‘Smokey’ Joe Barton Calls Global Warming Science ‘Absolute Nonsense,’ Vows To Fight CO2 Caps
‘Smokey’ Joe Barton Calls Global Warming Science ‘Absolute Nonsense,’ Vows To Fight CO2 Caps
For six years, Congress has done nothing to address the climate crisis, thanks in no small part to the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, “Smokey” Joe Barton (R-TX). The 110th Congress will have new leadership, but Barton has pledged to continue fighting against legislation intended to address the problem. Energy and Environment Daily (sub. only) has the story:
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) said yesterday he intends to block Democrats from passing a mandatory federal cap on heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions.
“I will be an active part of any leadership effort to prevent it passing in the House,” the outgoing chairman of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee told reporters after speaking at an event hosted by the American Petroleum Institute and the Energy Department.
Barton says his action is justified because global warming science is “pretty weak stuff.” Barton added, “But for us to try to step in and say we have got to do all these global things to prevent the Earth from getting any warmer in my opinion is absolute nonsense. It’s not going to happen.”
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And the best news for Barton is, if he's wrong, and the earth heats up and the oceans flood and we all die, NOBODY will be around to say "We told you so!" It's WIN-WIN!
December 5th, 2006 at 12:04 pmI guess we can forget about erring on the side of caution.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:06 pmreally where does America get such ignorant human beings from.... is there something in the jabs U get at childbirth to make you selfish ?????
December 5th, 2006 at 12:09 pmreally where does America get such ignorant human beings from
and how do they end up in positions of such influence.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:10 pmHe's obviously an expert on the science of the entire subject.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:11 pmBarton lives inside the Exxon CEO's rectum. Never can prostitute yourself too much for the oil companies, eh Joe?
December 5th, 2006 at 12:13 pmYep, Smokey Joe probably wants to allow smoknig in public places too. Just because he has a suicide wish doesn/t mean he can take the rest of the world with him. Time for Joe to go!
December 5th, 2006 at 12:14 pmThe science behind Global Warming is completely sound and logical... to those who haven't already decided the whole thing is a hoax. I wish these ignoramus's could view a glimpse of the future America with unchecked greenhouse gas emissions. Who knows maybe he realizes and just doesn't care, could be one of those who thinks the end of mankind is already going to happen so why try to stop it.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:15 pmAnother ignorant moron from Texas...
What is the matter with Texas?
December 5th, 2006 at 12:15 pmYou know, 'Smokey', there's something you ought to be aware of.
Even if the ridiculous Christian escapist fantasy they call the 'Rapture' is true, it's pretty well established that only the good people will be 'raptured'.
Your record shows clearly that you are not one of these saintly few.
So, before you keep pushing the world headlong into destruction, keep in mind that you're going to be one of the poor slobs who's going to actually have to deal with the consequences.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:17 pmHe's an idiot. He bends over for big corporations here in Texas. Disgusting man.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:20 pmHey its not all hillbillys and cow humpers down here.....before you guys give the 2nd Holy Land of Texas to the Oy-Vey crowd please let us pack our U-hauls.
Are there any parlimentary experts in this crowd? Am I correct in saying that the House cannot fillibuster? I could be wrong...What is this guy going to do to try and stop a house vote?
December 5th, 2006 at 12:21 pmWhat is the matter with Texas?
Comment by New Yorker
It has oil.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:21 pmLet's annex Texas to Mexico..........and all problems solved!
December 5th, 2006 at 12:21 pmSmokey Joe wants more smoke in the air. Well he's consistent.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:22 pmWhere did this ass-burgler come from, oh Texas. Sheesh.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:23 pmVote the bums out.
Oil company whores.
Every one of them. Gone. Out. Get rid of them.
I will not stop, until I am dead. These bastards are ruining our country and don't give one rats ass what happen to this country. They will just take their millions of dollars and move out of the country if anything gets too bad for them.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:24 pmWhat is this guy going to do to try and stop a house vote?
