Michele Bachmann: "CO2 Is A Natural Byproduct of Nature!"

[babylonsister]

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I think rethugs need to stay away from science and environmental issues. They do themselves no favors.


On the House floor on Earth Day, April 22, 2009, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) argues that manmade global warming doesn't make any sense because "carbon dioxide is a natural byproduct of nature." Attempting to repeat the goofy denier talking point that CO2 makes up only a fraction of the atmospheric content and thus isn't of concern, Bachmann errs wildly. She claims that carbon dioxide makes up "three percent of the atmosphere," when in fact it only comprises 0.03% -- off by a factor of a hundred.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) responds: "Its interesting to listen to her say that something that was naturally occurring simply couldnt be harmful, ignoring the fact that we have the highest concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for 2/3 of a million years."

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http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/04/24/bachmann-harmless-co2/

Rep. Blumenauer (D-OR), later in the evening, demolished Bachmann for “making things up on the floor of the House”:

My good friend, the gentlelady from Minnesota, doesn’t think there are any problems with the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It’s interesting to listen to her say that something that was naturally occurring simply couldn’t be harmful, ignoring the fact that we have the highest concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for 2/3 of a million years.

The consensus of the scientific community — not people making things up on the floor of the House — is that this has been profoundly influenced by human activity, starting with the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, where we started consuming huge quantities of coal, burning fossil fuels, accelerating that over time. The consensus of the scientific community is that this is in fact a serious problem.

Furthermore, attempting to repeat the goofy denier talking point that carbon dioxide makes up only a fraction of the atmospheric content and thus isn’t of concern, Bachmann errs wildly. She claims that carbon dioxide makes up “three percent of the atmosphere,” when in fact it only comprises 0.04% — off by a factor of a hundred. As Blumenauer pointed out, CO2 levels are significantly higher than they’ve been throughout human history. Only a hundred years ago, CO2 concentrations were only 0.03%. Of course, when it comes to the greenhouse effect, only global warming gases are relevant. And carbon dioxide is the predominant greenhouse gas.

But Bachmann hasn’t ever been one to let her political rants be constrained by the facts.

[Wapsie B]

1. Michele Bachmann/ Sarah Palin, the gop dream ticket!

Make it happen boys! The rising stars of the gop. :rofl:

[Joanne98]

5. Or Palin/Bachmann...either way it would be a gift from God.

[nichomachus]

35. Better still

put them in a closed room to decide who gets top billing and show the ensuing hair-pulling match on PPV.

[Renew Deal]

2. So is idiocy.

And she seems to be in full supply.

[Sultana]

3. *shakes head, No Comment

[KansDem]

4. So is shit, Ms. Bachmann

But that doesn't mean we should live in it...

[ropi]

6. poor thing...

she's on the bus to loonyville and headed toward city centre.

[Stellabella]

7. And hot air is a natural byproduct of Michelle Bachmann!

What an idiot.

[Magleetis]

8. There is a giant dead zone

inside of her head.

[jtrockville]

9. LOTS of poisonous things are natural.

Maybe Bachmann could try INHALING some CO2, to prove to us all how safe it is?

Trees do it, and they're natural.
:shrug:

[angstlessk]

26. hey, bachmann...arsenic is a naturally occurring ingredient...bet

you wouldn't drink it at your tea party though, would ya?

[lumpy]

37. Too much of anything is poisonous; i.e. Ms. Bachmann

phew!

[HopeHoops]

10. She farts out tons of it everytime she opens her mouth!

Man is that woman stupid! She has no idea how stupid she sounds, that is clear.

Oh, and I love it when they blame cow farts - how many of them have become vegetarian? Yes, you CAN reduce CO2 from cow farts by not eating meat - but will they do that? And then they act like it is the core cause. Reagan even said trees were the main problem, but that was Reagan. It is all just a diversion from the core issue - the industries that own them.

[HereSince1628]

11. Personally I think she is more of a methanogenerator

But that's just my opinion.

[HopeHoops]

13. Sulphur, brimstone, the usual other ingredients.

I just limited it to the relevant compound.

[Hulk]

12. I would want this loon to simply HIDE if she were representing me.

What a total idiot. She never ceases to amaze. Is there NO ONE from her district that wants to be a representative??? Honestly, you...hopefully....sent the dumbest person you could find to represent you. Such a pathetic idiot. And she doesn't even get it.

[lumpy]

38. Personally I am ferking sick and tired of political ignoramouses

determining the outcome of our lives. Every available competency test should be a requirement to run for political office.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

14. To hear such crap spewed out by that annoying voice...

Michelle-
70% of your body is water. Water is a natural part of the ecosystem, without which life on earth could not exist. So why don't we live in it?

