You gotta be fucking kidding me!!!

[Playinghardball]

HOW DO THESE PEOPLE GET ELECTED?!

http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/mostcorrupt/entry/joe-barton

[MADem]

1. Stupid is as stupid does, I guess!

I feel sorry for those who are the smart people of Texas--how humiliating to have such a nitwit represent them in Congress.

[elzenmahn]

3. What does it say, however...

...about the nitwits who voted for this guy?

[MADem]

7. They are probably One Issue Voters and Not Too Bright....

"They're takin' our jerbs!!!!" and "Damn socialists....!!!!" types who could probably benefit from a bit of socialism in their daily lives....

[lancer78]

27. They took his job!

[sheshe2]

6. A corrupt nitwit too!

DISHONORABLE MENTION

Money is gushing into the personal account of Joe Barton thanks to a fortuitous business deal he made with one of his longtime campaign donors.

Rep. Joe Barton bought an interest in natural gas wells, and has gone to great lengths to conceal the true origins of this investment, violating federal law and House rules in the process.

http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/mostcorrupt/entry/joe-barton

Hey MADem

[MADem]

8. DAY-um!!! He IS a corrupt nitwit!

He needs to be a KAPUT one!!

[sheshe2]

14. And he is up for re-election!

snip

The incumbent

Barton, who years ago was nicknamed Smokey Joe by some for defending industries against tighter pollution controls, has been involved recently in issues ranging from trying to legalize online poker to trying to keep the government from dictating what type of light bulbs people should use.

Barton, a 64-year-old Ennis man, has more than $850,000 in his campaign war chest. He said he has a proven record and is a consistent conservative voice for the district.

“I don’t think my work is done,” he said. “I’ve been a leader on free market based health care reform and energy policy. As Chairman and now senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, I turned my conservative ideals into legislation, while at the same time building bipartisan support.”

His top priorities, if re-elected, include getting government spending under control, balancing the budget and repealing or replacing Obamacare — which he has advocated for years.

“The reforms I support take the power away from bureaucrats in Washington and put it back in the people’s hands,” he said.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/02/15/5572542/cd-6-joe-barton-faces-opponent.html#storylink=cpy

Such pressing issues, legalize on line poker and lightbulbs.

I think his bulb dimmed a long time ago.

[yeoman6987]

10. The real question is

Who is the Democrat running against him and is that person going to win?

[MADem]

12. If he is that dumb, odds are fair to good he's in one of those teahadist-safe districts...

Maybe someone from TX can weigh in and educate us...

[mindwalker_i]

35. C'mon, he know's it's bullshit

The people who vote for him, however, are striving for retardation.

[mokawanis]

2. A coherent thought would cause Barton's brain to go into shock n/t

[A-Schwarzenegger]

4. It would only stop half the earth from rotating.

The other half would get speeded up.

[russspeakeasy]

5. I have thought it over and you are correct.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

55. Same principle that causes wheel rims to go counter-clockwise

at certain speeds and in certain lighting conditions.

[rufus dog]

20. And there in lies the problem

Texas, with all of its turbines would slow down and New Mexico would come ramming right up Texas' Ass!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

56. Yes, there are unintended benefits to New Science.

[Brother Buzz]

57. That would be true if the eggheads didn't invent the Coriolis effect

Half of them fans will spins in the opposite direction, keeping the earth ball in perfect balance.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

59. You would have to stick your hand in each fan

to be certain of the direction in which it is spinning in. This is because
of the Polar Reverse Appearance Illumination Gravitational
Wheel Rim Effect.

[Brother Buzz]

60. And then, only after you determine the polarity of the pole

[A-Schwarzenegger]

61. And after considering the most fundamental question of the great science of philosophy...

To BB or not to BB...

[Brother Buzz]

63. It's a fra-gee-lay balance between the fringe element outside and the supporting base inside

Often, the result resembles the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window, the beauty of which is in the eye of the beholder.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

64. It's a shady business.

[PDJane]

9. Good gravy gosh, that man is assinine.

It's time to make a law demanding a hint of scientific education for guys like this.

[Journeyman]

11. And with enough of it, we could turn back time, back to the moment of Joe Barton's conception. . .

and with some selective advice to his parents work to ensure he receives the proper nutrition and sufficient oxygen in the womb to keep his brain from being stunted and deformed.

Who'd a thunk it? Wind power could be both a time machine and a medical marvel.

[2naSalit]

26. Well if we could go that route

and that far back, hows about we just keep those two folks from hooking up in the first place?

[northoftheborder]

13. The elected reps from Texas take turns in a contest to see who can say....

....the most stupid things.............

