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An Unwelcome Messenger

Osama Bin Laden's stance on global warming sparks controversy among climate advocates and conservative commentators.

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That Osama Bin Laden. What a carpetbagger. It's not enough for him to be the front man for a global jihad movement? He's got to horn in on the biggest environmental issue of the day, too? Seriously, Bin Laden entering the global warming fray is about the last thing climate advocates would want. He's toxic. (Just ask John Kerry.) That's why Limbaugh jumped all over this one:

I wonder how, ladies and gentelmen, former Vice President Algore felt today to awaken and find out that on his global warming team is none other than--Dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut!--Osama Bin Laden.

So it puzzles me that Joe Romm, who chastises the media for taking Bin Laden's latest message at face value, does exactly that with Limbaugh. Here's Romm apologizing for having to post on the news:

But after Limbaugh and FoxNews got suckered into spreading this disinformation to their millions of ...

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