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Rising Hegemon — This bit on Fred Barnes is awesome in its dickweediness: Barnes wrote: The more the case for man-made warming falls apart, the more hysterical Gore gets about an imminent catastrophe. We hadn't heard anything lately about the case for man-made global warming falling apart. In fact, just the opposite. So we called Barnes and asked him what he was referring to. At first, he cited the fact that it's been cold lately. Perhaps sensing this was less than convincing, Barnes then asserted that there ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — HEY FRED, ARE YOU CHILLY? WHY DON'T YOU GO TO AUSTRALIA? I see from Zachary Roth at Talking Points Memo that Fred Barnes, in his latest Weekly Standard column, has written the following about climate change: The more the case for man-made warming falls apart, the more hysterical Gore gets about an imminent catastrophe. Roth called Barnes to ask him for his evidence and this is what he got: At first, he cited the fact that it's been cold lately. Perhaps sensing this was less than convincing, Barnes then asserted ...

Fred Barnes says global warming is a myth because it was cold this winter
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — It's Sarah Palin logic. George Bush logic. The logic of the uneducated masses who the Republicans love to claim to represent and serve (when they really represent and serve corporate America). It's a pathological love affair with stupid. And the GOP needs to get over it, fast. TPM Muckraker: Check out this passage from Barnes' latest column for the Weekly Standard: Democrats couldn't hide their self-consciousness about the excesses of their own bill. Supporters made few TV appearances to defend it and rarely talked about specific spending items. ...

Fred Barnes' ongoing confusion
Political Animal — ... stimulus. Obama sounded like Al Gore on global warming. The more the case for man-made warming falls apart, the more hysterical Gore gets about an imminent catastrophe. The more public support his bill loses, the more Obama embraces fear-mongering. "The failure to act, and act now," the president said last week, "will turn a crisis into a catastrophe." That's quite a lot of stupidity in just 57 words. Specifically relating to Barnes being a global-warming denier, Zachary Roth gave the conservative pundit a call , to see when, exactly, the case for man-made warming started ...

Because the Doppler Weather Radar in my ass says so…
Firedoglake — Fred Barnes, employed by Bill Kristol to make himself look smart, writes: Democrats couldn't hide their self-consciousness about the excesses of their own bill. Supporters made few TV appearances to defend it and rarely talked about ...

Journamalism
WTF Is It Now?!? — Weekly Standard columnist Fred Barnes: "I'm not going to do your research for you." In a related story, Weekly Standard columnist Fred Barnes was once arrested in a gay pedophile crackhouse, wearing a violet feather boa around his sere and scanty privates while shoving a hamster up his bum. Really. Look it up.

REVEALED: Marc Morano’s Pack Of Climate Denial Jokers
Wonk Room — ... Marc Morano, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)’s environmental aide, sits at the center of the right-wing global warming denier propaganda machine — of fifty-two people. Conservative columnist Fred Barnes recently refused to tell TPM Muckraker who’s informed him “the case for global warming” is falling apart, but all signs point to ...

Think Progress Names NewsBusters Editors 'Climate Denial Jokers'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Marc Morano, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)’s environmental aide, sits at the center of the right-wing global warming denier propaganda machine — of fifty-two people. Conservative columnist Fred Barnes recently refused to tell TPM Muckraker who’s informed him “the case for global warming” is falling apart, but all signs point to ...

'Green News Report' - February 19, 2009
The BRAD BLOG — ... on today's episode follow below... Hamburgers are the Hummers of food in global warming: scientists Grim year for Sacramento River chinook Delta Pumping Behind Salmon and Killer Whale Declines REVEALED: Marc Morano's Pack of Climate Denial Jokers Fred Barnes' source for climate science Where There's a (George) Will There's A Way ... To Deny Global Warming Barnes: Global Warming Isn't Man Made --- But I Won't Tell You How I Know That For a ...

ThinkFast: October 27, 2009
Think Progress — ... Refuting conservative claims about global cooling, the AP’s Seth Borenstein “gave temperature data to four independent statisticians” in a blind test and “the experts found no true temperature declines over time.” “Saying there’s a downward trend since 1998 is ...