[struggle4progress]

15. It's actually possibly to lose IQ points by conversing with certain people

And it's not always because they're so stupid that your neurons begin dying as soon as you get near them: sometimes, it's because they're such dishonest manipulative dickheads that they won't even engage in a real conversation with you

Barton may belong to both categories

[davidpdx]

42. I've had conversations like that

I wish I had a baseball bat so I could hit myself over the head. Yes, brain cells...dying...dying...dying

[edbermac]

16. How can the Earth rotate? I thought it was flat.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. You sir, win the internets today!!!!

[edbermac]

36. Well I guess the Earth could rotate, like a phonograph record.

But then there would be no North or South Pole as when they rotate closer to the Sun they'd melt the ice caps.

Maybe Stephen Hawking could make sense of this.

[freshwest]

29. What he doesn't know is that the turbines are what lifts the Earth to make us rotate about the Sun.

Pancake is a town in Texas, which is all that really matters in the World.

Texas über alles. Embrace the Future!

Well, that didn't make sense.

[3catwoman3]

17. So, without looking this...

...ucking fidiot up, I am going to guess he is on either the science or energy committee.

[LiberalAndProud]

19. oh god

Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Power
Member, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy
Member, Subcommittee on Health
Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/joe_barton/400018

[freshwest]

22. That's it, we're officially in Hell. *Praise Satan!* (Just angling for some A/C.) n/t

[lpbk2713]

24. I really think the reason gawd created republicans ...

was to show he has a sense of humor.

[freshwest]

30. I have a lot of jokes about that...

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

40. Especially if they have to replace it with one that will burn longer and use less energy.

[The Wielding Truth]

46. So true. Yet to say that wind mills would slow the earth's rotation is beyond willful ignorance. It

is ridiculous!

[putitinD]

38. I think it was Satin that created Republicans

[Gidney N Cloyd]

53. Yup. And that's why they don't like Muslins.

[kentauros]

65. But we had to elect Satin first

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023039149

[Lil Missy]

18. *face palm*

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Turbines do have some issues

This is not one of them!!!

[arthritisR_US]

25. Sad, very sad. nt

[King_Klonopin]

28. This sounds like a farcical Onion quote.

If not, Barton is in the running for the most stupid man on the planet.
Have they stopped teaching science altogether in Texas?

[LiberalAndProud]

33. Wind is a finite resource.

Barton is full of them. No Onion required.

[Evergreen Emerald]

31. He knows it is not true....he also knows...

How stupid his constituency is. He is working of big oil and counting on the ignorance of the voters.

[Live and Learn]

32. Oh my... nt

[Vashta Nerada]

34. That is the stupidest thing I have ever read.

Ever.

[Kablooie]

37. And communities want people like THIS deciding laws for them.

I'm surprised that people stupid enough to vote for these imbeciles can figure out how to vote.

[orleans]

39. some assholes will say anything to get elected

jeeze--imagine the morons he's trying to impress!

[bluedigger]

41. I don't even know how they reproduce.

Tis a mystery.

[3catwoman3]

47. If they had to read instructions...

...they probably couldn't manage. Unfortunately, no brains required. Sometimes it truly seems as if there is an inverse relationship between intellectual ability and fertility.

[davidpdx]

43. Joe Barton is full off wind

The one coming out of his mouth. The thing is it stinks worse than his ass.

[Enthusiast]

44. Joe, I must confess, I never thought of that.

I guess that's it for wind power. Thanks, Joe! You saved us again!

[Shankapotomus]

45. "It turns out

wind has actually been horrifically over farmed over the last twenty years. And if we keep farming it at this rate, by 2040 there will be no wind whatsoever and kites will lie like corpses in parks." - John Oliver

[Demonaut]

48. or it could speed it up

[G_j]

49. He is a member and chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

[jwirr]

50. Our new educational system: ignorance is good.

[tallahasseedem]

51. This physically pains me...

Seriously.

[pipi_k]

52. It would be interesting...

at the very least, to see the epic battle between wind farms trying to stop the earth's rotation and tornadoes and hurricanes trying to keep it going.

Question of the day...how many wind towers would it take to kick a tornado's ass?

[HappyMe]

54. My head hurts.

[tkmorris]

58. He never said this. He's an idiot, but this isn't a true quote

Funny thing is that he HAS said things almost as moronic, and there are dozens of quotes out there to illustrate the miniscule depth of his scientific "knowledge". I'm not sure that it wouldn't have been better to use one of those instead.

[whopis01]

62. And I am sure he believes fossil fuels can't possibly effect the climate. n/t