Breitbart:  "Capital punishment for Dr James Hansen. Climategate is high treason"

That "-gate" suffix is useful in a way. Anytime I hear somebody use it, I can be pretty sure they're trying to make a scandal out of something they want very badly to be a scandal.

You rarely hear anything-gate said by anybody but the excitable and misinformed, or those with an interest in misinforming. "-gate" is like a little light that goes on to tell us "ignore this person".

Correct. If you want to know what the wingnuts are doing, just look at what they accuse the "liberals" of doing. The wingnuts will be up to their necks in the activity, while the liberals may have only the soles of their shoes soiled.

Well, come on, flounder--don't you know that ACORN paid for all that manufactured climate-change scince? Don't believe me? Just wait for Glenn to put it all up on his chalkboard...

That pretty much sums up Andrew Breitbart's twisted and demented "thought" process....

Not "possibly getting the facts wrong." Actually changing the facts to suit a political agenda. That is NOT science and that would blow this whole "consensus" right out of the water. And as for the seriousness of this how about legistlation that would make energy costs soar in the United States. Very poor people spend up to 50% of thier income on energy costs and would be hurt most. And what do you think this would do to our economy? And taking our power to decide for ourselves and handing it over to the UN all in the name of having to do something radical quickly to save the planet when the planet may not even need saving. And when they aren't certain enough to know what to do or even how to tell if it will work.

There needs to be an investigation. If Hansen is blameless he has nothing to fear.

That's interesting to know.

God forbid I get accused of starting my own "apology tour", but sorry to hear that you get to hear Beck and company. There is no way the U.S. can ever make up for that offense.

But to one of your Points, these wingnuts always "almost" endorse theocracy, rebellion, violence and assassination, but know when to stop before overtly endorsing such actions. It is almost as if they hope their listeners take the next step and Beck etal can claim it wasn't their fault.

incerncration? What is incerncration? Is it death by particle accelerator?

Hey wesley, I have a simple question for you: Do cigarettes cause cancer?

And, if big tobacco told consumers that cigarettes were perfectly safe, and even healthy, because they paid doctors and scientists to concoct evidence to that effect, what if anything would they be guilty of?

Because that's exactly the same situation you have here. Burning petroleum, especially leaded petroleum, introduces a wide array of toxic chemicals into the environment, many of which are carcinogens. And CEOs of fossil energy companies have been creating evidence that their products are 'safe', and paying off politicians on both sides of the aisle to protect their profit. Who owns NiMH battery technology which could be used to build viable all electric cars that would meet the needs of 90% of Americans? Exxon. And will they build those batteries? Of course not. There's still oil in the ground, and until the last barrel has been pumped out and paid for, they will not build those batteries.

p.s. It's really more about the content of Breitbart's twitter message than the number of words.

Was he proposing state-sanctioned execution, as Breitbart suggested in his tweet? Not even remotely. You live in a very frightening world of relativistic reality that bears little semblance to real reality. Check your meds, buddy.

Hansen wants to go after CEO's of Oil Companies for the VERY REAL ecological disasters that they have truly caused.

Breibart wants to go after Hansen for the dubious scandals coming out of hacked and stolen e-mails that prove nothing.

There is a big difference here, Wesley. To be honest, I am glad that you pointed it out, so that this could be discussed.

Of course you don't really read the articles you link to. Hansen did not say those words to Congress. The quote was from his 2008 op-ed piece for Worldwatch Institute. Below is the quote in context. Please note that he did NOT advocate capital punishment for CEO's, like Brietbart did.

Special interests have blocked the transition to our renewable energy future. Instead of moving heavily into renewable energies, fossil fuel companies choose to spread doubt about global warming, just as tobacco companies discredited the link between smoking and cancer. Methods are sophisticated, including funding to help shape school textbook discussions of global warming.

CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of the long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In my opinion, these CEOs should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature.

But did he say capital punishment for them? Maybe I'm just spinning but Hansen only said they should be tried. Breitbart's assertion that he deserves capital punishment and is guilty of high treason skips that step and goes straight to the lynching.