Comment by John Deek — December 5, 2006 @ 12:21 pm
good point - and shouldn't be forgotten...
from the FAST thread... relevant to this also, and needs a fresh showing:
have been waiting all morning to hear this so as to get it right…
in response to this post:
i want to relate something heard on AirAmericaRadio… a caller gives an excellent idea:
all the popular legislation the dems (and the people) want passed - send one bill each day to the preznit to either sign or veto…
- stem cell: sign it or veto it
- minimum wage: sign it or veto
- environmental protection: sign or veto
- trade practices: sign or veto
you get the idea… and i think it’s great…
December 5th, 2006 at 12:30 pmpass it on - tell your reps! …please. :)
…
Is there a requirement on this board that all arguments against something be ad hominem arguments .. Or is that just the general level of discourse progressives prefer?
December 5th, 2006 at 12:36 pmThis is another reason to contribute generously to the Free Texas movement.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:36 pmJoe is an idiot. Period.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:41 pmLet Barton put his money where his mouth is. He should buy a retirement residence on the Gulf Coast, right on the beach, where he can wait to see which gets him first: Death or the Gulf.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:41 pm“I will be an active part of any leadership effort to prevent it passing in the House...â€
What's he going to do, throw his body in the path of voting members?
December 5th, 2006 at 12:42 pm"Joe Barton" - a wholly owned subsidiary of Exxon Mobil!
December 5th, 2006 at 12:46 pmI'm so shocked. A Republican from Texas who doesn't believe in global warming? We should not be the least bit surprised.
December 5th, 2006 at 1:01 pmDAMN!!!! We have Sen. In-a-huff from the Okie state (Lots of oil), Ted the Wacky-but-always-good-for-a-bridge-to-nowhere Stevens from Alaska (oil), and now Smokey Joe from the great state of Dubya (oil).
Either all that hydrocarbon has gone to their brain or too much money has gone to their pockets. Amazing that even the Repugs can find this many stoooopid people to run for office and then get enough sheeple to get them elected and re-elected. WHEWWWW!
December 5th, 2006 at 1:01 pmI had a brief discussion about global warming with an attorney who is also a talk-show host. He said that global warming is all about shifting the economy away from America and other wealthy nations, that it is nothing but a major hoax, and that Al Gore is a total idiot. He also said that the warmest the planet has been in the last 10,000 years was about 100 years ago, which was before green house gases, and that the planet is actually cooler now than it was then.
At that point I said nothing which he took to mean agreement and then he said, "I'm glad I was able to enlighten one more person today."
This attorney/talk-show host is not an uneducated person, so what's up with this mentality???
December 5th, 2006 at 1:07 pm"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." Upton Sinclair
December 5th, 2006 at 1:15 pmTobey Tall: "really where does America get such ignorant human beings from…. is there something in the jabs U get at childbirth to make you selfish ?????"
The modern American evangelical born-again christian movement cranks them out daily. The grow up with a steady diet of psycological and mental conditioning and burst out ready to screw up the world any way they can. They're taught to hate themselves and all people. They're taught to worship death and torture. Their self-loathing makes them perfect pawns for authoritarians.
December 5th, 2006 at 1:20 pmThis attorney/talk-show host is not an uneducated person, so what’s up with this mentality???
Comment by Republicans are the fear and smear party — December 5, 2006 @ 1:07 pm
What's up indeed? Since when do attorneys/talk show hosts /politicians know better than the 99% of climate scientists with Ph.Ds and long track records of academic research who believe that global warming is a fact? What are their credentials?
I suspect that these guys are getting paid, directly or indirectly, by oil and gas companies and their lobbying firms, to make as much noise as possible. This is greed and corruption talking. In some cases, like Inhofe's, however, it is abysmal stupidity and crass ignorance talking.
December 5th, 2006 at 1:22 pm“I will be an active part of any leadership effort to prevent it passing in the House,†the outgoing chairman of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee told reporters after speaking at an event hosted by the American Petroleum Institute and the Energy Department.
Good luck, Smokey! You are in the minority party now. The operative word is "OUTGOING" Chairman...
December 5th, 2006 at 1:25 pmYou know he just wants the checks to keep coming.
December 5th, 2006 at 1:34 pmWhich Oil Company owns Smokey?
