Been insulted recently? Been the victim of a vicious ad hominem attack? Well, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. Wait’ll you get a load of these doozies.

Quick background: The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) has, in its words, “produced two 60-second television spots focusing on the alleged global warming crisis and the calls by some environmental groups and politicians for reduced energy use.” You can see the ads here.

As you can imagine, not everyone, well, agrees with the ads. Here are samples of some of the “fan” mail the CEI received:

“You sick lying soulless ignorant son’s of bitch’s! Selling out that kid in your commercials future for a few more dollars. Nothing in the Science supports the misleading claims in your adds. … You can expect an especially large amount of warming in your future…IN HELL! Anyway have a good day…Jackasses! Ignorance and greed mixed together…what a shitty combination.”

“This ad is so stupid as to be humorous. Had I not seen it on your website I would ahve thought it was produced by The Onion or the cast of Saturday Night Live. Will you next run ads saying the earth is flat? Please, keep running it!” [from an assistant District Attorney in Wisconsin]

“Just saw this. It is embarrassing. CEI’s credibility is taking a big hit here. What’s next: Your Friend Nicotine? Please remove me from your press lists.” [from a reporter working for a major California newspaper]

“… I wonder how much “life” you would be feeling if you were locked in your garage with your car spewing out all of late life-giving gas into your lungs…hmmm…. It is sad , but true that many Americans will believe your ruse, much like the Germans believed Nazi propaganda films. Say it with me, P-R-O-P-A-G-A-N-D-A.”

“someone should put each and every one of you in an enclosed garage with the car running and see how much you love the air.” [from a staffer working for a major national political party]

“You are conscious and wilful liars. The rest of the world sees what you are doing and will not forgive your greed. I invoke the law of three on you, as individuals and as an entity.” [from an official in a foreign government]

“At one time people could be burned at the stake for knowingly misleading the pubic. There are people who are ready to revive that tradition for those who have mislead the public and caused correcting the serious problem of global warming to be postponed.”

“You guys are getting some horrible coverage on comedy news shows that appear on networks such as MTV, Comedy Central, and E! entertainment. … Nice job, retards. Maybe you should take your lips off the muffler of your car and let yourself get a little more oxygen to your brains.”

Forget about warming around the globe — let’s worry about these folks getting hot under the collar!