Rush Limbaugh and the Heartland Institute: I am Ignorance, Hear Me Roar

Rush is a pseudo-intellectual dealing in an ideology of division, fear, and hate; the Heartland Institute is a pseudo-think tank that, as denier watchdogs Greenfyre and DeSmogBlog have adroitly and consistently pointed out , pursue a wholly political agenda, once only thinly veiled, but now largely abandoning any pretense of "doing science."

While groups like Heartland and individuals like Limbaugh shout from their platforms in an effort to impugn the growing scientific and empirical evidence of increasingly rapid climate change, they are forced to rely ever more on straw man attacks, ad hominem arguments, and the same sort of radical, alarmist, and cult-like rhetoric they themselves accuse of anyone who dare oppose them. They would lead us straight into another dark age if they could.

The Heartland Institute is largely marginalized, followed only by those drinking the same kool-aid who, like James Inhofe, doggedly pursue questionable sources and techniques to support their position while accusing others of employing those same tactics.

The Heartland Institute - Check out the "Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Climate Change" here, then see if you agree with the alarmist rant above