…words fail me here. Just laugh, it is funny.
The “props” for the Rev. Al Sharpton, and not the congratulatory kind, can be viewed here: http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/01/23/rev-busts-out-the-science-lab-to-school-right-wing/
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If he wants to point out political figures that have spoken in ignorance, perhaps he should have showed Al Gore stating the earth’s core was millions of degrees. Just sayin’.
I resent being labelled a conservative mostly because I’m not one.
I live in the centre of politics and am deeply suspicious of all ideologies. An ideology is a set of rules that substitutes for thinking. Ideologues are people who switch their brains off and try to substitute a set of simple rules instead.
Ideologues of all kinds think they already know all the answers and have no doubts. To me that mindset is deeply disturbing. All ideologies from both ends of the political spectrum are capable of yielding horrific results if pushed too far, and ideologues seem to have no sense of where the boundaries of reasonableness lie and when to stop pushing their simple rules. I find conservative ideology just as creepy and dangerous as communist or green ideology in this regard.
I don’t know if there is a proper name for this type of political stance … pragmatist perhaps? But I do know I’m NOT a conservative and I deeply resent being labelled as one. I would similarly resent being labelled a liberal. I’m not an ideologue of any kind.
“Might be fun to put together a similar one for Realists. Maybe John Stossel could do it.” Hmm… I can’t find it for some reason, but I believe I’m thinking of a Jon Stewart or Jimmy Kimmel piece on Michelle Obama’s organic gardening starving children around the world?
– MJM
If he truly believes in God, he must accept that God put coal and oil on and in the Earth, FOR US TO USE. !!
GeoLurking says:
January 23, 2013 at 4:29 pm
He got the wrong coat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_jacket
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No, it’s the right coat they just forgot to tie the sleeves.
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How come that picture reminds me of that meme picture of a dog in a lab coat labeled: “I have no idea what I’m doing.”?
I hate to say this, but our “new” president is as idiotic on this subject as Al Sharpton. It is just really sad.
@Andrew Dickens. A conservative is simply someone not in denial of the laws of economics.
Gary says:
January 23, 2013 at 4:55 pm
Is that dry ice, frozen CO2, bubbling away in those beakers?
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Perhaps it was a little chilly in the studio?
Tawana Brawley should be co-hosting this to add to the Rev’s credibility.
Wow – just wow… that guy clearly doesn’t even believe the crap he’s spewing. In fact, after wandering around their propaganda site for a bit (yes, I mean msnbc), I had to shower.
Hey, wasn’t that Al guy some kind of a “thing” in politics a few years back?
And the oozing pseudo-respect for the Big Zero actually feels creepier than sending your boys off to Neverland for a one month stay.
Oh, and while they have to dig around for whacko extremist examples, we just have to turn on ANYTHING the left is involved with, this little video clip included. Extremist. Ignorant. Non-scientific. Pontificating garbage with a touch of Southern Baptist presentation.
Actually Al Sharpton looked more in his domain when he was wearing the prison Jump suit which he rightfully earned several years ago. While in prison he went on a hunger strike and lost a considerable amout of weight during that stint. He has a very checkered past for a “Pastor” including false rape claims (of a teenager) against white policeman which he lost in court, owing back taxes for which most would go to jail , and other unpaid bills.
Now he is a spokesman for the administration on MSNBC which lacks credibility as a NEWS organization.
It would be funny except all this nonsense really happened, and now he has a cable TV program.
http://newsbusters.org/node/11960
http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id315.htm
Easy one.
If it comes from Obama, it would be gospel to he MSM. /sarc
Does someone have a link to the NAS paper he is referencing? I see lots of hits on the web, but can’t actually locate the paper.
mike g says:
January 23, 2013 at 6:56 pm
Exactly. Conservatives also believe in the conservation of natural laws: You break natural laws and there are consequences.
Andrew Dickens and others who protest being labelled.
Wear it with pride, they care nought for your political orientation, you won’t drink the cool aid, you are a heretic.
Calling you conservative, right wing nut is nothing, thats just the primary demon the loons fear.Projection.
If fiscal conservatism gains popularity these clowns know they will be toast.
On welfare cause they will never qualify for unemployment.
And conservation is a proud tradition. I conserve my resources for future need, why waste?
And you have to admit, this save the earth BS has led to an awful lot of waste and corruption.
Mwahahaaa! Did you notice the close-up at the end, where matey’s shaky hand slops the contents of one test tube of food colouring into another – which then splashes over into another? Yeah, really convincing sciencey stuff! What a bunch of clowns.
When I have a medical issue to deal with I turn to the ObamaCare medical journal because he is the messiah. If I have a climate question I will turn to the ObamaScare climate journal because he is the messiah. Because – he is the messiah… messiah … mess… he… is.
More Kool-Aid, please.
Al Sharpton doesn’t look or sound very sharp.
“90% probability that humans are causing climate change”? How does the IPCC calculate probabilities? In math one defines a sample space from which probabilities can be calculated. In science it is a bit harder. First statistical data must be had where one can calculate percentages of some result under certain conditions on some population, e.g., percentage of true positives on a population for a drug test or percentage of photons detected at a certain angle through some polarizers. Then one can construct a sample space and calculate probabilities with the sample being only as good as the data will allow. How does one do that with climate which is basically an observation of periodic changes in local weathers interpolated over wide areas. It is not something that actually exists or that can cause effects. It is one level of abstraction above weather which is an abstraction about some very complex physics dealing with certain types of matter affected by solar radiation.
Because the same people who are skeptical of climate change also think that the world was created in 6 days and that women who are pregnant from being raped just need to get over it…I just love the liberal media!
Ian H says:
January 23, 2013 at 5:51 pm
An ideology is a set of rules that substitutes for thinking.…I’m not an ideologue of any kind.
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Translation: “I have no principles; therefore I don’t think.”
All thinking is either forming principles or applying them to concrete issues. What are you doing when you claim to be thinking?
Ian H says:
January 23, 2013 at 5:51 pm
“I don’t know if there is a proper name for this type of political stance … pragmatist perhaps?”
Take the test.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
In years to come the genuine gullibles, like Al, are going to be very angry with climate scientists who failed to clearly communicate the science. (positive feedback, problems with clouds, water vapour etc.)
Latitude says:
January 23, 2013 at 4:19 pm
“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,”
My favorite line……we’ll just leave them in debt up to their eye balls
Moreover, the response we make will have a negligible, barely noticeable difference to the climate. That debt to our children and future generations will be noticeable, however.