You “think” wrong, Governor.
At the same time, officials currently estimate that the record heat and record drought that Texas is now facing — just as the scientists Perry “thinks” he knows better than had long ago predicted — will cost the state more than $20 billion in record losses to crops, livestock and more. That price tag could rise, as today’s remarkable predictions from the National Weather Service report there is “no end in sight” for the crisis in Texas at this time.
Money spent to help avert the worsening crisis that Texas is already facing is a bad idea, according to what Perry “thinks”. Even if what he “thinks” runs counter to, as the AP story accurately notes, the actually-informed opinions of “an overwhelming majority of scientists that pollution released from the burning of fossil fuels is heating up the planet.”
On the other hand, money spent by Perry in support of the 100% evidence-free “theory” that there is a giant invisible bearded floating man in the sky who should be worshipped by his constituents on complete “faith”, is apparently no problem.
It’s remarkable how many GOP officials and sycophants seem to know more about climate science — and the extraordinary body of data meticulously gathered by thousands of climate scientists, in dozens of disciplines, over many decades — than actual climate scientists do.
For those who may be dumb enough to agree with the remarkably dumb Perry, just one question: If you get cancer, will you be going to see an Oncologist for diagnosis and treatment? Or will you go find out what the Governor of Texas or Rush Limbaugh or the U.S. Chamber of Commerice or the Koch Brothers “think” about your cancer instead?
There is an interesting theory that explains the storms taking place in the Governor’s mind.
More and more people are beginning to realize that those who want to destroy life on their home world cannot originate on that home world. 😉
Great link to the wilson county news. It is so important to seize the issue head-on and illustrate that some folks will stop at nothing to suit their interests – even as their own state collapses under the weight of climate change.
Perry KNOWS only that howling against dealing with climate change keeps robust the flow of dollars into his pockets via the corrupt spigots of power.
He wouldn’t know science if it came up and bit off the tip of his corn dog.