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2006-11-13 Science & Technology

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-13 08:30|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Not to be cynical (which means that I am about to be cynical and know that it is annoying) - but what difference does it make? Global Warming never was about science anymore than snake oil was ever about baldness, weight loss or impotence.

It is about selling a lie and about making sure that no matter what channel you are on - you can blame the Republicans. Even the weather is George Bush's fault - don'tcha see. (Oh... and send money to my global warming foundation or your house will be flooded in 40 days.) Sports will be next - they just haven't figured out how to do that yet.

Posted by anon 2006-11-13 09:58|| 2006-11-13 09:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Lol, anon - great parenthetical setup!

The machine grinds out the lie(s) incessantly.

The only clue that many of the lazy folks have is that when the storyline changes in some important fundamental way, like the slapstick shift from global warming to cooling to warming to cooling - and finally to "change" (lol), they notice that the meme's baseline premise remains the same, completely above the fray, so to speak, despite the evolving "facts".

Of course it's puredee entertainment to those who are actually reading, following, and researching to try to figure it out for themselves. The CogDis on this one was equivalent to serious whiplash, lol.

Posted by .com 2006-11-13 10:08|| 2006-11-13 10:08|| Front Page Top

#3 climate "change". Gotta give them credit for that one! lol!

Posted by anon 2006-11-13 10:16|| 2006-11-13 10:16|| Front Page Top

#4 I think it was one of Tim Blair's commenters who observed that only the left could be so stupid as to protest against the weather.

Posted by Excalibur 2006-11-13 11:12|| 2006-11-13 11:12|| Front Page Top

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