Hey guys,
John Stewart's awesome. We know that. I hope you saw his Burned Notice blow up.
Didn't?
Here ya go!
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/stewart-blows-up-on-gop-over-climate-change-pushing-a-million-pounds-of-idiot-up-a-mountain/
If you don't like John Stewart, then you're clearly different than me. Ok, great. Watch it anyway and fast forward to the actual questions representatives are asking about climate change and ignore his hilarious rhetoric.
Now... do you think maybe members of this committee, Republican, Democrat, or Independent, should perhaps have a basic understanding of a hard science? And probably an understanding of the scientific process?
Let's not take this down the climate change road. I'm not even going to get in to that... listen to those questions/answers::
Steve Stockman, Texas:
This first one doesn't seem too bad. But the answer of course is that the effect of wobbling(which happens in time scales of 22,000-100,000 years) is so time expansive, that on the models we're working off of (100 years), the effects are negligible. So, had dear Mr Stockman understood that there was a vast difference in time frames between wobbling and our very short 100 years models, he would not have wasted the time with the question.
Next up; Dana Rohrabacher, California
Which, no one is arguing, contemplating, thinking or talking about in this conversation whatsoever. We're speaking of the effects of excess CO2 in the atmosphere.
And Larry Bucshon - Indiana. He takes a minute to make a statement:
The Sysyphus of course reminding him that perhaps he should read scientific literature rather than the public comments. Great waste of time there telling us that the public have said no. But Mr Bucshon is not done, and lets slip this doosey
So there he goes, admitting that he hasn't read any of the articles but he just doesn't believe it. In this one statement he shows that he holds his opinion higher than professionals that write these things. People that are paid to write articles. That's right... those people that went to school for all those years are writing up these articles and papers purely because they want money coming in. I do not believe the scientists because it is their profession, not their hobby. Might be nice to note that his three biggest funders are Murray Energy, Koch Enterprises, and Peabody Energy.
Our Friend Steve Stockman again
From the same guy that didn't even bother reading up on what wobbling actually is, or what these models are looking at. Again showing that he see's the big words, but doesn't care to look at what they actually mean.
At the end of it all is Bucshon asking not to turn this into a scare tactics contest. As that's appalling to use medical information to scare children about ashtma attacks, or warn people about heart attacks. OR "It's unfair to talk about our medical or scientific consequences of our actions, because it's scary".
I didn't actually watch this when it came on, but I about blew my top a few minutes ago when I did read it. So, to appease myself and get my blood pressure back down, I did something about it. I made a petition on whitehouse.gov.
Go sign it, if you care to. Remember: this is not about climate change or global warming. It's about removing blatant ignorance and stupidity from our government committee's.
https://wh.gov/ilwxv
John Stewart's awesome. We know that. I hope you saw his Burned Notice blow up.
Didn't?
Here ya go!
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/stewart-blows-up-on-gop-over-climate-change-pushing-a-million-pounds-of-idiot-up-a-mountain/
If you don't like John Stewart, then you're clearly different than me. Ok, great. Watch it anyway and fast forward to the actual questions representatives are asking about climate change and ignore his hilarious rhetoric.
Now... do you think maybe members of this committee, Republican, Democrat, or Independent, should perhaps have a basic understanding of a hard science? And probably an understanding of the scientific process?
Let's not take this down the climate change road. I'm not even going to get in to that... listen to those questions/answers::
Steve Stockman, Texas:
This first one doesn't seem too bad. But the answer of course is that the effect of wobbling(which happens in time scales of 22,000-100,000 years) is so time expansive, that on the models we're working off of (100 years), the effects are negligible. So, had dear Mr Stockman understood that there was a vast difference in time frames between wobbling and our very short 100 years models, he would not have wasted the time with the question.
Next up; Dana Rohrabacher, California
Which, no one is arguing, contemplating, thinking or talking about in this conversation whatsoever. We're speaking of the effects of excess CO2 in the atmosphere.
And Larry Bucshon - Indiana. He takes a minute to make a statement:
The Sysyphus of course reminding him that perhaps he should read scientific literature rather than the public comments. Great waste of time there telling us that the public have said no. But Mr Bucshon is not done, and lets slip this doosey
So there he goes, admitting that he hasn't read any of the articles but he just doesn't believe it. In this one statement he shows that he holds his opinion higher than professionals that write these things. People that are paid to write articles. That's right... those people that went to school for all those years are writing up these articles and papers purely because they want money coming in. I do not believe the scientists because it is their profession, not their hobby. Might be nice to note that his three biggest funders are Murray Energy, Koch Enterprises, and Peabody Energy.
Our Friend Steve Stockman again
From the same guy that didn't even bother reading up on what wobbling actually is, or what these models are looking at. Again showing that he see's the big words, but doesn't care to look at what they actually mean.
At the end of it all is Bucshon asking not to turn this into a scare tactics contest. As that's appalling to use medical information to scare children about ashtma attacks, or warn people about heart attacks. OR "It's unfair to talk about our medical or scientific consequences of our actions, because it's scary".
I didn't actually watch this when it came on, but I about blew my top a few minutes ago when I did read it. So, to appease myself and get my blood pressure back down, I did something about it. I made a petition on whitehouse.gov.
Go sign it, if you care to. Remember: this is not about climate change or global warming. It's about removing blatant ignorance and stupidity from our government committee's.
https://wh.gov/ilwxv
