They are on the science committee. At the very bloody least they should know something about it. They do not.
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:33 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:358575 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
