According to "Brownie", Obama wanted this oil spill so that the President could now "pander to Environmentalists". Never mind the fact President Obama recently agreed to open certain areas offshore to drilling to appease the rightwing nutjobs who want to "Drill, Baby, Drill" anywhere they damn well please.
Still, Brownie's stupid statement is not as crazy as some of the diarrhea coming out of Rush Limbaugh's mouth.
Please see alternet.org's "7 Stupidest Statements Made About The BP Gulf Oil Spill"
In this lineup of crazytalkers, Rush Limbaugh appears twice.
Rush took 7th place with:
Rush Limbaugh: Environmentalists probably blew up the oil rig.
Ah, yes. Where would any major event be if Rush Limbaugh wasn't around to say something idiotic about it? This time, Limbaugh predictably uses the fact that the explosion happened around Earth Day to, yes, blame environmentalists for it. Here's some of the quote:
But this bill, the cap-and-trade bill, was strongly criticized by hardcore environmentalist wackos because it supposedly allowed more offshore drilling and nuclear plants, nuclear plant investment. So, since they're sending SWAT teams down there, folks, since they're sending SWAT teams to inspect the other rigs, what better way to head off more oil drilling, nuclear plants, than by blowing up a rig? I'm just noting the timing here.
Such a sleuth, that Limbaugh. And that's just a snippet of his inane rant.
Wait until you read the next one which earned Rush his 1st place award:
Rush Limbaugh: Oil Spill is as "Natural as the Ocean Water is."
It's only fitting that our list begins and ends with Limbaugh. The first statement he made, while undeniably stupid, is the sort of thing that he can be counted on to spout while blathering about the 'left' and those 'wacko environmentalists'. But this statement is 100% objectively stupid: ""The ocean will take care of this on its own if it was left alone and left out there," Limbaugh said. "It's natural. It's as natural as the ocean water is."
The alternet piece continues on with the following comments about that blivet which popped out of Rush's mouth with this:
Woops. Here's TreeHugger's Michael Graham Richards taking down:
This shows a total lack of understanding, a big 'science fail'... "Natural" doesn't always mean good, despite what the marketing people would like you to believe. Arsenic, lead and mercury are as natural as can be, but you wouldn't want them in your food or your living room. Well, crude oil is also natural, but it's toxic to most living organisms (exceptions are rare, mostly bacteria), and the waters of the Gulf of Mexico are the living room and fridge of countless species.
And once again, Rush Limbaugh has been proven to be, wholly and unequivocally, an idiot.
To which a reader, nigelwhalmsley, on Motley Fool's Political Asylum board commented,
"So, Rush thinks that drilling platforms occur spontaneously in nature. Hmmm. Al Franken was right. Rush is a big fat idiot."
Nuff said.
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