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Limbaugh to NYTimes environment reporter Revkin: "Why don't you just go kill yourself"

October 20, 2009 2:58 pm ET

From the October 20 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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LIMBAUGH: I think these militant environmentalists, these wackos, have so much in common with the jihad guys. Let me explain this. What do the jihad guys do? The jihad guys go to families under their control and they convince these families to strap explosives on who? Not them. On their kids. Grab your 3-year-old, grab your 4-year-old, grab your 6-year-old, and we're gonna strap explosives on there, and then we're going to send you on a bus, or we're going to send you to a shopping center, and we're gonna tell you when to pull the trigger, and you're gonna blow up, and you're gonna blow up everybody around you, and you're gonna head up to wherever you're going, 73 virgins are gonna be there. The little 3- or 4-year-old doesn't have the presence of mind, so what about you? If it's so great up there, why don't you go? Why don't you strap explosives on you -- and their parents don't have the guts to tell the jihad guys, "You do it! Why do you want my kid to go blow himself up?" The jihad guys will just shoot 'em, 'cause the jihad guys have to maintain control.

The environmentalist wackos are the same way. This guy from The New York Times, if he really thinks that humanity is destroying the planet, humanity is destroying the climate, that human beings in their natural existence are going to cause the extinction of life on Earth -- Andrew Revkin. Mr. Revkin, why don't you just go kill yourself and help the planet by dying?

From Revkin's New York Times blog post (emphasis added):

More children equal more carbon dioxide emissions. And recent research has resulted in  renewed coverage of the notion that one of the cheapest ways to curb emissions in coming decades would be to provide access to birth control for tens of millions of women around the world who say they desire it. A study by researchers at the London School of Economics and commissioned by the Optimum Population Trust came to the following conclusion:

Contraception is 'Greenest' Technology

U.N. data suggest that meeting unmet need for family planning would reduce unintended births by 72 per cent, reducing projected world population in 2050 by half a billion to 8.64 billion. Between 2010 and 2050 12 billion fewer "people-years" would be lived - 326 billion against 338 billion under current projections. The 34 gigatons of CO2 saved in this way would cost $220 billion - roughly $7 a ton [metric tons]. However, the same CO2 saving would cost over $1trillion if low-carbon technologies were used. (Here's a link to a pdf of the report.)

I recently raised the question of whether this means we'll soon see a market in baby-avoidance carbon credits similar to efforts to sell  CO2 credits for avoiding deforestation. This is purely a thought experiment, not a proposal. But the issue is one that is rarely discussed in climate treaty talks or in debates over United States climate legislation. If anything, the population-climate question is more pressing in the United States than in developing countries, given the high per-capita carbon dioxide emissions here and the  rate of population growth. If giving women a way to limit family size is such a cheap win for emissions, why isn't it in the mix?

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    • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 20, 2009 3:01 pm ET)
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      Take your own advice for once, Rush.
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      • Author by grunt (October 20, 2009 3:32 pm ET)
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        And your quote automatically makes you no better than that which you hate. Nothing new from your side though.
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        • Author by bintx (October 20, 2009 3:43 pm ET)
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          What "side" are you talking about? Are you speaking of decent human beings who refuse to listen to this hateful, racist, dishonest windbag? Just a bit of info for you . . . the only "side" Rush Limbaugh is his own. He cares nothing for you or this country . . . . Rush cares only for himself.

          Get over the stupid "side" crap . . . makes you look as small and petty as Rush.
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          • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 20, 2009 3:54 pm ET)
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            I thought his handle was "grunt." It turns out to be the content of his posts as well.
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            • Author by christopher howard (October 20, 2009 5:13 pm ET)
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              Okay, let me get this straight.

              1) Rush tells Revkin he should kill himself.

              2) Easy says Rush should take his own advice.

              3) Grunt decries Easy for saying such a bad thing to Rush.

              4) Grunt goes on to praise Rush, who made the original offending comment.

              Wingnut logic at its finest.

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              • Author by wzwriter (October 20, 2009 5:16 pm ET)
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                If he calls himself "grunt" because he was in the Marines, he's a disgrace to the Corps.
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    • Author by wzwriter (October 20, 2009 3:07 pm ET)
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      I think we're witnessing the beginning of Rush Limbaugh's complete and total mental meltdown. And it couldn't happen fast enough, AFAIK.
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      • Author by grunt (October 20, 2009 3:34 pm ET)
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        And you obviously know nothing about Rush. The only way you will stop him is to outlaw shows like his. His listener base is growing at one of the fastest rates of all time. I don't think he is losing it. He is driving you all crazy. I'd say when that happens someone is right on point.
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        • Author by jmariemo (October 20, 2009 3:39 pm ET)
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          You're totally right. He is driving us crazy, but validating your argument by claiming that his ranks are growing doesn't really help the cause. It just means they're crazy, as well. [Sorry!]
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        • Author by Snowbank (October 20, 2009 3:40 pm ET)
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          That's funny.... his listener base grew by leaps and bounds during the 2008 election too. And what happened?

