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State Employees Say Rules Prevent Open "Climate Change" Discussion In Florida

Posted by timothy on from the but-it's-the-sunshine-state dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting has an article in the Miami Herald about there being certain words state employees have been ordered to avoid: "We were told not to use the terms 'climate change', 'global warming', or 'sustainability'," said Christopher Byrd, an attorney with the DEP's Office of General Counsel in Tallahassee from 2008 to 2013. "That message was communicated to me and my colleagues by our superiors in the Office of General Counsel."

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  1. Not like Florida has to loose by Billly+Gates · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now if it were surrounded by water and flat that would be different

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    http://saveie6.com/
  2. Re:this is just dumb by Deadstick · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps they're confusing "climate change" with "Beetlejuice". Say it too many times...

  3. Re:i'th Post by knightghost · · Score: 4, Funny

    Grow up Florida.

    Perhaps the problem is the opposite - so many retired in that state.

  4. 5 words you cannot say in Florida? by ramriot · · Score: 5, Funny

    So as a Floridian federal employee I cannot say:-

    "There is no such thing as human induced [climate change], or [global warming] as it was once called and my belief in this will last as long as the [sustainability] of a congressman's gravy train."

    but I can say:-

    "You climate deniers are full of S..t, and are definitely corrupt and in the pocket of the oil industry"

    OK, I can go with that.

  5. Good thing English is such a flexible language by byuu · · Score: 5, Funny

    climate change => weather modification, temperature shifting
    global warming => worldwide heating, earth roasting
    sustainability => maintainability, continuity
    Florida => laughingstock of the world

    Easy, right?