Posted on 06/25/2014 9:30:26 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
... The president mocked those who question the science behind climate change or the urgency of addressing the problem, which has emerged as a legacy issue for his presidency and a polarizing topic in November congressional elections.
"In most communities and work places, et cetera, when you talk to folks, they may not know how big a problem, they may not know exactly how it works, they may doubt that we can do something about it, but generally they don’t just say, no, I don’t believe anything scientists say," he said, to laughter.
He likened evidence that human activity causes global warming to the medical profession's confidence in the health risks of smoking.
"I’m not a doctor either, but if a bunch of doctors tell me that tobacco can cause lung cancer, then I’ll say, OK," he said. "Right? I mean, it’s not that hard."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Yes, the word “folks” from him is so clearly phony; it’s a word that I would wager that he’s never ever used it in private conversation.
He talks like this, with infantile taunts toward people who disagree with him, because he has no intellectual curiosity about anything outside of his own experience and indoctrination. An eternal spoiled know-it-all teenager.
Bingo!
Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals
Rule 5: Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It’s hard to counterattack ridicule, and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.
Omeba’s tried and true tactics for political subversion. Right in your face 24/7.
‘The scandal of fiddled global warming data’
The US has actually been cooling since the Thirties, the hottest decade on record
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