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Ratty

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25. I've always found the Libertarian position on global warming interesting

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 01:23 PM

Dec 2011

I mean, most deniers abhor science as godless and liberal so they are against it as a matter of principle. Then you get the religious nutcases who believe in man's dominion and all that, the oil industry puppets who only care about their bottom line, Al Gore haters. So what's up with Libertarians who almost universally deny it? I see it as a challenge to their rigid world view. A problem that only government and regulation can solve. Thus is cannot exist.

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Ron Paul says global warming is a hoax. [View all] pnwmom Dec 2011 OP

We should do a clearinghouse thread on Ron Paul'isms. n/t Zalatix Dec 2011 #1

An embarrassment to Ferrengis everywhere. Gregorian Dec 2011 #2

Tansy Gold says Ron Paul is putz. A monumentally stupid putz at that. n/t Tansy_Gold Dec 2011 #3

+1000 MH1 Dec 2011 #29

Please don't insult putz's like that! madinmaryland Dec 2011 #46

Ron Paul talking to Alex Jones - that's enough to make your head hurt Morning Dew Dec 2011 #4

Yeah, they are cut from the same cloth Blue_Tires Dec 2011 #20

I wonder what name he posts under at FreeRepublic? nt Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #5

Rec JustAnotherGen Dec 2011 #6

Who cares what Ron Paul says? Are DU'ers that paranoid mmonk Dec 2011 #7

Make a list of what you want or don't want posted here NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #8

I don't care what is posted personally. And I have no problem with the OP. mmonk Dec 2011 #13

This is a political discussion forum trumad Dec 2011 #10

And if people don't like comments, likewise. mmonk Dec 2011 #12

Should be at least a little paranoid. Richard D Dec 2011 #16

I've seen more posts than I can count Ratty Dec 2011 #24

you're calling DUers "paranoid" for discussing what Ron Paul says? CreekDog Dec 2011 #35

Pardon me. I thought it odd at the time I posted that there mmonk Dec 2011 #47

Appalling. Laelth Dec 2011 #9

Ron Paul and his defenders are lunatics NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #11

+1... SidDithers Dec 2011 #23

I was chatting with a Ron Paul supporter here myself just yesterday but he left for some reason NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #34

They're coming out of the woodwork... SidDithers Dec 2011 #36

Well if we actually did do something about it The2ndWheel Dec 2011 #14

Do you have a religious belief that the economy would be hurt by doing something? CreekDog Dec 2011 #33

The only evidence I would have are The2ndWheel Dec 2011 #37

But if the vehicles run on renewable energy...? immoderate Dec 2011 #41

The roads are a debt yet to be repaid The2ndWheel Dec 2011 #42

Yes, the idea, is to limit entropy. And that's new. immoderate Dec 2011 #45

That's an argument not evidence CreekDog Dec 2011 #43

Well hey! It doesn't say anything about global warming in the constitution! phleshdef Dec 2011 #15

I think Ron Paul may be a hoax. He is really E.T. yellowcanine Dec 2011 #17

yes, if methane gases are now coming up from the sea bed where the ice is melting newspeak Dec 2011 #19

Paul needs to talk to some of his peers w8liftinglady Dec 2011 #18

Abolish the EPA because it interferes with property rights? mysuzuki2 Dec 2011 #21

Ron Paul is right on concerning foreign wars and drugs aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2011 #22

I don't know about that. While Paul is pretty crazy, he has coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #26

Didn't he vote to invade and occupy Afghanistan? NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #32

I've always found the Libertarian position on global warming interesting Ratty Dec 2011 #25

Just out of curiosity (perhaps overly morbid), does Libertarianism coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #27

No. Not at all Ratty Dec 2011 #28

I wonder if Libertarians acknowledge climate science as a valid coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #44

The only regulation that could help would be The2ndWheel Dec 2011 #30

I believe this column which was also a D.U. thread by backscatter best answers your question Uncle Joe Dec 2011 #39

They deny it because if global warming is real, we need collective, governmental action pnwmom Dec 2011 #48

Oh gee whiz! gratuitous Dec 2011 #31

Property rights for people or companies? LiberalFighter Dec 2011 #38

Ron Paul's presidential run is a hoax. AtomicKitten Dec 2011 #40

Ron Paul is one of the biggest hoaxes of all time.... WCGreen Dec 2011 #49