"We are cooling. We are not warming. The warming you see out there, the supposed warming, and I use my fingers as quotation marks, is part of the cooling process. Greenland, which is covered in ice, it was once called Greenland for a reason, right? Iceland, which is now green. Oh I love this. Like we know what this planet is all about. How long have we been here? How long? Not very long."

He's not really sure what the heck he's talking about, is he? His whole point is using the words that the Norse called places and using it to refute what millions of data points are telling us.

This guy is pure gold! I'm founding a "Keep Steele!" PAC, who's in?

Well you see, the warming causes the polar ice caps to melt, flooding more land, and when most of the land is under water the sun's rays will reflect off the surface of the water bouncing off into space causing the earth to cool rapidly, and the water will freeze and we have a new ice age.

The consensus is that man has no impact on climate. This is a 2000 year old consensus.

For many centuries man thought the Earth was the center of the Universe.

It will take time for this consensus to be overturned despite the evidence.

This man is being propped up as a bufoon and the old southern republican will be happy to watch him fall.

Don't blame Steele, pity him.

EARTH TO STEELE: Not me Baby, I'm hotter than a Ann Coulter look-a-like at a CPAC convention!

About that 2000 year old consensus: NO!

Ever heard the great American 19th century truism that "rain follows the plow"? Thanks to that inspired bit--premised upon the 19th and early 20th century notion that man MUST re-make the environment to 'redeem' it from 'savagery'--we harvested the Dust Bowl.

Check out Henry Nash Smith, Virgin Land and Leo Marx, Machine in the Garden for the background . . .

The unintentional comedy scale with this guy is off the charts. I love it.

They reject common fiscal sense, common social sense, and plain old common sense.

Why wouldn't they reject this as well?

If it wasn't so transparent it would be humorous.

Oh, all of you laugh at Michael Steele now but this is probably the statement that will save his job at the RNC. In case you don't spend enough time at right-wing sites, global warming is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated, the world is actually entering a cooling period and only God can change the climate. Man has nothing to do with it.

Michael is mainlining to the base here. It's really smart politics for him to be stupid in the GOP these days, which says something both about him and the party.

This whole ridiculous global warming argument from the republicans is a total red herring anyway. Regardless of it's existence or not, while the evidence is irrefutable that there is a huge problem, we should reduce our pollution emissions into the atmosphere anyway for people's health and the health of the environment in general. We can do it in such a manner that it won't impact greatly on costs to consumers. I think consumers would be fine with paying a couple of extra dollars if that a month for cleaner air and a healthier environment.

These guys are so stuck in the 19th century.

Er, shouldn't the RNC chair being a guest host on a radio show be considered an in-kind contribution from the broadcaster? I mean, being a guest is one thing, but when you give him the show, that's not just a media appearance.

Mikey -- if you want to keep you job this is a start, but you have to commit to the conservative line all they way... you have to believe baby!

repeat after me:

1. the earth is only 6,000 years old
2. there WERE WMDs in Iraq!
3. FDR caused the great depression
4. I can see Russia from my House!

come on, you can do it!