Jerry Brown is a freaking treasure

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Jerry Brown strikes defiant tone: ‘California will launch its own damn satellite’


Gov. Jerry Brown, rallying a room of scientists Wednesday with his most heated rhetoric yet on the topic, suggested California would defy the federal government should President-elect Donald Trump impede the state’s efforts to thwart climate change.

“We’ve got the scientists, we’ve got the lawyers and we’re ready to fight. We’re ready to defend,” he said to boisterous applause at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco.

Brown struck a more forceful tone than he has since the election, suggesting the energy and enthusiasm in the room for him would be needed in the “battles ahead.”

“Keep it up,” Brown implored the gathering. “Don’t flag. We’ve got a lot of work to do.”

At one point, Brown warned against proposed budget cuts under the new presidential administration that could effectively eliminate earth-observing satellite programs.

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article120928688.html#storylink=cpy

[WheelWalker]

1. ... a National Treasure.

[Initech]

2. Jerry Brown is greater than Donald Trump

And Jeffrey Tambor could easily play him on SNL.

[LisaM]

3. Yes. Donald Trump lacks greatness.

That is his biggest weakness and we must not forget it.

[SHRED]

4. He's my governor. His record towards big oil is sketchy

http://m.consumerwatchdog.org/viewdata.php?nid=60678

[hunter]

11. Like Obama, Brown is a very intelligent and competent politician.

I have great respect for both men, even though my own politics are far to the left of theirs, and my perspectives as an environmentalist extreme.

I'd much rather have a competent governor or president than a venal incurious and easily manipulated meat puppet like Reagan, Bush, or Trump.

I'm also some kind of Luddite who know's the world might have been a better place had fossil fuels been banned in the 'seventies.

What we now call economic "productivity" is a direct measure of the damage we are doing to the natural environment and our own human spirit. That's not a popular position. In these times nobody is going to get ahead in politics by telling their constituents they intend to shut down a large fraction of the automobile and airline industries, remove highways, and encourage increasing population densities in urban and suburban America so that more of us might live in walkable cities, and fewer of us commute by automobile.

Nearly all of us are hypocrites when it comes to fossil fuels. We know fossil fuels are harming the earth, and ultimately ourselves, but we can't quit.

[SHRED]

21. Thoughtful post

Thanks

[aquamarina]

5. So very thankful I'm in CA

and not in some backwater cesspool of a state like Kansas or Oklahoma.

[PasadenaTrudy]

12. No kidding

I don't think I'd make it. CA is all I've known.

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. The big cities are not cesspools.

It'seems mostly out in the smaller towns and rural areas.

Kansas City and St Louis are pretty normal. Johnson County Kansas is big city people. Conservative but not crazy.

[Generator]

6. Agree and on another thread

suggesting we get rid of the old pols-it's not their age-it's simply if they are willing to fight. Period. Brown was my choice back when he ran against Bill C.

[ailsagirl]

7. Damn right he is

Isn't afraid to show defiance-- how come he's only one of a few???

[tinrobot]

8. California could easily have its own space program...

...with Elon Musk at the helm.

So happy I live here and have such a terrific governor.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Red state space program

[NBachers]

20. You left out the smoke and flames.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. LOL

[hunter]

25. Oh my, I found the perfect video...

[wordpix]

10. He's always been a great gov, even back in the 70s

or whenever it was he was dubbed Gov. Moonbeam. Don't remember why, does anyone know?

[hunter]

31. Chicago columnist Mike Royko coined the term, with some admiration.

He was comparing gritty Chicago politics, the sort Obama would be familiar with, to the national stereotype of hippy fruits and nuts California politics. Royko later rescinded the label but the name stuck, even became an object of California pride.

When Royko coined the label maybe he didn't understand that, behind the scenes, California politics are Byzantine and Machiavellian. California politics sometimes make Chicago politics look like a pillow fight. Politicians like Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer are bad ass.

[PufPuf23]

13. Good for Jerry Brown

I am not the huge fan of Brown that I was back in the 70s and 80s but Brown is still one of the best political leaders in the USA.

I was a strong supporter of Brown for POTUS in several election cycles.

In recent years Brown has taken some positions that I do not support.

However, hell yes Brown is correct in this stance (and Brown would have been a far better and more vibrant POTUS elect than Clinton, Trump or Sanders 2016).

Glad and proud to have Brown as Governor as a native and resident Californian (and life long Democrat).

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. He is a progressive pragmatist

I am in awe in of how he administrates a state as diverse and large as ours.

I wish he was ten years younger so he can run for president in 2020.

[pintobean]

16. With what? From where? With who's money?

It's not like they can just throw a space program together, especially without federal assets.

I don't think the Governor was serious.

Lawyers?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. Given your unique insight into the mind of Donald Trump do you believe he will respond in a tweet?

I hope our current tête-à-tête goes as swimmingly as our last one.

[pintobean]

19. My "unique insight into the mind of Donald Trump"?

Where do you get that shit?

Can you reply to what is posted? Is Brown serious, and if so, how does he do it?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. No need to get upset

Where do you get that shit?

-pintobean

No need to get upset. I would like for our tête-à-tête to go swimmingly.



You didn't see DemocratSinceBirth hurling obscenities at you after you insulted and denigrated, without cause, somebody he admired.

[pintobean]

24. lol

I'm amused, not upset.

Let me know when he starts the California space program.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. I will let the readers of our august board decide if you are upset or not.

I will let the readers of our august board decide if you are upset or not:

Where do you get that shit?

-pintobean

I also believe it is a violation of the Terms of Service:

Civility
No personal attacks or flaming
Do not personally attack, insult, flame, threaten, bully, harass, stalk, negatively call-out, ascribe ugly ulterior motives to, or make baseless claims about any member of this community. Do not post in a manner that is hostile, abusive, or aggressive toward any member of this community.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice

I feel as if DU needs its own safe space. The hateful atmosphere our president elect is creating is even permeating our board.

[pintobean]

29. How did the alert go?

I suspect that the jurors didn't suffer any comprehension issues. Meanwhile, you keep dodging the substance of my questions.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. I didn't alert on your post. That would be pusillanimous.

How did the alert go?

-pintobean

I didn't alert on your post. That would be pusillanimous.I just pointed it out on behalf of my fellow posters, many of whom I love. I am willing to suffer the slings of arrows of your attacks so they don't have to.

Would you say or would you not say your posts have a mocking tone and if your answer is in the affirmative do you think that is a tone Donald Trump would applaud?


Thank you in advance.

MUAH

[MFM008]

30. A LOT of money in California

And a lot of desire to shove it to maggot and continue action on climate change.

[spooky3]

17. Now, THAT is leadership.

[Afromania]

27. NY

will throw in with you guys, we'll Bring NJ and CT with too(at least I hope they will)

[KamaAina]

28. Let's hope he walks the walk

and works with the legislature to raise revenue to replace the cuts that Lyin' Ryan is sure to ram through, rather than vetoing everything as he has been.