2.08.2008

tom delay vs science

"it is arrogance to suggest that man can effect climate change. there's no science that supports such a notion." - tom delay.

you heard it, right from the horse's mouth, man-made climate change doesn't exist. republican tom delay, former majority house leader, and currently awaiting trail for alleged money laundering, scoffs at the idea that humans are effecting climate change. he also believes in absolutely no restrictions on the right to bear arms. for tom, it is freedom at all costs, regardless of consequence.

what tom and his ilk (re: cave-dwelling, crazy-ass republicans) doesn't understand, is that real freedom isn't the right to do whatever you want, whenever you want and damn all the consequences. that sort of freedom is a trap. that sort of reckless freedom only ensures that your rights will encroach on the rights of others to live their lives. that's not freedom: that's just being selfish, which is pretty much the root of our problems. and you wonder why some people hate western society.