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“Here, have a bloated SUV, they say. Sorry about all your dead kids in Iraq”

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:August 3, 2006
Post category:American Culture Consumerism Energy Environment global warming
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If you're wondering why we "can't" buy electric cars (especially since 80% of Americans drive 50 miles or less per day), check out this review of an electric sports car. The title deserves a special award of some sort: "Lick My Silent Sports Car; How much has Big Auto lied?…

Special extra-low bar the media provides for converted knuckleheads merits headline for Pat Robertson

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:August 3, 2006
Post category:Environment global warming Religion
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Gosh. If you've publicly shown yourself to be especially prone to dysfunctional cognition and flights of fantasy for many years, you can get yourself a big headline by merely stating the obvious. Here's the story from Reuters: Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson said on Thursday the wave of scorching temperatures across…

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