To borrow a quote from a certain president, “let me make myself perfectly clear.” I don’t want inflexible religious extremists in my government. I don’t want them making policy or enacting laws, and if I see them on my TV, I prefer to change the channel.
No, I am not talking about the likes of Sarah Palin or George W. Bush—While I don’t agree with their theology, they are nevertheless not religious extremists, no matter how liberals try to paint them. They share the same beliefs and values of many of our Founders.
What I am talking about is the absolutist religion of global warming alarmism. These religious extremists cannot be reasoned with in any way whatsoever. No amount of proof—and with Climate-gate to Rain-forest-gate to Himalaya-gate, there’s been plenty—can shake their faith.
Like a fundamentalist religious wacko, the global warming alarmist demands that everyone else believes her religion as fervently as she does, or face the consequences. Islamic radicals will put you to death for apostasy. The global warming alarmist punishes her non-believers first with smears, lies, and verbal attacks; then moves on to taxes and surcharges, and ultimately imprisonment. (You think Audi’s “Green Police” Super Bowl commercial was satire? Think again. That’s just a sneak preview of what the greenies are planning—and in some cases, already doing.)
And, like a fundamentalist viewing every event and action through the prism of their god, every possible weather event is explained as proof of man-made global warming climate change. Heat? Man-made global warming. Cold? Man-made global warming. Floods? Man-made global warming. Drought? Man-made global warming. Snow? Man-made global warming. Less vegetation? Man-made global warming. More vegetation? Man-made global warming.
You’d think such unreasonable inflexible extremists would be kept off the mainstream network and cable channels. But you’d be wrong. Submitted for your consideration, one Dylan Ratigan at MSNBC. Jeff Poor at NewsBusters reports:
… Dylan Ratigan thinks it’s ridiculous to suggest all the snowfall totals could cast doubt on the theory of anthropogenic global warming. On MSNBC’s Feb. 8 “The Dylan Ratigan Show,” Ratigan criticized those who would dare express misgivings about climate change based on the so-called “snowpocalypse.”
“Here’s the problem—these ‘snowpocalypses’ that have been going through D.C. and other extreme weather events are precisely what climate scientists have been predicting, fearing and anticipating because of global warming,” [Right, Rat. Because until the invention of the combustion engine Planet Earth has never ever ever experienced what you would label an “extreme weather event.” The entire planet was 78% and partly cloudy for a billion years until fossil fuels started to be used for energy.]
… “Why is that? The thinking that warmer air temperatures on the earth, a higher air temperature, has a greater capacity to hold moisture at any temperature,” Ratigan said. “And then as winter comes in, that warm air cools full of water, and you get heavier precipitation on a more regular basis. In fact, you could argue these storms are not evidence of a lack of global warming, but are evidence of global warming—thus [shouldn’t it be “hence”? – ETR] the 26 inches of snowfall in the DC area and the second giant storm this year.”
[Greg Hengler at Townhall has the video]
Dylan Ratigan is an ideology-swallowing ignoramus. And there are thousands of scientists with actual degrees in climate-related fields who can attest to this. The fact that he gets to make these inane comments unchallenged only accelerates the speed at which MSNBC devolves into insignificance.
UPDATE 2/10: Ed Morrissey at Hot Air has just reported that MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer just used to the Dylan Ratigan explanation of today’s snowstorm. They must have had a staff meeting.
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