{"id":743,"date":"2009-06-29T16:26:59","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T21:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/"},"modified":"2009-06-29T16:26:59","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T21:26:59","slug":"rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush Limbaugh Attacks &#8211; Help Us Fight Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rush Limbaugh and the Dittoheads are urging their supporters to flood Capitol Hill with  calls\u00a0attacking those who voted yes on the landmark American Clean Energy and  Security Act. We need your help to fight back.<\/p>\n<p>First, find out if your  Rep voted yes on the bill: <a href=\"http:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/evs\/2009\/roll477.xml\" title=\"http:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/evs\/2009\/roll477.xml\">http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-06-26-waxman-markey-bill-vote-count\/<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, call the Capitol  Hill switchboard &#8212; (202) 224-3121. Ask to be patched through to your  Rep.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, tell the  office staff that you strongly support the landmark climate bill and applaud the  Rep. for voting to pass it.<\/p>\n<p>This was a tough vote  for a lot of members of Congress. But, thanks to the courage of 219 of them, we  now have a chance to move America forward and create the clean  energy economy we&#8217;ll need to compete in the 21st century. This bill will break  our addiction to foreign oil, put millions of Americans to work, and, along with  cuts from other countries, will help avert the catastrophic threats of run-away  global warming.<\/p>\n<p>Please call your Rep  now to applaud his\/her vote on the landmark climate bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rush Limbaugh and the Dittoheads are urging their supporters to flood Capitol Hill with calls\u00a0attacking those who voted yes on the landmark American Clean Energy and Security Act. We need your help to fight back. First, find out if your Rep voted yes on the bill: http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-06-26-waxman-markey-bill-vote-count\/ Then, call the Capitol Hill switchboard &#8212; (202) &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,20],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change-legislation","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rush Limbaugh Attacks - Help Us Fight Back - Climate 411<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rush Limbaugh Attacks - Help Us Fight Back - Climate 411\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rush Limbaugh and the Dittoheads are urging their supporters to flood Capitol Hill with calls\u00a0attacking those who voted yes on the landmark American Clean Energy and Security Act. We need your help to fight back. First, find out if your Rep voted yes on the bill: http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-06-26-waxman-markey-bill-vote-count\/ Then, call the Capitol Hill switchboard &#8212; (202) ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Climate 411\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-06-29T21:26:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sam Parry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sam Parry\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/29\\\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/29\\\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sam Parry\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cdddb4e3b225f4effd9facd35fcf271e\"},\"headline\":\"Rush Limbaugh Attacks &#8211; Help Us Fight Back\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-29T21:26:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/29\\\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"commentCount\":7,\"articleSection\":[\"Climate Change Legislation\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/29\\\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/29\\\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/29\\\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rush Limbaugh Attacks - Help Us Fight Back - Climate 411\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-29T21:26:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cdddb4e3b225f4effd9facd35fcf271e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/29\\\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/29\\\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/29\\\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rush Limbaugh Attacks &#8211; Help Us Fight Back\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/\",\"name\":\"Climate 411\",\"description\":\"Blogging the science and policy of global warming\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cdddb4e3b225f4effd9facd35fcf271e\",\"name\":\"Sam Parry\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/236be5ed933892fec0eb7f75b6de88a6e16743ab51bb291d1b8e750a1ede59cd?s=96&d=mm&r=g9cc8e8a019751a7c1288e69218e3d028\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/236be5ed933892fec0eb7f75b6de88a6e16743ab51bb291d1b8e750a1ede59cd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/236be5ed933892fec0eb7f75b6de88a6e16743ab51bb291d1b8e750a1ede59cd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sam Parry\"},\"description\":\"Director of Online Membership and Activism for Environmental Defense Fund. I have been with EDF since January 2003.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/climate411\\\/author\\\/sparry\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rush Limbaugh Attacks - Help Us Fight Back - Climate 411","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rush Limbaugh Attacks - Help Us Fight Back - Climate 411","og_description":"Rush Limbaugh and the Dittoheads are urging their supporters to flood Capitol Hill with calls\u00a0attacking those who voted yes on the landmark American Clean Energy and Security Act. We need your help to fight back. First, find out if your Rep voted yes on the bill: http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-06-26-waxman-markey-bill-vote-count\/ Then, call the Capitol Hill switchboard &#8212; (202) ...","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/","og_site_name":"Climate 411","article_published_time":"2009-06-29T21:26:59+00:00","author":"Sam Parry","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sam Parry","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/"},"author":{"name":"Sam Parry","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/#\/schema\/person\/cdddb4e3b225f4effd9facd35fcf271e"},"headline":"Rush Limbaugh Attacks &#8211; Help Us Fight Back","datePublished":"2009-06-29T21:26:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/"},"wordCount":192,"commentCount":7,"articleSection":["Climate Change Legislation","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/","name":"Rush Limbaugh Attacks - Help Us Fight Back - Climate 411","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-06-29T21:26:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/#\/schema\/person\/cdddb4e3b225f4effd9facd35fcf271e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/06\/29\/rush-limbaugh-attacks-help-us-fight-back\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rush Limbaugh Attacks &#8211; Help Us Fight Back"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/","name":"Climate 411","description":"Blogging the science and policy of global warming","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/#\/schema\/person\/cdddb4e3b225f4effd9facd35fcf271e","name":"Sam Parry","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/236be5ed933892fec0eb7f75b6de88a6e16743ab51bb291d1b8e750a1ede59cd?s=96&d=mm&r=g9cc8e8a019751a7c1288e69218e3d028","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/236be5ed933892fec0eb7f75b6de88a6e16743ab51bb291d1b8e750a1ede59cd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/236be5ed933892fec0eb7f75b6de88a6e16743ab51bb291d1b8e750a1ede59cd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sam Parry"},"description":"Director of Online Membership and Activism for Environmental Defense Fund. I have been with EDF since January 2003.","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/author\/sparry\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}