FUCKING MARTIANS, YOU GO
BACK.
>> WE WANT A BIG BEAUTIFUL DOOR
TO SPACE, WE WILL BUILD.
>>YOUR DONALD IS SLIGHTLY ITALIAN,
HIS DONALD IS SLIGHTLY JEWISH.
>>SUCH A DOOR, WE WILL BUILD.
