David "Climate Nuremberg" Roberts: "Teabaggers" are winning

Dear Teabaggers,

I am not an anthropologist and you are not some tribe whose folkways I’m professionally obliged to examine but never judge or disrupt. Angry white southerners with a victim complex and a sense of entitlement don’t date back to the American Revolution, but they sure aren’t new, and their record is pretty clear. While I’m sure there are exceptions, for the most part you’re a force for reactionary nihilism and irrationalism in American life and the world would be a better place if the media quit fawning over you.

So yeah, I know "teabaggers" is demeaning. It’s also pretty funny.

You get to demean American public life; I get to demean you. If it’s any consolation, you’re winning.

Flashback: An excerpt from a new book by George Monbiot | David Roberts

When we've finally gotten serious about global warming, when the impacts are really hitting us and we're in a full worldwide scramble to minimize the damage, we should have war crimes trials for these bastards -- some sort of climate Nuremberg.

There is No Frakking "Scientific Consensus" on Global Warming: James Hansen Drags NASA into His Personal Politics

Hansen's personal political views are his own business. But NASA belongs to - and is supposed to serve - all Americans. When a senior NASA official declares that lawbreakers "deserve" support for their "noble" gestures - well, you know what they say about Houston having a problem.

Part 4: Copenhagen special report – US reaction: Why climate moderates must win the day - "Ethical" Corporation

Of course, the left has its own share of apologists, as the Climategate disgrace has demonstrated. But it’s hard to top the hysteria from muck-it-up right-wingers – don’t use the misnomer “conservative” to describe these nabobs, as there are thoughtful non-left policy wonks addressing carbon reduction and resilience-building strategies – who would kill their own before acknowledging the real threat posed by global warming.

Part 3: Copenhagen Special Report – Exploiting the climate change [swindle] opportunities - "Ethical" Corporation

Climate change offers significant opportunities and if companies choose to see it as more than an extra cost it can provide new income streams.