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Political jetsam

By lance on May 13, 2013 1:30 PM | 10 Comments

Disenchanted members of Gov. Cuomo's administration, embarrassed by the worsening government scandals and convinced that Cuomo won't be president, will soon leave their jobs -- just as the governor is stepping up plans to run for re-election next year.

The Government is facing an exodus of senior energy and climate change advisers amid growing concerns that decisive action to tackle global warming is falling victim to Treasury intransigence.

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RaughKee | May 13, 2013 1:43 PM | Reply

Is it just me or does the fact that the UK has a Department of Energy and Climate Change signal that we have already "jumped the shark" as a society.

Mike McCormick | May 13, 2013 2:10 PM | Reply

More flotsam than jetsam probably.

lance | May 13, 2013 2:20 PM | Reply

Nope Mike. For the metaphor to work it has to be jetsam. Flotsam (in this case) would represent the UK Gov't or Cuomo.

cgh replied to comment from RaughKee | May 13, 2013 2:50 PM | Reply

This shark was jumped a long time ago. Remember how long Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were in office. And the Tories were no better. Not that long ago Stuntman Dave took a vanity flight to Norway just so he could stand on a glacier and proclaim that global warming was melting the ice under his feet. This is the same PM who not too long ago had the dismal Zac Goldsmith as his key environment and energy advisor.

As for the three leaving the government, there's a trio of pinheads none of whom will be missed.

Mike McCormick | May 13, 2013 2:52 PM | Reply

Oh good one, Lance. I was thinking about the minions floating away

mojo | May 13, 2013 3:10 PM | Reply

Yeah, those bean-counters over at Treasury keep screaming "ARE YOU INSANE??!"

Occam | May 13, 2013 4:34 PM | Reply

The walls of the soviet-Dem empire are crumbling - too much control freak autocracy too soon. They forgot that to boil the frog you must turn the heat up s-l-o-w-l-y.

NME666 | May 13, 2013 5:14 PM | Reply

what gets me is they call Camaroon a conservative, that SOB (like most Uropee-in right wingers) is pretty damn pinko. It'll be nice if a real conservative stands up in the legislature one of these days.

FredR | May 13, 2013 5:52 PM | Reply

Quote: "...decisive action to tackle global warming is falling victim to Treasury intransigence."

Not quite true. It should read: "...decisive action to tackle global warming is falling victim to the intransigence of the Laws of Physics."

The Phantom | May 13, 2013 6:13 PM | Reply

2012 was the last year that "global warming" will ever be a major issue in a US presidential election. Just like Algore in 2000 was the last of gun control as a presidential issue, global warming is over.

Probably the next election will be over "are we going to have a currency or not?"

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