Rohrabacher Jokes About ‘Buffalo Farts,’ Says Anyone Who Believed Him On ‘Dinosaur Flatulence’ Was A ‘Fool’
Rohrabacher Jokes About ‘Buffalo Farts,’ Says Anyone Who Believed Him On ‘Dinosaur Flatulence’ Was A ‘Fool’
In February 2007, Congress held its first hearing on the landmark IPCC report on climate change. That report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and human activity is the main driver. During this hearing, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) questioned the scientists about a period of dramatic climate change that occurred 55 million years ago:
We don’t know what those other cycles were caused by in the past. Could be dinosaur flatulence, you know, or who knows? We do know the CO2 in the past had its time when it was greater as well.
His comments were, not surprisingly, widely ridiculed. When questioned by The Hill for further details, Rohrabacher’s spokeswoman refused to comment at the time.
Now, however, Rohrabacher is claiming that it was all a joke. Last week on the House floor, Rohrabacher blasted anyone who believed he was serious was a “fool” or “intentionally portraying something they knew not to be true.” His statements came while he was allegedly joking that environmentalists treasured “buffalo farts.” Watch it:
It’s hard to tell when Rohrabacher is joking. Was he joking on all the following occasions too?
– Said Blackwater CEO Erik Prince was “on his way to being an American hero just like Ollie North was.” [Link]
– Said that critics of the Bush administration’s torture policies should “suffer” from a terrorist attack: “Well, I hope it’s your families, I hope it’s your families that suffer the consequences.” [Link]
– Called torture at Guantanamo Bay “more like pranks, hazing pranks from some fraternity.” [Link]
– Claimed that China’s President Hu Jintao was trying to kill President Bush, and warned him before a trip to China: “One bit of advice, Mr. President. I wouldn’t be so anxious to use the toothpaste in your hotel room.” [Link]
– Fueled a conspiracy theory that the Oklahoma City bombing was the work of foreign terrorists. [Link]
More here on how today’s industrial animal production contributes to global warming.
Transcript:
ROHRABACHER: Cows are greenhouse-gas causing machines, according to this report. Fuel for fertilizer and meat production and transportation, as well as the clearing of fields for grazing, produce 9 percent of the globe’s CO2 emissions, according to the report. Cows produce ammonia, causing acid rain. And if that’s not bad enough, all these numbers I just mentioned are projected — in this report — are projected in the report’s computer models, that they will double by the year 2050.
So not only is it bad today eating meat, it will be so much worse by 2050, we’ve got to act now to get meat out of the diet! Not only are they going to cut our personal transportation, but we can’t even stay at home and have a BBQ. Heck, they’re not even going to let us have a hamburger.
I’d point out that before the introduction of cattle to the United States, millions upon millions of buffalo dominated the Great Plains in America. They were so thick that you could not see where the herd began or where it ended.
One can only assume that the anti-meat, manmade global warming crowd, must believe that buffalo farts have some social redeeming value that’s better than the flatulence emitted by cattle.
I have to be very careful about such jokes. I was making light about this supposition at a hearing about a year ago, and I suggested, in jest, that perhaps dinosaur flatulence changed the climate back in those ages. Well, it was reported — widely reported — as if I was serious. Which demonstrates something that I think we should all understand about the global warming debate.
The global warming debate has been totally dishonest. Anyone who can suggest that I was saying that as a serious matter was either a fool or was intentionally portraying something they knew not to be true.
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Shorter Rohrabacher: Anyone who believes a word I say is really stupid.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:43 pmWhy does this dipshit even speak ?
No one wants to hear his stupidity…………….
June 9th, 2008 at 3:44 pmbuffalo farts? hahahahahahaHAHAAa…
June 9th, 2008 at 3:45 pmYo Amanda – Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (D-CA) – FIX THIS!
June 9th, 2008 at 3:46 pmis he crazy? lol
June 9th, 2008 at 3:46 pmhe’s the buffalo fart!
June 9th, 2008 at 3:46 pmninique Says:
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is he crazy? lol
June 9th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
He doesn’t even have that excuse. He’s just stupid.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:47 pmCalifornia Dana is one of the AssKlown triplets; Alaska Teddy Stevens and Okie Imhofe are the other siblings.
