{{cquote|One man, Phil Jones — and his 150-year temperature record, which is a hoax and a fraud — is largely responsible for all of this. 'Western lifestyles unsustainable.' It is an attack on capitalism, it is an attack on freedom, and it is ongoing — and it's not just happening in the global warming movement. It's happening in the [[ObamaCare|Obama health care]] movement. It's happening in the [[Cap and trade|cap-and-trade]] movement. It's happening in the card check movement. It's happening in the amnesty-for-illegals movement. Everything the [[Leftist|left]] does should be seen as an attack on [[freedom]]. That's how it should be understood.<ref name=cabal>Rush Limbaugh. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_113009/content/01125111.guest.html It's Not a Consensus, It's a Cabal], RushLimbaugh.com, November 30, 2009.</ref>}}
{{cquote|One man, Phil Jones — and his 150-year temperature record, which is a hoax and a fraud — is largely responsible for all of this. 'Western lifestyles unsustainable.' It is an attack on capitalism, it is an attack on freedom, and it is ongoing — and it's not just happening in the global warming movement. It's happening in the [[ObamaCare|Obama health care]] movement. It's happening in the [[Cap and trade|cap-and-trade]] movement. It's happening in the card check movement. It's happening in the amnesty-for-illegals movement. Everything the [[Leftist|left]] does should be seen as an attack on [[freedom]]. That's how it should be understood.<ref name=cabal>Rush Limbaugh. [http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_113009/content/01125111.guest.html It's Not a Consensus, It's a Cabal], RushLimbaugh.com, November 30, 2009.</ref>}}
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According to [[Rush Limbaugh]], another theme of the e-mails that have been released is how people at the Climate Research Unit were constantly trying to "shake down" the oil companies (ie. Exxon, [[Shell]]) for [[money]] and for partnerships. On this reoccurring theme, Limbaugh mentioned the following:
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According to [[Rush Limbaugh]], another theme of the e-mails that have been released is how people at the Climate Research Unit were constantly trying to "shake down" the oil companies (ie. Exxon, [[Shell]]) for [[money]] and for partnerships.<ref>[http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/04/climategate-cru-looks-to-big-oil-for-support/ Climategate: CRU looks to “big oil” for support], ''WUWT'', December 04, 2009.</ref> On this reoccurring theme, Limbaugh mentioned the following:
{{cquote|They talk about it openly, how they're constantly trying to shake down the oil companies. The only thing man-made about global warming is the theory behind it. What you are going to do with people who are even willing to lie about the weather?<ref name=cabal/>}}
{{cquote|They talk about it openly, how they're constantly trying to shake down the oil companies. The only thing man-made about global warming is the theory behind it. What you are going to do with people who are even willing to lie about the weather?<ref name=cabal/>}}