Microsoft Funds Koch’s Climate-Denying Tea Party Conference

Microsoft Corporation, which argues that climate pollution requires a “comprehensive and global response,” is sponsoring the Koch brothers’ Tea Party convention taking place in Washington, DC. Microsoft is a “gold sponsor” of the Americans For Prosperity Foundation’s fifth annual Defending The American Dream Summit, cheek and jowl with top climate denial front groups like the Heartland Institute, the American Legislative Exchange Council, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Speakers at the conference include climate deniers Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Ken Cuccinelli, Ann McElhinney, Chris Horner, Myron Ebell, and Carly Fiorina. Their prominent involvement was captured in a photograph by Slate.com reporter Dave Wiegel.

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6 Responses to Microsoft Funds Koch’s Climate-Denying Tea Party Conference

  1. donna says:

    Can we exchange links?
    I cover court corruption exclusively.

    • unfilteredmedia says:

      Sure, that’s sounds great, we all need to work together to keep building and spreading the word. Thanks for the initiative you took to reach out and connect with us here.

  2. Cindy L says:

    Sad… They really are defending a *dream*…

  3. Matt Taylor says:

    I’ll wait to see what happens at the conference. Microsoft may have paid all that money to get some intelligent speakers on the panels or something.

  4. Mike Mangan says:

    Spare me, crybaby. You don’t understand how much of a minority you global warming nutters are. Here’s Pew Research Center’s latest. Scroll down to “Perspectives on Climate Change.” Only 36% of Americans believe that man is responsible for global warming…

    http://www.people-press.org/2011/11/03/section-8-domestic-and-foreign-policy-views/

    Go whine to your progressive buddies in the Democratic party, the ones who did nothing for your eco-fascist fantasies when they held Congress and the Presidency.

    • Jim Cap says:

      So, Mike, even if your deceptive claim that “Only 36% of Americans believe that man is responsible for global warming” was true—which it isn’t—are you saying the scientific knowledge should be determined by popular opinion?

      Interesting? How many people would have believed that the earth revolved around the sun if you had polled them in 1500? How many people would have believed that there are countless species of microscopic animals we can’t see that can make us sick or even kill us, if you had polled them in 1776?

      Now, go tell us some more about the nonsense you’re being taught to parrot from Fox “News”. Moron.

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