December 5th, 2006 at 1:35 pmJust because you dont work at the Center for American Progress doesnt mean you can't see it for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=seeprogress
Tune into SEEPROGRESS, the new YouTube video channel for the Center and catch up with Larry Korb on Good Morning America and watch exclusive videos with Center Fellows discussing issues ranging from the Iraq to Darfur to the Economy Heading into the Holiday Shopping Season
Add to the collective genius
December 5th, 2006 at 1:37 pmhttp://www.americanprogress.org
Someone should've drilled Senator Barton with 10 very specific, very scientific climate questions. When he couldn't answer even one of them just walk away and say, "Thanks for your opinion".
December 5th, 2006 at 1:42 pmHitler wanted to killed everyone who wasn't Aryan. These money-worshipping neo-cons want to kill the entire planet and every living creature on it. Who is worse?
December 5th, 2006 at 1:47 pmBeing "educated" doesn't necessarily enable one to think critically, nor does it require real intelligence. Lets also not forget that many of these global warming deniers are quite religious and already VERY adept at ignoring science - or at least the science that they've decided is a hoax.
Also I really do think many of these people have been "indoctrinated" by hearing all this BS about the "liberal conspiracy" their whole lives and never stopped to really question the validity of the idea. I have a friend who is the same way - very smart girl, fairly educated and yet is a staunch republican, anti environment, anti government aid programs, pro iraq war, etc. I kid you not, in just about every conversation that involves politics you can count on her blaming at least one thing on Clinton! I thought it was just a joke about Repub bloggers but no, they really do think Clinton was the cause of everything bad in the government.
December 5th, 2006 at 1:51 pmAn old saying that really applies here.......
"You can always tell a Texan, but you can't tell him much"
Besides.... Global Warming is all Clinton's fault!!
December 5th, 2006 at 1:56 pmHe probably believes in a magic man in the sky, too. Don't take this guy seriously.
December 5th, 2006 at 1:57 pmObstructionist!
December 5th, 2006 at 1:58 pmI bet Barton gets all the hot chicks.
December 5th, 2006 at 2:23 pmI emailed him once and suggested he go for a jog on an "OZONE RED" red day in the Dallas summertime...
I couldnt stand reading through the above comments because the first few are probably the same as the last few.
This "congressman" whatever the hell that means, Speaks with wisdom. You ignorant, stupid and fugly americans beleive in global wamring? HA! I spit on you. We wont die, sea levels have not changed at all in the last 100 years. The polar ice caps are infact getting thicker! The majority of the planet has remained the same temperature or has indeed gotten colder.
I ask of you ignoramuses to pull your heads from out of ure buttocks and face the facts. The only reason SOME people beleive in the THEORY of global warming is because they are too foolish to understand urban heating bias. The system to try and remove this bias quite frankly sucks and the majority of REAL PROFFESIONAL scientists who study this feild will agree with me. Look it up, read the facts and you too may see the light,
I only recomend this if u actually have an IQ and if you have an open mind.
thanks for reading this!
December 5th, 2006 at 2:28 pmciao.
Barton is another GOP dirtbag for sale to the highest bidder.
December 5th, 2006 at 2:28 pmWhy must all of our infamous Congressmen from Texas look like rodents?
December 5th, 2006 at 2:36 pmHey Joe-blow,
Remember your Shrub's pledge to become less partison?
Get off the Prozac, and feel your depressing, old age.
Dinosaurs are extinct, and you'll be too soon, but not soon enough.
These money-worshipping neo-cons want to kill the entire planet and every living creature on it.
Comment by Larry from C
No, they just want to f*ck up the world in order to sell you a solution to your problem.
December 5th, 2006 at 2:39 pmThese are the same folks who'll say "better safe than sorry" when it comes to eroding our Consitutional rights in an imaginary belief that it will help fight terrorism. Why can't they say "better safe than sorry" when it comes to protecting the planet they need in order to survive?
December 5th, 2006 at 2:39 pmChairman of House Energy Committee Calls Global Warming "Nonsense"...
Actually, what he said was "Neener neener neener I can't hearrrrrrrrrrrrr you!"...
December 5th, 2006 at 2:44 pmJoe Barton's job in the Senate has been to protect the oil and gas industry. They are the people that helped him get elected, and they are the people that keep him in office. This guy has also blocked the Combating Autism Act in the House as well, which would have provided specific grant amounts to the NIH to do research on environmental causes of autism. It used to be a very rare disorder and now affects one child out of every 166 born.
