The funding cuts to CBC have been a major part of the problem. CBC has chosen to fill the news hour with the same weekly opinion panels (i.e. The At Issue Panel) and the single source rants of Rex Murphy. Do I need these people telling me how to think?
What happened to investigative journalism? Is the CBC National news a government propaganda machine? Do they fear government retaliation in the way of cuts if they embarrass the government?
Rex Murphy is a pompous ass windbag who is Canada's William F. Buckley. As a stupid windbag, his arguments seem to meander endlessly without logic. He is a soapbox shill for the Stephen Harper's Conservatives.
Peter Mansbridge is a poor excuse for a journalist. His "One on One" show is totally boring with soft fluffy questions and no followup.
CBC should fire Rex and Peter!
I would like to see CBC fire him and the other opinionated
Lol I love how the deniers like to deem climate change as some fringe movement. BUT the reality is that a strong majority of Canadians believe climate change is a serious threat.
Once again, focusing on the trivial details and not the meat of the problem. Isnt this the guy who goes around pandering to the "climategate" situation that purportedly claimed the scientists to be liars?
Hilarity!
The fact that such a buffoon is even on the air makes up for the lack of comedy shows in Canada.
Troll on deniers. We'll see your grandkids in cancer clinics!
Though I would say it is somewhat mis-labelled. Mr. Murphy is not, in my opinion, ripping on environmentalists as a whole. Rather he is making a very powerful argument to be wary of "would-be" environmentalists that offer us an excuse to be self-congratulatory while doing the absolute minimum (like using only one square of toilet paper) while the real problems facing the environment continue to be ignored.
It sounded like Rex was trying to respond this way..
"How many Canadians does it take to change a light bulb?
"Go "Flick yourself"!
LOL :P
Personally,..I say..
What a stupid plot.
Close down the light bulb factory in London..Sylvania? plus others,..put umpteen 100's out of work, when yes,..we could "flick off" or put lights on timers etc.
How much Mercury will end up in the waterways etc from all the broken CFLs..then.."DON"T..whatever you do CRY abt "Oh now the water is bad!
The result of the whole lightbulb fiasco is this: ALL lightbulbs are now made in China. GE in London Ontario used to employ hundreds of people making lightbulbs, and not having enough time to retool to build the "new" lightbulbs they closed and laid off all of them. This is repeated country wide for thousands of Canadians. John Baird BTW is my local MPP, and a complete useless twat.
Each side is riddled with theories, and, quite frankly, there is somewhat of a balanced argument here. There is evidence the temperature is rising and that it could be from carbon emissions. It could also be from sun spots. There is no doubt that we pollute and there is no doubt that the earth has been completely covered with water before. It could be natural and it could be caused by humans. I have read extensively on the subject, and there are only theoretical conclusions on either side.
Nice to hear some common sense for a change! We need more people like Rex Murphy to pull the skirts up on this global warming fraud. And less people like godspube down there spouting the same old nonsense, in the vain hope that one day they'll get to suck Al Gore's nob.
@Bzakey3 Have you ever even read research proposed by climate scientists? The earth IS experiencing global warming. "Global warming fraud," ... why don't you crack open a book and do a little research and see that the Himalayan glaciers are melting, the snow caps of Mount Kilimanjaro are also melting and the glaciers in the North are melting too. Human activity emits 70 million tonnes of CO2 into the air everyday and 25 million tonnes of that goes into the ocean. Thats why everything is melting
Global Warming Deniers Update: 2010 is now the hottest year on record, according to the UN's World Meteorological Organization. Michel Jarraud, secretary-general: "The 2010 data confirm the Earth's significant long-term warming trend...The 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998." So much for the flaccid talk of Rip Murphy and his ilk. They aren't toughminded, unless a refusal to man up to a very threatening reality can somehow be spun as rigid analysis.
Face it: global warming is real, and it has been caused by human agency. Face it: if our children and grandchildren are to have decent lives we must change our polluting ways now! Commentators such as this guy are seductive loudmouths who tell us sweet nothings that we want to hear only so that we have excuses, however fabricated, to just lie down and feel fuzzy while the planet goes to hell.
@godsdude You'd have to be pretty damn narcissistic to think that humans can really affect the world to the degree you suggest. It's not a matter of taking responsibility for our actions, it's a matter of realizing that the world will do whatever it wants, the human race be damned. I'm all for taking care of the environment, but REALLY.
Rex Murphy definitely knows how to use the English language very well. He's entertaining, and he provokes thought. @ 1:58 ' Could hardly spring from such mundane matters as filling in pot-holes, or trying to end traffic jams', Rex shows his true colors and implies that sensible people like him are concerned by the real issues (pot-holes and traffic jams), car-centric, polluting issues. He should be ashamed of using his wit to turn people against thinking about more important issues!
As much as like Rex, I think he's wrong on this point. I would love to see him debate the other side of the medal... that progressing to a green economy would be much more beneficial to Canada that the status quo, on social and economic levels, and whether its environmentally necessary or not..
I love the humour in an individual names "god's dude" talking about 'the truth' and refusing to face reality.
That is a special kind of introspection failure, a special kind of ignorance.
Poor ecotheist nutcase can't handle a dose of reality from Rex who by the way never denied global warming, he simply pointed out how weak the science is and how partisan the sources are.
@zutroy1 The science is weak? General relativity is weak because it can't comply with Quantum physics. Do we dismiss either theory? No! We take the facts we have, clouded as they are, and try to make the world a better place. Should we ignore global warming simply because some PR people had a bad day, and burn all our fossil fuels without any alternative to fall back on? No. Whether that course of action damns us tomorrow or 100 years from now, ignorance is a bad idea!
