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OneGrassRoot

(22,920 posts)
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 10:42 AM Aug 2013

GREAT IDEA: Change Names Of Hurricanes To Politicians Who Deny Global Warming

Sorry if this is a repost; didn't see it on a cursory search.

This is fabulous. Imagine a hurricane the magnitude of Sandy renamed…Michelle Bachmann?! Oh, the delicious irony, and the poetic justice, wrapped up into one marvelous poetic justice/irony sammich.

To add your name to the petition, go to Climate Name Change.







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GREAT IDEA: Change Names Of Hurricanes To Politicians Who Deny Global Warming (Original Post) OneGrassRoot Aug 2013 OP
Best idea of the morning. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #1
Why don't we call the next one Hurricane Koch? Initech Aug 2013 #2
I love it. First of all, I laughed my ass off and then gopiscrap Aug 2013 #3
Recommended. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #4
Even better, name them in all the ways that The2ndWheel Aug 2013 #5
LOVE IT! MoonRiver Aug 2013 #6

gopiscrap

(23,726 posts)
3. I love it. First of all, I laughed my ass off and then
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 11:06 AM
Aug 2013

thought that even if it isn't officially implemented everyone who is progressive and admits global warming should refer the given hurricane by the political name designated to it!

The2ndWheel

(7,947 posts)
5. Even better, name them in all the ways that
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 11:23 AM
Aug 2013

we've remade the environment in our image that have facilitated these particular changes. Hurricane Agriculture. Hurricane We Can't Use Our Own Two Feet. Hurricane 7 Billion People. Hurricane Cheap Energy. Etc.

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