          Yeah. I don't think Reality gives a crud how many whackos and losers listen faithfully to Rush.
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        • Author by bintx (October 20, 2009 3:43 pm ET)
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          See my post above.
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        • Author by peace4all (October 20, 2009 4:02 pm ET)
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          could you give some evidence that his listener base is growing? all the ratings data i have seen is inexact at best. please give me a link to data that shows his ratings increase.
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        • Author by open_mind (October 20, 2009 4:03 pm ET)
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          He is driving you all crazy. I'd say when that happens someone is right on point.

          How many times have we seen conservatives trot out that idiotic fallacy? Thousands? Millions?

          Do you even realize that by your own (severely limited attempt at) logic, Barack Obama is "right on point"?
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          • Author by jmariemo (October 20, 2009 10:27 pm ET)
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            By Grunt's logic, wouldn't it also mean that the overwhelming attack of conservatives towards the Obama administration indicates that the president is 'driving them crazy', and therefore, he is 'right on point?'
            Oh my Gosh. Reason sucks, I know.
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          • Author by jmariemo (October 20, 2009 10:29 pm ET)
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            Oh, pardon me, open_mind. I didn't read the rest of your post; so, I just reiterated what you said. [Good point! Hehe.]
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        • Author by NiceguyEddie (October 20, 2009 4:15 pm ET)
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          His listener base is growing at one of the fastest rates of all time.

          Yeah? Who told you that? Rush himself? PROOVE IT.

          Or STFU and stop making stuff up.

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          OTOTH, who knows... NEVER understimate the power of STUPID PEOPLE in LARGE NUMBERS.
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        • Author by catfish1968 (October 20, 2009 4:52 pm ET)
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          On point? He doesn't have a clue. Are you a scientist? What do you know about anything?
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        • Author by mikelartist (October 20, 2009 5:08 pm ET)
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          Sure it is. Sure it is. Like for instance. The only station that carries him in my neck of the woods is a little 50 watt AM station that has NO ADVERTISERS. What? How can that be? They only carry what Rush pipes in as filler. Or there is dead silence for 30 seconds. Why? Because on one listens so no one wants to advertise on that station. After 6 PM is goes to a 10 watt station. So Mark Levin gets mostly static.
          This is the Clear Channel way. Corner the market in bigger cities, dish out the content to locals for a reduced fee or free then claim the entire listening area as for your market share.

          I would venture to say that in this rural listening area of about 35,000 perhaps 500-1000 people may listen. Because only about 20% of the population can get the signal in a 3 mile radius. That is a tiny market share.

          Go google how much Clear Channel pays Rush and how they are struggling financially. It rather ironic that the star of their network may be their undoing.
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          • Author by recbeck (October 20, 2009 7:08 pm ET)
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            I believe Clear Channel is reaping what they deserve. In my city the majority of their radio channels are contentious and filled with disrespectful shock jocks. I have no sympathy for their financial woes.
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        • Author by snoopy (October 20, 2009 5:14 pm ET)
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          Sure his base is growing. And there were a million people at becks 9-12 fascist rally. hoo boy, ya got us there, coach...
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        • Author by wzwriter (October 20, 2009 5:20 pm ET)
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          His listener base is growing at one of the fastest rates of all time.


          As the following article states, no one knows how many people listen to Rush:

          http://www.palmbeachpost.com/nation/content/nation/epaper/2009/03/06/a2a_limbaugh_0307.html

          But judging by your posts, his listeners' stupidity seems to grow at an astronomical rate.
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      • Author by ForensicMSW (October 21, 2009 12:34 am ET)
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        Years of drug abuse does damage the brain so it makes sense...
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    • Author by jmariemo (October 20, 2009 3:08 pm ET)
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      I do not think God would approve of you suggesting that someone kill themselves. It just seems not very Christian-like.
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      • Author by wzwriter (October 20, 2009 3:22 pm ET)
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        Rush doesn't seem very Christian, either.
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        • Author by jmariemo (October 20, 2009 3:29 pm ET)
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          Well, yes, if we're going by confined definitions of Christianity like "what Jesus taught his disciples", but who cares about that when you can complain about homosexuals?
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          • Author by bintx (October 20, 2009 3:44 pm ET)
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            But Christ was completely silent on homosexuality. Christ loved everyone, even the people who crucified him.
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            • Author by srichardson (October 20, 2009 5:52 pm ET)
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              The biggest sin that Christians commit is they hate the sinner. Christ preached for us to love the sinner and hate the sin. These so called right wing "christians" have it all wrong. The hate that they display (and it seems that America has made more hate mongers rich than I care to think about) on a daily basis, in my book, proves that they are christian by name only. Not that I can judge who is or isn't a christian but Christ is pretty clear that when you follow Him there will be a change that is obvious to all around you. In the Bible Jesus says that there will be many who call His name and He will turn His back on them and say I knew you not. I think these hate mongers are in for a big surprise when they meet their Maker!
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              • Author by John Paradox (October 20, 2009 7:34 pm ET)
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                Whenever a 'christian' (Xian) refers to someone who has done terrible things, do they say "X has done evil things" or "X IS evil"?