Forgetting this debate for a second, I wouldn't trust a single thing that came out of this Sarah Palin loving freak. If you love Palin so much Rex, please fuck off to Alaska, okay? Thanks.
1. CRU completely fabricated the recent numbers. It isn't getting warmer, it's getting cooler. Don't confuse weather with climate.
2. CRU deleted or lost raw data so their scam couldn't be double checked.
3. CRU and other activists repeatedly act more like religious zealots, than people of science. The reason is they have to. The science just isn't there. It's like Environmental-McCarthyism.
Now maybe we can make a plan for the future, that won't just pick our pockets.
I cannot believe someone honestly thought the "Flick Off" campaign was a good idea???!!
Makes you wonder why we vote these people in. And as for Cheryl Crow, it is clear she isn't a rockstar in the thinking and reasoning department. Just like Al Gore's lifestyle of the Rich and famous with multiple houses, do what I say, and don't do as I do!!
And for Global warming... It's all BS. The truth is out.
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This commentator, like all global warming deniers, refuses to face reality, so falls back on fatuous assertiveness and cherry picking masquerading as knowledgeable analysis. It is indeed difficult to face the situation with backbone, it does take courage. The truth is awesome, and daunting. But nothing is to be gained by blindfolding ourselves to the facts: global warming is real, and we are causing it.
Did you accuse Rex Murphy of "fatuous assertiveness"? Because that is EXACTLY the tenor of your post! I'd say godsmack has a problem with self-awareness.
@godsdude : Amazing how idiots like you are brainwashed into throwing away your freedoms for a lie. People like you deserve to be a slave of the state. Wait! You already are.
@godsdude Do you think hes trying to deny global warming? did you listen to this video at all? hes making fun of the people trying to stop global warming and how dumb there 'advertisment campaigns' are! Also Global warming facts are still iffy, and no political party will ever fight global warming! you know why cause in most places the word "Eco-Tax" or "Carbon Tax" is political suicide
Green movement is greenwashed and co-opted by b.s. generalizing. It's always about lightbulbs, not about the actual coal-burning power plant. Not about fantastic, innovative alternative power sources for homes, or the damage of DUI weapons, CCStorage, Genetic Meddling, Petro-Chemical pollution, ruining drinking water, killing other creatures and their habitats etc
Houses cost half a million dollars and they can't come with a motion sensor to turn lights off?
That is quite a statement. But it all depends on a lot of what ifs.
But to throw in the towel already? I guess I am too much of an optimist to assume that change is not possible. After all, human history is filled with examples of change. How that change will happen is another matter. But none of us have a crystal ball.
I would love to comment on this video but, because I am deaf, I cannot. Hey! CBC! Please add closed captioning for those of us unfortunate enough to be hearing impaired. Thank you.
I've detected a theme in all of Rex's rants, including his drivel in the Globe and Mail, that suggest that he is simply jealous of celebrities. A good Catholic, he resents, like the 16 year old who never had a date, the jocks of the world, with their easy access to the sweet rewards of life. The space here does not allow a precise analysis but, consider this; Rex Murphy defends George Bush and has written at least 5 columns critical of Obama, who's tenure in office is less than 4 months.
it dose dosnt it, it wouldnt actualy take much just to make it say fuck off but i think the message alone should be quite clear......tell these enviromentalists to fuck off?? im sure lots of people have already but its too bad even rex murphy couldnt even get through to these people.
I guess it's supposed to. Go Flick yourself -- I think he's complaining about the forced hipness of the ON Minister, and the ignorant bad manners she has.
Cheryl Crowe must use toilet paper that's the thickness of Pampers diapers, if she uses one square. How moronic.
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We have more things to worry about then the environment theorys. like the new world order which is upon us and thank god i dont live in the usa. i hope canada can hold up against the new world order. now i know the illuminati wants slaves again BUT WHATEVER U FUCKING DO DONT MAKE WHITE PEOPLE slaves TAKE THE NIGGERS TAKE THE MUSLIMS TAKE ANYBODY JUST NOt WHITE PEOPLE. i support slavery aslong as its just niggers i am 100% white im not even jewish.
i just see rex murphby simply as some cushy old fart.i realize that altering light bulb use could be seen some as trite and frivilous, but it is a start (allbeit a small start) and starts have to start somewhere.a small something end up being a significant something in the future.
Right on Rex! Environmentalists are idiots funded by EXXON (Rockefeller)to drive the price of oil up. Meanwhile the atmosphere is carbon dioxide starved. CO2 levels has been 14times higher in the past bye nature alone. Now we are at the lowest amount ever. CO2 means plants which gives oxygen for animals to breathe and food to eat. Global warming fighters get off the fluoride and eat some fish and try to fix your brains.
Knowledge and not mind control mainstream media. Carbon Dioxide is a life giving gas. Exxon promotes global warming fraud, peak oil and that oil comes from dinosaurs. But you are going to believe it still when u starve and freeze to death. Do yourself a favor and turn the TV off and read and think.
@elucidative CO2 is not the only greenhouse gas in the atmosphere my friend, check the facts and share your thoughts again. Just a Methane itself is 26 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2...etc
@CTW520 I should know what a greenhouse gas is, I am a groundwater geologist. I know that the indoctrination that the media gives TV watchers is exaggerations and selective omissions of the truth. This catastrophic global warming is nothing but lies invented by the Club of Rome potheads like Carl Sagan's colleagues said and he was just another globalist conspiring to make a world government. Be skeptical of everything in the media promoting world government and with treaties even fake movies.
@elucidative You may be a groundwater geologist, but you talk like a paranoid schizophrenic off his meds.... Promoting world government. Would you prefer the current state of countless tiny fifedoms(countries) all arguing and at war, literally, religiously, or at the very least economically? The global internet will inevitably create a global economy, which will break down all the barriers that we choose to erect. Globalism, at least educationally and economically is inevitable. Grow a pair!
