I REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER IN
MICHIGAN BY THE NAME OF
REPRESENTATIVE TIM WALBERG WAS
RECENTLY TALKING TO HIS
CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE ISSUE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, EVEN
THOUGH HE IS A RIGHT-LEANING
POLITICIAN, HE DOES BELIEVE
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE EXISTS
HOWEVER, HE DOES WANT TO LET
EVERYONE KNOW THAT IF WE START
REALLY FEELING THE CONSEQUENCES
OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THERE'S
ONE INDIVIDUAL OR ONE POWER THAT
HAS EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL.
TAKE A LOOK.
I BELIEVE THERE IS CLIMATE
CHANGE.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN
CLIMATE CHANGE SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF TIME.
OKAY, WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD
STARTÖ REALLY GOOD START.
THAT'S A REPUBLICAN AGREEING
TO REALITY.
WONDERFUL.
THAN HE CONTINUES.
DO I THINK MAN HAS SOME
IMPACT?
YET, OF COURSE.
CAN MEN CHANGE THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSE?
NOTE.
I BELIEVE THAT?
AS A CHRISTIAN I BELIEVE THERE
IS A CREATOR, GOD, WHO IS
MUCH GREATER THAN US AND I'M
CONFIDENT THAT IF THERE IS
A REAL PROBLEM, THAT HE'LL TAKE
CARE OF IT.
I'M AMUSED BY HOW MUCH GOD
MUST'VE HATED THE DINOSAURS.
I WONDER WHAT KIND OF SIN THEY
CREATED.
LAST WORDS ARE GUIDEWIRE HAVE
YOU FOR SAKE ENOUGH.
LOOK AT THE METEOR.
MAYBE THEY WERE HAT OVER
THERE WERE HAVING TOO MUCH
TO RENT A SOURCE SEX THAT
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT BEFORE
THAT ANYWAY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO IN A WORLD RUN BY
LUNATICS?
SORRY, I KNOW RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
GET SUPER UPSET AT ME, BUT
YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRY TALES.
YOUR FAIRYTALE, WHEN IT GETS YOU
THROUGH THE NIGHT, PLEASURE
HARD.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH AND I
THINK FAITH IS DIFFERENT
THAN RELIGION.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FAITH, GOD
BLESSED.
IRONIC BUT TRUE.
BUT IF YOU SAY NO, I BELIEVE IN
RELIGION.
THESE THINGS WRITTEN BY RABBIS
2500
YEARS AGO WHEN THEY HAD NO
SCIENCE AT ALL.
THEY BARELY KNEW THAT 2+2 EQUAL
TO FOUR AND THERE LIKE I DON'T
KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE HOLES IN
THE SKY AND I THINK THAT WANTS
US TO DO XY OR Z AND LATER, WHEN
WE'RE SETTING POLICY THAT
ACTUALLY AFFECTS THE WORLD,
CLIMATE CHANGE LEADS TO SEVERE
STORMS AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
LET ALONE THE DROUGHTS, FAMINES,
ALL THE THINGS ARE COMING AND
HAVE ARTIE BEGUN TO ARRIVE,
AND THAT UNFORTUNATELY AFFECTS
AND ULTIMATELY KILLS
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
NOW YOU ARE TELLING ME KNOW,
IT'S OKAY, MY IMAGINARY
FRIEND IN THE SKIES GOING TO FIX
IT.
THIS IS NOT A RARE TALKING
POINT AMONG SOME OF THE
MORE FUNDAMENTALIST RELIGIOUS
PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY.
I DON'T KNOW AND I DON'T THINK
HE IS FUNDAMENTALIST, BUT WHAT
THIS REMINDS ME OF IS WHEN SOME
FAMILIES WILL HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL
AND THEIR FAMILY WHO GETS
EXTREMELY SICK AND NEEDS MEDICAL
ATTENTION AND THERE LIKE NO, WE
DON'T GO TO DOCTORS BECAUSE GOD
IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
IF THEIR KID GETS CANCER OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY
DECIDE NO, NO CANCER TREATMENTS.
NOTICING A DOCTOR.
IF IT IS GOD'S WILL FOR MY CHILD
TO DIE, THEN IT IS GOD'S WELL.
THAT KIND OF THINKING IS SO
INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.
NO, GOD IS NOT GOING TO COME IN
AND SAVE THE PLANET.
IF YOU ARE A RELIGIOUS PERSON,
YOU HAVE FAITH, AWESOME.
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THAT, BUT
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN'T
ALLOW THAT TYPE OF THINKING
EITHER DICTATE OR SWAY
PUBLIC POLICY.
POLICY RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE
IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE
SAY THIS PLANET.
