I'm no fan of these people, but I'd rather they ALL had to take a civics and history class than a science one.
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > Why the fck doesn't Congress require those sitting on the various > committees know at least something about the Committee's area? These > are people who don't think science is real, advocate Creatinism, sorry > Creationism, and women have an anti-rape mechanism. Just makes me want > to puke. > > > http://www.salon.com/2012/11/12/anti_science_gopers_vying_for_house_science_chair/singleton/ > > GOPs House Science joke > As of now, three rather unscientific Republicans are vying to become > the committee's next head > BY JILLIAN RAYFIELD > > Todd legitimate rape Akin may be out of the House next term, but > three Republicans vying for House Science Committee chairmanship will > help carry the torch of Akins questionable-at-best relationship with > science. > > Science Magazine reports that Reps. Lamar Smith, Jim Sensenbrenner and > Dana Rohrabachrer are three House Republicans who have so far > announced that they are vying for the top spot on the committee, which > focuses on science, space and technology. > > Rohrabacher, R-Calif., wrote in a statement: I intend to be a > chairman who exemplifies the Republican philosophy that science, > technology and innovation offer a pathway to a better, more prosperous > future, and solve problems that bureaucracy and rampant government > spending cannot. > > Rohrabacher said in a 2007 congressional hearing that he was skeptical > of a report that found evidence of global warming to be unequivocal, > in particular testimony regarding a period 55 million years ago when > similar patterns of dramatic climate change occurred. Rohrabacher > argued: We dont know what those other cycles were caused by in the > past. Could be dinosaur flatulence, you know, or who knows? And, > David Malakoff of Science Magazine reports, [Rohrabacher] has a been > a ferocious critic of the Obama administration, and has gone to the > House floor to attack U.S. government programs that fund research and > environmental programs overseas, particularly in China, calling such > projects insane. > > Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., has alternately dismissed scientific fascism > and called climate change research part of an international > conspiracy. He wrote in announcing his candidacy that he would > increase oversight on the federal government, because The Obama > Administration has shown its willingness to manipulate science for > political ends and threaten our domestic energy production and our > economy in the process. > > In 2009, Smith, R-Texas, attacked ABC, CBS and NBC for their coverage > of global warming, which he said was largely slanted in favor of > global warming alarmists. > > The networks have shown a steady pattern of bias on climate change, > Smith wrote in a statement at the time. During a six-month period, > four out of five network news reports failed to acknowledge any > dissenting opinions about global warming, according to a Business and > Media Institute study. > > Thats not to say that current chairman Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, is > much better: In 2010, Hall pushed a bill to cut off billions in > funding for scientific research and math and science education. He > also once said of global warming: Im really more fearful of > freezing. And I dont have any science to prove that. But we have a > lot of science that tells us theyre not basing it on real scientific > facts. > > Hall is stepping down at the end of the year because of rules limiting > chairs to six-year terms. > > Jillian Rayfield is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on > politics. Follow her on Twitter at @jillrayfield or email her at > [email protected]. > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > LinkedIn: http: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358574 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
