The GOP has been reduced to finding whatever issues they can that for some reason resonates with a base of voters and then flogging the p out of them. It’s all about power, nothing about our country.
Some weather patterns are cyclical, however, climate change is happening to a greater extent…GOP deny it so their buddies in the business would have to spend to adjust their ways to prevent it getting worse and GOP are protecting them like they do the village idiot. Plus they get bribe money for votes in their buddie’s favor. This is the ultimate collusion and corruption….they were elected to serve WE THE PEOPLE but they only serve their buddies and themselves!
Don’t think folk are denying “climate change” as much as the cause. Because.. if the cause is what the scientists say.. we / you / us are nowhere near ready to pay the price to change it. The very bottom line is that there are too many people on this planet. Science and technology has led to a run-away population boom. And, until something culls 80 odd percent of us.. returning us to scrabble seeking roaming bands of wanderers.. we are doomed to hand wringing and wishing…
Ask the farmers who can’t plant corn or any other crop this year because of flooding… And here’s the hook… They can only get their bail out if they plant and lose money not if they don’t plant because the crops will fail because of the flooding… Just another one of the government’s Catch 22 programs. We are going to see a humongous price increase of Staples like corn and cornmeal because there won’t be a crop this year because of flooding. Isn’t this how banana Republic’s start Countrywide famines??? If this keeps up we’re all going to starve!
And here’s a thought – even if climate change is not as big a problem as it really is, why would people still keep doing things that have been proven to screw it up? Because companies want to keep stockholders and top management making a lot of money and not use a dime on cleaning up their mess. Where have we seen this before? Hmm… Big Tobacco, Big Pharma on quite a few drugs, the food industry fighting regulation even labeling, the automotive industry on safety and mileage, etc etc. But regulation stifles profits. Not like pollution stifles life on the only planet we’ve got though.
The denial has largely evolved to some combination of:
- “Nuh-uh!”
- “There’s nothing we can do about it.”
- “We should certainly move away from fossil fuels but warming isn’t a crisis and the benefits will outweigh the costs.”
I actually heard that last one recently. There are a few people, mostly funded by the oil industry (which knew about this in THE LATE 1970s, PEOPLE), who still reject it outright – I guess these are “honest” politicians: they stay bought.
The horrific thing is how effective Exxon’s lie-based propaganda has been – most Americans still don’t realize just how massive this problem is, and how close we are to major disasters which could reshape civilization as we know it.
There has been a massive propaganda effort to turn people away from science and toward the feel good news from the carbon burning industries. A few have gone off the deep end saying we are “cooling” the planet so we need to jack up our carbon dioxide emission not reduce them to a negative! True believers psychology.
RAGs almost 5 years ago
Not brown enough…
lopaka almost 5 years ago
trumpster orange no less.
WaitingMan almost 5 years ago
Just change the lettering on the crock to read, “Republican Philosophy”.
Daeder almost 5 years ago
If you prefer something different, conservatives have all sorts of different varieties of reality denial.
Ontman almost 5 years ago
Simple,to the point and true.. Well done Mr. Bennett.
Odon Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The GOP has been reduced to finding whatever issues they can that for some reason resonates with a base of voters and then flogging the p out of them. It’s all about power, nothing about our country.
Zebrastripes almost 5 years ago
Some weather patterns are cyclical, however, climate change is happening to a greater extent…GOP deny it so their buddies in the business would have to spend to adjust their ways to prevent it getting worse and GOP are protecting them like they do the village idiot. Plus they get bribe money for votes in their buddie’s favor. This is the ultimate collusion and corruption….they were elected to serve WE THE PEOPLE but they only serve their buddies and themselves!
jhroos almost 5 years ago
Love the orange color ! Reminds me of the orange colored chamber pot sitting in the Oval Office !
Bookworm almost 5 years ago
Hmm. “I am not a Crock?” It could work. /s
Alberta Oil Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Don’t think folk are denying “climate change” as much as the cause. Because.. if the cause is what the scientists say.. we / you / us are nowhere near ready to pay the price to change it. The very bottom line is that there are too many people on this planet. Science and technology has led to a run-away population boom. And, until something culls 80 odd percent of us.. returning us to scrabble seeking roaming bands of wanderers.. we are doomed to hand wringing and wishing…
S&C = Dismayed&Depressed almost 5 years ago
Ask the farmers who can’t plant corn or any other crop this year because of flooding… And here’s the hook… They can only get their bail out if they plant and lose money not if they don’t plant because the crops will fail because of the flooding… Just another one of the government’s Catch 22 programs. We are going to see a humongous price increase of Staples like corn and cornmeal because there won’t be a crop this year because of flooding. Isn’t this how banana Republic’s start Countrywide famines??? If this keeps up we’re all going to starve!
Display almost 5 years ago
And here’s a thought – even if climate change is not as big a problem as it really is, why would people still keep doing things that have been proven to screw it up? Because companies want to keep stockholders and top management making a lot of money and not use a dime on cleaning up their mess. Where have we seen this before? Hmm… Big Tobacco, Big Pharma on quite a few drugs, the food industry fighting regulation even labeling, the automotive industry on safety and mileage, etc etc. But regulation stifles profits. Not like pollution stifles life on the only planet we’ve got though.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Thunder mug, in more ways than one.
Kip W almost 5 years ago
Trump without the hair.
braindead Premium Member almost 5 years ago
97% of the world’s scientists have conspired to create a fake environmental crisis.
Fortunately, those spunky Republicans, billionaires, and oil companies have exposed them.
.
Analysis skills.
Motivemagus almost 5 years ago
The denial has largely evolved to some combination of:
- “Nuh-uh!”
- “There’s nothing we can do about it.”
- “We should certainly move away from fossil fuels but warming isn’t a crisis and the benefits will outweigh the costs.”
I actually heard that last one recently. There are a few people, mostly funded by the oil industry (which knew about this in THE LATE 1970s, PEOPLE), who still reject it outright – I guess these are “honest” politicians: they stay bought.
The horrific thing is how effective Exxon’s lie-based propaganda has been – most Americans still don’t realize just how massive this problem is, and how close we are to major disasters which could reshape civilization as we know it.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 5 years ago
There has been a massive propaganda effort to turn people away from science and toward the feel good news from the carbon burning industries. A few have gone off the deep end saying we are “cooling” the planet so we need to jack up our carbon dioxide emission not reduce them to a negative! True believers psychology.
MFRXIM Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I think it needs an open top with evidence of the result of climate change oozing out of it.Or is the lid a statement of the denier’s closed mind?
William Bednar Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Here’s your brain. Now, here’s your brain on “ignorance”. Notice any difference?
epaphus8 almost 5 years ago
More like Pandora’s Box.