Last summer, GOP leaders made clear their point of view about science:

Lawmakers in North Carolina, which has a long Atlantic Ocean coastline and vast areas of low-lying land, voted on Tuesday to ignore studies predicting a rapid rise in sea level due to climate change and postpone planning for the consequences.

Today, Rob Schofield offers a brilliant parody of their likely response to coastal flooding from Hurricane Sandy.

In a follow up to its bold action last spring to ban scientists from predicting a significant sea-level rise along the North Carolina coast over the the course of the 21st Century, House and Senate leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly announced early this morning that they would take further action in the coming days to ban weather “forecasts” and news “reports” related to coastal weather events.

Many people are confused as to whether Rob's parody is real or not. That alone should give the Tillis-Berger bird reason enough to pull its pathetic head out of the shifting sand.

Learning to deceive from the masters of deception:

But what's McCrory going to do if a controversial piece of abortion legislation shows up on his desk? He said he doesn't see the need for any abortion legislation and that, from conversations with Speaker of the House Thom Tillis and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, he doesn't see any coming.

If anybody out there is foolish enough to equate "doesn't see" with a "no" answer, they need a crash course in critical reading. First of all, "doesn't see" is a temporal classification, leaving flexibility for new data input. Secondly (and less technical), the phrase is a classic tool of the deceiver, and is most often used when they believe it will likely come in handy down the road. Like when a bill that's been cooling its heels in Committee finally gets the right combination of a supermajority and a GOP Governor:

It appears that being a member of the Republican party these days requires selective amnesia, with a healthy dose of delusion mandated for anyone in a leadership position. A quick look at a column by Phil Berger in today's Fayetteville Observer will drive the point home.

What does the short session budget do?

Please call Sen. Phil Berger’s office NOW at 919-733-5708 and tell him to release the HAVA funds!

You can also send him an email at phil.berger@ncleg.net

Previously.

Drop dead.

RALEIGH, NC - The Republican-controlled North Carolina senate today passed new legislation that ends the ongoing creationist debate in the Old North State. SB666 effectively prohibits public schools from teaching both evolution and art.

Responding to a new claim by so-called "scientists" that cave paintings on the Iberian peninsula may be as old as 40,000 years, Senator Phil Berger whipped up the bill in a matter of minutes.

"Show me one person who was alive 40,000 years ago and I'll show you a zombie," said Berger. "The fact is, you can't. You can't show me one single human being who actually saw these paintings being made. God said the earth is only 6000 years old. Who you gonna believe? Him or a bunch of commie scientists?"

When an elected official blatantly violates the constitution he is sworn to uphold, the son of a bitch should be in jail. I'd be all in favor of a constitutional showdown right about now. The governor should declare a state of emergency and put Berger behind bars where he belongs.

Which is why he doesn't hesitate to lie whenever it serves his destructive agenda.