For sourced information, check out this Wikipedia excerpt (bottom of article).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Barton
And more: Since 1997, oil, gas, electricity, nuclear, coal and chemical companies have contributed $1.84 million to Barton, more than to any other House member." [Washington Post, 4/14/05]
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joe_Barton
December 5th, 2006 at 2:50 pmComment by BUZZ1E BEE — December 5, 2006 @
Provide empirical evidence. We want links to serious studies, i.e., first-tier academic journals.
If you cannot substantiate what you say, just go away, and stay away. Crass ignorance and abysmal stupidity don't cut it here.
December 5th, 2006 at 2:52 pm#12 What is this guy going to do to try and stop a house vote?
Threaten to breathe in their faces.
December 5th, 2006 at 2:52 pmOK, so it's an easy thing to bash Texas, but as a Texan, I can tell you there are a lot of folks here who hate the rubber stamp legislators we have lke Corny and Kay Bailey. Look at the map and you'll see that the major metropolitan areas voted Democratic. Now we gota educate the farm vote to the reality of what's going on.
This is an opportunity to educate not a chance to insult. Besides, there are plenty of ignorant jerks to go around, just take a random look at YouTube sometime.
December 5th, 2006 at 3:08 pmOh, Now! Global warming is just a theory - like the "Law of Gravity" is just a theory. I think we can all come up with times when the Law of Gravity does not hold. For example, I would suggest situations where relative velocity approachs the speed of light requiring the use of Einstein's theories; and my Aunt would suggest those times in the Old Testiment when "the Lord God"made the sun and the moon stand still so that Joshua could smite his enemies.
Smokey is not "Joshua" so I do not belive that God will stop either gravity or global warming, just so Smokey can smite the democrats.
December 5th, 2006 at 3:14 pm"global warming science is pretty weak stuffâ€
A person that says that is invariably:
1) A total idiot
or
2) Someone directly connected to big oil
The very idea of this goof taking money and allowing companies to destroy the planet infuriates me. The thought of clowns like him and Inhofe being anywhere close to an energy committee is frightening. Not only are they crooked, but most certainly too stupid to even comprehend what is going on. Future generations will wonder what people were thinking to elect such imbiciles. Barton's own grandchildren are certain to have to deal with global warming; I hope they will be proud of what their relative has done to assist in harming our world. I'd be humiliated.
December 5th, 2006 at 3:34 pm#19 Derffie
Is there a requirement on this board that all arguments against something be ad hominem arguments .. Or is that just the general level of discourse progressives prefer?
Well, speaking on behalf of all the progressives of the world, I would say that ad hominem arguments are preferred when encountering someone on the right who has his or her head jammed so far up his or her butt that it really doesn't matter what you say to them. A reading of Barton's statement of intent to block Democrats from passing a mandatory federal cap on heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions, along with his inability to understand scientific explanations of global warming and his blind devotion to the fossil fuel industry, suggests that ad hominem would be the way to go.
December 5th, 2006 at 3:48 pmThese money-greedy business-political sociopaths have been blowing enough hot air to make the earth a few degrees hotter... But why not be honest about it and just say: ingorance is bliss, mkay?
December 5th, 2006 at 4:01 pmchimpeach, that was an excellent explanation.
December 5th, 2006 at 4:02 pm#42 BUZZ1E BEE
REAL PROFFESIONAL scientists who study this feild will agree with me.
Bullsh*t.
Why don't you go find us some supporting documentation for your claims, something that wasn't prepared by someone getting their funding from the petroleum industry. Let us know what you dig up.
I only recomend this if u actually have an IQ and if you have an open mind.
I don't think you should even be bringing up "IQ" when yours appears to be in double digits.
December 5th, 2006 at 4:06 pmchimpeach speaks for me on this issue...
December 5th, 2006 at 4:09 pm#33 Innocent Bystander
Which Oil Company owns Smokey?
