Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Golly, you think?

Who could have anticipated that right-wing bigoted bullcrap, would be revealed to be bigoted bullcrap? Other than those that actually gave more than a seconds thought to the matter?
A new study based on interviews with more than 200 North American Muslims concludes that a recent spate of state laws banning "sharia law" from the court system may be an overreaction to a non-existent threat...
But in a nation the falls prey to the latest conservative diatribe by mis-and/or-mal-feasance what can one expect. Behold our media in action.
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, sixteen prominent global warming deniers with scientific backgrounds — such as tobacco apologist Richard Lindzen of MIT and ExxonMobil executive Roger Cohen — concede that manmade carbon dioxide emissions have a warming effect on the planet, but argue that the effect is “small” and nothing to “panic” about.
Meanwhile,
...255 members of the United States National Academy of Sciences who wrote a letter about the scientific threat of climate change for the Wall Street Journal — but were turned down
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]

5 comments:

StonyPillow said...

I work with these people every day. Membership in Team Teabag requires you to say filthy and repulsive things you know aren't really true. But there's no sin in it if it's in a "good cause".

DanF said...

banning "sharia law" from the court system may be an overreaction to a non-existent threat

May? May??!?!? The word you are looking for is *is*. It is an overreaction to a non-existent threat. No prevaricating. These asshats are loons.

Anonymous said...

Just another day in the Murdoch sewer. The WSJ editorial page was wingnut central even before he bought it, and has only gotten worse.

pansypoo said...

butbutbut global warming means we have to change!


ANDANDAND LISTEN TO AL GORE!!!!

pansypoo said...

oops. make that commies, instead of muslims. same o same o.