REPRESENTATIVE TIM WALBERG WAS RECENTLY TALKING TO HIS
CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, EVEN THOUGH HE IS A RIGHT-LEANING
POLITICIAN, HE DOES BELIEVE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE EXISTS
HOWEVER, HE DOES WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT IF WE START
REALLY FEELING THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THERE'S
ONE INDIVIDUAL OR ONE POWER THAT HAS EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL.
TAKE A LOOK.
I BELIEVE THERE IS CLIMATE CHANGE.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN CLIMATE CHANGE SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF TIME.
OKAY, WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD STARTÖ REALLY GOOD START.
THAT'S A REPUBLICAN AGREEING TO REALITY.
WONDERFUL.
THAN HE CONTINUES.
DO I THINK MAN HAS SOME IMPACT?
YET, OF COURSE.
CAN MEN CHANGE THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE?
NOTE.
I BELIEVE THAT?
AS A CHRISTIAN I BELIEVE THERE IS A CREATOR, GOD, WHO IS
MUCH GREATER THAN US AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT IF THERE IS
A REAL PROBLEM, THAT HE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
I'M AMUSED BY HOW MUCH GOD MUST'VE HATED THE DINOSAURS.
I WONDER WHAT KIND OF SIN THEY CREATED.
LAST WORDS ARE GUIDEWIRE HAVE YOU FOR SAKE ENOUGH.
LOOK AT THE METEOR.
MAYBE THEY WERE HAT OVER THERE WERE HAVING TOO MUCH
TO RENT A SOURCE SEX THAT
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT BEFORE THAT ANYWAY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO IN A WORLD RUN BY LUNATICS?
SORRY, I KNOW RELIGIOUS PEOPLE GET SUPER UPSET AT ME, BUT
YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRY TALES.
YOUR FAIRYTALE, WHEN IT GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT, PLEASURE
HARD.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH AND I THINK FAITH IS DIFFERENT
THAN RELIGION.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FAITH, GOD BLESSED.
IRONIC BUT TRUE.
BUT IF YOU SAY NO, I BELIEVE IN RELIGION.
THESE THINGS WRITTEN BY RABBIS 2500
YEARS AGO WHEN THEY HAD NO SCIENCE AT ALL.
THEY BARELY KNEW THAT 2+2 EQUAL TO FOUR AND THERE LIKE I DON'T
KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE HOLES IN THE SKY AND I THINK THAT WANTS
US TO DO XY OR Z AND LATER, WHEN WE'RE SETTING POLICY THAT
ACTUALLY AFFECTS THE WORLD, CLIMATE CHANGE LEADS TO SEVERE
STORMS AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, LET ALONE THE DROUGHTS, FAMINES,
ALL THE THINGS ARE COMING AND HAVE ARTIE BEGUN TO ARRIVE,
AND THAT UNFORTUNATELY AFFECTS AND ULTIMATELY KILLS
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
NOW YOU ARE TELLING ME KNOW, IT'S OKAY, MY IMAGINARY
FRIEND IN THE SKIES GOING TO FIX IT.
THIS IS NOT A RARE TALKING POINT AMONG SOME OF THE
MORE FUNDAMENTALIST RELIGIOUS PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY.
I DON'T KNOW AND I DON'T THINK HE IS FUNDAMENTALIST, BUT WHAT
THIS REMINDS ME OF IS WHEN SOME FAMILIES WILL HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL
AND THEIR FAMILY WHO GETS EXTREMELY SICK AND NEEDS MEDICAL
ATTENTION AND THERE LIKE NO, WE DON'T GO TO DOCTORS BECAUSE GOD
IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
IF THEIR KID GETS CANCER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY
DECIDE NO, NO CANCER TREATMENTS.
NOTICING A DOCTOR.
IF IT IS GOD'S WILL FOR MY CHILD TO DIE, THEN IT IS GOD'S WELL.
THAT KIND OF THINKING IS SO INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.
NO, GOD IS NOT GOING TO COME IN AND SAVE THE PLANET.
IF YOU ARE A RELIGIOUS PERSON, YOU HAVE FAITH, AWESOME.
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN'T
ALLOW THAT TYPE OF THINKING EITHER DICTATE OR SWAY
PUBLIC POLICY.
POLICY RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE SAY THIS PLANET.
