It’s officially come to
this; that is, crappy game show hosts denying climate change and making totally
absurd statements in the process. No word yet on where Louie Anderson stands on
public land use. The longtime host of ABC’s Wheel of Fortune appears to have
bought a vowel to spell idiot as the former weatherman, ironically enough,
blasted environmentalists behind the overwhelming
scientific consensus that supports global warming.
Pat
Sajak thinks environmentalists are ‘unpatriotic racists’
Look–I understand one
can go mad at having to give a crap, each and every day, about ordinary people
winning all-expense paid vacations to Sandals, for solving silly phrases, which
is all for the viewing pleasure of senior citizens. But since when does that
mind-numbing redundancy cause one to suddenly turn into Donald Trump or Sarah
Palin? Could it be possible that Pat Sajak is simply echoing the right-wing
argument about environmentalists all being “white and wealthy elitists.”
In his book
entitled “Eco-Imperialism: Green
Power, Black Death,” author and climate change denier Paul Driessen talks about how the environmental
movement “imposes the views
of mostly wealthy, comfortable Americans and Europeans on mostly poor,
desperate Africans, Asians and Latin Americans.”
Yeah, because somehow
caring about not choking on a cloud of carbon fumes and watching your cherished
shore and pristine places wash away on account of sea-level rise is
totally an elitist concept. For those who reside in reality town, the fact remains
that the world’s most crushing poor, including LDCs and island nations, are
most vulnerable .
World Bank President
Jim Yong Kim, for example, recently said
climate change was a “fundamental threat” to
global economic development as
he called for a major new push to reduce extreme poverty over the next 17
years.
“If we do not act to curb climate change immediately, we will leave our children and grandchildren an unrecognizable planet,” Kim said. “It is the poor, those least responsible for climate change and least able to afford adaptation, who would suffer the most.” (WaPo)
But apparently Sajak
thinks that poor black people like a burning planet or somehow won’t be among
the first to suffer in the wake of major hurricanes (Katrina, anyone?)? What
the hell does he think?!
Nevertheless,
scientific blogger Greg Laden won the internet earlier today when he tweeted this
very funny photo.
Suggestion
for Wheel of Fortune puzzle! @patsajak
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