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                • Author by srichardson (October 20, 2009 8:19 pm ET)
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                  Unfortunately I think most Christians would say X is evil. I honestly try to not judge others bc my life is by far not pure. It's not my job to judge others.
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            • Author by jmariemo (October 20, 2009 10:31 pm ET)
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              I know. I was being sarcastic. I'm so often just mocking conservatives on this website, but somehow I don't think I convey it well enough whilst typing it, and then, people I respect think I'm being serious.
              I should just place disclaimers at the end of every post. Hmph.
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        • Author by grunt (October 20, 2009 3:40 pm ET)
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          Hmmm... I didn't know we were supposed to judge each other's salvation. Another revelation from the impotent minds of MMFA.
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          • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 20, 2009 4:13 pm ET)
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            I didn't know we were supposed to judge each other's salvation
            So why do you people keep screaming that those who disagree with you are going to Hell? Isn't that God's decision and not yours, hypocrite?
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          • Author by political_left-religious_right (October 20, 2009 4:51 pm ET)
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            We aren't to judge, grunt, but we can take a legitimate guess. "By their fruit you will recognize them" (Matthew 7:16). When someone produces the verbal bile that Limbaugh does on a daily basis, it's very hard to believe he can possibly be saved; if he were, he would instead be displaying the fruits of the Spirit--love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23).

            Be honest--does the latter sound like Limbaugh? Or Beck, or O'Reilly, or Savage, or Levin, or Hannity, or Coulter, or Malkin, or ...?
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            • Author by srichardson (October 20, 2009 6:06 pm ET)
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              Thank you, political left religious right, for the above post. I enjoy seeing a wing nut put in his place using the ammunition that they usually try to use. The right wing loons really do think that if you are a democrat or a liberal that Hell is on you travel list. I get so sick of people judging me when they hear I voted for Obama. They automatically assume I'm a hopeless sinner. One of the lady's I work with came to my classroom a few days after the election and said to me that we missed the opportunity to pray for Clinton's salvation, now we must pray for President Obama's salvation. I just looked at her and told her she had no idea what Obama's relationship with Christ was like. He was in the same church for 20 years which is more than I can say for this lady. She is also the same lady who thinks we should put all Middle Eastern people in camps until we can weed out who the terrorist were. When she told me that I just told her to go home and read her bible and maybe she would learn how to treat people. The right wing thinks anyone who has a different political view than them are immoral sinners who are unpatriotic and on a quick road to hell. This lady I work with is the perfect example of a republican nut who talks the talk but can't walk the walk. She also believed health care was a privilege not a right but when she had to start working part time due to a disability her son was born with she was filling out paperwork to put him on the state insurance. What does that make her? (hypocrite!!!)
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              • Author by political_left-religious_right (October 21, 2009 3:40 pm ET)
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                My pleasure, srichardson. Here's another verse that's particularly useful: "These people honor me [Jesus] with their lips, but their hearts are far from me." (Matthew 15:8)

                I know that there are atheists and agnostics on board, and one of the things I hope to do for them is to show them that Pat Robertson, et. al., is not the image they should get when they hear the word "Christian." We're not all like that, by any means.
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          • Author by catfish1968 (October 20, 2009 4:53 pm ET)
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            Grunt, again, you don't really get it, do you?
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          • Author by bintx (October 20, 2009 5:40 pm ET)
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            No one was judging another's salvation, just stating a fact. Christ, based upon His teachings in the New Testament, would not approve of Rush's activities. To be Christian is to be Christ-like. Somehow, I don't picture Christ being much like Rush.
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          • Author by srichardson (October 20, 2009 5:55 pm ET)
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            I don't think anyone is "judging" Rush's salvation or any other hate mongers salvation. But like I said in the post above, a Christian lives a life that makes it very obvious they follow biblical values. It's hard to look at the way Rush and Beck and Hannity and Colter act and believe that they follow the commandments that Jesus set out for us in the Bible.
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          • Author by jmariemo (October 20, 2009 10:24 pm ET)
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            I was being sarcastic. I was making fun of people who think like you.
            I don't believe in God; so, you're rebuttal doesn't really pertain to me. Oops, Grunt...
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      • Author by grunt (October 20, 2009 3:39 pm ET)
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        Another Rush quote taken out of context. His point was that if you believe population growth will kill the planet, why would you keep on living? Why would you not be a martyr for your cause? Oh... you all just think we should kill other people and their babies? Maybe not you, but the people who you support toe a really fine line with the murderous dictators of the past, and their solutions to population control.
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        • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 20, 2009 3:56 pm ET)
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          Tell me the context that makes telling someone to go kill themselves OK for Rush to do.

