Ryan: Humans might not be cause of climate change

[OKIsItJustMe]

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By PHILIP ELLIOTT
Oct. 13, 2014 11:16 PM EDT

[font size=3]KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The planet has faced climate change forever and humans' pollution might not be to blame, Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan said Monday during a debate against his Democratic challenger.

Ryan, favored to win re-election to his seat representing GOP-leaning southern Wisconsin, faced off against businessman Rob Zerban for an hourlong forum that touched on world events, domestic politics and the economy. One of the sharpest differences came when the moderator asked each candidate if he thought human activity is to blame for changes to the planet's climate.

"I don't know the answer to that question," Ryan said. "I don't think science does, either."

Ryan also said efforts to combat climate change are costly and unproven, a popular position among the Republican base he will need should he seek the GOP's presidential nomination in 2016.

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[djean111]

1. Well, yeah, it might be aliens. Or cow farts. n/t

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. Re “cow farts”

They too are caused by humans.

[GeorgeGist]

3. Have we reached peak stupid yet?

[marym625]

4. You frightened me

I saw the headline and thought YOU were saying that. PHEW

[OKIsItJustMe]

6. I don’t often cite Ryan as a scientific authority…

But, who knows?

[marym625]

8. LOL

Too tired the last couple days. Can't stop watching the protests in St Louis/Ferguson. Missed the "Ryan" part when I first saw it.

Really good post. Really frightening post!

[kysrsoze]

5. How pathetic to have to lie to your constituents to get their vote

Such a tool.

[OKIsItJustMe]

7. You know…

…he might actually believe what he says!

[Hortensis]

9. Miiight, but Ryan's supported by the Kochs and others who, after all, have been placing people

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who'll spout this line in government at virtually all levels of government, universities, think tanks, and so on since the 1970s. From what I could tell, absolutely no one thought he was Romney's preference for running mate...

[OKIsItJustMe]

10. This much we know

These views of his aren't new…
http://paulryan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=193671

[Hortensis]

11. For sure - Ryan has let slip more than enough of a record to judge him on. No wonder poor Romney

had to hide him away in back rooms for most of the campaign. The only difference between his and our own Georgia Paul Broun's extremist messages are the demographics they're aimed at.

"All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, the Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior." Paul Broun

"Unilateral restrictions on domestic energy production are not only harmful to our economy, but would actually hinder the environmental goals these actions promise to achieve." Paul Ryan