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-----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 5:38 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Now this is truly scary I odnt see why we need a science committee at all. On Nov 19, 2012 6:34 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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_sc > ience_chair/singleton/ > >> > >> GOP's 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 Akin's 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 don't 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." > >> > >> That's 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: "I'm really more fearful of > >> freezing. And I don't have any science to prove that. But we have a > >> lot of science that tells us they're 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:358577 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
