2011 - The "Age of Ignorance" begins, DC is the capital city, Congress the epicenter,

[L. Coyote]

as Republicans begin control of the US House.

My evidence: Citing biblical scripture to counter global warming science,
the incoming chair of the Subcommittee on Environment,
in committee at a hearing--OH MY GOD! (pun intended).

Regarding global warming:

"The Earth will end only when god declares it is time to be over. Man will not destroy this Earth." ...

"I do believe god's word is infallible, unchanging, perfect."

WATCH: Democracy Now's report this morning on the new Republican leaders:

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/3/incoming_gop_house_chairs_plan_to

Incoming GOP House Chairs Plan to Investigate Climate Scientists, Probe Muslim "Radicalization," Repeal Healthcare Reform

When the 112th Congress is sworn in on Wednesday, Republicans will hold a newfound edge in the House after four years in the minority. That means a field of Republican Congress members poised to helm the 23 House committees and their more than 100 subcommittees. Republicans have already promised a sweeping agenda, including investigating climate scientists, investigating "radicalization" in the Muslim community, and repealing President Obama’s healthcare law. We speak with Ryan Grim, senior congressional correspondent for the Huffington Post.

I hope readers will contribute other examples to this post,
but nothing I've seen illustrates what a dire time is ahead than the cited material above.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. They are Biblical literalists

as long as the Bible can be twisted to serve the interests of their corporate owners. The twisted literalism gives them cover with their drooler base when they do things that will eventually kill off that base (by which time there will be no need for elections)..

[L. Coyote]

5. As long as money decides elections, we will have idiots in public office doing their bidding

It seems more like the deciders who determine who will fill the candidacies have to fall back to extremes of ignorance.

[Angry Dragon]

2. If they are going to use their beliefs and god's written word

to govern then they have to offer proof.
That is only fair

[Xicano]

3. Yes I want to have a conversation with a talking snake. :P

:evilgrin:

[Jackpine Radical]

7. I'm sorry. Dick Cheney is not granting interviews at this time.

[L. Coyote]

8. He is too busy running the circus of idiots.

[Xicano]

9. LOL.

:rofl:



:hi:

[kgnu_fan]

4. How can we fight them off??? How do we resist this trend? Are we helpless????

[L. Coyote]

6. Educate their base about them and about science.

Liberate the people from the chains of god, the chains of slavery, the chains of ignorance.

Religion needs to be confronted head on if this is how it is going to be deployed!

[Shandris]

10. Good luck with that.

If 'educating' someone was all you needed to do, there wouldn't be very many people voting Republican to begin with. You have all sorts of defense mechanisms to work past, not the smallest of which is 'Well you believe your way and I'll believe mine'.

[L. Coyote]

12. Try to change their minds and they entrench = basic psychology

Oh well, people may not change, but the old ones do die :rofl:

[old mark]

11. They KNOW it - they just refuse to believe it...because it goes against what they think

is in the bible...

mark

[datasuspect]

14. you can't fight them

they want it more than the democrats and progressives do.

democrats had control over the house and senate. they in no way even bothered to even ratchet up the rhetoric (let alone legislation) like the repubs do.

the repubs are in it to win and they want complete domination.

[L. Coyote]

13. Now on YouTube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rshbdy6YAiI

ON DU HERE: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x540110

[L. Coyote]

15. Climate change denial by Shimkus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shimkus

Shimkus has become well known for his many statements denying the existence of human-induced climate change, and for his opposition to emissions trading legislation. On March 25, 2009, in introductory remarks made to Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley during a United States House Energy Subcommittee on Energy and Environment hearing, Shimkus made the following statement regarding the role of carbon dioxide in global warming:

"It's plant food ... So if we decrease the use of carbon dioxide, are we not taking away plant food from the atmosphere? ... So all our good intentions could be for naught. In fact, we could be doing just the opposite of what the people who want to save the world are saying."<15>

In a later hearing in which a theologian and leaders of the Lutheran church were invited to testify as witnesses, Shimkus quoted from the Biblical flood narrative: "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood, and never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done. As long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease." Referring to this account, he went on to state:

"...the earth will end only when God declares it's time to be over. Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood.... I appreciate having panelists here who are men of faith, and we can get into the theological discourse of that position, but I do believe God's word is infallible, unchanging, perfect. Today we have about 388 parts per million in the atmosphere. I think in the age of dinosaurs, when we had the most flora and fauna, we were probably at 4,000 parts per million. There is a theological debate that this is a carbon-starved planet — not too much carbon. And the cost of a cap-and-trade on the poor is now being discovered."<16><17>