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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking new ground on climate denialism
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/breaking-new-ground-climate-denialismThe first and most dominant contingent espouses straight-up, James-Inhofe-style denialism the planet isnt warming, carbon pollution is having no effect, and scientists from around the world are trying to fool the public as part of a nefarious communist conspiracy. Other Republicans concede that global warming is real, but its not worth the effort to address the crisis. Once in a great while, Jon Huntsman will acknowledge reality, but his faction within the party is quite small....
Its hard to know sometimes when a politician is being foolish by accident or on purpose. I have no idea whether Capito understands the basics of the climate crisis, and makes bizarre comments like these for political effect, or whether shes genuinely confused about the difference between local weather and global climate changes over time.
But if a seven-term congresswoman, poised for a promotion, seriously sees random rain showers as evidence of the climate changing, its more than a little alarming.
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jwirr
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AgingAmerican
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AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)...who told me that climate change is caused by the Gummint! He says the government is purpously causing climate change to destroy capitalism. He says the weather events tied to climate change are caused by cloud seeding, chemtrails and an antennae array in Alaska called HAARP. He says the 'Gummit' is boiling the atmosphere to trick us! He gets angry when I say that his little theory is nuts lol.
"HAARP Boils the Upper Atmosphere
HAARP will zap the upper atmosphere with a focused and steerable electromagnetic beam. It is an advanced model of an "ionospheric heater." (The ionosphere is the electrically-charged sphere surrounding Earth's upper atmosphere. It ranges between 40 to 60 miles above the surface of the Earth.)
Put simply, the apparatus for HAARP is a reversal of a radio telescope; antenna send out signals instead of receiving. HAARP is the test run for a super-powerful radiowave-beaming technology that lifts areas of the ionosphere by focusing a beam and heating those areas. Electromagnetic waves then bounce back onto earth and penetrate everything -- living and dead.
HAARP publicity gives the impression that the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program is mainly an academic project with the goal of changing the ionosphere to improve communications for our own good. However, other U.S. military documents put it more clearly -- HAARP aims to learn how to "exploit the ionosphere for Department of Defense purposes." Communicating with submarines is only one of those purposes."
http://www.haarp.net
Like another of my coworkers says, "Ain't no cure for stupid".
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)...and another conspiracy nut named George Noory. "Coast to coast with George Noory".
I told him once that Jones is cuckoo for cocoa puffs and he got mad about that too lol