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO SAY
PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE EXTREME
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LIMITED WILL THIS FROM A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION IF
YOU'RE RELIGIOUS.
THERE IS AN OLD STORY, THERE'S A
PRIEST ON A SINKING SHIP
AND THEY SAY, FATHER, GET ON
THE LIFE PRESERVER, WE HAVE
ENOUGH SPACE.
HE SAYS THAT'S OKAY, GOD WAS IS
GOING TO COME SAVE ME.
THE SHIP CONTINUES TO SING, HE
IS ONLY ONE LEFT ON IT, A
GIANT SHIFT COMES BY AND SAYS
YOU ARE THINKING.
HERE, COME ABOARD OUR SHIP AND
THE FATHER SAYS NO, GOD IS
GOING TO SAVE ME.
DON'T NEED YOUR SHIP, THANK YOU
THOUGH.
AND HE IS A MUST DONE, HE'S
ALL THE WAY TO HEAR, AND
HELICOPTER COMES BY AND THEY SAY
OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE
YOU FATHER AND THE PRIEST SAYS
NO, IT'S OKAY, GOD IS GOING
TO SAVE ME AND THE HELICOPTER
LEAVES.
AS HE IS ABOUT TO DIE, HE'S
DROWNING, HE'S AS GUY WENT
GOD WHY VIEW FOR SAKE OF ME?
GOD SAYS ICQ THREE DIFFERENT
WAYS TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.
I SENT YOU ABOUT, SHIP, AND
HELICOPTER.
WHY DIDN'T YOU GET ON?
MY POINT THERE IS MY CHILD IS
SICK, BUT GOD WILL TAKE
CARE OF IT.
YEAH, IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER,
DOUBLE TAKE CARE OF IT
THROUGH SCIENCE AND DOCTORS AND
MEDICINE.
HE GAVE YOU MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
AND DOCTORS, USE IT.
IN THIS CASE, AND CLIMATE
CHANGE, HOW IS GOD GOING TO
SAVE YOU?
GIVE YOUR MIND, YOU MIGHT WANT
TO USE IT.
HE GAVE A SCIENTIST, 97% OF THEM
AGREE THAT IT IS HAPPENING
AND WE HAD TO FIX IT RIGHT
NOW, OTHERWISE ALL THOSE
CONSEQUENCES THAT I TALKED ABOUT
WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
THE DROUGHTS, STORMS, ETC.
WILL
HAPPEN TO OUR MILITARY SAYS
IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
EVEN THE CORPORATION STATUS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
HOW MANY TIMES DID GOD HAVE TO
SEND YOU SOMETHING FOR YOU
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT INSTEAD
OF SITTING AROUND LIKE A JACKASS
GOING I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS GOD
WILL FIX IT WITH MAGIC.
IF HE DOESN'T FIX IT WITH MAGIC
YET, I GUESS IT'S ALL RIGHT.
WE CANNOT AFFORD THIS LEVEL OF
STUPIDITY SO AGAIN, SORRY IF YOU
ARE IN THE CAMP THAT DOESN'T
BELIEVE IN SCIENCE AND BELIEVES
IN VOODOO, BUT THAT IS A STUPID
POSITION AND TIM WALBERG IS
SQUARELY IN THAT CAMP.
I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE BEING A
LITTLE UNFAIR TO HIM.
BUT, THE STATEMENT ABOUT HOW
JESUS IS GOING TO TAKE A
WELL EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE
OKAY, IT MAKES PEOPLE LIKE
US ROLL HER EYES, BUT IT IS ALSO
THE KIND OF STATEMENT THAT
PLAYS WELL WITH HIS
CONSTITUENTS.
I GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR
ACKNOWLEDGING CLIMATE
CHANGE AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING
THE FACT THAT IT IS CAUSED
BY HUMANS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HEAR
THAT FROM THE RIGHT.
YOU DON'T HEAR THAT FROM
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES
ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
I GIVE HIM CREDIT I THINK HIS
HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
I THINK HE IS RELIGIOUS AND
RELIGION TEACHES YOU TO
HAVE FAITH THAT EVERYTHING IS
GOING TO BE OKAY AND GOD IS
GOING TO LOOK OUT FOR YOU.
I COULD AT THE
YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ME GO
HARDER.
Ö I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WHEN SOMEONE SEEMS REASONABLE
BUT MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH THIS
COMPLETELY TO HAVE THESE
CONVERSATIONS AND NOT
IMMEDIATELY CAST THEM OFF AS
LUNATICS.
LET'S ROLL BACK LUNATIC FOR A
2ND.