Making the assumption that the Environment Minister of Ontario meant for her campaign slogan to be read as "Fuck Off" rather than "Flick Off" is an example of idiocy more than logic. And how does your being a student of Chemistry demonstrate your ability to recognize logic?
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Neil, I can tell you've never been to a third world country or the USA before. As far as I can tell you're the typical Canadian that thinks that everyone in the world should be nice to each other and that everything will be okay. NEWSFLASH!! 3/4 of the world lives in POVERTY!! People die everyday in this world from war, disease and poverty the world is not a NICE PLACE!!! Canada is a nice bubble that protects you and me from that terrible truth. Cafferty tells it like it is, Rex is a wannabe!!
So far, everything you've pegged me as is wrong. But that's OK, keep on making false assumptions from your self-righteous faculty-lounge world. It's quite entertaining to see you get progressively more frustrated.
JACK CAFFERTY AND ONLY JACK CAFFERTY would have the BALLS to call Donald Rumsfeld a war criminal, Chinese imports JUNK and their government GOONS AND THUGZ on one of America's most popular TV stations!!!!
I'm going to take that comment back Neil. What I would recommend you do is look up Jack Cafferty on youtube and you'll see why Rex Murphy is essential CBC'S version of CNN'S Jack Cafferty (essentialy Jack Cafferty on Barbituates). If after watching Cafferty you still think Rex Murphy is funny or even interesting I will have to split the difference with you and you can be upgraded to a 50% Goofball.
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I'll go you one better, Shivakrishnarama, and suggest that Rex Murphy is Canada's version of Glenn Beck, albeit with a college education and a mild personality. I'm not sure that it's drug-induced, though.
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Rex Murphy is such a goofball, he's completely out of tune with anybody who was born after 1969. I would rather watch MSNBC or CNN Canadian television is so sad.
Listening to Al Gore is just an inconvenient waste of my time. And much unlike the planet that is NOT in peril, they are minutes that I will never get back
A very good read is Peter Huber's "Hard Green". Gives a good distinction between conservationalist and environmentalist. Also read his book "The Bottomless Well" to get a good perspective on energy use and availability.
There is a difference between ripping ENVIRONMENTALISTS and ENVIRONMENTALISM. The environmentalists are a bunch of crazy assholes. Enviornmentalism, however, is a concerning, but not overly important, issue that has been blown out of proportion by said environmentalists. In short: we ARE fucking up the world, but not as much nor as quickly as Mr. Gore and Co. say. We SHOULD change our lifestyle, in small amounts, but not radically. It's not worth it.
Exactly! couldn't agree more, environmentalists are a bunch of con artists! and so far they have conned almost every one of us! i do agree, we do need to change but change will come naturally, however it will not come if it is forced down our throats. people are just getting annoyed, like you and me! anyway nice to meet some one who shares similar thoughts.
Rex Murphy's job at the CBC is to give controversial viewpoints which are often contradictory to CBC standards, and he's paid well for it. To hate Rex Murphy is not to hate the CBC - rather, it's to hate Rex Murphy.
just let the planet become uninhabitable. at least we can say we didn't risk being associated with any celebrities. that's the important thing. right?
just because flakey politicians and celebrities live in fantasy, doesn't mean climate change isn't -reality-. i hate kitschy causes as much as the next reasonable person, but the reality is that those who know, believe it to be true... the vast majority of scientists from numerous countries. it's difficult to be cynical with that kind of evidence.
You still haven't shown me a shred of evidence to support the assertion that the planet is becoming uninhabitable. I live on this planet and it's perfectly habitable. Today it's 15 degrees celcius here in Toronto in August.
The vast majority of true scientists of relevance in the field do NOT have evidence of anthropomorphic climate change and thoroughly refute the foolish idea that manmade carbon dioxide could have any effect on the climate.
And 'climate change' relies on the asinine ideas of climate stasis(never in earths history) and the idea that everything was all hunky dory until these nasty little apes came along and proceeded to destroy the environment to no end.
Then gewehrmeister, can we store all the nuclear waste in the backyards of "the vast majority of true scientists? Perhaps all those mentioned -including yourself- will move to the unbreathable air of Beijing, Mexico City or LA...even if it has no effect on our hunky dory environment, why should those of us trying to do something about it suffer the bad air, water and earth?
We have underground waste dumps for spent reactor fuel that cannot be processed to yield more fissile materials and the nonfissile byproducts of such processing. And I never said anything about turning earth into an ecological hellhole. Anthropomorphic global warming/cooling/climate change is not a demonstrated scientific phenomenon seeing as jupiter, venus, mars and every other planet and moon that we can measure has been seeing the same warming trend thus ruling out man.
The funding cuts to CBC have been a major part of the problem. CBC has chosen to fill the news hour with the same weekly opinion panels (i.e. The At Issue Panel) and the single source rants of Rex Murphy. Do I need these people telling me how to think?
What happened to investigative journalism? Is the CBC National news a government propaganda machine? Do they fear government retaliation in the way of cuts if they embarrass the government?
haroldb55 4 days ago
Rex Murphy is a pompous ass windbag who is Canada's William F. Buckley. As a stupid windbag, his arguments seem to meander endlessly without logic. He is a soapbox shill for the Stephen Harper's Conservatives.
Peter Mansbridge is a poor excuse for a journalist. His "One on One" show is totally boring with soft fluffy questions and no followup.
CBC should fire Rex and Peter!
