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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10155794212470451"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10155794212470451/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:09 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10155794212470451">Matt Stueck</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Gay marriage is causing global warming that's why</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202553393209652"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10202553393209652/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:10 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202553393209652">Craig Steiger</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I have some holes in my back yard they can stick their heads into</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202312495547087"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10202312495547087/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:11 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202312495547087">Mark Carbon Tax Metcalf</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Clean air is un-American.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10203593970514477"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10203593970514477/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:11 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10203593970514477">Laurie Parry</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">this is not the Texas that I grew up in -- thank you , Tea Party... for messing up our state :-(</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205396890620886"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10205396890620886/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:13 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10205396890620886">Brian Henry</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">We have the right to pollute. Our grandchildren will inherit the mess not us.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10201028021297831"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10201028021297831/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:13 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10201028021297831">Bambi Clark</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Oil trumps life in TEAxas.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=962615793770010"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/962615793770010/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:16 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=962615793770010">Mejji Jackson Smith</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">eejits!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10201797794726861"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10201797794726861/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:16 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10201797794726861">Fernando Villarreal</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">All in the name of the corporate dollar...</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204492951143893"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10204492951143893/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:17 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204492951143893">Sabine Bailey Shields</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Ashamed of my state.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202799737851922"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10202799737851922/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:17 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202799737851922">Mattie Robinson</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Nothing new about these Repubs they liked chemical explosions and listeria in their food, and dirty air to breathe....</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1122846441064201"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1122846441064201/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:21 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1122846441064201">Eric Dana Jensen</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Texans used to be smart until they discovered the Internet</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202722221795100"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10202722221795100/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:28 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202722221795100">Kathy Kilmer Moak</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Sad. So very, very sad.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=796670760429242"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/796670760429242/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:32 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=796670760429242">Kim Connell</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">shame on them...</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153292185259452"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10153292185259452/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:37 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153292185259452">Ken Reinertson</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Even if they wanted to support the Pope, they couldn't. Doing so means their party and their brainwashed Tea Party voters would not reelect them. They lose their meal ticket. Hence $$ is greater than Pope.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1445112605791958"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1445112605791958/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:37 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1445112605791958">Susan Lerma</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">This reaction is racism at its best. Blacks and poverty rub Republicans the wrong way. That's why they must be voted out. They don't want to do anything for their voters. That's dirty politicians.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=770531739632779"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/770531739632779/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:41 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=770531739632779">Kolby Monnig</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Very interesting article!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204114678167580"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10204114678167580/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:51 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204114678167580">Matthew E Burr</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">"Catholic state Rep. Matt Rinaldi, R-Irving, was more critical, describing the encyclical as an overreach" But Humanae Vitae is spot on.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1082573455091804"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1082573455091804/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:56 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1082573455091804">Walter Patton</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">So much pure ignorance fed by hate and racism.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204223469693583"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10204223469693583/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 10:57 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204223469693583">Jenny Wren</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">You would think that Texas would be in great shape, considering that the Agriculture and Mechanical is solidly controlled by the venerable institution in College Station; which also effectively controls all Ag in the state, since you ain't gonna work in Ag lest you have a degree from A & M - and it's been that way for a loooonnnngggg time - SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202577741177879"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10202577741177879/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 11:03 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202577741177879">Stephen Smith</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Of course not. Because Apparently Republicans are that much smarter than everyone else. And not sheep.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=2572662525763"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/2572662525763/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 11:08 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=2572662525763">Ben Baron</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I thought the overwhelming story here was not that Catholic support for moderate environmental regulation makes a lick of difference to the legislature, but rather, that Texas has more capacity to make the economic transformation than anywhere else in the country, yet we just pursue litigation against the EPA instead. Why isn't the transparency of the TX Tribune focused on the massive waste of money and time by the TX Legislature with respect to investments in research, infrastructure, and public policies that have been forgone in order to extend a pathetic political campaign of "no"??<br/><br/>Catholic issues notwithstanding, I see nothing but cowardice from our politicians when they face issues which require actual leadership. Hopefully the Texas Tribune can fine the real story next time.<br/><br/>Also, I don't know why Collier said "white and affluent".... Not what I expect from the Tribune.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153441328627888"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10153441328627888/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 11:10 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153441328627888">Christopher K. Travis</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Open orifice. Insert cranium</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202888565928439"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10202888565928439/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 11:11 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10202888565928439">Yvonne Beatty</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Because Texas Republicans don't sign on to anything Pres Obama endorse, and the Pope is way too open minded and Christian for Texas Republicans....