There are a few of them. Here are the top ten industries who contributed to him from 2005-2006 (courtesy of OpenSecrets.org):
1 Health Professionals $257,050
December 5th, 2006 at 4:18 pm2 Electric Utilities $242,000
3 Oil & Gas $141,450
4 Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $135,850
5 TV/Movies/Music $98,000
6 Hospitals/Nursing Homes $94,434
7 Lawyers/Law Firms $84,702
8 Lobbyists $68,144
9 Computers/Internet $48,129
10 Chemical & Related Manufacturing $46,500
Forget Barton, Inhofe is the king of climate science ignorance: http://www.desmogblog.com/a-little-taste-of-inhofes-committee-of-misinformation
December 5th, 2006 at 5:54 pmBarton and Inhofe think that global warming is a crock of crap, then I suggest that they live near the North Pole, where permafrost has been melting for years.
December 5th, 2006 at 6:19 pmOK, I didn't even need to read the whole article, but I think the whole point for him was to embarass himself by saying all this BULLSHIT ! He doesn't care about climate, he doesn't even look into it, according to him warming is probably good, because it's going to get hotter.. u Mr Ignorant ! I guess all he's trying to say is, "I'm stupid, I don't know about global warming!"
December 5th, 2006 at 6:54 pmBarton must be a little on the stupid side. Imus kicked his ass every single day for 3 months over the autism legislation that Barton held up--wait until he gets wind of this.
Imus and his wife are big environment people and he will have a blast with this news. Barton was such a little wuss he called Imus' boss to complain about him.
I don't agree with Imus on a lot of things but this will be fun to watch.
December 5th, 2006 at 6:58 pmBarton is a whore to K Street. What will be really interesting is if Imus gets wind of this. He hates Barton because he wouldn't budge on the autism legislation.
I'm no fan of Imus but he can be amusing especially when he is kicking a guy like Barton's ass all over the place. Barton got so mad that he called Imus' boss up to complain which only enraged Imus even more.
There has to be something in the drinking water in Texas because that place has some of the worst representation in the congress.
December 5th, 2006 at 7:03 pmBarton is a whore to K Street. What will be really interesting is if Imus gets wind of this. He hates Barton because he wouldn't budge on the autism legislation.
I'm no fan of Imus but he can be amusing especially when he is kicking a guy like Barton's ass all over the place. Barton got so mad that he called Imus' boss up to complain which only enraged Imus even more.
There has to be something in the drinking water in Texas because that place has some of the worst representation in the congress.
December 5th, 2006 at 7:03 pmSmoky's threat to block greenhouse gas legislation could have seriously negative implications for Republicans. If the Democrats make a huge stink about it, if they force the science of climate change into the mainstream dialogue, soon people will begin to realize that the scientific community is clearly supportive of measures to control CO2 emissions. People like Barton and James Inhofe will become increasingly isolated, or else they will be forced to change their position. This is an issue that Democrats should push aggressively, because Republicans are clearly wrong on this one.
December 5th, 2006 at 8:02 pm#42: sea levels have not changed at all in the last 100 years.
I'd love to hear you explain this to the people of Tuvalu, which is currently being evacuated due to rising sea levels.
The polar ice caps are infact getting thicker!
This is false. There are numerous scientific studies disproving this claim. Read this article:
The majority of the planet has remained the same temperature or has indeed gotten colder.
Again, this is clearly false. There are numerous sources to disprove this. The Union of Concerned Scientists summarizes the science pretty well.
the majority of REAL PROFFESIONAL scientists who study this feild will agree with me
You mean, like these folks?
Look it up, read the facts
This might be a good time to follow your own advice. Don't waste our time until you do.
December 5th, 2006 at 8:14 pm#19 Derfie, you idiot (yes, ad hominim). There is no defense for ole Smokey. So why should we bother coming up with cogent arguments? It is a waste of time.
December 5th, 2006 at 10:27 pm#54 Nicely put.
December 5th, 2006 at 10:29 pm#63 Come on. Look at him. The bango playing kid on Deliverance was less inbred than him.
December 5th, 2006 at 10:31 pmThere's an old saying.. Those who want power the most, are the least suitable for wielding it
December 6th, 2006 at 5:15 am[...] Joe Barton, ein texanischer Industriepolitiker der Republikaner, ist so was von optimisitisch. Sind die doch eigentlich nicht…wieso sind die so sicher das die globale Klimaerwärmung nicht stattfindet ? Dieses arme Schwein…seine Frauen (falls er auf Frauen steht) müssen teuer sein, das er seine Seele verkauft. [...]
December 6th, 2006 at 5:25 amHey Joe, why don't you come to India to experience the 120 degree during summer!
