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August 14, 2008

Drilling for Jesus? Really??

Obsessed with increased oil drilling, Congressional Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn), trots out Jesus.

In an interview with OneNewsNow, brought to you by Christian American Family News Network, Bachmann rebukes Speaker Pelosi:

"[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said that she's just trying to save the planet," Bachmann said. "We all know that someone did that over 2,000 years ago, they saved the planet — we didn’t need Nancy Pelosi to do that."

Hmmmm...

Someone please explain to me why this line of reasoning wouldn't just as well justify all-out nuclear war? Particularly if Rep. Bachmann (R-Minn) subscribes to orthodox Calvinism which teaches that the eternal fate of each of us is sealed before we are even born.

I mean, why the hell stop with mere global warming? That seems like an awefully wimpy demonstration of faith on Rep. Backmann's (R-Minn) part, if you asked me.

Be that as it may, Rep. Backmann (R-Minn) finds herself with a shrinking base of whack-job Christian who might buy into her argument. Googling Christian Environmentalist yields 580,000 hits revealing a varitable smorgasbord of websites and blogs by Christians - conservative Christians even - openly and strongly advocating for environmentalism in the name of the very same Jesus that Rep. Bachmann (R-Minn) uses to justify her contempt for environmentalism.

Speaking of GOP oil drilling mantras, Vanessa Edwards Foster over at HuffPo observes that gas prices are dropping without any drilling or even pending legislation to open up new leases.

Imagine that!

Funny thing --

Since this has become the mantra of GOPer neocons, scaring the Democrats into dancing to the elephantine tune, oil has magically dropped by 25 percent. One-quarter of the price, evaporated -- and with no drilling whatsoever. Not even any pending legislation up for consideration. Think we still need to drill in order to survive as a country?

Which I suppose explains why Rep. Bachmann (R-Minn) resorted to an exceptionally narrow interpretation of the Bible. Present-day reality isn't exactly friendly territory for GOPers of her ilk.

(hat tips to Becky for the tip on the Bachmann piece and to Spyder for the tip on Foster's piece at HuffPo, both within hours of each other. serendipity can be a wonderful thing indeed)

Posted by Kevin at August 14, 2008 07:57 AM