Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumRepublican House Committees Try "Science" Hearing, Spend 2 Hours Praising Wonderful, Safe Pipelines
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Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) also mentioned how this administration honestly believes in the global warming theory and that was why the administration has not approved the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline. The repeated focus on pipelines in this hearing was odd because the topic of the hearing was supposed to be the scientific properties of Bakken crude oil.At the opening of the hearing, the Republican Chairman, Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) led off with these specific instructions to participants.
We are not here today to debate the merits of rail or pipeline transportation or their current or proposed regulation. Those are important issues but today we have a scientific focus the characteristics and behavior of Bakken petroleum.
And then her Republican colleagues (and one Democrat from Texas) ignored her instruction and turned the hearing into a sales pitch for crude oil pipelines while ignoring some basic facts that made their efforts even more of an embarrassment for what is supposedly a group focused on science.
For the record: building the Keystone XL pipeline is not going to have any significant impact on the movement of Bakken crude oil by rail. First, there is the obvious fact that Keystone XL is slated to move mostly Canadian tar sands oil, not Bakken crude.
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http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/11/14/republicans-attempting-science-preview-republican-led-senate
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)They have made that abundantly clear.
They make shit up.
They lie.
They quote the Bible.
They are insane.
There will be no scientific discussions as long as these dangerous people are in charge.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)SamKnause
(13,110 posts)You can't question religion, especially Christianity in the U.S..
It is unpatriotic.
You will be called a tool of Satan.
You are expected to go along with all of their nonsense and bullshit.
The majority of media 'personalities' are believers.
The majority of politicians are believers.
We have National Prayer Day.
Texans gather in stadiums and pray for rain.
It will never stop.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)going to ignore that, fine, do our own elected politicians also ignore that?
Gathering in stadiums to pray for rain, unbelievable how stupid and rudderless people are to gather in masses for make believe, firmly held.
Same Republican religious zealots and insane fuckers scream at the Obamacare architect for calling them stupid....how is he wrong?
Moostache
(9,897 posts)The morons in Texas that show up to prayer vigils for rain are only a lunatic leader (Ted Cruz?) away from resurrecting human sacrifices to appease their "gawd"...
I loathe everything about the way this country treats science now. Science and Technology BUILT this nation, NOT fucking Jesus or Allah or Yahweh or even the Flying Spaghetti Monster (may all be touched by His Noodly Appendage).
The fact that the GOP has so co-opted the media (especially their network of papers and radio) to convince people that what is good for the corporate overlord is good for America is depressing.
packman
(16,296 posts)Hey, whatever happened to all that Benghazi stuff ? Oh, the elections are over- silly me.
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)It's official. They are tone deaf.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)to let them take over the house and senate so I am not sure that dumb means anything to most people.
monmouth4
(9,709 posts)groundloop
(11,523 posts)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents_in_the_United_States_in_the_21st_century
And that list is only the accidents since 2000. It's scary as hell.