Obama: Stopping Global Warming "Ahead" of Fixing the Economy

In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, President Barack Obama seemed to indicate that fixing the economy should take a back seat to "address(ing) climate change."

Buried at the bottom of this AP story, Obama tells the U.N. that fixing one's national economy "must not be allowed" to take priority over stopping global warming:

On the warming planet, he said "the danger posed by climate change cannot be denied — and our responsibility to meet it must not be deferred."
The president said "this is why the days when America dragged its feet on this issue are over." He said he understood the temptation of nations to put economic recovery from recession ahead of work to address climate change, but said that must not be allowed to happen.

In his own words:

It's hard to change something as fundamental as how we use energy. I know that. It's even harder to do so in the midst of a global recession. Certainly, it will be tempting to sit back and wait for others to move first. But we cannot make this journey unless we all move forward together.

On one point, Obama is correct: fixing the economy is a very tempting idea, especially when the unemployment rate in the U.S. is fast approaching 10%, the highest it has been in nearly 3 decades!

Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the economy has shed 6.9 million jobs, the department said.
Jobs have been lost across manufacturing and service industries.
Total unemployment stands at 14.9 million ...
Most cuts were seen in the construction industry, with 65,000 jobs lost in the month (of August).

I am sure that the 15 million people out of work will be pleased to know that Obama favors battling fictitious "climate change" is more important to him than fixing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression getting you back to work.

The world is still recovering from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. In America, we see the engine of growth beginning to churn, and yet many still struggle to find a job or pay their bills.

If the president has his way, that struggle will get ever harder. Barack, it seems, would rather us get those toxic curly light bulbs than to get a job.

Obama: The change you can take to the unemployment office.