MMFA: On the August 9 edition of The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert mocked Rush Limbaugh for claiming that the heat index is a government[Obama's] conspiracy, joking, “The heat index is just more big government numbers telling you how hot to feel.” [ READ MORE ]
Elsewhere, Right-wing bloggers and radio host Michael Savage(Michael Alan Weiner) have baselessly suggested that the Obama administration, including the president, took actions that caused the deaths of 30 American troops killed when the Taliban shot down their helicopter in Afghanistan on August 6. [ READ MORE ]
| Why do conservatives deny global warming?:
At least for Iraq and creationism this movementarian absolutism has an element of self interest to it. Contrariwise the farther you step back from the climate “debate” the less sense it makes. In fact it looks almost exactly like the tobacco “debate” that was really settled some time in the 50′s, but stayed alive for decades after because of a brilliant and blindingly cynical PR campaign by the tobacco lobby. The entire gamut of false front astroturf groups, slanted studies and bogus experts forcing the appearance of a debate comes straight from the tobacco playbook. The only question is why the right wing felt such a compelling need to get behind it this time. Is there something inherently liberal about avoiding catastrophe? It seems to me that the sad saga of warming denial illustrates a major weakness of conservative monementarianism. Climate science isn’t really partisan in any meaningful way, yet as long as the movementarians think that attacking the science will score a vctory against liberalism they will go on attacking just the same. All the petro lobby needed to do was polarize a scientific matter along political lines and the rightwing movement willingly became what amounts to the private army for a cause almost completely tangential to their individual interests. Retired tobacco execs look on with a mix of humor and deep jealousy. — Source: Daily Kos | [ MORE HERE ] |
Stephen Colbert Mocks Rush Limbaugh, Fox’s Carlson, Doocy — Over Their ‘Global Warming‘ Denials
Fox’s Napolitano’s View Of Climate Change: “I Think The Temperature Goes Up And Down Every Day“
More Right-Wing Obama Bashing ….
Fox’s Dr. Siegel Suggests That Under “Obamacare,” Prenatal Sex Test Could Let Government Say, “Hmm, Too Many Boys Now”
Limbaugh: “We Should Be Able To Roll Back The Whole Democrat Agenda Over The Last 65 Years, Yes We Can”
Opposing View:
Matthews On Rush’s Call To Repeal Dems’ Agenda From Last 65 Years: Does He Want To Repeal Army Integration? Medicare?
Fox’s Napolitano And Gasparino Wonder Whether Obama Or Geithner Is The Bigger “Dope”
“Mr. Syphilis” Sean Hannity To Romney: Is Obama’s Problem That He’s “In Over His Head” Or That He Believes In “Black Liberation Theology”?
Van Susteren Pushes Myth That Stimulus Was “A Disaster,” Claims “It’s A Lie To Say [It] Has Been A Success For People”
References:
1. A Fox News Science Lesson
2. Fox Wrong Again On The Global Temperature Record
3. “We Win”: Conservative Media Celebrate Public Misconception That Climate Scientists “Falsified” Data
4. Fox’s History Of Mainstreaming Hate
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