Oil Kleptocrat of State; Un-Education Secretary of No-Brainer

Dear U.S. Senators, Please vote no on the nomination of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State. Exxon Mobil is a global criminal enterprise for the way they have delayed climate action and exacerbated climate change. This is a cynical man who will make America's foreign policy focused on extracting oil and causing wars. Future generations will not forgive the destruction we have caused when we let oil companies run our country and delay us from creating a more sustainable world. Also, from a political perspective, what type of resistance do you think you will be giving the Trump agenda when you green light his picks? Do you think the Republicans will be grateful for your support and your vote? Do you think they will respond in kind and support your issues? Very naive. Have you seen what they did to President Obama? Please follow the lead of your fellow Senator Bernie Sanders. He is showing true leadership in a time of crisis. Also, vote no on Betsy De Vos, the nominee for Education Secretary who wants to privatize our public education system, and create a Christian curriculum that violates the separation of church and state and would be anti-science and anti-climate. We need a secular, science-based curriculum that can help us stop climate change! Please be strong and give hope to progressives!

Dinosaur Bones in Coal Minds

This cracked me up! A climate denier comment on a recent Huffington Post article about climate deniers:

09:42 PM on 4/26/2010

"Oil and coal are not fossil fuels. If they were, we would have ran out of those energy sources long ago.
How many dinosaur bones have been found in coal minds? How many fossil remains have been pumped out of oil wells?

Oil and coal are naturally occurring products.

Concerning coal-fired powers plants: as a truck drive I often deliver to one in my state. The only thing that is released from it into the air is steam; and no pollutants are released into the ground or the water supply.. Electric plants have come a long ways in creating energy without polluting the environment."

Good interview with Joe Romm on Deniers, er, Disinformers

I dissed Joe Romm a few blog posts ago for not liking dividends.
But I'm balancing it out with a link to this interview with him, where he talks about deniers, or as he calls them, disinformers.

http://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/1687/700_club/