Comments on: PGDW#3: Let the Disinfotainment Begin! http://climateprogress.org/2007/05/17/pgdw3-let-the-disinfotainment-begin/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:20:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Brian C.B. http://climateprogress.org/2007/05/17/pgdw3-let-the-disinfotainment-begin/#comment-4467 Brian C.B. Fri, 18 May 2007 15:21:06 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/05/17/pgdw3-let-the-disinfotainment-begin/#comment-4467 Waxman's statement was echoed again today by the NRO's BFF, and George W. Bush's last non-Texan friend of any description, Tony Blair. Other than a compulsion to fellate rich fossil-fuel companies, which is just another part of their principled servicing of the rich, when did global-warming denial get to be a conservative value? Is it just another manifestation of conservatives consistent "Building a Bridge to the 17th Century" platform? Another way to laugh at and demean Democrats? Waxman’s statement was echoed again today by the NRO’s BFF, and George W. Bush’s last non-Texan friend of any description, Tony Blair. Other than a compulsion to fellate rich fossil-fuel companies, which is just another part of their principled servicing of the rich, when did global-warming denial get to be a conservative value? Is it just another manifestation of conservatives consistent “Building a Bridge to the 17th Century” platform? Another way to laugh at and demean Democrats?

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2007/05/17/pgdw3-let-the-disinfotainment-begin/#comment-4468 Joe Fri, 18 May 2007 16:05:12 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/05/17/pgdw3-let-the-disinfotainment-begin/#comment-4468 Indeed. You might think that conservatives would be for conserving our environment and conserving our energy. But apparently not. So the question is what do conservatives actually believed in conserving? Waxman's quote is one of the most innocuous statements you could possibly make about global warming. He didn't say it was the most important public-policy issue, or that it was one of the most important issues. So this was a pretty lame example of "hyped-up rhetoric." Indeed. You might think that conservatives would be for conserving our environment and conserving our energy. But apparently not. So the question is what do conservatives actually believed in conserving?

Waxman’s quote is one of the most innocuous statements you could possibly make about global warming. He didn’t say it was the most important public-policy issue, or that it was one of the most important issues. So this was a pretty lame example of “hyped-up rhetoric.”

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