Friday Stupid: Denying Climate Change Is Like Denying Santa Claus. Wait, What?

15 Oct, 2010 by William Teach

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It’s time for Great Defenses of Global Climate Disruption, featuring…..

Rep. Nick Rahall, Democratic incumbent for the U.S. House in the 3rd District, answered six questions posed to him by members of The Register-Herald editorial board earlier this week.

After a bunch of questions, we get

“Climate change – to deny it exists, to just put your head in the sand and, ‘oh no, it doesn’t exist, what are you talking about,’ is about like standing on the floor of Macy’s during the month of December and claiming Santa Claus doesn’t exist. Come on, get real. There are responsible coal operators who work with us and continue to work with us, not only on climate change, but safety is another example.”

??????? Really? I’m not sure a comment like that really needs me to provide discourse on how absurd it is. Let’s go with