I would like to see CBC fire him and the other opinionated
fools employed by the CBC National News.
haroldb55 2 weeks ago
@haroldb55
Better yet fire the CBC. Cut there funding to 0$
gordy321 2 weeks ago
This video is a favorite on Mbabane
josepena1127 1 month ago
Lol I love how the deniers like to deem climate change as some fringe movement. BUT the reality is that a strong majority of Canadians believe climate change is a serious threat.
mattt1994 1 month ago
This has been flagged as spam show
This vid went viral on Kingston
irvingadkins616 2 months ago
LOL, politics. Left-wing loonies and right-wing retards...I see no difference.
jkl890 2 months ago
Once again, focusing on the trivial details and not the meat of the problem. Isnt this the guy who goes around pandering to the "climategate" situation that purportedly claimed the scientists to be liars?
Hilarity!
The fact that such a buffoon is even on the air makes up for the lack of comedy shows in Canada.
Troll on deniers. We'll see your grandkids in cancer clinics!
timetraveler2006 2 months ago
most sensible analysis as always.
hecdc 2 months ago
This guy Needs a plastic surgery lol. That's probably not a problem being now financed by the Conservatives
bizier100 3 months ago
This. Is. Amazing.
clocklatemynt 3 months ago
Awesome clip!
Though I would say it is somewhat mis-labelled. Mr. Murphy is not, in my opinion, ripping on environmentalists as a whole. Rather he is making a very powerful argument to be wary of "would-be" environmentalists that offer us an excuse to be self-congratulatory while doing the absolute minimum (like using only one square of toilet paper) while the real problems facing the environment continue to be ignored.
drockthecasbah 3 months ago 4
This one HILARIOUS
betweenthebeautifull 4 months ago
looked like "fuck off" don't u think?
sam9116 4 months ago 2
@sam9116 that is the whole reason i clicked this! XD
xTerrariaBossx 3 months ago
What's wrong with this guys face?
Counterbrilliance 6 months ago
@Counterbrilliance : nothing. What's wrong with your brain?
eimb1999 5 months ago
@Counterbrilliance It's a mix of brilliance and drugs.
wadmanlikesbeer1 5 months ago
Well said Rex! I wish there were more people like you who have the balls to challenge the nonsense peddled by these environmentalist zealots.
Banastre61 7 months ago
bill murray / colin mochrie look-alike?
Sm3gH3adx 8 months ago
Good day
hehe....
It sounded like Rex was trying to respond this way..
"How many Canadians does it take to change a light bulb?
"Go "Flick yourself"!
LOL :P
Personally,..I say..
What a stupid plot.
Close down the light bulb factory in London..Sylvania? plus others,..put umpteen 100's out of work, when yes,..we could "flick off" or put lights on timers etc.
How much Mercury will end up in the waterways etc from all the broken CFLs..then.."DON"T..whatever you do CRY abt "Oh now the water is bad!
RetroCaptain 9 months ago
The result of the whole lightbulb fiasco is this: ALL lightbulbs are now made in China. GE in London Ontario used to employ hundreds of people making lightbulbs, and not having enough time to retool to build the "new" lightbulbs they closed and laid off all of them. This is repeated country wide for thousands of Canadians. John Baird BTW is my local MPP, and a complete useless twat.
steveaustin71 9 months ago
This is hilarious! the word flick really looks like the other f word
jasonscfr 10 months ago
sexy rexy does it again. what a man
ferkisful 10 months ago
Each side is riddled with theories, and, quite frankly, there is somewhat of a balanced argument here. There is evidence the temperature is rising and that it could be from carbon emissions. It could also be from sun spots. There is no doubt that we pollute and there is no doubt that the earth has been completely covered with water before. It could be natural and it could be caused by humans. I have read extensively on the subject, and there are only theoretical conclusions on either side.
Wheelcranker 10 months ago
wow, rex is so out of touch...
bragladish 10 months ago
Nice to hear some common sense for a change! We need more people like Rex Murphy to pull the skirts up on this global warming fraud. And less people like godspube down there spouting the same old nonsense, in the vain hope that one day they'll get to suck Al Gore's nob.
Bzakey3 11 months ago
@Bzakey3 Have you ever even read research proposed by climate scientists? The earth IS experiencing global warming. "Global warming fraud," ... why don't you crack open a book and do a little research and see that the Himalayan glaciers are melting, the snow caps of Mount Kilimanjaro are also melting and the glaciers in the North are melting too. Human activity emits 70 million tonnes of CO2 into the air everyday and 25 million tonnes of that goes into the ocean. Thats why everything is melting
j3e1h3 11 months ago
Those curly-fry light bulbs? They're BS! I had to replace them three times this year!
Steelback70 11 months ago 2
Global Warming Deniers Update: 2010 is now the hottest year on record, according to the UN's World Meteorological Organization. Michel Jarraud, secretary-general: "The 2010 data confirm the Earth's significant long-term warming trend...The 10 warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998." So much for the flaccid talk of Rip Murphy and his ilk. They aren't toughminded, unless a refusal to man up to a very threatening reality can somehow be spun as rigid analysis.
godsdude 1 year ago
Clever stupidity. An educated Don Cherry.
navazguitar 1 year ago
Clever stupidity.
navazguitar 1 year ago
Face it: global warming is real, and it has been caused by human agency. Face it: if our children and grandchildren are to have decent lives we must change our polluting ways now! Commentators such as this guy are seductive loudmouths who tell us sweet nothings that we want to hear only so that we have excuses, however fabricated, to just lie down and feel fuzzy while the planet goes to hell.
godsdude 1 year ago
@godsdude You'd have to be pretty damn narcissistic to think that humans can really affect the world to the degree you suggest. It's not a matter of taking responsibility for our actions, it's a matter of realizing that the world will do whatever it wants, the human race be damned. I'm all for taking care of the environment, but REALLY.
ceratlc 11 months ago
STOP GLOBAL WHINING !!!!!!!!!!!!
