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alpharaposa ([personal profile] alpharaposa) wrote2009-12-01 05:23 pm
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QFT

"I'll say it again: The great moral scandal of global warming hysteria is that — even if it's a real danger — it steals political and financial capital that might be spent on addressing far more immediate problems and spends it on ideological schemes that empower global elites."
-Jonah Goldberg

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTJmNDRhYWVlOTliMGQwOTRjM2E3ZTNhMjI2NjBiMzM

[identity profile] aefenglommung.livejournal.com 2009-12-02 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
The power grab is so obvious, only those blinded by their ideology can't see it. And it is insidious because it's based upon a half-truth: that we should take care of the planet and not just exploit it.

[identity profile] drewtiggy.livejournal.com 2009-12-04 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the sort of thing that the more liberal people rail against? Extravagant, wasteful spending that "empowers global elites?"

I wonder why they're not screaming about it yet, if they really mean what they say?

[identity profile] drewtiggy.livejournal.com 2009-12-04 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, I must confess that primarily what caught my attention was that you, of all people, used the abbreviation QFT - it implies a level of frustration I don't honestly recall seeing often, although I can easily understand its inspiration.

[identity profile] stryck.livejournal.com 2009-12-04 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't think Quote For Truth really signified frustration... though exasperation does figure into it.

[identity profile] drewtiggy.livejournal.com 2009-12-08 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. Mostly owing to my use of IRC these days, I mentally translated QFT as "quit f***in' talking". My bad O.o