Their gene pool has been severely polluted by dinosaur flatulence buffalo farts.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:48 pmwe can’t have a hamburger? this stupid buffalo would rather satisfy his big buffalo belly than prevent climate change.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:48 pmThis thread, like any even tangentially connected to climate change, should prove to be potent troll bait.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:49 pmlol, I just can’t believe we are talking about flatulence, lol
June 9th, 2008 at 3:50 pmWhy not? He is a republic party kinda guy, isn’t he?
June 9th, 2008 at 3:51 pmI’m gonna have to go look at another post cause I can’t stop laughing at this flatulent imbecile
June 9th, 2008 at 3:51 pmI wish the Anti-science League would stop trying to use science to support their faith and corporate agendas.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:51 pmralph the wonder llama:
June 9th, 2008 at 3:52 pmYou catch em. I’ll fillet em
Yeah, anything having to do with “farts” certainly seem to draw in the trolls.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:52 pmyes, but I’m still cracking up, upside!
June 9th, 2008 at 3:52 pmI’m sorry, farts are ridiculously funny to me, call me childish, I already know I am! lol
June 9th, 2008 at 3:53 pmWhat cracks me up is the fact that this guy was serious in asking his questions last year and is now crawfishin’ ’cause he knows just how stupid he sounded.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:54 pmBob Says:
I wish the Anti-science League would stop trying to use science to support their faith and corporate agendas.
ok, now that’s more like it. thanks, you saved me from laughing to death!
June 9th, 2008 at 3:54 pmninique Says:
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I’m sorry, farts are ridiculously funny to me, call me childish, I already know I am! lol
June 9th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I’m with you, ninique. I can’t keep a straight face on the topic. :D
June 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pmWhat old quagmire did these stupid right-wing morons crawl out of? Speaking of the ancient dinosaurs, McCain and Rohrabacher would seem to be directly related to them in several characteristics: slow and dumb and always chewing their cud to no avail…
June 9th, 2008 at 3:56 pmHah!! Here’s something even funnier. i just heard on the radio that a guy was drunk and he fell into a port-o-pottie and needed rescuing. However, hen they asked him why he was naked, he couldn’t remember.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:56 pmRohrabacher (pre-9/11):
“the Taliban are devout traditionalists – not terrorists or revolutionaries. He believes a Taliban takeover [of Afghanistan] would be a positive development.”
Dana also said:
- Media reports documenting the Taliban’s harsh, radical beliefs were “nonsense.”
- The Taliban would develop a “disciplined, moral society” that did not harbor terrorists.
- The Taliban posed no threat to the U.S.
– from the article “Rogue Statesman: Congressman Dana Rohrabacher’s absolutely crazy, quite possibly illegal back-channel chats with the villains of Sept. 11”
More on Dana Rohrabacher’s Taliban buddies here and here.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:57 pmHello! he’s a republic666an!
June 9th, 2008 at 3:57 pmthe guy obviously knows nothing of scientific facts, I mean he’s talking about burgers and barbecue! He has not premise.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:57 pmMust have been at a republic party fundraiser.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:58 pmLet’s face it: anyone who believes ANYTHING this wet fart has to say is a fool.
Yo, Rohrabacher, do yourself a favor: STFU.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:58 pmI can’t resist doing a parody of Daryll…
“Libs, the Lord farts in mysterious ways. Release now your pent up olfactory offenses to the heavens!”
June 9th, 2008 at 3:58 pmZooey, :D…lol
June 9th, 2008 at 3:58 pmOval12345678 aka James K. Sayre Says:
What old quagmire did these stupid right-wing morons crawl out of?
a buffalo’s you-know-what!
June 9th, 2008 at 4:00 pmDana, your foil hat fell off your head.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:00 pmExcellent. Who brought charcoal?
June 9th, 2008 at 4:00 pmI would like to question his constituents who keep sending him back every two years. It’s not like Dana has been in Congress for a few years. He’s been there for over 20 years or so. They keep sending him back, so they obviously like their congressman ignorant, stupid, and embarrassing.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:02 pm“Excellent. Who brought charcoal?”
