Nanny Mayor Bloomberg: "the public has trouble thinking about" the global warming hoax

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What it's not about is making an argument based on climate change.

"If you don't survive today, you are not going to be around for tomorrow," he told me on Thursday, soon after announcing the gift from his philanthropic foundation.

"I don't think there is any question that we are doing damage to the global environment but that gets you into an argument that is not necessary, and that the public has trouble thinking about," he said.
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But like other leaders on the environment since the rise of the Tea Party he is strategically avoiding mention of climate change. In Bloomberg's case, he argues distant threats are not great motivators.