'Nuff already !
sixinafour 1 year ago
Lol! Rex Murphy has been the best part of the CBC since ever! ROFL @ the Cheryl Crow comment! :D
ENJager 1 year ago
Rex Murphy definitely knows how to use the English language very well. He's entertaining, and he provokes thought. @ 1:58 ' Could hardly spring from such mundane matters as filling in pot-holes, or trying to end traffic jams', Rex shows his true colors and implies that sensible people like him are concerned by the real issues (pot-holes and traffic jams), car-centric, polluting issues. He should be ashamed of using his wit to turn people against thinking about more important issues!
JeremyNasmith 1 year ago
As much as like Rex, I think he's wrong on this point. I would love to see him debate the other side of the medal... that progressing to a green economy would be much more beneficial to Canada that the status quo, on social and economic levels, and whether its environmentally necessary or not..
biozen 1 year ago 3
I like Rex Murphy... but I didn't really hear his point. It just seemed like a bunch of Ad Hominem attacks.
AestusL4 1 year ago
best thumbnail of a youtube video ever
amindlessidiot 1 year ago
I love the humour in an individual names "god's dude" talking about 'the truth' and refusing to face reality.
That is a special kind of introspection failure, a special kind of ignorance.
Poor ecotheist nutcase can't handle a dose of reality from Rex who by the way never denied global warming, he simply pointed out how weak the science is and how partisan the sources are.
zutroy1 1 year ago
@zutroy1 The science is weak? General relativity is weak because it can't comply with Quantum physics. Do we dismiss either theory? No! We take the facts we have, clouded as they are, and try to make the world a better place. Should we ignore global warming simply because some PR people had a bad day, and burn all our fossil fuels without any alternative to fall back on? No. Whether that course of action damns us tomorrow or 100 years from now, ignorance is a bad idea!
JeremyNasmith 1 year ago
this dude is a candain bill o rilley
jeffcool78 1 year ago
He needs to grow back the afro.
endingsociety11 1 year ago
wow I never thought I would see the day when crack cocaine addicts could have their own shows
reggaefest 1 year ago
Forgetting this debate for a second, I wouldn't trust a single thing that came out of this Sarah Palin loving freak. If you love Palin so much Rex, please fuck off to Alaska, okay? Thanks.
drauglintuor 1 year ago
the LI part looks like a u so its like **** off
mamaurmother 2 years ago
rex SUCKS
sidewalkpilot 2 years ago
Flick off! ^^
joeseth05 2 years ago
ooh, Rex can use hard words...that makes him right :P
jmzimmerman1984 2 years ago
I think Climategate put the canard of "Climate Change" to bed.
Rex is right, as well as any independent, free thinking man, with a modicum of common sense can see.
tak178 2 years ago 3
@jmzimmerman1984 can say the same of your veiws! r u sad cause your vocab is lacking? by the way read 1984 its an anti liberal tract...retard!
WORLDARYANREVIVAL 1 year ago
Here's some facts.
1. CRU completely fabricated the recent numbers. It isn't getting warmer, it's getting cooler. Don't confuse weather with climate.
2. CRU deleted or lost raw data so their scam couldn't be double checked.
3. CRU and other activists repeatedly act more like religious zealots, than people of science. The reason is they have to. The science just isn't there. It's like Environmental-McCarthyism.
Now maybe we can make a plan for the future, that won't just pick our pockets.
Miradart 2 years ago 2
I cannot believe someone honestly thought the "Flick Off" campaign was a good idea???!!
Makes you wonder why we vote these people in. And as for Cheryl Crow, it is clear she isn't a rockstar in the thinking and reasoning department. Just like Al Gore's lifestyle of the Rich and famous with multiple houses, do what I say, and don't do as I do!!
And for Global warming... It's all BS. The truth is out.
Canadianhefe 2 years ago 2
Quand tu as vraiment rien à dire, tu fais comme Rex Murphy, tu dis n'importe quoi!
kraterium 2 years ago
Rex you should have said Crowe is aiming to decrease our carbon foot print by increasing our carbon skidmarks
knocked44 2 years ago 4
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This commentator, like all global warming deniers, refuses to face reality, so falls back on fatuous assertiveness and cherry picking masquerading as knowledgeable analysis. It is indeed difficult to face the situation with backbone, it does take courage. The truth is awesome, and daunting. But nothing is to be gained by blindfolding ourselves to the facts: global warming is real, and we are causing it.
godsdude 2 years ago
Did you accuse Rex Murphy of "fatuous assertiveness"? Because that is EXACTLY the tenor of your post! I'd say godsmack has a problem with self-awareness.
neilf72 2 years ago 6
@godsdude what a lame argument you said nothing! ok i can say u refuse to face reality! that means nothing...!
WORLDARYANREVIVAL 1 year ago
@godsdude : Amazing how idiots like you are brainwashed into throwing away your freedoms for a lie. People like you deserve to be a slave of the state. Wait! You already are.
eimb1999 1 year ago
@godsdude Do you think hes trying to deny global warming? did you listen to this video at all? hes making fun of the people trying to stop global warming and how dumb there 'advertisment campaigns' are! Also Global warming facts are still iffy, and no political party will ever fight global warming! you know why cause in most places the word "Eco-Tax" or "Carbon Tax" is political suicide
Lotsoffun111 4 months ago
Nature is everything.
Green movement is greenwashed and co-opted by b.s. generalizing. It's always about lightbulbs, not about the actual coal-burning power plant. Not about fantastic, innovative alternative power sources for homes, or the damage of DUI weapons, CCStorage, Genetic Meddling, Petro-Chemical pollution, ruining drinking water, killing other creatures and their habitats etc
Houses cost half a million dollars and they can't come with a motion sensor to turn lights off?
