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> You’re blaming the drug dealers for people choosing to shoot heroin. Grade-school libertarianism doesn't apply here. I'm blaming them for using their billi
by zzzeek 9y ago
> You’re blaming the drug dealers for people choosing to shoot heroin.
Grade-school libertarianism doesn't apply here. I'm blaming them for using their billions of dollars to pack my government with people like James Inhofe who willingly spread lies and misinformation about a regulatory subject they know nothing about:
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/234026-sen-inhofe-throws-snowball-to-disprove-climate-change http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/234026-sen-inho...
> Take a look at Inhofe's campaign funding. The major source, contributing half a million dollars over the past five years, has been the oil and gas industry... If Inhofe were to change his position on man-made global warming, is it credible that he would retain all this funding? No. He receives money from fossil fuel companies because he articulates the views to which these funders subscribe, and because he advances their interests in the Senate. Given that keeping your seat means spending a fortune on television advertising and other forms of campaigning, changing your views on a matter of great interest to your sponsors is likely to be political suicide.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2012/aug/02/climate-change-political-funding-us https://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2012/a...