December 6th, 2006 at 6:54 amNice work Joe. I agree 100%. I'm glad someone is thinking rationally. Environmentalism is bad science and worst, bad ethics! "Let's legislate people to death long before the environment kills him. That way they'll never know it's all bullsh*t."
December 6th, 2006 at 7:28 amPlease don't throw out all of us from Texas with the bathwater!
We should have dumped Joe Barton along with the rest of the Republicans that lost their seats in Congress.
The way I look at it is--when people say Global Warming is a hoax...even if it were wrong...what exactly is WRONG with protecting the place we live?
Do we trash our own houses that we live in, fill them with chemicals, spread poison around on the ground for our children to crawl in inside the house, dump trash all over our carpet or burn coal in our living rooms?
No? Why not? Because....who would want to live in that?
So, why would we want to do that to our "outside" house?
Isn't it a good goal to have clean air to breathe, unpolluted water, and a healthy environment?
Maybe global warming is the red herring that Republicans have latched onto to distract us from the larger argument of being clean stewards of our planet.
December 6th, 2006 at 7:29 amThe earth is 65 million years old and we have been tracking weather for what, a couple of hundred years? There was an ice age once and then it warmed up. It sounds more like a cycle to me.
December 6th, 2006 at 7:33 amJD - There have been many ice ages. And scientists are able to go back hundreds of thousands of years using climate data from air which is trapped in polar ice. We can tell what co2 levels have been thoughout the earths history and these levels have correlated with temperature. Currently, co2 levels are at record highs and are expected to increase exponetionaly over the next 50 years. There's nothing cyclical about whats happening right now.
December 6th, 2006 at 7:59 amGlad to mostly everyone is brain washed by the left. The heat of the Earth isn't Global Warming, but cycles in weather patterns. Also what happened to the Hurricane season this year? Pretty sure you all think Global Warming is part of that.
Look on Google Video and search Penn and Teller and most of your environment problems like recycling will be solve.
December 6th, 2006 at 8:46 am[...] Other News Panel changes course, approves e-voting checks Nasa unveils plans for moon station Another Day, Another Knockout Punch Aimed at SCO Boy Arrested For Opening Xmas Gift Early - So, what kind of lesson is that for the kid? ‘Smokey’ Joe Barton Calls Global Warming Science ‘Absolute Nonsense,’ Vows To Fight CO2 Caps [...]
December 6th, 2006 at 9:01 amThey have no accurate way to tell what the enviornment was like back then. The can speculate what things were supposed to be like and extrapolate to try to make it fit today's enviornment, but it's an educated guess at best. How do we know that air trapped in ice over such an extended period of time does not absorb co2 or does not change in some other way? We don't!
My point is that there are as many pro-global warming studies as there are con. People believe what they want to believe.
December 6th, 2006 at 9:02 am[...] Get the full Article from ThinkProgress.org. [...]
December 6th, 2006 at 9:15 amThere were plenty of greenhouse gases being released 100 years ago. It was called the Industrial Revolution, and it was primarily fueled by the steam engine. What does he think created the steam?
Also, unfortunately for us, its difficult to get infallible information from the scientific community on this. There were no thermometers 10,000 years ago, so extracting greenhouse gas and temperature information from back then requires interpretation of data. As with anything, you throw a human into the mix and you've got data that can't be counted on. So, you've got different data coming from different sources.
What is undeniable, however, is the warming trend and humans' footprint. You only need drive through Gary, IN to realize what we're pouring into the atmosphere ought not be there. All conspiracy theories aside, our footprint grows larger every day. Its only a matter of time before nature bites back.
December 6th, 2006 at 9:41 am[...] I wish to give todays ignorant right wing conservative douche bag of the year award to the less than honorable Sen. Joe Barton (R) of, you guessed it, the *sarcasm* environmentally friendly and not so oil rich state of Texas *sarcasm*. [...]
December 6th, 2006 at 9:46 amJoe Barton is consistantly on the wrong side of every issue. He's as predicable as the sun rising in the morning. He's just another republican slimeball on the take from any special interest group that feels threatened by progress. Subverting Autism research and funding, halting action against global warming and protecting the oil and gas industry are some of his recent achievements. Thank god his power will be greatly diminished when the Democrats take control over Congress in January.