          If you can't type it, grunt it out.
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        • Author by evmin971064 (October 20, 2009 3:57 pm ET)
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          Grunt, you can't really mean this, can you? Is the price of being a true believing DITTOHEAD having to give up all reason? I simply can't understand how your arguments can make sense to you. Anyway, maybe it is a pleasant existence, inside that strange bubble you inhabit.
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        • Author by jam (October 20, 2009 4:15 pm ET)
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          grunt,

          This is an extremely hypocritical comment. You say Rush's quote is taken out of context and then go on to give a false representation of Revkin's blog. You are allowed to have your opinion and support Rush but don't change the facts to make a point.

          Maybe you just didn't read his blog post to begin with? Try to get your facts straight before you go blasting people.

          JAM
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        • Author by only_myschly3567 (October 20, 2009 4:15 pm ET)
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          It's not the Rush-quote that's taken out of context. I think the context is more than enough to understand his point.

          Problem is: Rush doesn't understand the article. He's going in with the mindset "global warming is a hoax and this is a liberal environmentalist idiot". Of course he's not going to get it.


          But I'll humor you. It's not that humans as in humans who lived 6 000 years ago (in the dawn of time?) are destroying the planet. It's humans as in industries that dump mercury into drinking water killing off wild-life and making the water undrinkable, that kind of reckless behavior, is screwing up the planet. Humans aren't the problem, it's humans who don't take the environment into consideration when using technology.
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          • Author by tbone (October 20, 2009 5:38 pm ET)
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            It's humans as in industries that dump mercury into drinking water killing off wild-life and making the water undrinkable, that kind of reckless behavior, is screwing up the planet. Humans aren't the problem, it's humans who don't take the environment into consideration when using technology.

            Some evidence please.

            Air and water quality are markedly better today than they were 20 years ago. Life expectancy continues to advance, not decline.
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            • Author by What9000 (October 20, 2009 6:02 pm ET)
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              I'd venture to say that the quality of air and water improving are due to the regulations and restrictions placed on industry. Yes, I find it believable that for the most part, the environment is making a turn around from 20 years ago. But what about 200 years ago? Can you honestly make the arguement that things are better off, or at least comparable to pre Industrial Revolution times?

              Second, life expectancy of humans advancing is in no way proof that the environment is also improving. You're confusing correlation for causation. If anything, life expectancy gains are due more to modern medicine than having a good environment.
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            • Author by christopher howard (October 20, 2009 6:22 pm ET)
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              It depends on where you are, and where air and water quality is better, it is in large measure because of the environmental movement.
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            • Author by srichardson (October 20, 2009 6:45 pm ET)
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              Water and air quality is better today bc of technology. Life expectancy continues to advance bc health care is more advanced. Your argument makes no sense. These two items are no indicator of Global Warming being a hoax. You need to read the evidence from the many scientist who believe in Global Warming instead of listening to the two or three who denounce it.
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              • Author by Mr. Buzztime (October 21, 2009 1:40 am ET)
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                the two or three who denounce it.


                Two or three? I think you may have underestimated just a bit.
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        • Author by clams casino (October 20, 2009 4:44 pm ET)
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          I don't think you know what "taken out of context" means.
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          • Author by mescal (October 21, 2009 2:14 am ET)
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            Sure he does, Clams. Like any other simmering, sycophantic wingnut, Grunt is well aware that 'taken out of context' refers (in wingnutese) to directly quoting one of their revered masters, after first explaining the time and circumstances of those comments, providing a transcript, plus video and/or audio as well. It is, of course, a vicious and unfair tactic often practiced by ruthless progressives.

            God, but we're bastards, aren't we!
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        • Author by wzwriter (October 20, 2009 5:23 pm ET)
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          The standard Dittohead Defense - "Rush Was Taken Out Of Context". Give me a freakin' break!!!!
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        • Author by ForensicMSW (October 21, 2009 12:31 am ET)
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          Population growth is not going to be affected by an individual suicide. It's all about the balance of birth and death. Therefore, not reproducing would have the same affect as dying. The original article was talking about contraception to slow down (here's that confusing phrase again) population growth, which would be exactly the opposite of genocide as you're suggesting.
          Funny how you bring up murderous dictators of the past, when Rush is very popular with the AB and "white nation" crowd.
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        • Author by vysotsky (October 21, 2009 2:18 pm ET)
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          "His point was that if you believe population growth will kill the planet, why would you keep on living?"

