In the global warming arena, it’s Corporate America and reality vs. Chris Muir
Published by punkass marc January 23rd, 2007 in Environment, Big Business, FUCKING IDIOTS
If you ever need to make one single convincing argument against intelligent design, just point to Chris Muir. This willfully ignorant shitbag spews aggravating, blatant falsehoods as obvious facts, and not just on any old topic. Muir chooses to further lies that threaten the fate of the planet, presumably because they happen to come from the other political camp. “Petty” doesn’t even begin to describe his brand of self-destruction. That humans could evolve over millions of years and STILL produce a product as broken as Chris Muir pretty much disproves intelligent design on its face.
Global warming is very real, and very dangerous. Every credible scientific study ever performed backs this up.
It’s gotten so serious that major corporations want government action on the issue:
Chief executives of 10 major corporations urged Congress on Monday to require limits on greenhouse gases this year, contending voluntary efforts to combat climate change are inadequate.
These companies banded together to form the United States Climate Action Partnership, and their membership includes GE, BP America, DuPont, Alcoa, Duke Energy, and more. They are some of the biggest, least friendly companies in the world, and even they are demanding the feds make them reduce emissions.
Think about that for a moment.
Most warmnut arguments against government intervention rest on the assumption that it would harm the economy. But not even corporate America believes that anymore:
At a news conference, the executives said that mandatory reductions of heat-trapping emissions can be imposed without economic harm and would lead to economic opportunities if done across the economy and with provisions to mitigate costs.Many of the companies already have voluntarily moved to curb greenhouse emissions, they said. But the executives also said they do not believe voluntary efforts will suffice.
“It must be mandatory, so there is no doubt about our actions,” said Jim Rogers, chairman of Duke Energy. “The science of global warming is clear. We know enough to act now. We must act now.”
We agree to participate in a governed society because we all believe that external enforcement of an agreed-upon set of common restrictions — no murder, no stealing, no rape, etc. — improves our overall quality of life, and, arguably, our freedom. All these companies (and you, and me, and any other sane person) want is to extend this logic to some basic environmental protection.
Left to our own devices, we’re almost always going to make the short-sighted, selfish choice. That’s why we make laws, to force us to do the right thing even when we might not want to in any given moment. Right now, companies have no incentive to reduce emissions significantly on their own. But they recognize that if you make everyone do it, then no one gets ahead by cheating the environment.
So that’s it. That’s the end of even the most remote bullshit crackpot theory from the Right on the matter. The leaders of their precious free market want to save the planet. I think it’s about time they get in line.
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I don’t know if this is a typo, but if not, it’s very evocative.
Left to our own devices, we’re almost always going to make the short-sighted, selfish choice. That’s why we make laws, to force us to do the right thing even when we might not want to in any given moment.
The weird thing is, wingtards realize this, which is why they want to make it illegal to cheat on your spouse or fuck yourself with a piece of plastic. They don’t even trust themselves not to feel gay lust if they don’t have the fear of the law in them.
No typo. I just make up words sometimes.
Chris Muir is completely incapable of anything but mindlessly repeating lame Reichwing talking points and setting them against bad illustrations.
Why should anyone ever pay any attention to his crap?
He better save every penny of income from his “work”, ’cause when the bottom drops out, and he finds himself working the counter of a McDonald’s while standing next to Bruce Tinsley, he’s gonna need it all…
I dunno, this post almost makes the corporate leaders sound like they have a conscience.
At least some of them stepped forward, admittedly, because they see the writing on the wall—not that the globe is warming, but that the Fed Gov is going to have to address it soon. As one CEO put it (but I’ll use my own metaphor) he has the choice of bending over and taking what the Fed is going to give him, or he could step forward and be in the discussions with the Fed and possibly have sway over exactly what will soon be shoved up his backside.
I think it’s awesome they’re addressing it, but until they prove otherwise, the average corporate CEO hasn’t grown a conscience or a nonselfish bone yet. I only wish I could be so arrogant and greedy…ya’ know it’d be fun.
JoeC,
Agreed completely — these people are still selfish and greedy. But it’s progress that they acknowledge the problem. There’s no way for them to turn back from admitting they think it’s a serious issue, and they’ve robbed Republicans of some of their primary arguments against regulation. All in all, I’ll take this attitude over stonewalling us with non-action.
Holy sweat, the greatest evidence of global warming may be that it’s 180 degrees in the White House…Bush just mentioned “global climate change” on national TV in a sentence WITHOUT the words “flaky screwball fruitcake jerkwads who call themselves scientists.” That’s a first…
P.S. Just saw The Corporation not long ago. Scary to hear from their mouths what corporate bigwigs would like to own (rivers, DNA sequences, etc.) Anyway, your post info is evidence the pendulum IS finally swinging back toward center, and none too soon. Cheers!
On a day when I woke up to the news that even George Bush is asking people to use less gas, Chris Muir is still spouting this crap. Does he even try to give any evidence, or is his proof limited to yelling “Liar, Liar pants on fire!”?
Today’s is on global warming as well. Apparently it’s not been “proven real”. One wonders if by this he means “hasn’t destroyed everything yet”.