101101101777 2 years ago 2
That is quite a statement. But it all depends on a lot of what ifs.
But to throw in the towel already? I guess I am too much of an optimist to assume that change is not possible. After all, human history is filled with examples of change. How that change will happen is another matter. But none of us have a crystal ball.
Trudeau790 2 years ago
Oh well. Rex can rant all her likes, it won't matter. Changes are coming whether he likes it or not.
Trudeau790 2 years ago
Bravo Rex. I think you might always be my hero.
OAbrey 2 years ago
I'm contributing to global warming one shotgun blast at a time.
Of course I have to drive my gas guzzling truck to the edge of town first... wouldn't want to shatter any windows.
dogterd 2 years ago
I would love to comment on this video but, because I am deaf, I cannot. Hey! CBC! Please add closed captioning for those of us unfortunate enough to be hearing impaired. Thank you.
chercheuse2 2 years ago
ONE SQUARE!!! eeew.
nadiaboo1 2 years ago 3
A few less vehicles then the ones used for the D-day invasion. LOLs
Darcksaac 2 years ago 3
yeah, politicians know for their comedic aspirations and the need to constantly be critiqued for their style.
usually quite good, this one is a lost cause. idiot.
PsychoticusRex 2 years ago
I swear, part of the 'O' in Flick Off is animated!
PenaltyKillah 2 years ago
not sheryl too. There's muzack at my work.
"to be seen to be green" sums it all up
triggin trama tweens...oh twit twitch...
PEOPLE MATTER MOST
TalkShitAvenger 2 years ago
An Anglo Saxon injunction LOL!!! That is what I will say next time I hear some one use this word LOL!!!
jmay2002 2 years ago 3
From a distance, before I clicked on the video -- that looks like Fuck Off.
universalradio 2 years ago
Agreed.
rolewiii 2 years ago
I've detected a theme in all of Rex's rants, including his drivel in the Globe and Mail, that suggest that he is simply jealous of celebrities. A good Catholic, he resents, like the 16 year old who never had a date, the jocks of the world, with their easy access to the sweet rewards of life. The space here does not allow a precise analysis but, consider this; Rex Murphy defends George Bush and has written at least 5 columns critical of Obama, who's tenure in office is less than 4 months.
OPPgreg 2 years ago
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best analysis of this reich-wing corporate-funded ugly lunatic by far....
His fascist anti-environment, anti-progress driblle is sickening...
skinisskin 2 years ago
typical liberal, have to make a personal attack on his appearance to compensate for your lack of logical reasoning. keep walking with the sheep.
sn8andy 2 years ago 4
FLICK OFF looks like FUCK OFF
foodlovingpig 2 years ago
it dose dosnt it, it wouldnt actualy take much just to make it say fuck off but i think the message alone should be quite clear......tell these enviromentalists to fuck off?? im sure lots of people have already but its too bad even rex murphy couldnt even get through to these people.
tinfoilhat1984 2 years ago
Thank you captain obvious!
diamondbuck66 2 years ago
You're welcome! =D
foodlovingpig 2 years ago
I guess it's supposed to. Go Flick yourself -- I think he's complaining about the forced hipness of the ON Minister, and the ignorant bad manners she has.
Cheryl Crowe must use toilet paper that's the thickness of Pampers diapers, if she uses one square. How moronic.
universalradio 2 years ago 9
Even if my toilet paper was as thick as a diaper, I would still use about 100 sheets.
foodlovingpig 2 years ago 4
oh man, rex is a gem...brilliant absolutely brilliant! Ugly as sin, but brilliant
hughstreet 3 years ago 5
How come every time I watch Rex Murphy, he comes across so professorial. He no doubt causes dictionary sales to go through the roof.
Try to sound human...
devotedhamiltonian 3 years ago
He sounds like an intelligent human. Would you like him to grunt and mime?
bixiecribs 3 years ago 17
Clever guy, just discovered him.
MultiNational3Fish 3 years ago 2
LOL!!!!!!!!!!
DJFusia 3 years ago 2
rex is the best
0utlaw14 3 years ago 5
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christ this man is ugly
braganza007 3 years ago
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Yea. And you're dumb and ugly.
p04QR3RB 2 years ago
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dublinnewf 3 years ago 12
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zzzzzzzzz boring....
KingKumaForever 3 years ago
I can't believe Rex still works at the Communist Broadcasting Corporation. I'm sure they would have tossed him like they wanted to toss Grapes.
thunderflash82 3 years ago
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We have more things to worry about then the environment theorys. like the new world order which is upon us and thank god i dont live in the usa. i hope canada can hold up against the new world order. now i know the illuminati wants slaves again BUT WHATEVER U FUCKING DO DONT MAKE WHITE PEOPLE slaves TAKE THE NIGGERS TAKE THE MUSLIMS TAKE ANYBODY JUST NOt WHITE PEOPLE. i support slavery aslong as its just niggers i am 100% white im not even jewish.
nofootedseatgrabpimp 3 years ago
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OwlRafter 3 years ago 2
"Wow, this man is a horrible person."
Rex? He's not. John Baird is a horrible person.
Inresurrection 3 years ago
Environmentalists are hypocrites. They use MORE oil and energy than everyone else.