          Wow, grunt, it's been a while since I've encountered an argument as vacuous as that one. Living does not increase the population. If every woman had two children, the population still would not increase (and that's assuming no women die before giving birth to two children). This should be obvious to anyone who can do basic math. How sad that you not only apparently fell for Limbaugh's rhetorical sleight of hand, but defended it.
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    • Author by Cannonball (October 20, 2009 3:12 pm ET)
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      You see, why wouldn't the NFL want to be associated with Rush? He makes so much sense.
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      • Author by grunt (October 20, 2009 3:41 pm ET)
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        Yes, but the NFL would welcome Ray Lewis, Michael Vick, Randy Moss, and other innocent people like them.
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        • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 20, 2009 3:57 pm ET)
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          Tells you something about their opinion of Rush, doesn't it? And he did it all by himself, too.
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        • Author by IRONY 101 (October 20, 2009 5:23 pm ET)
             
          Lewis,
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        • Author by IRONY 101 (October 20, 2009 5:23 pm ET)
             
          Lewis,
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        • Author by IRONY 101 (October 20, 2009 5:33 pm ET)
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          Lewis, Vick and Moss are all NFL players...not NFL owners. Whenever and NFL player crosses the line, legally or morally, the NFL steps in to administer punishment, when warranted, over and above the legal system. So, I think the notion that NFL players commit crimes and other acts with impunity is incorrect. Ask Plaxico Burress.

          The team owners are different. They manage the league...they are supposed to be the adults. The league, i.e. the owners, makes tons of money. The owners are required to avoid controversy not create controversy. It's bad for business.

          Now, if Rush Limbaugh decided to retire from right wing commentary and give up his radio and speaking career I think the NFL would likely approve him. But the NFL doesn't need Rush Limbaugh in order to succeed...the NFL is already a bigger success than Rush Limbaugh. The NFL doesn't need the continuing controversy Limbaugh would most assuredly bring.

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      • Author by Palrh (October 20, 2009 4:04 pm ET)
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        Actually, I can't decide... Would I rather have Rush Limbaugh or Sarah Palin for president? I think maybe Rush... I know he can tell me a lot better about the motivations of people on a site like this...
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        • Author by The New Pilgrims (October 20, 2009 4:47 pm ET)
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          Mega Dittoes! When electing a President, voters must consider many factors. But as you point out, the single most important is, what can that person tell us about the motivations of anonymous people on the Internets? What could possibly be more important than that?

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          • Author by christopher howard (October 20, 2009 6:25 pm ET)
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            I want Crazy Ralph from down the street to be the next president... I know he makes one mean BBQ and he seems like the kind of guy you could have a beer with...
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    • Author by jmariemo (October 20, 2009 3:12 pm ET)
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      Somehow, conservatives have hijacked logic as being negotiable. It's quite the feat.
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      • Author by grunt (October 20, 2009 3:41 pm ET)
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        Does your small mind not allow you to understand his logic?
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        • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 20, 2009 3:58 pm ET)
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          Does your small vocabulary not allow you to understand his post?
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        • Author by peace4all (October 20, 2009 4:06 pm ET)
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          ok, there is not his logic and our logic. there is only logic. that you think that there are multible kinds says quite a bit about your intelligence level.
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        • Author by toombsie (October 20, 2009 4:13 pm ET)
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          I don't see how posts like this contribute to any discussion. This just pure trolling.

          Can we get a ban for "grunt" please?
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          • Author by Mr. Buzztime (October 21, 2009 1:43 am ET)
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            Yes, you definitely should ban anyone who has a different opinion than yours.
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            • Author by toombsie (October 21, 2009 10:33 am ET)
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              Not what I said. It's fine if you have a different opinion, but when you are posting things like "Does your small mind not allow you to understand his logic?" then you are trolling and not expressing a different opinion. You trying to instigate internet flame wars Liberals vs. Conservatives style. It's stupid and pointless.
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    • Author by pros2pros2940 (October 20, 2009 3:15 pm ET)
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      According the republicans, their God is a vengeful God and apparently not the one that "loves thy neighbor as thyself"

