scary shite

i don't have verison but c'mon, they're (almost) ALL alike. they are ALL nasty. but to sponsor an organization who destroys our country (literally) is rather beyond the pale, no?

don't our good citizens have minds of their own any longer? are they really swollowing all of this shite that's being shoveled down their throats?

Verizon Sponsoring Anti-Climate Rally Backed By Coal Giant Massey Energy

On Labor Day, tens of thousands of people will be gathering for the coal-powered “Friends of America Rally” in Holden, WV. The point of the gathering is to rail against the Waxman-Markey clean energy legislation. It will feature right-wing guests such as Sean Hannity and Ted Nugent (who once ranted about killing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton), and is being pushed by mountaintop-removal mining company Massey Energy. Last week, Massey CEO Don Blankenship even recorded a video inviting people to attend the rally, saying they would learn about how “environmental extremists and corporate America are both trying to destroy your jobs.” Watch it:

clean coal clean!!!

i love those coen bros!
Famed brothers Coen take on 'clean' coal in TV spoof
Stephen C. Webster
Beware the "greenwash."

That's the underlying message of famed filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen's latest side-project: A television commercial lampooning the myth of "clean" coal through the visual metaphor of an air freshener that spews black smoke.

"Is regular clean enough for your family?," asks a phony salesman as thick, noxious fumes permeate the air. "Get clean coal clean."

Watch the video, released on behalf of the Reality Coalition:...............