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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGREAT 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
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AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)1. Best idea of the morning.
Initech
(100,039 posts)2. Why don't we call the next one Hurricane Koch?
gopiscrap
(23,726 posts)3. I love it. First of all, I laughed my ass off and then
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!
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)4. Recommended.
The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)5. Even better, name them in all the ways that
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.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)6. LOVE IT!