"the biggest threat facing our country is the mentality of the Republican Party"

[babylonsister]

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2010/6/10/125737/972

Scary Republicans

by BooMan
Thu Jun 10th, 2010 at 12:57:37 PM EST


Hopefully, you have better things to do on this beautiful day than watch senators bloviate on CSPAN. However, you should know that the Senate is spending six hours today debating whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can regulate greenhouse producing emissions under provisions of the Clean Air Act. The Supreme Court says they can, but Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, whose state suffers most from global warming but also is totally dependent on the oil and gas industries, has introduced a resolution to take that power away from the Executive Branch. So far, I've noticed that Democratic senators Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson, and Jay Rockefeller plan on supporting the measure.

What's most remarkable about the debate, however, is not that a few Democrats support the resolution. What's remarkable is that one Republican after another is taking to the floor to dispute that global warming or climate change is occurring at all, that it wouldn't matter if it was occurring, and that we're powerless to do anything about it anyway.

I mean it's not about debate a policy, but a debate about whether science counts for anything. As Bernie Sanders asked on the Senate floor, if all our science-producing agencies are producing inaccurate information, then why are we funding them?

But that's the problem with the current incarnation of the Republican Party. They don't have any grounding in reality. And, even the few who do are perfectly content to pretend they don't. How can a political party run our government and all its agencies if they won't accept their findings?

I'm telling you, this is why I have decided that the biggest threat facing our country is the mentality of the Republican Party and the prospect that they might take power again and try to implement their twisted version of reality on the nation and the world. You thought the Bush administration was bad? You thought Tom DeLay was a nut? Just wait for the next group. You ain't seen nothing yet.

[bobbolink]

1. I'm ever so glad to know the corporations are exonerated.

[get the red out]

2. There is a reason they can do this

The groundwork has been laid by right wing extremist talk radio sucking up the entire AM dial in huge chunks of the country and the prevalence of fundamentalist religion (with its allegiance to the Republican Party and thus all things corporate by default).

In other words a vote against big oil will send you to hell because to vote against a Republican is to kill a fetus and promote the "gay agenda". And if you turn on the radio or go to Church you will be reminded you of your "values". Oh, that science junk ain't Christian now is it??????

[State the Obvious]

3. Rachel Maddow: You cannot win arguments with people who do not deal in facts!

How do you argue with people whose logic is not reality-based? :crazy:

[ladjf]

9. People who have turned away from objective reasoning can not

be "reached". Instead of making logical conclusions based on factual observation, they make their decisions based on imagined "realities". nt

[zipplewrath]

10. Faith based

Demonstrative evidence merely serves to support their faith that things would be different if things were different. Kids doing poorly in school? Must be them gays getting married.

[ladjf]

13. "Faith Based" is one of the most prevalent types of fabricated truths. nt

[zipplewrath]

14. Yup

It's no accident that the right wing finds alot of support in the faith based community. All those people ready to believe in something because it "seems right".

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. they don't deserve to be in office

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. .....or their lack of mentality.

They are led around like mindless drones by their leaders.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. My fear as well.... see my name!

[spanone]

7. along with the complicit mentality of the media...why else would sarah palin get one word of print?

[Scurrilous]

8. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Laelth]

11. Ah, yes. The reality-based community is far superior.

Reminds me of Ron Suskind's 2004 NY Times article: "Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush"


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17BUSH.html?_r=1&ex=1255665600&en=890a96189e162076&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

:dem:

-Laelth

[Echo In Light]

12. Actually, it's the bizarre lack of willingness to stand up to the corporate/state nexus

[tranche]

20. I'm not sure how "bizarre" it is considering the can fund a campaign...

or worse, fund an opponents campaign.

[Initech]

15. We need to start calling out their bullshit. It's science vs. make believe at this point.

[WinkyDink]

16. Dumb like a fox. They just want MONEY. PERIOD. END OF STORY. THEY ARE LOOTERS.

Once you accept that, everything they do falls into place.

[jgraz]

17. The biggest threat is how many so-called Democrats have adopted the GOP mentality.

Some of whom apparently work in the White House.

[blondeatlast]

18. Truth. k/r and k again. nt

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