Posts Tagged ‘republican’
Slate might actually be stealing my ideas. Not really, but you have to admit that it’s getting a little suspicious.
About two weeks ago, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek post accusing Slate of stealing my ideas. On the same day, Slate published pieces defending skipping and arguing that climate change skeptics can no longer use the word skeptic when describing themselves because it’s simply not true. I had previously published blog posts that were eerily similar.…
Read More“I’m not a scientist” is a perfectly acceptable response to climate change questions, as long as you’re willing to acknowledge everything else that you are not.
Republicans who have found the denial of climate change too ridiculous and inconvenient to continue to perpetuate have turned to a new strategy. In response to questions about climate change, they have adopted a single sentence sound byte that they are repeating with disturbing regularity. “I’m not a scientist.” “I can’t comment on climate change…
Read MoreThe demographics of the Republican Party are astounding.
There are currently 278 Republicans in both the House and Senate. Every single one of them is a Christian. Just 23 are women. There is one African-American. That African-American, Tim Scott of South Carolina, was not elected. He was appointed to fill a vacant seat by the state’s governor. In fact, the only black Republicans…
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