Rick Mercer's Hilarious Takedown of the "Radical Foreign Interests" Echo Chamber

onJan 20, 2012 @ 10:40 PST

This Rick Mercer video started making the rounds several days ago, but in case you missed it, it’s a hilarious skewering of the “radical foreign interests” talking point that the ‘ethical oil’ crowd is trying to inject into the debate over the Enbridge Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline proposal.

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By Brendan DeMelle

Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a freelance writer and researcher specializing in media, politics, climate change and energy. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Grist, The Washington Times and other outlets.

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