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lets throw a little context at asnd see if it matters random thoughts Send a noteboard - 17/03/2011 12:12:03 AM
Here is the original bit we were given

This has to be a tough call for the environmentalists around the world. They're scrambling now to blame this on global warming


Reading that implies that Rush is claiming that that there are environmentalist out there actively claiming that global warming caused it.


Bit left out
have no doubt they're gonna try to claim global warming had something to do with the earthquake and the tsunami. Well of course they will.

But here when we look at what else he said it is clear that he is only claiming that they will blame it on it global warming. Not that much unlike my comment that some church nutter will blame it on gays.

As for the other, saying that he claiming the extra few centimeters of sea level we can blame on global warming was a factor doesn't really go very far in defending him. I think I had more respect for him when is was unclear what he meant.
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So, how many drugs is Rush Limbaugh actually on? - 16/03/2011 08:30:25 AM 945 Views
Possibly different ones then the EESC president - 16/03/2011 03:58:41 PM 870 Views
No one's blaming the earthquake or tsunami on global warming. - 16/03/2011 04:22:52 PM 655 Views
Actually people have - 16/03/2011 04:31:37 PM 807 Views
Which people? Where? Example? - 16/03/2011 06:48:10 PM 830 Views
Tsunami and climate change - 17/03/2011 11:59:36 PM 869 Views
A slightly misleading post - 16/03/2011 07:41:46 PM 750 Views
Surprised? *NM* - 16/03/2011 08:59:35 PM 318 Views
Not completely. *NM* - 16/03/2011 09:13:48 PM 285 Views
Kind of missed the point there - 16/03/2011 09:54:35 PM 754 Views
If you link the transcript I'll look at it. - 16/03/2011 10:16:21 PM 626 Views
Re: If you link the transcript I'll look at it. - 16/03/2011 10:44:56 PM 758 Views
" I can't help attaching, you know, political reaction to this". Yeah, we noticed.... - 16/03/2011 11:10:11 PM 771 Views
Re: " I can't help attaching, you know, political reaction to this". Yeah, we noticed.... - 16/03/2011 11:42:29 PM 599 Views
Fair enough. - 17/03/2011 12:08:13 AM 703 Views
Re: Fair enough. - 17/03/2011 12:37:12 AM 680 Views
No worries. - 17/03/2011 12:48:44 AM 940 Views
I've read the transcript - 16/03/2011 10:34:41 PM 771 Views
Re: I've read the transcript - 16/03/2011 10:46:42 PM 676 Views
You need to reread what I said - 16/03/2011 10:49:45 PM 646 Views
No, I think you're still missing my point - 16/03/2011 11:09:04 PM 720 Views
Perhaps - 16/03/2011 11:26:37 PM 783 Views
Okay, I'm done - 16/03/2011 11:37:58 PM 674 Views
Seriously, you need to pick a better example to make your point - 18/03/2011 05:00:10 PM 649 Views
No. You don't get to say, "what he said doesn't matter because of how we learned of it". - 16/03/2011 11:54:46 PM 696 Views
I told you, I'm done in this thread - 16/03/2011 11:59:08 PM 635 Views
Acknowledged (though I'd not seen that response yet, sorry). - 17/03/2011 12:11:58 AM 691 Views
I think Republicans should stop using "legitimate". I do not think it means what they think it means - 16/03/2011 04:11:14 PM 780 Views
there are enough carzies on the left to make things like this easy for Rush - 16/03/2011 04:20:47 PM 717 Views
So it doesn't matter that no one said it as long as he can plausibly claim they did. - 16/03/2011 06:58:17 PM 638 Views
well since it is taken out of context it is hard to say where Rush was going with it - 16/03/2011 07:19:46 PM 736 Views
Um... he stated where he was going with it. - 16/03/2011 07:30:02 PM 708 Views
At least you are not ashamed to use a double standard - 16/03/2011 08:17:39 PM 648 Views
It's the same standard, whatever you choose to believe. - 16/03/2011 09:08:01 PM 771 Views
I don't thinkit is as clear as you make it out to be - 16/03/2011 09:31:53 PM 670 Views
It is not just "possible" he's talking about islands affected by global warming; he says it outright - 16/03/2011 10:09:16 PM 836 Views
Sorry but I still fail to see how the islands he mention are a sign of what needs to be done - 16/03/2011 10:27:20 PM 705 Views
Hey, guys! - 16/03/2011 10:55:07 PM 601 Views
and how its that different than what I said? *NM* - 16/03/2011 11:14:46 PM 272 Views
Then you don't understand context and this whole discussion is pointless. - 16/03/2011 11:28:47 PM 780 Views
lets throw a little context at asnd see if it matters - 17/03/2011 12:12:03 AM 671 Views
Yes: It makes it worse. - 17/03/2011 12:45:12 AM 671 Views
Re: At least you are not ashamed to use a double standard - 16/03/2011 09:22:37 PM 789 Views
maybe he heard that they were blaming it on Pearl Harbor *NM* - 16/03/2011 10:14:59 PM 278 Views

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