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Right Wing Livid Over Al Gore's Climate Remarks Brian Merchant, TreeHugger Brian Merchant writes: "Gore is not saying that climate skeptics are as morally deplorable as the racists of yesteryear - just that time and demonstration will render their ideas as obsolete and relegate them to the fringe. The comparison was to the mechanism that brought change, not to the individuals who prescribed to each viewpoint." READ MORE Ranger's Widow Expelled From Rumsfeld Book Signing Jordan Schrader, The News Tribune Jordan Schrader writes: "Two people were removed from a Donald Rumsfeld book signing Friday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, including the Yelm widow of an Army Ranger who blames the military for her husband's suicide. Joppa-Hagemann says her husband took his own life to avoid another tour in Afghanistan after Rangers pressured him to drop his plans to leave the military." READ MORE Cantor: No Disaster Relief for Irene Without Budget Cuts Alex Seitz-Wald, Think Progress Alex Seitz-Wald reports: "Despite the devastation caused by Hurricane Irene this weekend, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) today stood by his call that no more money be allocated for disaster relief unless it is offset by spending cuts elsewhere." READ MORE Republicans Lock Down Town Halls to Stifle Critics Evan McMorris-Santoro, Talking Points Memo Evan McMorris-Santoro writes: "Starting in 2009, the current Republican Congressional majority rode into power on a wave of voter frustration voiced through organized protest at town halls. So it's perhaps out of fear that the same thing will happen to their majority in 2012 that Republicans found new and novel ways to stifle the voices of constituents who might criticize them." READ MORE