As reported by Bad Astronomy, House Republicans to a man (or woman) "...voted down a simple amendment declaring the reality of climate change. Not that it was human-caused, or dangerous, just that it existed. Which it does." Holy fucking shit.
You want to argue that global warming isn't caused by man you can get some backup, some evidence that says you might be right. But that global warming is happening? That the planet is warming? You have to rely on cranks and discredited pseudo-scientists to get any evidence to merit your claim. Which is to say, you have to ignore a vast amount of evidence to believe your claim. Or, which may be the case here, you have to be a deluded idiot or being paid for your belief, and in the case of the people who are, in theory, running this country, I'm not sure which of those options I find more horrible.
I disagreed with Anthropogenic Global Warming (man made) for a long time. But now that I've actually spent the time and read a lot of data, I found that the science is sound. Also, 90%+ of climate scientists agree that AGW is real and 97%+ of climate scientists at least agree that the warming trend is real. This little demonstration by the Democrats, for whom I hold little love, just goes to prove one thing: the Republican party is anti-science. That is fucking terrifying.
Democratic Congressman Ed Markey gave a sarcastic speech that summed up the recent attacks on science by the Republican party fairly well.
I have never been prouder to be a Libertarian.
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Did you really think the party that promotes teaching creationism in schools wasn't anti-science?
Blame me for wanting to give the benefit of the doubt. It's clear now. There's no doubt that the Republican party is a pathetic shadow of what they once were.
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