I believe I have some carbon sequestered somewhere, let me check…
June 9th, 2008 at 4:06 pmninique
Blazing Saddles, campfire scene
Enjoy
June 9th, 2008 at 4:06 pmThe problem with buffalo farts is that buffalo tend to fart while they’re flying so the gas is much more concentrated when it attacks the ozone layer. That’s why all red-blooded American Patriots eat buffalo wings when they go to the bar for a cold one. It’s the only way to keep those terrorist bovines on the ground.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:08 pmLet’s see, last week over 7,000 cheerleaders waved pom poms for war with Iran in AIPAC’s Public Affairs Conference held in Washington, D.C. Over the weekend, the Bilderberg Group plotted international economic strategy with heads of government and stalwarts from the business world. Today, the NYT reported Pentagon Chief Robert Gates plans on visiting an Air Force base that houses refueling tankers for nuclear armed bombers to talk about strong leadership.
And Think Progress brings us a story about buffalo and dinosaur farts? I think I know who’s being buffaloed…
June 9th, 2008 at 4:08 pmDana IS a joke.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pmIt would be nice if he could stop cluttering up the Congressional Record with his nonsense. He really belongs back in his district trying out this material at the Improv, where the feedback will come much more quickly.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:12 pmZooey Says:
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ninique Says:
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I’m sorry, farts are ridiculously funny to me, call me childish, I already know I am! lol
June 9th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I’m with you, ninique. I can’t keep a straight face on the topic. :D
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June 9th, 2008 at 4:15 pmRemember the old Carlin line?
“Farts are fun. Farts are great. Farts are shit without the mess”
The people of Huntington Beach can’t possibly be proud that they elected this loudmouth dufus to congress. His desperate pleas for attention should have been answered by a career in bellhopping, or maybe rodeo clowning…
June 9th, 2008 at 4:16 pmSeems like Dana knows a little bit too much about these buffalo farts…does he sidle up next to one to stick his face in the rear with the hopes that one will blow its sweet, sweet perfume in his nose? Ah, Dana…you’re old enough to probably have tasted the dinosaur farts…so these newer ones must simply send you to heaven!
June 9th, 2008 at 4:18 pmNevar, ralph the wonder llama:
June 9th, 2008 at 4:18 pmWhy do I get the sense that seeing all three of us here may be slowing their arrival. Perhaps we might need to lay low in the high grass near the waterhole.
hee, hee, hee… which Slim Pickens movie is funnier, Blazing Saddles or Dr. Strangelove? While the fans of TP giggle over the campfire scene, don’t be surprised if How I Learned to Love the Atomic Bomb breaks out.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:19 pmRodeo clowning or cow-punching…the ‘oof’ the cow makes perhaps wouldn’t be coming out the front end…
June 9th, 2008 at 4:19 pmHe is such a kidder!!!
June 9th, 2008 at 4:20 pmBush is the reason these asshats say things like this. If we had an adult in the WH, the religious wrong would have to temper its insane rants. We have a dry drunk, ghost believer (born again – whatever THAT means) and that gives the go ahead for these types of ‘people’ to make fun of science.
Just a guess, but this congresscritter probably didn’t learn much from his home schooling Mom.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:20 pmstateofthedivision-
June 9th, 2008 at 4:22 pmLighten up, would ya? Things are stressful enough without people getting all uptight over a little levity
If I can’t dance, I don’t wanna be part of your revolution…
BTW.. It’s ‘How I learned to STOP WORRYING and love the Atomic Bomb’
Shhhhh… be vewy vewy quiet….
June 9th, 2008 at 4:25 pmI’m rendered speachless, lol
June 9th, 2008 at 4:28 pmstateofthedivision Says:
“And Think Progress brings us a story about buffalo and dinosaur farts? I think I know who’s being buffaloed…”
There are a couple of threads down below referencing your concern, which I and many others share. as well as at least one thread a day which address the looming threat of a madman Vice President.
To enjoy a little humor and comic relief once a day is necessary.
Dana Rohrabacher carries a lot of influence in the military contractor and supply world, and has wasted a lot of our money with his foolishness. To expose him for the greedy, imbecilic and hazardous buffoon serves a worthwhile purpose.
I fart in your general direction!
June 9th, 2008 at 4:28 pmIs this the kind of garbage we elect to the House? This guy is a joke. Literally. His site says he’s a surfer. It seems he’s fallen on his head one too many times.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:28 pmOk, I have to leave this thread. I can’t even breathe, I’m laughing so hard. :-D
June 9th, 2008 at 4:30 pmShhhhh… be vewy vewy quiet….
