Joe Barton -- proof that "Idiocracy" was not completely fictional

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Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) turned to the Bible on Wednesday during a congressional hearing, using the Great Flood to support his claim that climate change isn't man-made, BuzzFeed Politics reported.

During his remarks on H.R. 3, a bill that would grant Congress the authority to circumvent President Barack Obama and approve the Keystone XL pipeline, Barton acknowledged the existence of climate change, but argued that it is steered by natural causes.

"I would point out that people like me who support hydrocarbon development don't deny that climate is changing," Barton told his fellow members of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. "I think you can have an honest difference of opinion of what's causing that change without automatically being either all in that's all because of mankind or it's all just natural. I think there's a divergence of evidence."

"I would point out that if you're a believer in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an example of climate change and that certainly wasn't because mankind had overdeveloped hydrocarbon energy," Barton added. ..........................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/joe-barton-great-flood_n_3055909.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

[Newest Reality]

1. Yup!

The interesting thing is that "religious" folk these days assure us that, even if there was an insight or wisdom that could be deep, comforting and utterly transformational, it would be almost impossible to find in the collective cesspool of confusion that is created by idiots and considered profound.

So, in a sense, they serve those who want to keep it that way, ad infinitum.

PROFIT!