My uncle Gerry recorded this song.  He suggested that I get it out quick.

Hard on the heels of the health care protests, another “citizen” movement has “spontaneously”  ignited…this one fueled by Oil companies whose bottom line is threatened by proposed legislation that would set limits on emissions of heat-trapping gases.

While polls show that a majority of Americans support efforts to tackle climate change, Big Oil is manufacturing outrage and disappointment by sponsoring rallies in cities in southern oil-producing states, bussing company employees to eat hot dogs, listen to high school marching bands and show their bestest angryface on Fox News.

One oil exec even went so far as to defend the use of busses, saying “If we all drove in cars, it wouldn’t look good.”

In related and yet equally disturbing news, a  pro-coal industry group is being investigated for sending fake letters to members of congress, posing as the NAACP and Hispanic organizations, opposing new climate change laws.  Nice work.

The House bill seeks to reduce greenhouse gases in the United States by 83 percent by 2050.

via Oil Companies Back Public Protests of Greenhouse Gas Bill – NYTimes.com.