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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

What Passes for Commentary

Posted by ERICA C. BARNETT on May 23 at 13:46 PM

Anthony Hecht and I have both posted here about the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s over-the-top propaganda campaign against Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth. Today on Fox, a representative for another oil company-backed conservative organization, the National Center for Policy Analysis, said watching An Inconvenient Truth to learn about the environment was like watching a movie by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels to learn about Nazi Germany.

ThinkProgress has the story.

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Erica, did NOBODY there go to the Town Hall transpo thingie last night? I was counting on you to deliver the news.

*sigh*

I went to the book talk instead.

Posted by Michael | May 23, 2006 1:48 PM

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Full report in tomorrow's paper.

Posted by ECB | May 23, 2006 2:04 PM

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Whew. Thanks! I'll be looking for it.

Posted by Michael | May 23, 2006 2:08 PM

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I have one word to respond to this clip:

FUCK.

Posted by Superfurry Animal | May 23, 2006 2:10 PM

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I went to a Mariners game instead - priorities. Oh, and Erica, thanks for the news (too bad about that other Town Hall thing I emailed you on).

Posted by Will in Seattle | May 23, 2006 2:39 PM

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SHIT... I was hoping that I could just blow off this movie the same way I blow off Mike Moore movies... while I am not a member of the choir, I am among the congregants. It’s just that I don’t like being be preached at, that’s all.

But when billion dollar industries spend millions to counter the message, why, I get the impression that there is something there they don’t want me to know about. Just follow the trail of money, then turn left.

Posted by Phenics | May 23, 2006 3:00 PM

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Erica is right, we all must take action. I shop at Whole Foods and drive a brand new Hybrid car to my job at Microsoft. I only eat locally grown sustainable produce. Even the dishsoap I use is ecofriendly. I challenge the rest of you to really do something to stop global warming.

Posted by Sheila | May 23, 2006 3:14 PM

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I walk to work, skateboard to other work locations, and live two blocks from the PCC so I can walk my groceries home.

Plus, I put my blankets in the cupboard.

That should stop global warming.

Posted by Will in Seattle | May 23, 2006 3:36 PM

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www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?020107fa_FACT

Climate change? For at least 100,000 years.

Posted by hippie tree hugger | May 23, 2006 3:49 PM

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Those poor oppressed Exxon executives.

Posted by thehim | May 23, 2006 5:02 PM

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Phenics, I agree 100%. I too was gonna pass on this movie, mostly because I'm already on their side, and figured I didn't need to spend $10 to see it. But Big Oil spending millions trying to quash it pisses me off. So now I'm gonna go see Gore's movie just as a 'fuck you!' to Exxon.

Posted by SDA in SEA | May 23, 2006 5:18 PM

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