I’m afraid, dear progressive friends, Mr Maher is 110% correct

Posted on 7 May 2017 by ecoquant

I see nearly every week in the comedy called progressive plans for energy sources in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Progressives, it seems, eschew cooperation with business and attorneys and, as a result, never get anything respectable done. They are, as I’ve sometimes remarked, in practice, liberal climate deniers, because they rate the survival of their collective political power more important than that of civilization.

(Hat tip to Climate Denial Crock of the Week)

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See https://wordpress.com/view/667-per-cm.net/ Retired data scientist and statistician. Now working projects in quantitative ecology and, specifically, phenology of Bryophyta and technical methods for their study.

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Gingerbaker says:

22 May 2017 at 21:05

Um… what? Progressives have no political power. Who is a nationally-known progressive besides Bernie and a few others? I know zero progressives who are climate deniers. Who the heck are you talking about?

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- Gingerbaker says:
  
  22 May 2017 at 21:06
  
  Tell me, please, that you are not simply hippie-punching here.
  
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