Oh those wacky College Repugs at Oklahoma U! Not content with wrecking the country with their unwinnable war, they want to wreck the planet too. Instead of reflecting in sober fashion on the fact of global warming, they're celebrating "Global Cooling Day" and hosting "Global Warming Beach Parties."
OK, we know that in OK most folks aren't the sharpest knives in their respective drawers (they routinely send the dumbest congressional delegation in the nation). And what can you say about a CR chapter that promotes Straight Pride Week? But this is monumentally dumb:
Freeze out environmentalist scare tactics with a little humor. The Oklahoma University College Republicans gave out free snow cones to students for an event they called "Global Cooling Day." Stage an event like this one to grab the attention of your campus and raise awareness on the falsities of the global warming phenomenon. Engage with students and debunk some of the myths and cool the hyperbole surrounding the issue.
Kind of makes you wonder ... if they're expending all this energy tilting at windmills, are they going to sign up for the biggest windmill tilt of all - the Dear Leader's Iraq War? Michael Patlan is the chair of the OU CRs, maybe he knows. (UPDATE: try this email).
tags: bush science global warming impeach bush college republicans michael patlan
cross-posted at Operation Yellow Elephant
Did they skip the memo about classes ending and summer break? Because they're supposed to be out painting and roofing for their uncles' businesses and getting high school girls in a family way this week. They're a little off-schedule, if you know what I mean...
Posted by: Tata | June 02, 2006 at 08:53 AM
Snowcones, eh? At least they're not out date-raping and gay bashing or vice versa.
What a flock of weasels.
When, oh when, is the Draft going to be resurrected?
Posted by: Robot Buddha | June 02, 2006 at 11:13 AM
Maybe they can drop those snowcones down their pants and chill out their Bush-issue war codpieces.
Posted by: cruelanimal | June 02, 2006 at 12:18 PM
Yo, Repubs -- Trust Entropy. Entropy always wins. For those of you who flunked freshman physics, this means that while you can move heat around, and temporarily create some cold places (like snowcones and walk-in freezers), you have to make more heat in order to move the heat out of the places you want to make cold. End result? MORE HEAT THAN YOU STARTED WITH!
The more snowcones you make, the more heat you make doing it. Have a side of global warming with that snowcone, fool.
Posted by: A. Cowherd | June 02, 2006 at 12:51 PM
Man my head hurts from having to witness so much stupid.
Posted by: HelenWheels | June 02, 2006 at 04:00 PM
I call these chickenhawk idiots BAGS. Basic American Guys. BAGS.
Posted by: Funny | June 02, 2006 at 04:05 PM
They better hope their offspring come equipped with gills...
Posted by: The CultureGhost | June 03, 2006 at 12:21 AM
There's pride in stupidity in this country. Why the hell are the college Republicans so pissed off about when it comes to global warming anyway? What aspect of their pathetic lives are they trying to protect? Why are those who care about the environment so vilified? How do they get whipped up in such an anti-environmental frenzy? Oklahoma, of all places. Not exactly known for its great institutions of learning.
Posted by: karena | June 03, 2006 at 10:28 AM
What sucks most about global warming is we won't be around to gloat when we're proven right! That really REALLY gets to me....
Posted by: HelenWheels | June 05, 2006 at 04:26 PM
maybe, just maybe this was to provide for intelligent discussion on a topic that you tree huggers won't even conceive anyone having a difference in opinion because it validates you on environmental issues. Fact: not every scientist believes global warming is our fault (to include meteorologists). Oh wait! Whats just accross the street from OU's campus??? The National Weather Service in Norman full of meteorologists who believe global warming is our fault, and also full of ones who don't. Fact: Earth has gone through heating and cooling cycles before. Prove me wrong. Anybody.
I'll admit that a minority of scientists believe in what I'm describing, but then again, I thought liberals stood up for minorities? But the truth comes out, no debate, liberals just don't want dialog.
Posted by: Soonerfan84 | June 08, 2006 at 12:43 PM