LaRouche is a freaking idiot

[garybeck]

Got my monthly call from a LaRouche supporter the other day. At first I started getting a little annoyed because he was giving LaRouche credit for just about everything good that has happened recently, from Bush giving in to the torture ban, to Reid shutting down the Senate.

The conversation evolved and we were talking about the "pending economic crisis" and I commented that part of the solution is refocusing our economy and energy policy, with a focus on renewable energy (as outlined in the New Apollo Project seen at http://apolloalliance.org). This will create jobs, new tax revenue, help the environment, and end our dependency on foreign oil.

I was blown away at his response.

He said the US actually needs to use THREE TIMES MORE ENERGY than it is currently using, and all the talk about conservation is BS. He said I need to "get serious" when I'm thinking about the future of our country and started implying that I didn't know what I was talking about. I assured him that I do know what I'm talking about, and that I've been working in the renewable energy industry for over 15 years. He wasn't impressed and insisted that renewable energy and energy conservation is not part of the solution, and that using renewable energy means "going back to the stone age."

I told him he doesn't know what he is talking about and he should stop wasting my time and take me off his call list.

I was so annoyed that I wrote them an email. I was even more blown away when I got this response, which supposedly was from LaRouche himself:



Here is Mr. LaRouche's reply to your comments. In the future, if you have comments or questions for Mr. LaRouche, address them to [email protected]. This will be a more direct way to get your e-mail to him, so that I don't have to forward your e-mail to him and his reply to you.

Michael Maddi
LaRouche PAC E-Mail Administrator

From: [email protected]
TO: Gary Beckwith

You should not be offended. He was correct. The idea
of "renewable energy" is a hoax spread as a scientific
fraud to undermine the U.S. economy and its standard of
living. You should not be m offended when someone
tells you the truth about an important issue of national
policy.

--Lyndon.




I can't believe what an idiot this guy is. They had me fooled for a while. I'm so glad I never sent them a buck.