      Also, they have no issue in gambling with the lives of others.
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      • Author by Snowbank (October 20, 2009 3:42 pm ET)
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        And their God has no issue in Coveting the Neighbour's Wife... and by covet, I mean bone repeatedly.
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        • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 20, 2009 3:59 pm ET)
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          And their God has no issue in Coveting the Neighbour's Wife...
          Given his visits smuggling Viagra to the Dominican Republic, I don't think anyone's wife has to fear Rush.
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      • Author by grunt (October 20, 2009 3:42 pm ET)
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        Why speak in general terms? Why stereotype and generalize? I guess it is okay as long as you do it to someone you disagree with.
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        • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 20, 2009 4:15 pm ET)
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          Nice generalized and stereotypical strawman you threw out there.
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          • Author by The_Cat (October 20, 2009 5:24 pm ET)
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            grunt keeps throwing sticks of dynamite at you, Easy to refute winguts, and you just keep lighting 'em and throwing them back, don't you? :)
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    • Author by donwelty (October 20, 2009 3:20 pm ET)
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      Rush Limbaugh is the only person (I take that back I would also include Glenn Beck) who can associate environmentalists with Arab extremists who want to blow up everybody who does not agree with them. The connection is tenuous at best and the best thing we can say about it is it's insane.

      It appears that if Rush wants to get angry, it does not matter whether there is any real connection between what he is talking about. Apparently juxtaposing two things makes them somehow related. Unfortunately, there must be many people who find that either amusing or correct. The sad part is not that Rush does it but that some people go along with it.
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      • Author by jmariemo (October 20, 2009 3:36 pm ET)
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        Agreed. Somehow, saying something on the airwaves automatically makes it true these days.
        I should hit up my local television station and play a Star Wars clip immediately followed by Rush's sweet, melodic voicebox and then, proceed to declare that Rush Limbaugh is currently manufacturing the Death Star with plans to eliminate San Francisco and the Middle East (God save Israel.)
        What guys? I played the clips back to back; they connect!
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    • Author by pete592 (October 20, 2009 3:21 pm ET)
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      We're adding a billion people to the world's population every 14 years, and the right-wing's position is that we have all the resources, water, and arable land we'll ever need?
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      • Author by MidWestThnkr (October 20, 2009 3:26 pm ET)
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        along with the position that god loves the sound of them babies pop'n out. Suggest we offer resources to control the population?! That ain't natr'l.
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      • Author by grunt (October 20, 2009 3:43 pm ET)
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        Didn't you hear that the poulation boom was a myth? Did you all ignore the science debunking that or do you still follow that religion as blindly as you follow the MMGW church of Earth?
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        • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 20, 2009 4:00 pm ET)
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          Didn't you hear that the poulation boom was a myth?
          The only place you'll hear that is by listening to the voices in your head.
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          • Author by The New Pilgrims (October 20, 2009 4:02 pm ET)
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            Don't confuse grunt with facts, he's already got his mind made up.
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            • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 20, 2009 4:16 pm ET)
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              He's got something made up. I'm not sure it's a mind, though.
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    • Author by all your eyes (October 20, 2009 3:24 pm ET)
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      Well, Revkin's suggestion is fairly ridiculous. America's population growth is largely the result of immigration. Furthermore, low-carbon technologies exist that are much cheaper than he quotes here: nuclear power. Industrial power consumption is the culprit, not third-world population growth. This is not to say I'm opposed to expanding access to birth control, quite to the contrary. It's just insane to suggest that is a viable approach to climate change.
      That said, Rush is an a-hole. One of these days, he's going to cross the line. I'm not sure where the line is, or what it's going to look like, but he's a loose cannon.
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      • Author by tphanich (October 20, 2009 3:34 pm ET)
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        Rush has crossed many lines, my friend. Many. Calling for Mr. Revkin to kill himself is far from sensationalism, it's just wrong.
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    • Author by The New Pilgrims (October 20, 2009 3:24 pm ET)
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      When my son was 3, he used to talk occasionally about imaginary "bad guys." It was a fetish, a fantasy, and it didn't last very long.

      When Rush talks about "the jihad guys" he sounds like a child, fetishizing on a fantasy.
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      • Author by pete592 (October 20, 2009 3:48 pm ET)
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        Right-wing professional liars like Rush depend on the existence of imaginary "bad guys" to bring them a paycheck.

        Glenn Beck often refers to his imaginary bad guys as "THEY."
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    • Author by grunt (October 20, 2009 3:32 pm ET)
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      I love how you all have touted the "Science" behind man-made global warming. It is majority fraud science. I dare you to take the time to watch this video. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5206383248165214524#
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      • Author by Snowbank (October 20, 2009 3:44 pm ET)
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        Ooh, a Youtube video. Well no need for science then. Hup (throws Science out the window)
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        • Author by The New Pilgrims (October 20, 2009 3:52 pm ET)
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          The Revolution will not be televised. It will be YouTubed by Dittoheads and Beckerheads. Complete with charts!
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        • Author by New Frontier (October 20, 2009 8:59 pm ET)
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          fyi: It's a 1-1/2 hour lecture by an arrogant, tuxedoed journalist named Christopher Monckton the Third, donchyouknow, who is famous for once saying all AIDS carriers should be put away for life.

