If this kind of culture war bullshit is actually going to be the GOP playbook for the 2022 midterms, then from where I’m sitting, election day can’t get here soon enough.
It started simply, even blandly enough. Joe Biden opened his mouth. In a speech to the virtual climate summit that he hosted, President Biden stated that the US was committed to lowering greenhouse emissions by 50% by the end of the decade. An ambitious goal, but one most experts thought obtainable. The critical thing to remember is that Biden provided no details, only announcing the goal.
A day or so later, The Daily Mail newspaper published an article in which it suggested that one of the ways that Biden could achieve that goal was by severely cutting all red meat consumption in the US. The article cited a single, unsupported University of Michigan study several years ago. The important omissions were that the study didn’t say how much emissions would be reduced, nor, more importantly, why they would be reduced at all.
FUX News of course ran with the story on Friday, on John Roberts show, and that was more than enough for a mental black hole like Larry Kudlow. Kudlow, who has the IQ of celery, was on FUX that night to bemoan that what did it matter if we could have cook outs on the 4th of July if we couldn’t grill up juicy, fat boy burgers, or jumbo fat boy steaks? Biden is coming for your burgers! The funny thing is that Roberts himself spent time today refuting the story, admitting that the study was quoted out of context.
Here’s where it gets really stupid, and the GOP recycling comes in. The stupid part is the basis for the claims of lowered greenhouse gas emissions by reduced beef consumption. Now, stick close with me here. The theory is that if we’re all gonna eat a shit load of red meat, then you need a shit load of cows, right?
And cows tend to eat a shit load of grass and hay, right? And after eating all of that hay and grass, those cows tend to fart like 10,000 bastard maniacs. And farts are made up mostly of methane, which is a greenhouse gas. Ergo, get rid of cows and you get rid of cow farts, reducing methane emissions into the air. Perfect for the GOP, as stupid as shit, and as scary as hell to their brain dead base!
Here’s where the stupid GOP recycling effort kicks into high gear. They already tried this identical lame ass shit not all that long ago. And couldn’t even sell it to their own base. Let me remind you.
Remember a few years ago, when AOC first burst onto the scene? One of the first things she did, along with Senator Ed Markey, was to introduce the Green New Deal, dealing with climate change. And one of the smaller sections dealt with methane fart from livestock. But far from banning livestock, such as pigs, the plan dealt with agriculture coming up with new, more efficient, and healthier ways to feed the livestock to reduce the emissions.
And the GOP collectively lost their freakin’ shit! Because swine was the livestock specifically mentioned in the plan, the GOP panic creamed from the mountaintops that The Democrats are coming for your pork chops, your brats, and your BBQ ribs! Of course Fux News played it to the bone, but quickly dropped it when it failed to resonate with their own viewing audience in the ratings.
I just wrote a couple of days ago about how the GOP is going to be depending on culture wars to motivate their base in 2022. But this is a shining example of just how low the GOP is being reduced to try to find something, anything at all to take a swipe at Biden over. You know, when old rock bands take it on the road one more time, they tend to brand it as a reunion tour. And when they play, they try to stick to their greatest hits! Leave it to the fucking GOP to open the show with a number that everybody skipped over on the original album! And with a cranial Goliath like Larry Kudlow creating the playlist, we’re in great shape!
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Hard as it is to believe Kudlow talked up an even dumber idea he no doubt thought would hit MAGA good ole boys and gals where they lived. Kudlow said Biden and all of us lib-rul Democrats were going to force everyone to drink PLANT BASED BEER! OMG the horror!
Apparently, Kudlow doesn’t know the ingredients used to make beer. Water of course, but the main things that make beer actual beer are Hops, Barley and Grain. You know. PLANTS. And this was the guy Trump so often depended on for economic advice and to sell his economic agenda. I’ll bet even Trump knows what goes into beer and did a head slap when he heard Kudlow make his claim!
Even the average MAGAt knows what goes into beer. I can’t help but wonder if some of them heard what Kudlow said and thought to themselves “this guy is a real dumbass!” If so, maybe it will make them a tad skeptical of his other pronouncements. We are after all talking about BEER, and just like us MAGAts know beer.
I’ll just go off now and have a plant based beer, or should I have a plant based wine?
You know, I’m so upset, I think it will have to be something stronger, like plant based vodka, whisky, bourbon, brandy, tequila, or rum.
I can’t wait for ten pm Friday night and the posting of the weekly blog from Shower Cap. His take on this should be epic! As for Kudlow and those in MAGA Land who actually believe this shit (and to be fair I don’t think the majority will – some some will accept it as gospel) sometimes the level of stupid become stoopid.
You forgot about yeast, in your ingredient list. It’s the yeast that actually creates the alcohol and carbon dioxide (or, rather, converts the sugar from the plants into alcohol and CO₂). Without that yeast, you’d basically just have something akin to an oddly-flavored plain water–like barley water (traditionally, you just use 8 to 12 times as much water as barley and after the barley is cooked, you then strain the water into a pitcher–normally the water’s flavored with sugar or honey and fruit, typically lemon or lime, and the barley can be eaten separately; without the sweetener and flavoring, it’s not really a beverage of choice, though it does have some reputed health benefits).
I live in a cattle state. Nobody is eating any less meat. That said, I personally try to moderate meat consumption. Am an old fart. No methane jokes please. It is, to put it mildly, a straw man argument.
The Goofy Old Pissant party reminds me of the mad Hatter’s teaparty. Be sure to duck when the saucers start flying.