Your National Media, Folks

Sometimes there's just a snippet of video—usually from Hardballz, usually captured by our indefatigable media guru, Mr. Petulant—that really underlines what a complete clusterfucktastrophe of a sob-inducing joke the majority of (ostensibly, allegedly) serious political discourse is in this country. This, Shakers, is one of those clips.

Here is King Hardballz, Chris Matthews, discussing (I use the term loosely) climate change with Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) and Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA), the latter of whom believes that global warming is "a bunch of baloney" and can't be human-made because there are "temperature fluctuations going on MARS and JUPITER!" At one point, Matthews asks him: "Congressman Rohrbacher, are you a Luddite, a troglodyte; are you a part of the Planet of the Apes that doesn't want science?" lolsob


[Full transcript will be here when available.]