StoogeWatcher 3 years ago 2
i just see rex murphby simply as some cushy old fart.i realize that altering light bulb use could be seen some as trite and frivilous, but it is a start (allbeit a small start) and starts have to start somewhere.a small something end up being a significant something in the future.
oaklynlen 3 years ago
TOMGREEN WASHERE
pbongaloo 3 years ago
HI TOM GREEN !! GRTZ FROM ANGELTV . NL
AngelTvpuntNL 3 years ago
For Rex, though if he heeds this, he's likely to be silent forever:
people(dot)vanderbilt(dot)edu/~robert(dot)talisse/StrawMan_argumentation(dot)pdf
TonyKaku 3 years ago
Right on Rex! Environmentalists are idiots funded by EXXON (Rockefeller)to drive the price of oil up. Meanwhile the atmosphere is carbon dioxide starved. CO2 levels has been 14times higher in the past bye nature alone. Now we are at the lowest amount ever. CO2 means plants which gives oxygen for animals to breathe and food to eat. Global warming fighters get off the fluoride and eat some fish and try to fix your brains.
elucidative 3 years ago
Environmentalists are idiots funded by Exxon?? LOL...what have you been smoking??
Surely57 3 years ago 4
Knowledge and not mind control mainstream media. Carbon Dioxide is a life giving gas. Exxon promotes global warming fraud, peak oil and that oil comes from dinosaurs. But you are going to believe it still when u starve and freeze to death. Do yourself a favor and turn the TV off and read and think.
elucidative 3 years ago
@elucidative CO2 is not the only greenhouse gas in the atmosphere my friend, check the facts and share your thoughts again. Just a Methane itself is 26 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2...etc
CTW520 1 year ago
@CTW520 I should know what a greenhouse gas is, I am a groundwater geologist. I know that the indoctrination that the media gives TV watchers is exaggerations and selective omissions of the truth. This catastrophic global warming is nothing but lies invented by the Club of Rome potheads like Carl Sagan's colleagues said and he was just another globalist conspiring to make a world government. Be skeptical of everything in the media promoting world government and with treaties even fake movies.
elucidative 1 year ago
@elucidative You may be a groundwater geologist, but you talk like a paranoid schizophrenic off his meds.... Promoting world government. Would you prefer the current state of countless tiny fifedoms(countries) all arguing and at war, literally, religiously, or at the very least economically? The global internet will inevitably create a global economy, which will break down all the barriers that we choose to erect. Globalism, at least educationally and economically is inevitable. Grow a pair!
JeremyNasmith 1 year ago
Good video
frank0067 3 years ago
Brilliant
I am a PhD student of Chemistry.
He is talking logic here, nothing more than rational logic.
fumarin 3 years ago
Making the assumption that the Environment Minister of Ontario meant for her campaign slogan to be read as "Fuck Off" rather than "Flick Off" is an example of idiocy more than logic. And how does your being a student of Chemistry demonstrate your ability to recognize logic?
torachan72 3 years ago
SOMEONE meant for it to read as "Fuck off."
I mean, "Go flick yourself"? Jesus Christ.
Delphieus 3 years ago 2
god=generation organization destruction
shivakrishnarama 3 years ago
True colours revealed.
May God help you find peace one day.
neilf72 3 years ago
@shivakrishnarama : shivakrishnarama = stupidity on parade.
eimb1999 1 year ago
@eimb1999 You're a pansy. Go back to kissing guys.
shivakrishnarama 1 year ago
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Neil, I can tell you've never been to a third world country or the USA before. As far as I can tell you're the typical Canadian that thinks that everyone in the world should be nice to each other and that everything will be okay. NEWSFLASH!! 3/4 of the world lives in POVERTY!! People die everyday in this world from war, disease and poverty the world is not a NICE PLACE!!! Canada is a nice bubble that protects you and me from that terrible truth. Cafferty tells it like it is, Rex is a wannabe!!
shivakrishnarama 3 years ago
So far, everything you've pegged me as is wrong. But that's OK, keep on making false assumptions from your self-righteous faculty-lounge world. It's quite entertaining to see you get progressively more frustrated.
neilf72 3 years ago
JACK CAFFERTY AND ONLY JACK CAFFERTY would have the BALLS to call Donald Rumsfeld a war criminal, Chinese imports JUNK and their government GOONS AND THUGZ on one of America's most popular TV stations!!!!
shivakrishnarama 3 years ago
I thought you said he was funny? That's psychosis, not humour.
neilf72 3 years ago
I'm going to take that comment back Neil. What I would recommend you do is look up Jack Cafferty on youtube and you'll see why Rex Murphy is essential CBC'S version of CNN'S Jack Cafferty (essentialy Jack Cafferty on Barbituates). If after watching Cafferty you still think Rex Murphy is funny or even interesting I will have to split the difference with you and you can be upgraded to a 50% Goofball.
shivakrishnarama 3 years ago
Cafferty is a bitter radical leftist misery. Rex has common sense. I've never seen Cafferty say something even remotely funny
neilf72 3 years ago
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I'll go you one better, Shivakrishnarama, and suggest that Rex Murphy is Canada's version of Glenn Beck, albeit with a college education and a mild personality. I'm not sure that it's drug-induced, though.
Neville6000 2 years ago
What makes you say that??
prodigy00073 2 years ago
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Rex Murphy is such a goofball, he's completely out of tune with anybody who was born after 1969. I would rather watch MSNBC or CNN Canadian television is so sad.
shivakrishnarama 3 years ago
I was born in 1972 and I love him.
neilf72 3 years ago
The only conclusion I have for you Neil, is that:
#1 You don't have kids (if you do ask them to watch this and get their opinion)
#2 You're a Goofball !!!
shivakrishnarama 3 years ago
Rex should see this... Paul Watson '78 CBC
watch?v=H_gTBDFTXE0
Re: Seal hunt
chewytoys 3 years ago
Nuclear Power!!!
warchild81 4 years ago
Listening to Al Gore is just an inconvenient waste of my time. And much unlike the planet that is NOT in peril, they are minutes that I will never get back
RichardHartl 4 years ago
I never wanted to hear Rex Muprhy say "universal constipation."
cromicus 4 years ago
who cares what a pissed-off old Canadian thinks anyway?
crazytvfan815 4 years ago
American Ignorance
kasios 4 years ago
It was a JOKE!!! Almost all of my family, save my generation, is Canadian
crazytvfan815 4 years ago
Grumpy Old Man says Words
Blahcetera 4 years ago
Thank you Rex Murphy, oh thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for speaking out on this subject.
zeamays2 4 years ago 2
I just like the who idea of Go Flick yourself!
jmay2002 4 years ago
Yes, illiterates and ignoramuses just eat it up.
neilf72 4 years ago
holy shit! it's sooooo obviously a big "U" not "LI" in the word "Flick", look at the font they used, etc! it looks soooo much like a big "U"!
