Republicans Learn the Perils of Being Politically Incorrect on Climate Change

The New York Times ^ | November 22, 2010 | EVAN LEHMANN

[mazda77]

Looks like Inglis is still on his Whining Tour. My estimation is that he lost weight on Thanksgiving because he can never shutup and quit whining long enough to eat anything.

[MrB]

That’s what leftists do - remove meaning from words (”jungle”, “swamp”, “bum”) in order to deceive.

They learned it from their ideological “father” (John 8:44).

[Malesherbes]

Inglis is old news, a washed-up has-been. Depend on the NYT to try to bring him back to life while taking a poke at South Carolina voters.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Republicans Learn the Perils of Being Politically Incorrect Intellectually Insipid on Climate Change

Or, as the self-described "fact based community" would put it, "The Earth has a fever!"

Notice, by the way, the seamless transition to "Climate Change" from "Global Warming", with the elision of any unnecessary and tedious reasoning or arguments. The naked casuistry of the high priests of warmism would make a Jesuit blush.

[Alberta's Child]

I would venture to guess that most people in positions of influence who believe in “global warming” are not kooks at all. Behind every such person there is always a “clean energy” industry group that provides funding to keep these people bleating their nonsense. I would count Lindsey Graham, Newt Gingrich and Pat Robertson among these folks.

[Jim Noble]

his assertions that atmospheric warming is a scientific certainty

Well, I suppose that depends on what you mean by "scientific" and "certainty".

21 000 years ago my land was under two miles of ice.

It melted, and left these rocks:

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Now "scientific" (the adjective) describes a method of investigation. I suppose you could say, "The ice was here, H₂O changes phase at 32F, now the ice is gone. I hypothesize that the atmosphere (locally) is warmer now than 21 000 years ago. Therefore, since I don't know of another mechanism to remove the ice, atmospheric warming is a certainty, arrived at by collecting and analyzing data".

Is that what this genius Inglis means?

[Brett66]

"because many evangelical Christians in our district would say that it's up to God to determine the length of Earth, and therefore, you are invading the province of God."

In the context of the Bible in general as well as Revelations that's 100% correct. Man made climate change is an affront to Biblical beliefs-so ya gotta problem with that? LOL!

The Bipartisan Policy Center released a report this week on how to slash the deficit that suggested a carbon tax beginning at $23 a ton would "increase economic efficiency."

Tell us more fairy tales about how policy based around AGW isn't simply a tax with a phony rationale.

[Jim Noble]

It is the strangest thing...

It IS remarkable - but I guess not really all that surprising - that, having been millimeters away from total economic control and world socialism, with (more or less) popular consent, that the AGW forces have decided to try and brazen it out.

I'm still trying to understand whether any of these politicians are actually stupid enough to believe in AGW, or if they are just tyrants in embryo who recognize a good thing when they see it.

[sergeantdave]

Let’s get this right, New York Slimes. Feel the love.

Barrett booed at Greenville Tea Party:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QsY2r7HbTM

[SunkenCiv]

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