Compliance. I’m donning my Heckle costume as well……
June 9th, 2008 at 4:30 pmStratRat Says:
Bush is the reason these asshats say things like this. If we had an adult in the WH, the religious wrong would have to temper its insane rants. We have a dry drunk, ghost believer (born again – whatever THAT means) and that gives the go ahead for these types of ‘people’ to make fun of science.
Just a guess, but this congresscritter probably didn’t learn much from his home schooling Mom.
you know what, you are so right the state this country is in, all you can do is laugh. It’s either that or cry hysterically. I think that’s why John Cusack made that new funny, yet not so funny. the truth of the matter is that we do indeed need comic relief, if not because of Gitmop, Iran, Iraq Afghanistan war and fear mongering, than at least for the fact that Mukasey has been given the power that he has and is shitting on everyone.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pmCall up Dana’s office in Huntington Beach (isn’t Dana a girls name?) and ask what was his excuse for not serving in the military during the 60’s, during the Vietnam War?
June 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pmHere’s the number in Huntington Beach @ 714-960-6483
I remember the house hearing a year ago on the IPCC-report.
Rohrabacher kept repeating a complete nonsense question to WG1 chair Dr Susan Solomon. Solomon tried as best as she could to answer and explain why it was nonsense but when Rohrabacher didnt get the answer he wanted he accused her of being disingenuous deliberately misleading the committee.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:40 pmNevar Says:
Shhhhh… be vewy vewy quiet….
Compliance. I’m donning my Heckle costume as well……
June 9th, 2008 at 4:48 pmHEY! YOU GUYS SEE ANY TROLLS AROUND HERE?? HELLLLLO!!!
Well, not now! Jeez!
June 9th, 2008 at 4:49 pmExcellent work, gummitch, you flushed one out, he’s headed for the next thread!
June 9th, 2008 at 4:50 pmDamn it gummitch! Laying in this freakin grass under this blazing sun by this dried up waterhole isn’t easy ya know
June 9th, 2008 at 4:50 pmI find idiots like Dana Rohrabacher remarkably unfunny, even when they use fall down on the floor laughable fart language. However, I can revel in a good gas joke:
http://stateofthedivision.blogspot.com/2006/04/bush-volunteers-for-bio-suit-on-earth.html
Even more than one:
http://stateofthedivision.blogspot.com/2006/04/letters-bio-suit-is-dudely-awesome.html
June 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pmHow ignorant can a congressman be? Your answer, ladies and gentlemen: as ignorant as Dana Rohrbacher.
Dana, ask someone to explain the matter to you if you dare.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:04 pmAw, hell, there are no trolls comin’ to this thread. Let’s crack open a beer.
Who brought the cooler?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:05 pmThe Republicans have developed a very simple strategy: lies, more lies and even more outrageous lies. Why do they do this? Because a lot of their gullible followers (that 20 some per cent that still believe) will accept anything that their masters tell them. These followers are nothing but sheep wanting to be led and told what to believe. Thus the Republicans lie as often and as outrageously as they can. A lot of their fairy tales stick which is why those who watch FOX tend to believe in many urban legends despite the facts being contrary. When the Republicans get caught in one of their outrageous lies, they then claim it is only a joke.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:09 pmDamn I brought the beer. I thought you had the cooler. Great now we are stuck with warm beer. I suppose no one brought a lighter. Let’s atleast hope there are some “cougars” about…
June 9th, 2008 at 5:09 pmCan’t the good people of California get rid of this fool?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:10 pmHey, Rohrabugger – STFU, you fat assclown!!
June 9th, 2008 at 5:11 pmThere was a troll on the next thread up, I got off a couple shots, he dodged nicely the first one, but I may have connected on the second.
A funny postcard I saw out here in a rural convenience store:
Black and white photo of an elderly woman walking a poodle on a leash.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:14 pmthe caption read: Trolling for Cougars
As pack animals we have got to better coordinate our movements and establish some legitimate divisions of the labor. It must have been the tall grass that blinded me. He was gone before I even got running but I applaud your effort. Wanna warm beer?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:19 pmChristians know there were no dinosaurs and that there could be no flatulation going on even among friends that long ago. The planet didn’t exist. This discussion is over. Go back to your pulpit and for god sake, stop thinking.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:20 pmDana is now going to be characterized as a pansy, muslim, “terra-helper” (”just add empty suit and bake!”) His church has banned him as being a stinking liberal hedonist sex perp, and his family wonders who daddy really is.