          Two minutes, 10 seconds is about all I can take of a pompous ass.
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      • Author by bintx (October 20, 2009 3:46 pm ET)
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        I'm not "touting" anything . . . the overwhelming majority of the world's CLIMATE scientists have confirmed it.
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        • Author by The New Pilgrims (October 20, 2009 3:50 pm ET)
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          True, but just who do these climate scientists think they are to challenge the intellectual prowess of geniuses like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, grunt and kydem09?
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      • Author by catfish1968 (October 20, 2009 4:54 pm ET)
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        I dare you, Grunt, to go to six years of college, and major in a science. Not bible science either. Or business science.
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      • Author by snoopy (October 20, 2009 5:20 pm ET)
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        And I dare you to spend a few hours reading this fact filled proven science that shows you to be uninformed...
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    • Author by oneleft (October 20, 2009 3:35 pm ET)
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      So basically he's talking about brainwashing. Interesting. And what exactly are his followers and the Fox news lemmings and the Beck apologists if not brainwashed.

      These people continuously accuse others of doing exactly what they do to make their millions.
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    • Author by lewislaw7153 (October 20, 2009 3:38 pm ET)
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      I wouldn't mind if Limpballs were an 'expert' in any one particular area, then I might give his 'opinion' some credence, but this man is A DRUG ADDICT and at the height of his oxicondin addition, advocated JAIL SENTENCES for narcotic subtance abusers . .

      Get lost melonhead and be grateful there are lemmings in this world!
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    • Author by toombsie (October 20, 2009 4:11 pm ET)
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      Why does it drive conservatives crazy when anyone suggests that there might possibly be too many people on this earth and there will be a huge problem in the future?

      We already have 1 billion people on this earth that are malnourished or not getting enough food to eat everyday. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that unless we do something 50 or 100 years from now we are going to have an even bigger, possibly destructive problem.

      This blogger talks about CO2 emissions from just the human, but each human contributes much more C02 to the atmosphere than what their body produces. People buy cars, buy products, burn fossil fuels, etc. Reducing unintended pregnancies is a noble idea. There are already too many unloved, underfed kids in the world. We don't need more. We need to figure out "this whole air food deal" as Bill Hicks used to say.

      I think the blogger makes a valid point.
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      • Author by The New Pilgrims (October 20, 2009 4:32 pm ET)
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        Why does it drive conservatives crazy when anyone suggests that there might possibly be too many people on this earth and there will be a huge problem in the future?

        Answer: Because it came from a liberal. Under current conservative rules, they are honorbound to disagree, vehemently, with anything liberals say or do.

        Here's an example: Liberal Man says to Liberal Woman, "Earlier today, I took that one billion dollars that I don't want any more and I gave it to Rush Limbaugh, tax free."

        Proper conservative response: "If he's so smart, how come Liberal Man had only accrued one billion dollars? And by giving this much money to Rush, was Liberal Man attempting to set up Rush as a theft victim? Liberal Man is clearly a terrible, terrible person who hates America to its core."
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        • Author by skycatcher (October 20, 2009 5:36 pm ET)
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          Liberal Doctor Press Announcement: "I found the cure for cancer!"

          Proper conservative response: "That anti-capitalist liberal has singlehandedly destroyed the health care industry."
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      • Author by mark_Sf (October 20, 2009 8:36 pm ET)
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        "This blogger talks about CO2 emissions from just the human, but each human contributes much more C02 to the atmosphere than what their body produces."

        The amount of CO2 from humans and animals is irrelevant. All the C02 they breath out came from plant matter which was taken out of the air. This circular process has zero impact on CO2 concentration, and was going on for millions of years before we started burning fossil fuels. It's flat out stupid to say that animals breathing out CO2, or plant decomposition for that matter, contribute to global warming. It loss of biomass (deforestation), and burning of fossil fuels. That's it.
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        • Author by toombsie (October 21, 2009 10:30 am ET)
             
          " All the C02 they breath out came from plant matter which was taken out of the air. This circular process has zero impact on CO2 concentration, and was going on for millions of years before we started burning fossil fuels."

          That would be true if humans were like any other species. But we are not like any other species. We have no natural predators to check our population growth. The human population keeps growing and growing and growing and through our intellect and inventiveness we figure out ways to continue to produce more food (for the most part) and increase living conditions that make it more hospitable for people to produce even more children.

