When you mix Republicans and science....

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This is just plain painful to watch.

http://scienceblogs.com/pontiff/2009/04/rep_joe_barton_thinks_oil_in_a.php

Rep Joe Barton Thinks Oil in Alaska Disproves Global Warming

Category: Off The Deep End • Politics
Posted on: April 22, 2009 5:57 PM, by Dave Bacon

Okay, well he didn't exactly say that, but he certainly is a smug son of a gun who asked a grade school question to a Nobel prize winner in physics, apparently expecting a "gotcha" moment (via TPM):


http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/04/what_thinking_folks_are_up_against.php


You know I really wonder what Steve Chu makes of these people. Steve Chu is an absolutely brilliant physicist and he is a pretty nice guy for the most part I believe, but he was always one of those professors who had the reputation of being someone who has zero tolerance for slowness/stupidity. And his standards are pretty high.

We always heard this urban legend about him that if you were one of his research assistants and he merely sneered when he stopped by your desk, you were doing good.


I really wonder how he feels about being around people like this Barton guy....

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1. Clown Barton from the Clown Party. Moran Extraordinaire. nt

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2. I am not sure if I heard it right (I was kinda wasted at the time ;-))

But I thought I heard old Boner confuse methane with CO2 on CSPAN over the week-end. It would be standard for that party.

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3. Yeah, I heard that, too. I think I heard Thom Hartmann report on it. nt