The Republicans are oblivious to global climate change. They only have one argument left, “Obama will raise your taxes, he’ll raise your taxes, oh no, oh no.”
June 9th, 2008 at 5:22 pmI guess they’ve all grown gills or something.
For a minute there I thought I was being taken for a mule…
June 9th, 2008 at 5:26 pmSure, a beer sounds good, maybe the smell will attract something less insurmountable, or possibly even mountable.
Up until now I thought Bob Dornan had the clown title of california sewed up,but damn, Rorebach is giving me second thoughts
June 9th, 2008 at 5:32 pmtony and guidedog Lido
Alright guys we may eat after all. I threw about the bait. See if you can work around the flanks…
June 9th, 2008 at 5:34 pmout but not about
June 9th, 2008 at 5:36 pmObama doesnt need to raise taxes, inflation, thanks to the current admin, IS a tax increase!!
June 9th, 2008 at 5:36 pmWell, flatulence would be methane, not CO2
June 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pmThrowing the bait about works just as well, maybe cutting it up into smaller pieces for that one…
June 9th, 2008 at 5:42 pmShit it seems I got the bait in the water too soon. Still it is lurking nearby. Let’s give it a chance. I think it may not be able to resist the temptation…
June 9th, 2008 at 5:45 pmI’m almost in position…
Damn! I think I just saw him scoot to the next thread!
June 9th, 2008 at 5:54 pmCareful boys, don’t get excited. Don’t set your hooks just yet…
June 9th, 2008 at 5:54 pmAre you guys going to fish or cut bait? When dealing with these bottom feeder we could always use a stick of dynamite like they do down south.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:18 pmMaybe he should take a cue from Ted Kennedy. Seriously. Get a checkup from the neck up.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:31 pmI don’t think he needs an MRI to know his axons are frayed and his synapses aren’t connecting very well
June 9th, 2008 at 8:12 pmThe poor guy who went through life with an arrow in his skull was better ofthan this chowderhead.
(Can’t remember the guys name, but we talked about it in physciological psych)
tony and lido
Sorry to be so slow on the uptake. You folks obviously were saying the boys ’round the campfire in Blazing Saddles are calling the shots in the control room buried deep in the mountain. When the farting stops, the last Bush cowboy left standing will order the use of tactical nukes. So keep the beans going, gentlemen. Pardon me if I tear up, but it may be the price for the peaceful spread of freedome.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:33 pmdude you are taking this fart thing way too seriously.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:46 pmIt’s the price of Freedhem. Every now and then one pushes too hard and throws a ‘roid. It seems James A. Johnson may have done just that in his search for Barack’s VP candidate:
http://arisfreedomswitch.blogspot.com/2008/06/johnson-experienced-at-vp-selection.html
June 9th, 2008 at 11:41 pm.
TO: 46th Dit. Ca.
Does Dana Rohrabacher joke for you?
Because he’s Representing… YOU!
Now, arent “JOKES” about “PRETENDING” something known by the joker, to be untrue…?
**Is that a spider on your shoulder** LOL
… NO?
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June 10th, 2008 at 1:52 amAmmonia does not contribute to acid rain. Ammonia is basic.
June 10th, 2008 at 12:44 pmCome on Californians – couldn’t you do any better than this dickweed? I say, take him on down to Gitmo for a little hazing and we’ll see if his pansy-ass can take it.
June 10th, 2008 at 1:15 pmIf people cannot tell when you are serious and when you are joking maybe you are just not funny. Perhaps you need to rethink the idea of telling jokes.
People like Rep. Rohrabacher and Ann Coulter say outrageous things and when they are caught say it was just a joke. Ann “Adams Apple” Coulter can probably get away with it because no one takes her seriously. Representative Rohrabacher, on the other hand, is paid by the tax payers to represent the people of California. He is not paid to be a comedian. If he wants to tell joke he should resign his seat in Congress and hit the comedy clubs as a stand up comedian. Then we will see just how funny he is.
June 10th, 2008 at 1:35 pm