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I shouldn't feel like I'm nutpicking when I talk about the views of the Republican frontrunner of the week. Nonetheless, I do. That's because it's Rick Santorum. Here's his take on environmentalism (via TPM<\/a>):<\/p>\n When you have a worldview that elevates the Earth above man and says that we can’t take those resources because we’re going to harm the Earth<\/strong>; by things that frankly are just not scientifically proven, for example, the politicization of the whole global warming debate — this is all an attempt to, you know, to centralize power and to give more power to the government,” Santorum said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The "no scientific proof stuff" is standard fare for the climate-change-denier wing of the Republican party. But Santorum mixes this "I'm not convinced by the science" perspective with Biblical imperatives about who rules what (answer: man rules the earth). Who rules what, however, is a political question. So isn't Santorum politicizing the global warming debate by invoking the claims of a religious subgroup?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I shouldn't feel like I'm nutpicking when I talk about the views of the Republican frontrunner of the week. Nonetheless, I do. That's because it's Rick Santorum. Here's his take on environmentalism (via TPM): When you have a worldview that elevates the Earth above man and says that we can’t take those resources because we’re … Continue reading Man gave names to all the animals<\/span> \n