Oil Industry Bans Flags At Astroturf Rally

7:45 pm EST August 20th, 2009 | News | 11 Comments

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At a ‘grassroots’ rally organized by the American Petroleum Institute in Houston on Tuesday, activists bearing American flags were turned away. Oil company employees were bused in to the ‘Energy Citizens’ gathering to hear billionaire Drayton McLane Jr. attack President Barack Obama’s clean energy agenda as an economy-destroying energy tax.

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11 Responses to “Oil Industry Bans Flags At Astroturf Rally”

  1. Suicida| says:
    August 20, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    Sounds about right, at least that is what Professor Richard Lindzen of MIT has to say about it.

  2. Sean D. Martin says:
    August 20, 2009 at 9:06 pm

    Suicida|: Sounds about right, at least that is what Professor Richard Lindzen of MIT has to say about it.

    If for no other reason than this: the IPCC assumes that the concentration of CO2 in 2100 will be 836 ppmv (parts per million volume). However, current graphs based on real data show that CO2 concentrations will only be 570 ppmv in 2100, cutting the IPCC’s estimates in half right there.

    Yup. A 38% decrease cuts things in half.

    Oh, wait.

    And one should always project what’s going to happen by over the next 100+ years based on a 6-8 year period. Why, I know an 8 year old who only grew an inch in the last year. Clearly by the time he’s 20 he’s going to be only a bit over 4 1/2 feet tall.

  3. Indeed says:
    August 20, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    It’s all about Freedom.

  4. abanterer says:
    August 20, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    Awesome. Why bother asking people to show up for a staged rally, when you can just bus in your own employees and make them cheer for you? Same effect, and so much more efficient. The best democracies are the ones you pay for, right?

  5. Tyro says:
    August 21, 2009 at 1:09 am

    If you find yourself working for a private company that forces you to attend a mandatory pep rally where your CEO feeds you all a political propaganda rant, you should start wondering where it all started going wrong for you. Employees in a company are paid to do a job. They’re not paid to serve as props for staged propaganda rallies.

  6. bryan says:
    August 21, 2009 at 4:15 am

    I’d attend the rally if I knew I could slack off for the day. Sandwiches and soda pop would be a bonus. Bit like a school trip.

  7. bryan says:
    August 21, 2009 at 4:16 am

    Sorry posted too soon. I’d whoop and cheer (for cash), and then leak what I did to the press.

  8. Crapola says:
    August 21, 2009 at 7:40 am

    The owner of the Astros is the keynote speaker at an Astroturf rally. It’s almost too perfect.

  9. I'm a Hick says:
    August 21, 2009 at 9:00 am

    Crapola, you beat me to it. Besides, I thought he made his fortune in the wholesale food distribution business, not energy.

  10. American Citizen says:
    August 21, 2009 at 11:14 am

    The billionaire’s name would only be more perfect if he were “Drayton McLane III”.

  11. I'm a Hick says:
    August 21, 2009 at 11:22 am

    Actually, from most accounts, he’s a good guy.