I continue to find it fascinating that the climate change camp has actual data and science and advanced degrees on the subject of the Earth's climate, but this is exactly why Rush mistrusts them.  I guess in Rush's world, what makes you an expert is… well, I'm not really sure.  He never says.  What DOES give Rush the authority to tell us that climate change isn't a real thing?  The fact that he gets paid to be plunked in front of a microphone, as far as I can tell, that's his only qualification.

(But please note, the fact that Rush is a national radio talk show host does not make him part of "the media."  Because "the media" is one of his Four Corners of Deceit, from which lies emerge.  Rush: not the media.  If that makes sense to you, please drop me a line to sort out my confusion, because it makes exactly zero sense to me.)

Anyway, Rush is offering "amnesty" to people who have been "duped" into believing in climate change.  Yes, duped - by the reams and reams of data!  GO FIGURE.  Personally, when I see data, I listen to it.  I mean, more than I listen to some guy with a megaphone, which is all Rush is.  He is qualified to talk for three hours, and to shill for his sponsors.  Beyond that, Rush Limbaugh isn't an expert on anything.

Nevertheless, he disbelieves climate change.  Why?  Because the climate is changing!  What?  I know!  Please do not ask me to make sense of the things Rush Limbaugh believes.  Climate change means more severe winters and more severe summers.  But somehow, the fact that we are having an unusually severe winter… means that climate change isn't true.

I wonder if he realizes how stupid and selfish he looks, when he proclaims things like this?

Honestly, I think Rush Limbaugh is just the Long Tail's proof of concept.  You could pick any damned thing - pick the idea that the Earth revolves around the Sun - say you disagree with it, and find yourself with an audience of people who believe you.  And every time a ship disappears at sea, you could say that "Clearly this is evidence that the world ends at an edge, and the Round Earthers are trying to dupe you into their lies."

I find this all very interesting when you combine it with Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, which is Rush's self-proclaimed favorite book.  In Atlas Shrugged, the smartest 1% of the country abdicate control.  Well for one thing, I can only pray that Rush will do us the favor of abdicating his show some day.  For another thing, how does Rush define "the top 1% of smart people in the country" if he believes that science and academia are full of lies?  Most people understand that smart people go into science and academia.  But those are the wrong kind of smart people, I guess.

I wish Rush could get past his bitterness about his own educational failures.  If he could see past his personal baggage, maybe his show would start making sense.  Maybe.