AND the "O" in "Off" looks like a middle finger.
LOL
ScarDrey 4 years ago
Rex as our next PM!!!!
alainbreton 4 years ago
Rex Murphy for PM Jack Layton for minister of environment!
notscooter952 4 years ago
Nice clip and good commentary. Thanks for posting.
BobZybach 4 years ago
A very good read is Peter Huber's "Hard Green". Gives a good distinction between conservationalist and environmentalist. Also read his book "The Bottomless Well" to get a good perspective on energy use and availability.
panzmeyer 4 years ago
Rex Murphy is my newest hero (who knew - a CBC employee with his own brain!?)
nilloc99 4 years ago
There is a difference between ripping ENVIRONMENTALISTS and ENVIRONMENTALISM. The environmentalists are a bunch of crazy assholes. Enviornmentalism, however, is a concerning, but not overly important, issue that has been blown out of proportion by said environmentalists. In short: we ARE fucking up the world, but not as much nor as quickly as Mr. Gore and Co. say. We SHOULD change our lifestyle, in small amounts, but not radically. It's not worth it.
pwnedTAS 4 years ago
Exactly! couldn't agree more, environmentalists are a bunch of con artists! and so far they have conned almost every one of us! i do agree, we do need to change but change will come naturally, however it will not come if it is forced down our throats. people are just getting annoyed, like you and me! anyway nice to meet some one who shares similar thoughts.
spongebobmrkrabs 4 years ago
The problem with envronmentalists is that they care more about the earth then they do about their rights and liberties.
mcdermov1 4 years ago
one reason not to torch your local CBC building...
kimonov 4 years ago
Rex Murphy's job at the CBC is to give controversial viewpoints which are often contradictory to CBC standards, and he's paid well for it. To hate Rex Murphy is not to hate the CBC - rather, it's to hate Rex Murphy.
pwnedTAS 4 years ago
Go go Rex MURPHY!!!
IPASCALI 4 years ago
just let the planet become uninhabitable. at least we can say we didn't risk being associated with any celebrities. that's the important thing. right?
theolcoyote 4 years ago
Do you believe the planet is becoming uninhabitable? There's zero evidence to support that claim.
neilf72 4 years ago
just because flakey politicians and celebrities live in fantasy, doesn't mean climate change isn't -reality-. i hate kitschy causes as much as the next reasonable person, but the reality is that those who know, believe it to be true... the vast majority of scientists from numerous countries. it's difficult to be cynical with that kind of evidence.
theolcoyote 4 years ago
You still haven't shown me a shred of evidence to support the assertion that the planet is becoming uninhabitable. I live on this planet and it's perfectly habitable. Today it's 15 degrees celcius here in Toronto in August.
neilf72 4 years ago
you're one of these smarmy internet semantics guys, and i can't win, right?
theolcoyote 4 years ago
Game, set, match.
neilf72 4 years ago
that really wasn't a compliment.
theolcoyote 4 years ago
*puts out the flame war*
pwnedTAS 4 years ago
The vast majority of true scientists of relevance in the field do NOT have evidence of anthropomorphic climate change and thoroughly refute the foolish idea that manmade carbon dioxide could have any effect on the climate.
And 'climate change' relies on the asinine ideas of climate stasis(never in earths history) and the idea that everything was all hunky dory until these nasty little apes came along and proceeded to destroy the environment to no end.
gewehrmeister3777 4 years ago
Then gewehrmeister, can we store all the nuclear waste in the backyards of "the vast majority of true scientists? Perhaps all those mentioned -including yourself- will move to the unbreathable air of Beijing, Mexico City or LA...even if it has no effect on our hunky dory environment, why should those of us trying to do something about it suffer the bad air, water and earth?
peace...
terri22221 3 years ago
We have underground waste dumps for spent reactor fuel that cannot be processed to yield more fissile materials and the nonfissile byproducts of such processing. And I never said anything about turning earth into an ecological hellhole. Anthropomorphic global warming/cooling/climate change is not a demonstrated scientific phenomenon seeing as jupiter, venus, mars and every other planet and moon that we can measure has been seeing the same warming trend thus ruling out man.
gewehrmeister3777 3 years ago
good ol' rexy
jhom90 4 years ago
Lol Rex Murphy is hilarious...
aosmond23 4 years ago
Hahahahahah, this guy is my hero! He is so funny!
cfynes 4 years ago
I don't like it when pessimists pose as intellectuals. Being negative about what everyone else is doing doesn't make you smart!
And Sherly Crow doesn't F*cking stand for all environmentalist!!!!! There are stupid people all over the world!
MegOMegOMegO 4 years ago
Tell that to Socrates.
dalsucks 4 years ago
very very good. haha
captainzerocool 4 years ago
Hey that Ontereo environmental ossifer is rather cute. I imagine she could screw my bulb pretty well...
yankeeshogun 4 years ago
bwahahaha I love his constant saracasm
kamikazit 4 years ago