          With other animals (deer for example), there are natural predators to keep their populations in check. Hunters for the most part control the population of deer. Name any other animal and you can think of a predator that controls its population (usually humans). We have nothing really that acts as a genuine population limiter (except for possible contraception which in some cultures is demonized as being unholy). So we have this exponentially growing human population producing CO2 that has no natural check other than the occasional war or tsunami. The "circular process" you mentioned was disrupted by the emergence of the modern day man.

          As the population continues to swell with no natural limits then the amount of humans as a whole start to increasingly contribute to the global warming effect. Deforestation only exacerbates the problem. And my point was that more humans means more fossil fuel burning contributing much more CO2 to the atmosphere than only their breathing. But the blogger makes a valid point that just their CO2 emissions alone could contribute and that less people would mean less CO2. CO2 is CO2 whether it comes from fossil fuel burning or not.
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    • Author by Palrh (October 20, 2009 4:12 pm ET)
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      It's not surprising that liberals can't understand Rush's comments... Myself, I'm only wondering who would make a better president in 2012... Rush Limbaugh or Sarah Palin... Sarah is definitely easier on the eyes but I'm thinking Rush. At least he can help me understand how anyone could think like you people :-)
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      • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 20, 2009 4:18 pm ET)
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        It's not surprising that liberals can't understand Rush's comments...
        It's not surprising that your ignorance leads you to believe that. We understand and refute his comments daily, and you dil-dittos can't see it.
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      • Author by shaggles (October 20, 2009 6:17 pm ET)
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        I think it would be great if Rush ran for Prez. I'd love to see him in a debate. By comparison Palin would sound like William F. Buckley.
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      • Author by New Frontier (October 20, 2009 8:46 pm ET)
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        a better president in 2012... Rush Limbaugh or Sarah Palin...

        Hmmmm... The Drugster? Or The Quitter??
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    • Author by MRF (October 20, 2009 4:48 pm ET)
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      You don't see Rush adding to the population. 3 marriages and no kids say's it all.
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    • Author by Indy (October 20, 2009 6:46 pm ET)
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      Wow Rush really sounds like a 5th having grader having a temper tantrum. And for all the world to observe. Yipeeeee! Oh Rush, Dusty Rhodes is on the line.
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    • Author by StHarding (October 20, 2009 7:37 pm ET)
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      I actually heard a bunch of this stuff in context today. More disturbing was a little aside that he said to introduce this excoriation of population control. It was to the effect that Liberals always see human beings as hindrances instead of resources. This drum has been beaten so effectively that hardly anyone has the guts to even mention "population control," even as a "thought experiment." My defense of liberalism is that we see human beings as human beings, not just resources. Conservatives like Rush seem to see human beings only as resources. Those human beings who don't have specific utility to the said Conservatives are defined as lazy and evil, and Rush is giddy to help in letting them die.
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    • Author by New Frontier (October 20, 2009 8:42 pm ET)
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      If Revkin had suggested suicide, El Rushbo's comment might make some sense. But Revkin didn't do that.

      Even if Revkin had advocated for baby-avoidance carbon credits (which he didn't) rather than asking why the issue wasn't being discussed more, Limbaugh's comment still would be a pretty absurd overreaction.

      As it is, Limbaugh, as is his way, sets up a fictitious Revkin straw man so he can act righteous and tell the straw man to kill himself. Slick--but typical Limbaugh.
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    • Author by daniel.h.rotter (October 20, 2009 9:12 pm ET)
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      Some radical rightists will defend almost literally anything Rush to Idiocy Limbaugh says. The only way the jihadi analogy and Limbaugh's "offer" to Revkin to go kill himself works is if Revkin wrote in his blog that the way to curb humanity's destruction of the planet is for other people to kill themselves. That's definitely NOT what Revkin wrote.
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    • Author by The Sigon (October 22, 2009 3:36 pm ET)
         
      Lots of smoke, not too much fire in these comments. Prove that Rush has a growing number of listeners. Subscribe to Arbitron and see it for yourself.
      Obama is driving conservatives crazy so then HE must be "right on point". No, he isn't driving anyone crazy. He is merely spreading the disappointment amongst those who voted using the Bush is an idiot, Bush is a Republican, I will vote for anyone that's not the Republican.
      Driving people crazy could only be true if he had accomplished any of his "hope and change" BS from the campaign. So far he's 0 for 2009.
      The disingenuous furor over Rush telling Revkin to kill himself is another silly attempt to vilify Limbaugh by pretending to not understand the rhetorical, stretched to the point of ridiculous to make the point logic. Just so weak. Media Matters is almost as funny as HuffPo. The only difference, which remains to be seen until after I click "Save" is that you publish my comments, HuffPo can't bear to do so.
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