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO SAY PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE EXTREME
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LIMITED WILL THIS FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION IF
YOU'RE RELIGIOUS.
THERE IS AN OLD STORY, THERE'S A PRIEST ON A SINKING SHIP
AND THEY SAY, FATHER, GET ON THE LIFE PRESERVER, WE HAVE
ENOUGH SPACE.
HE SAYS THAT'S OKAY, GOD WAS IS GOING TO COME SAVE ME.
THE SHIP CONTINUES TO SING, HE IS ONLY ONE LEFT ON IT, A
GIANT SHIFT COMES BY AND SAYS YOU ARE THINKING.
HERE, COME ABOARD OUR SHIP AND THE FATHER SAYS NO, GOD IS
GOING TO SAVE ME.
DON'T NEED YOUR SHIP, THANK YOU THOUGH.
AND HE IS A MUST DONE, HE'S ALL THE WAY TO HEAR, AND
HELICOPTER COMES BY AND THEY SAY OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE
YOU FATHER AND THE PRIEST SAYS NO, IT'S OKAY, GOD IS GOING
TO SAVE ME AND THE HELICOPTER LEAVES.
AS HE IS ABOUT TO DIE, HE'S DROWNING, HE'S AS GUY WENT
GOD WHY VIEW FOR SAKE OF ME?
GOD SAYS ICQ THREE DIFFERENT WAYS TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.
I SENT YOU ABOUT, SHIP, AND HELICOPTER.
WHY DIDN'T YOU GET ON?
MY POINT THERE IS MY CHILD IS SICK, BUT GOD WILL TAKE
CARE OF IT.
YEAH, IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER, DOUBLE TAKE CARE OF IT
THROUGH SCIENCE AND DOCTORS AND MEDICINE.
HE GAVE YOU MEDICINE AND SCIENCE AND DOCTORS, USE IT.
IN THIS CASE, AND CLIMATE CHANGE, HOW IS GOD GOING TO
SAVE YOU?
GIVE YOUR MIND, YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE IT.
HE GAVE A SCIENTIST, 97% OF THEM AGREE THAT IT IS HAPPENING
AND WE HAD TO FIX IT RIGHT NOW, OTHERWISE ALL THOSE
CONSEQUENCES THAT I TALKED ABOUT WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
THE DROUGHTS, STORMS, ETC.
WILL HAPPEN TO OUR MILITARY SAYS
IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
EVEN THE CORPORATION STATUS GOING TO HAPPEN.
HOW MANY TIMES DID GOD HAVE TO SEND YOU SOMETHING FOR YOU
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF SITTING AROUND LIKE A JACKASS
GOING I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS GOD WILL FIX IT WITH MAGIC.
IF HE DOESN'T FIX IT WITH MAGIC YET, I GUESS IT'S ALL RIGHT.
WE CANNOT AFFORD THIS LEVEL OF STUPIDITY SO AGAIN, SORRY IF YOU
ARE IN THE CAMP THAT DOESN'T BELIEVE IN SCIENCE AND BELIEVES
IN VOODOO, BUT THAT IS A STUPID POSITION AND TIM WALBERG IS
SQUARELY IN THAT CAMP.
I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE BEING A LITTLE UNFAIR TO HIM.
BUT, THE STATEMENT ABOUT HOW JESUS IS GOING TO TAKE A
WELL EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY, IT MAKES PEOPLE LIKE
US ROLL HER EYES, BUT IT IS ALSO THE KIND OF STATEMENT THAT
PLAYS WELL WITH HIS CONSTITUENTS.
I GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR ACKNOWLEDGING CLIMATE
CHANGE AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT IT IS CAUSED
BY HUMANS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HEAR THAT FROM THE RIGHT.
YOU DON'T HEAR THAT FROM REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES
ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
I GIVE HIM CREDIT I THINK HIS HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
I THINK HE IS RELIGIOUS AND RELIGION TEACHES YOU TO
HAVE FAITH THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY AND GOD IS
GOING TO LOOK OUT FOR YOU.
I COULD AT THE
YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ME GO HARDER.
Ö I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN SOMEONE SEEMS REASONABLE
BUT MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH THIS COMPLETELY TO HAVE THESE
CONVERSATIONS AND NOT IMMEDIATELY CAST THEM OFF AS
LUNATICS.
