The Patriot Post® · Reader Comments
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Re: More and Worse Hurricanes? Nope
“The main reason the climate alarmists are thinking climate change is getting worse is that weather reporting is getting a lot more accurate. How many weather satellites were there in the 1950s and ‘60s when most of the oldest among us were kids or teenagers? Very few. How much lead time did they get on hurricanes 50, 100, or 150 years ago to hunker down before a hurricane would come ashore? Very little. Once storm clouds were seen on the horizon, it was a very short time to buckle down. Now we have reporters on every channel reporting on evacuations or standing on the beach in the eye of the hurricane. It is more information overload than it is hurricanes getting worse, as we hear about them more often for longer periods of time.” —Illinois
“The types of climate disasters have not changed for tens of thousands of years. What has changed is human behavior. There are more people, and events that would affect hundreds of people now affect thousands. Humans are naturally drawn to seashores, scenic wooded areas, and other locations that offer beauty and comfort but also the potential for weather activity at adverse levels. The idea that people can change climate to be more benign through their own activities is simply unrealistic and contrary to nature, physics, and meteorology.” —Kentucky
Re: The Left’s Continuing Assault on SCOTUS
“Justice Elena Kagan, who helped plan the defense of the Affordable Care Act while serving as a White House counsel for Mr. Obama, participated in the 5-4 decision declaring the Act to be constitutional. In the decade since then, has anyone heard a single Democrat complain about this being unethical? The double standard speaks loudly.” —Minnesota
Re: Biden Battles Texas Border Buoys
“Somebody should force the judge to define 'navigable waters.’ Do a quick Google map search of the Rio Grande River. Hundreds of miles downstream from Eagle Pass, you can’t even drive a personal motor boat up the river. Closer to Eagle Pass, you can’t even do it in a canoe. Using the Army Corpse of Engineers definition, the river is not a navigable waterway as far upstream as Eagle Pass. Come on, Texas; slap some sense into this judge. In the meantime, tell him to pound sand.” —Florida
“Protecting our borders is one of the few actual responsibilities of the federal government. Failure to do so is an impeachable offense. What’s the big problem? Do what should have been done already.” —Washington
“If you look at what we’ve been able to do from last summer to this summer — lowering gas prices by $1.20 — that is because of the work that this administration has done.” —White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
“It takes a special kind of idiot to declare that the reason they are doing great is that they reduced the price of gas $1.20/gal after first raising it over $2.60/gal (at its peak). I’ll believe them when they really try to reduce the price, which could be done by simply doing one thing: admit they were wrong on oil, open up all drilling land for exploration and drilling, and restart all pipeline projects. With this incentive, I am sure gas would drop instantly, and OPEC would have to increase pumping in the short term.” —Illinois
Re: Top Military Brass Press Tuberville
“‘Democrats and the Biden administration argue that Tuberville’s stand is threatening national defense by impacting military readiness.’ Yes, because everybody knows that an army marches on its ability to murder babies. Thank God for Senator Tuberville, not only for his morals, but for his understanding that the president and his cohorts don’t get to do an end run around the Constitution every time they don’t get their way. I would also theorize that women who are in frequent need of abortions are also ‘impacting military readiness.’ If they’re too dumb to know how to use birth control, they’re too dumb to be in the service.” —Pennsylvania
Re: In Brief: Joe Biden’s ‘Iron Grip’ on His Party
“The current socialist regime wanted someone they could essentially program and probably also use to test the waters with the emperor having no clothes to see who the true believers are in the party, the Dem-controlled media, academia, etc. Unsurprisingly, they’ve found that almost everyone is a true believer, and the very few who committed the thoughtcrime that Biden is incompetent and dangerous due to dementia have been silenced. When you have the control over media that the Left does and have brainwashed your minions so thoroughly, ‘fealty’ goes without saying — or else.” —Pennsylvania
Re: Can Conservatism and Populism Coexist?
“This article is spot-on accurate. As I read what Mr. Andrews wrote, I thought he captured precisely what I and most of my friends believe. Conservatism and populism can, and should, coexist. Marrying love of country to conservatism is as good as it gets. As a nation, we would be more fiscally responsible, value life, work hard to not repeat past failures, insist on an immigration strategy that includes strong borders, reduce the size and scope of government, elect leaders that have America’s best interests at heart, support a strong military, and strengthen all families. To do all this would require that, as a nation, we move our moral compass back toward God instead of away from Him as we have been doing for the past 70 years.” —North Carolina
“Mike Pence is a good man at heart, but he reminds me of John McCain and Mitt Romney. They too were good men but could only carve out a sliver within the Republican Party and independents. We desperately need someone who a larger segment of the population could coalesce around. To me, that’s Ron DeSantis. He may not be the perfect candidate, but who is?” —Illinois
Re: The White House Medal of Honor Ceremony for Larry Taylor
“Obviously Biden, Secretary Austin, and General Milley do not share Captain Taylor’s commitment to never leave a man behind…” —New York