MY NUMBER ONE PROBLEM WITH
RELIGION IS THAT IT IS NOT TRUE.
I LOVE YOU IF YOU THINK IT IS
AND YOU HAVE FAITH.
COULD THERE BE A CONNECTION?
I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT
ANYTHING I MIGHT BE A
TRANSCENDENTALIST THAT'S A VERY
AMERICAN RELIGION OR FAITH
IF YOU WILL, BUT DID GOD
COMMUNICATE TO MARRY AND
SAY I'M GOING TO IMPREGNATE YOU?
KNOW THAT MOSES DIDN'T EXIST.
THERE IS NO ARCHAEOLOGICAL
EVIDENCE OF HIM AT ALL.
DID MOHAMMED MOVE A MOUNTAIN OR
TALK TO GOT ON TOP OF ONE?
NO.
IT IS NOT TRUE.
IF YOU KEEP BELIEVING IN
FAIRYTALES, BUT THEN YOU
MAKE WORLD CHANGING DECISIONS
THAT ENDANGER THE REST OF
OUR LIVES THEN I'M SORRY, I HAVE
TO BE A LITTLE OFFENSIVE TO
YOU AND POINT OUT YOU BELIEVE IN
FAIRYTALES.
NOTE.
2ND OF ALL, TIM WALBERG IS
NOT A GENUINE ACTOR AND HE
DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEAN ANY OF
THAT STUFF.
WHY HE HAS THAT POSITION, DOES
IT HAVE TO DO WITH RELIGION
OR FAX OR SCIENCE?
KNOW, HAS TO DO WITH HIS DONORS.
THEIR STONE OF DONORS OUT THERE
WHO SAY NO, I AM PROFITING,
ME, DON'T CARE ABOUT THE REST OF
THE WORLD, IF YOUR KIDS DIE
AND MAYBE EVEN MINE, I DON'T
CARE.
I'M SO GREEDY I'M GOING TO
PURCHASE TIM WALBERG AND
SAY DO AS I TELL YOU.
MAKE UP SOME LIE ABOUT HOW YOU
ARE RELIGIOUS OR SOMETHING
BUT YOU WILL VOTE AGAINST
DOING ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU
ARE PAID TO DO THAT.
THEIR WATER BOY AND DO YOUR JOB
AND THAT IS WHAT WALBERG IS
DOING.
DO YOU KNOW THAT FOR FACT?
I DID LOOK INTO HIS CAMPAIGN
DONORS BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE
INFORMATION THAT I DON'T KNOW
THAT
THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY
IS FUNDED BY THE SAME OIL
COMPANIES WHO TODAY ARE
PANICKING A LITTLE BIT AND ARE
SAYING AN OPEN ONE UP A LOT OF
THAT BUT THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY AND THAT IS WHY THEY
HAVE THE PROPAGANDA THAT
THEY DO.
BY THE WAY, THEIR THINK TANKS
ARE ALSO FUNDED BY THE SAME
EXACT COMPANIES WHOSE JOB IT IS
TO TRICK YOU JUST LIKE THE
TOBACCO COMPANIES.
JUST CREATE DOUBT.
DOES IT CAUSE CANCER?
SOME SAY THEY DO, SOME SAID IT
DOESN'T I CAN'T TELL, LET'S
LET JESUS SORT IT OUT AFTER YOU DIE
FROM SMOKING IT AFTER THE
PLAINTIFF THAT SOME CLIMATE
CHANGE, LET JESUS SORTED OUT.
NOW REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MASS
GO, I AM PAYING YOU TO BE
STUPID AND BY THE WAY, AND THIS
IS IMPORTANT, AND HE MAKE A
GOOD POINT.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT TIM WALBERG
AND GUYS LIKE HIM GO HEY, I JUST
WANT A BIT LATE I'LL DO WHATEVER
YOU WANT I JUST WANT POWER.
I BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE IS
TOTALLY REAL AND THE PLANE
IS MELTING BUT I DON'T CARE
DODGES GIVE ME THE MONEY.
SOMEONE LIKE THAT, BUT NOT ALL
OF THEM.
I WOULD GUESS THAT MOST OF THEM
ARE.
IT'S A COMPANY OF 330
MILLION PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO
FIND A STUPID GUY WILL DO YOUR
BIDDING?
YOU SAY HEY, DO YOU BELIEVE IN
CLIMATE CHANGE?
KNOW, I GUESS NOT THAT I GUESS
THE LORD JESUS IS GOING TO.
YOU RUN FOR CONGRESS, NOW
YOU ARE MY BOY.
YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT?
AND HE SAYS YEAH, I UNDERSTAND
THAT AND THAT IS HOW IT WORKS.
