Republican Debate: Pause Reality

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http://planetsave.com/2011/11/12/republican-debate-pause-reality/

November 12, 2011

By Zachary Shahan

The story at the Republican debate tonight won’t be what presidential candidates say or forget to say, it will be what they ignore and deny, perhaps the greatest threat to humanity the world has ever seen.

The next Republican debate is in a few hours on CBS. What can we expect? Well, for one, we can expect they will have to seal the doors and pause reality inside the studios for a few hours. Getting this group of Republican presidental hopefuls together cannot coincide with the normal laws of nature — global warming cannot exist (and it certainly can’t be caused by humans), evolution can’t exist, math can’t exist, and science, in general, can’t exist.

What will we hear? We will hear that the Department of Energy needs to be shut down. We will hear that the Environmental Protection Agency needs its knees cut off. And we will hear that drilling for oil is the way out of our energy and economic crises. Of course, to anyone who has studied the matter, and is not a member of the fossil fuel industry or close allies with it, this is all nonsense. Or, worse than nonsense, this will all lead us into a cold, dark future in which more people have less (unless you’re talking about problems) and the health and death costs associated energy and environmental decisions will be like nothing the world has ever seen.

It would be good if we could close those guys in that room and leave them to enjoy the fruits of their alternate reality. Unfortunately, this isn’t a fairy tale.

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1. I wouldn't be surpised if the Koch boys were sitting in the front row

to be sure that is exactly stated...After all, they're paying big time for their message to get across. This would be a great opportunity for Huntsman to make an articulate statement and take a bold stance...Haha, what am I thinking?

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2. thanks for the great article. truer words were never spoken, pretty much.