LET'S ROLL BACK LUNATIC FOR A 2ND.
MY NUMBER ONE PROBLEM WITH RELIGION IS THAT IT IS NOT TRUE.
I LOVE YOU IF YOU THINK IT IS AND YOU HAVE FAITH.
COULD THERE BE A CONNECTION?
I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT ANYTHING I MIGHT BE A
TRANSCENDENTALIST THAT'S A VERY AMERICAN RELIGION OR FAITH
IF YOU WILL, BUT DID GOD COMMUNICATE TO MARRY AND
SAY I'M GOING TO IMPREGNATE YOU?
KNOW THAT MOSES DIDN'T EXIST.
THERE IS NO ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF HIM AT ALL.
DID MOHAMMED MOVE A MOUNTAIN OR TALK TO GOT ON TOP OF ONE?
NO.
IT IS NOT TRUE.
IF YOU KEEP BELIEVING IN FAIRYTALES, BUT THEN YOU
MAKE WORLD CHANGING DECISIONS THAT ENDANGER THE REST OF
OUR LIVES THEN I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO BE A LITTLE OFFENSIVE TO
YOU AND POINT OUT YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRYTALES.
NOTE.
2ND OF ALL, TIM WALBERG IS NOT A GENUINE ACTOR AND HE
DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEAN ANY OF THAT STUFF.
WHY HE HAS THAT POSITION, DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH RELIGION
OR FAX OR SCIENCE?
KNOW, HAS TO DO WITH HIS DONORS.
THEIR STONE OF DONORS OUT THERE WHO SAY NO, I AM PROFITING,
ME, DON'T CARE ABOUT THE REST OF THE WORLD, IF YOUR KIDS DIE
AND MAYBE EVEN MINE, I DON'T CARE.
I'M SO GREEDY I'M GOING TO PURCHASE TIM WALBERG AND
SAY DO AS I TELL YOU.
MAKE UP SOME LIE ABOUT HOW YOU ARE RELIGIOUS OR SOMETHING
BUT YOU WILL VOTE AGAINST DOING ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE PAID TO DO THAT.
THEIR WATER BOY AND DO YOUR JOB AND THAT IS WHAT WALBERG IS
DOING.
DO YOU KNOW THAT FOR FACT?
I DID LOOK INTO HIS CAMPAIGN DONORS BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE
INFORMATION THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT
THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS FUNDED BY THE SAME OIL
COMPANIES WHO TODAY ARE PANICKING A LITTLE BIT AND ARE
SAYING AN OPEN ONE UP A LOT OF THAT BUT THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY AND THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE THE PROPAGANDA THAT
THEY DO.
BY THE WAY, THEIR THINK TANKS ARE ALSO FUNDED BY THE SAME
EXACT COMPANIES WHOSE JOB IT IS TO TRICK YOU JUST LIKE THE
TOBACCO COMPANIES.
JUST CREATE DOUBT.
DOES IT CAUSE CANCER?
SOME SAY THEY DO, SOME SAID IT DOESN'T I CAN'T TELL, LET'S
LET JESUS SORT IT OUT AFTER YOU DIE FROM SMOKING IT AFTER THE
PLAINTIFF THAT SOME CLIMATE CHANGE, LET JESUS SORTED OUT.
NOW REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MASS GO, I AM PAYING YOU TO BE
STUPID AND BY THE WAY, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, AND HE MAKE A
GOOD POINT.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT TIM WALBERG AND GUYS LIKE HIM GO HEY, I JUST
WANT A BIT LATE I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT I JUST WANT POWER.
I BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE IS TOTALLY REAL AND THE PLANE
IS MELTING BUT I DON'T CARE DODGES GIVE ME THE MONEY.
SOMEONE LIKE THAT, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM.
I WOULD GUESS THAT MOST OF THEM ARE.
IT'S A COMPANY OF 330 MILLION PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO
FIND A STUPID GUY WILL DO YOUR BIDDING?
YOU SAY HEY, DO YOU BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE?
KNOW, I GUESS NOT THAT I GUESS THE LORD JESUS IS GOING TO.
YOU RUN FOR CONGRESS, NOW
YOU ARE MY BOY.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
AND HE SAYS YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT IS HOW IT WORKS.