</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=985436931468613"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/985436931468613/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 11:11 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=985436931468613">Gwen Dallas</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">It's already hot as hell outside and the science is well-established. What makes you think the Pope or the President can change things.<br/><br/>Or to paraphrase "Chinatown": "Forget it Jake, it's Texas."</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 11:11 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Caroline Reynolds </span> </p> <p class="comment">Climate change only falls flat with a self-selected group. I guess they are feeling lucky.<br/><br/>If you are an engineer or scientist who knows how to do a heat or energy balance, you know<br/>that the current situation is not sustainable. The folks in denial will just turn into complainers.<br/><br/>Science doesn't depend on any individual's belief system. The moon stays in the sky because of physics. The earth goes around the sun because the physics works. <br/><br/>At one time, the Pope believed that the earth was the center of the earth. That did not make the sun go around the earth; quite the opposite, the earth kept going around the sun until the Pope quit torturing people for believing that the earth went around the sun. </p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1058875234140119"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1058875234140119/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 11:17 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1058875234140119">Christine Steele</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">"Texas Republicans sacrifice their offspring" year 2065.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204600041669753"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10204600041669753/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 11:23 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10204600041669753">Dewey Lawhon</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Then what's their explanation?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10203776196472353"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10203776196472353/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 5 @ 11:33 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10203776196472353">David Phillips</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Figures. Dipshits.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10100732044049679"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10100732044049679/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 3:47 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10100732044049679">Koda Alexander Gashy</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I can grant that we, as Texans, are unique, in that we are one of the very few states in the world who will deny science and facts until the very bitter end. Of course, we spat in our own President's face. Of course, we spat in the Pope's face. And we will spit in God's face, too, until we realize our horrible sins and finally decide to take care of our world. I can only hope it's not too late and the evil Republicans have a change of heart. Let's hope they don't follow the path of Rameses.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=845490605486649"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/845490605486649/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 5:52 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=845490605486649">David DeLong</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Who cares what TX Republicans think? Not me.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1070744802954881"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/1070744802954881/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 6:26 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1070744802954881">Randy Williams</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">One correction. The involvement of the Catholic Church in issues directly related to climate change is not "newfound." It goes back at least to 1891 and the encyclical by Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 6:34 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> E. Quote </span> </p> <p class="comment">"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" (Upton Sinclair)<br/></p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152411670562259"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10152411670562259/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 7:41 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10152411670562259">Jonathan Naizer</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">That's because smart Texans realize it's a non-existent problem. There's been no warming for almost 20 years...</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=109549876060306"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/109549876060306/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 8:15 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=109549876060306">Jake Topton</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Global warming is a myth based on junk science.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153289729688588"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10153289729688588/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 8:29 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153289729688588">Diana Vandiver</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Texas esta llena de ignorantes. Creo que no comprenden la importancia de el cambio en la clima y como va a cambiar todo el mundo, Ya esta cambiando. Es una lastima que no comprenden el ciencia.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10201842446530866"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10201842446530866/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 10:11 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10201842446530866">Donna Dunn</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Republicans care only about money....WE MUST VOTE THEM OUT.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10207248692839091"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10207248692839091/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 11:17 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10207248692839091">Caroline Jones</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I am shocked. Simply shocked.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 11:32 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> donald baker </span> </p> <p class="comment">Pope old boy, don't you think you should stick to issues you know something about such as getting your priests to keep their pants zipped up around little boys?</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=397339853799552"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/397339853799552/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 3:02 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=397339853799552">Nathanael Greene</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Don't worry we can tax our way to prosperity and carbon neutrality.......</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10201877814803423"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10201877814803423/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 3:18 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10201877814803423">Lynda Delarosa</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Pathetic!!!</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 4:31 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Edward Silha </span> </p> <p class="comment">Sen. Paul Bettencourt… said, “There’s more to this than just greenhouse gas,” he said, contending that the “primary driver for global warming is the sun.”<br/><br/>Bettencourt exposes his ignorance with respect to climate. Solar insolation (the energy the earth receives from the sun) has been steadily decreasing since 1975 (actually peaked in 1960) but global temperatures continued to rise. Global temperatures should have decreased but the decrease in solar energy was more than offset by the increase the greenhouse effect. CO2 is only 0.04 percent of the atmosphere but if it were zero percent, the average global temperature would be 0 degrees Fahrenheit instead of 60 degrees (an indication of how much it affects our climate). <br/></p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10207074768538046"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10207074768538046/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> August 6 @ 7:34 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10207074768538046">Aaron Davis</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150810151600/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153418322800837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Since the Carbon Fee & Dividend (CF&D) is not a tax it may not need to go through congress. In 10 years the average family could receive $400/month to pay the additional costs on their current 48.5 tons of CO2/yr foot print, or reduce their foot print and save the money.<br/> We have only 90 days to get 100,000 signatures to get President Obama to consider this petition that will reduce taxes, reduce government, bypass special interests and create more Liberty and Justice for All and not impact any other AGW initiative. 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