Climate Contrarians Seek Leadership of House Science Committee

An article at Ars examines three members of the U.S. House of Representatives who are seeking chairmanship of its Committee on Space, Science, and Technology. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) said in an interview, "My analysis is that in the global warming debate, we won. There were a lot of scientists who were just going along with the flow on the idea that mankind was causing a change in the world's climate. I think that after 10 years of debate, we can show that that there are hundreds if not thousands of scientists who have come over to being skeptics, and I don't know anyone [who was a skeptic] who became a believer in global warming." James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) has a similar record of opposing climate change, as does Lamar Smith (R-TX). Relatedly, Phil Plait, a.k.a. The Bad Astronomer, has posted an article highlighting how U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of the Senate's Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, has declined to answer a question about how old the Earth is, calling it "one of the great mysteries."

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Re:Richard Muller

[Doctor_Jest]

I'd rather have gridlock than yet more Constitution raping legislation like the NDAA or the PATRIOT ACT... or hell, SOPA. We have to be hyper-vigilant or we'll get a huge shit sandwich like the DMCA.

And The Affordable Health Care Act missed the point... vouchers out the wazoo, fundamental things that are supposed to control costs are going to make them go up, and the fact that the government can fine you for not buying healthcare. Oh, sorry.. TAX you. That was a really wonderful bunch of legislation... it really was. Oh, and before everyone jumps in and says "Oh the Republicans watered it down" they didn't... it's all horseshit anyway. (I am not defending either party... they both suck major ass.)