CPAC fueled by oil industry cash.

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

CPAC fueled by oil industry cash.

The extremist Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is being fueled by Big Oil. CPAC’s “Radio Row” — featuring “top conservative talk show hosts” — is officially sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute (API), the “only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry.” ThinkProgress is at the convention and took a picture of the prominent API sign:



Although API concedes that oil and gas pollution “may be helping to warm our planet by enhancing the natural greenhouse effect of the atmosphere,” the participants at CPAC believe global warming is a hoax. On the other hand, one would expect that the attendees — who decry groups with “allies like Iran” — would not want to take money from oil companies doing business in countries with ties to terrorism.


Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/02/19/cpac-oil-sponsor/

[aquart]

1. Oil industry breeds for stupidity.

That's the only explanation I have.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Smirk." - Fatcat Republicon Oil Crony Pols & Propaganda Pimps

"It never ceases to amaze us how the Teabagsters, the Birfers, the Deathers, and Republicon Sheeple will merrily lap up the corporate spew we spew. Bwaaaa ha ha ha ha. Suckahs. Just keep being our sTuPid 'conservative' puPPet patsies. We luvs ya for it. Bwaa ha ha ha ha. Smirk."

- Skeezy Fatcat Republicon Oil Crony Pols & Propaganda Pimps
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2XQGh7lO9OU/SMsV06BYtoI/AAAAAAAACJU/YHqV-guffb4/s320/GOP+fat+cat.jpg

[lib2DaBone]

3. Oil moving up to $80 a barrell

I believe $80 is the mark where the price of gas shoots to $5 a gallon and kills the economy.

Big Oil and CONgress... a slimy love affair..


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[onehandle]

4. Corporate America sponsoring conservative 'grass roots.'

What a surprise.

[pleah]

5. Yep. n/t

[Bravo Zulu]

6. The John Birch Society announces it is cosponsoring the(CPAC)

The John Birch Society is one of America’s original right-wing conspiracy groups. They first began exercising power during the 1964 Goldwater campaign, as their campaigns vs Supreme Court justices and against the perils of fluoridated water (as seen in Dr. Strangelove) captured the imagination of the far right. As we’ve seen, under President Obama, conservative conspiracy theories are all the rage. From fictional death panels to communist infiltration and of course birtherism, it is time again for the conspiracy right to exert their control.

http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/12/16/john-birch-society-sponsoring-cpac/

[ernie1241]

7. FBI FILES ON BIRCH SOCIETY

http://ernie1241.googlepages.com/jbs-1

[taterguy]

8. Quick, start a boycott of oil companies!

Just for the record,

that's

:sarcasm:

in case you couldn't tell.

[alp227]

9. The same oil industries funding global warming denial? I ain't surprised.

It seems that any cause funded heavily by Big Oil looks suspicious.