December 6th, 2006 at 10:22 amThank you Chimpeach (59) and Jim (67) for the citations and facts.
December 6th, 2006 at 10:32 amYour flat out wrong on that. Testing polar is an incredibly accurate way to tell what the climate was like going back hundreds of thousands of years.
Again, misinformed. Nearly all scientists back the science of global warming. Its not 50%/50% by any means. And its not opinion left for you to decide. Its solid science backed by hard data.
December 6th, 2006 at 10:52 am#83: [T]here are as many pro-global warming studies as there are con.
This is patently false. A 2004 study showed that of the 928 peer-reviewed scientific papers on climate change published between 1993 and 2003, not one found that global warming is not happening, or that it is not caused, in large part, by human activities.
December 6th, 2006 at 11:20 am#81: The heat of the Earth isn’t Global Warming, but cycles in weather patterns.
What evidence are you using to support this view? Again, as I mentioned above, not one peer-reviewed scientific study has shown that global warming is merely a result of natural cycles (though I have no doubt that Rush Limbaugh and other right-wing gasbags continue to make this ridiculous claim).
December 6th, 2006 at 11:23 am[...] For six years, Congress has done nothing to address the climate crisis, thanks in no small part to the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, “Smokey” Joe Barton (R-TX). The 110th Congress will have new leadership, but Barton has pledged to continue fighting against legislation intended to address the problem.read more | digg story [...]
December 6th, 2006 at 11:31 amI think anybody who blithely dismisses ALL the science done on global warming as "absolute nonsense" is clearly not engaged by the issue whatsoever, has ulterior priorities, and is openingly stating his inability to make any meaningful decision on the matter.
There is some VERY interesting and suggestive data on the subject. Not all of it is cohesive, I know, but at the least it requires thoughtful consideration.
I don't want representatives who are not open to the possibility of real global warming to be publicly opining on the "nonsense" of it all, and vowing to fight something they won't even think about.
UGH!! 'Smokey' Joe you are an ignorant, selfish, souless, misrepresenting WHORE.
December 6th, 2006 at 12:48 pmI think anybody who blithely dismisses ALL the science done on global warming as "absolute nonsense" is clearly not engaged by the issue whatsoever, has ulterior priorities, and is openingly stating his inability to make any meaningful decision on the matter.
There is some VERY interesting and suggestive data on the subject. Not all of it is cohesive, I know, but at the least it requires thoughtful consideration.
I don't want representatives who are not open to the possibility of real global warming to be publicly opining on the "nonsense" of it all, and vowing to fight something he won't even think about.
UGH!!! 'Smokey' Joe you are such an ignorant, selfish, souless, misrepresenting WHORE!
December 6th, 2006 at 12:50 pmGlobal warming is not true!
I was praying to God one night and I said... "God... you know you my dog. I want to know if Global Warming is true. Evil-Doers like Al Gore keep talking about Global Warming, but George Bush, who I know is a close personal friend of yours, says it isn't true. So, can you help me? If Global Warming is real, give me a sign by helping me win the lotto tomorrow. If Al Gore is the reincarnation of Hitler, then give me a sign by having me not match any numbers."
And guess what happened?
Al Gore Is Hitler!
That's right.
Global warming is not true. i.e. It's fake!
George W. Bush went to Yale, he is smarter than any scientist I know, even through I don't know any scientists.
http://liberalsmustdie.com
December 6th, 2006 at 5:28 pmin response to #19 your refrence to the argumentum ad hominem it is a fallacy, but it's not just progressive. in fact your refrence to the argument style is a fallacy in itself. it's the argument style used here, but not the only kind of argument used by"progressives". now that i think about it don't conservatives use the same argument about the war? the argument there is that they are against us therefore they are bad...us versus them arguments are usually a fallacy... just an observaton.
December 6th, 2006 at 6:12 pm#91
Take a look at this with the fact of the Cycles we have and the Oceans do rise when it is hot out.
What is up with everyone hating Republicans?
http://www.niu.edu/pubaffairs/RELEASES/2001/oct/drilldown.shtml
December 6th, 2006 at 7:22 pm[...] but Barton has pledged to continue fighting against legislation intended to address the problem.read more | digg story April 11th, 2007 | Category: Environment News [...]
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