Another natural element your body cannot function without is salt. But guess what happens when you have only seawater to drink? You die. Too much salt will kill you.

My point Michelle- since you obviously don't get it- is that life relies on a very delicate balance of elements. A very small shift in any of those elements can lead to big trouble. I realize that as a Republican you believe that life is created by magic, but trust me- you're wrong.

[yesphan]

23. Her education

Is there a way to find out if she was home schooled ?

[yesphan]

27. Answered from wiki

Bachmann grew up in Anoka, Minnesota, graduating from Anoka public high school in 1974. She graduated from Winona State University and later received her J.D. degree from Oral Roberts University and a LL.M. degree in tax law from the College of William and Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law.

As a longtime resident of the state of Oklahoma, I can say with some assurance that she probably
lost her mind while attending ORU.

[demwing]

42. For all DUer who are tired of the bashing against home schoolers

please take your bias and...

[vaberella]

15. What is she talking about?! Did anyone figure it out?! n/t

[AlbertCat]

22. Nope! Not even Michelle can figure it out. Just open your mouth and.....

[Butch350]

16. You would think...

That a person with a job position of importance like hers, would at least have someone research
the facts before opening their piehole for conversational purposes.

[swilton]

17. If Bachmann had the brains that god gave a goose

She'd fly backwards -

Do we need any more proof that there is something fundamentally wrong with the education in this country - where is our education that has created this and such similar (god created the world in 7 days/man walked around with the dinosaurs) stupidity.

Quick, we need to amend the climate change treaty to limit the surplus CO2 spewing forth from idiots such as this - where is the Kyoto Treaty on Climate Change? :shrug: :shrug:

[cindyfaulkner]

18. Yes you stupid ass woman

CO2 is a by product of animal decay in the atmosphere but given the fact that we have cut down so many trees which by the way (here's a bit of science Michelle Dumbass) clean the atmosphere of said CO2 never mind the filth coming out of out power plants and our cars. But don't forget cow farts. GOD they are so dumb.

[Hissyspit]

19. Fucking Moran TM

I am so damn tired of self-righteous fucking morons.

[cooolandrew]

20. MN could of had so much better with tinklenberg he done so much for their state, very odd.>

I mean if we list all she has done in the past 12 months she called for McCarthyism, facturing the US and now basically an end to the planet because she's too bribed to do the right thing come on MN, surely you deserve better.

[bowens43]

21. this woman is mindnumbingly stupid.

she makes Palin look like a genius.

[Reform]

24. did she mean?

%3 percent is man made? what fact was she cluster fucked with here?

[AlbertCat]

25. Carbon dioxide IS natural to the Earth

It's also natural to Venus. Wanna live there?

It's not CO2 that's bad, Michell, honey lamb. It's the amounts that are the key.

Bless your heart! You want a lollie now? Didja take your pill?

[lazyriver]

28. Michelle Bachmann is a natural byproduct of stupid.

[JayMusgrove]

29. Then what gas comes out of her mouth? Harmless? n/t

[RufusTFirefly]

30. To quote the movie "Ruthless People"...

"This could very well be the stupidest person on the face of the earth."

But hey, she's natural. So she must be harmless.

[immoderate]

31. I'll see your "Natural Byproduct of Nature," and raise you a...

--imm

[AlBrattOnline]

32. rep. bachmann

i concluse that this ole girl missed her calling. she just
doesn't fit in well as a us representative but, now, she would
do just great as a waitres in a redneck southern beer joint.  

[TheCoxwain]

33. Watching that Video is like going to a Dominatrix.

Painful for normal humans ..pleasurable for ...people with ..how shall I put it? .... selective taste.

[hangman86]

34. The phrase "my good friend"

in Congress, is usually code for "That fucking imbecile." It certainly applies here.

[lumpy]

36. Just as stupid as Reagan blaming our ills on trees because of

their natural emissions.

[jimlup]

39. Wow!

She's so badly informed I think we should give her all the time she needs to speak for CO2.

What a loser.

[rocktivity]

40. H2O is also a byproduct of nature, and one of its least toxic

but under the right circumstances, it most certainly CAN kill you.

:eyes:
rocktivity

[graywarrior]

41. Jesus, Mary and fucking Joseph

May she be handcuffed to herself for all eternity.

Oh, and by the way....wouldn't that be a good argument for marijuana?...and nudity?

[newmac]

43. Its like arguing you can drown in water; but water is wonderful nonetheless

Nobody said CO2 was poisonous or not natural. But too much is like standing in a greenhouse; it makes things too hot. Maybe we should blame the sun?

[Fearless]

44. She's looking a lot like a brunette Ann Coulter...

The way she hold her head, the way she combs her hair slightly over the left. It's really uncanny.

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