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Related: About this forumAl Franken Humiliates Rick Perry On Climate Change Science
I love Al !
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)This is the genius that almost flunked out of animal husbandry from an ag university.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)* The Department of Fucking Idiots
iluvtennis
(19,862 posts)czarjak
(11,278 posts)Don't Know Shit Syndrome
Bluepinky
(2,275 posts)Rick Perry is the kid in math class who never understood basic equations but passed the class by stealing answers to the test ahead of time. Oh, and he sucked up to the texcher.
Al is the kid who did his homework, studied for exams and wasn't a wise ass. And it shows.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)Al's ALWAYS been a "wise ass", he just brings that aspect of his personality out when it's to his advantage. I think Al will even admit to being a "wise ass" for his entire life. But that's a GOOD THING!
Bluepinky
(2,275 posts)And even a wise-ass, when appropriate. He has really blossomed as a Senator, he gets better all the time.
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)"The science" of man-made climate change has been settled for decades.
The consequences of runaway greenhouse effect are so dire,
perhaps even the likes of Rick might be getting the notion
of what a disastrous hand they are playing.
It's going to bring on a whole new meaning to the "red districts":
Anyone else note this eerie semblance?:
longship
(40,416 posts)AND DIDN'T FUCKING KNOW THAT THE DOE CONTROLS THE ENTIRETY OF OUR FUCKING NUCLEAR WEAPONS!!!
(Because one banghead is not enough for Rick Perry. He's a mind untroubled by thought!)
BigBearJohn
(11,410 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)...and that is really saying something.
This dumb ass embarrassment is just that...a dumbass embarrassment. He's not an evil son of a bitch, like the cheeto Mussolini, but he's just one extremely stupid "pretty face" from Texas. He is so out of his league, it's just one more fook'n embarrassment we have to put up with.
Sweet Jesus...is it almost 2020 yet???
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)THEN you realize Perry is in his positions and knows NOTHING
Basic LA
(2,047 posts)He's in over his head.
DK504
(3,847 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Climate Science, you see, we DO "have a way of knowing", and this info comes from what we call "QUALIFIED EXPERTS".
And YOU, Rick Perry ... ARE NOT ONE OF THESE.
Ergo, your OPINION on the subject ... means SHIT.
You're 'entitled' to it ... but YOU shouldn't get to decide ANYTHING about it ... for anyone ELSE.
Because you 'know' ... sweet fuck-all about it.
In fact, I'd bet that if someone asked you to describe the most BASIC 'scientific fact' to someone else ... you'd fail MISERABLY.
I wish Franken would've called him out on his lack of basic science with a simple question like "In the most basic sense, what is TEMPERATURE ... a measurement of?"
Show him up for the clueless asshole that he is ... unable to describe what 'temperature' is ... when he's Trump's fuckin' numbskull head of the DoE.
Time to take off the gloves when we have the chance, I swear. Expose these assholes at EVERY chance.
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)... but doggone it, I love Al Franken.
czarjak
(11,278 posts)He had a regent removed from the Texas Tech Board of Regents for daring to endorse Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Donnie's kind of guy.
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)Trump will not hire anyone who will show him up, he will only hire people who he can control and will suck up to him.
DFW
(54,405 posts)This is a humiliating scene to watch. Makes his "oops" moment seem scholarly by comparison
Gothmog
(145,320 posts)They_Live
(3,234 posts)Setting another great example for the kids.
bora13
(860 posts)Last edited Sat Jun 24, 2017, 11:58 AM - Edit history (1)
Perry and Palin (PnP) team up for a pres. bid, you'll know that
armageddon is real and they'll make global climate change look attractive!
Also, my concept for a new bumper sticker:
Perry and Palin
for Armageddon '20
tomhagen
(3,604 posts)Red Knight
(704 posts)on a massive level.
So what should we do about it?
Maybe invest more in clean energy? Could that help?
That is the future...like it or not. And if we don't lead we will be left in the dust by other countries.
And you'll still be rambling incoherently.
DK504
(3,847 posts)Naturally occurring events? What like elephant farts Rickie? That's what is causing the poles to melt?
Seems Rickie hasn't been watching the TV machine, the science is settled. And things like Katrina wouldn't have devastated Louisiana and NOLA if the coastline were still intact. The coastline that disappears by 100 yards a day thanks to the Oil & Gas companies....
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Until we communicate that climate denial is intentional and funded by energy companies so they can make more money, we won't succeed in fighting climate denial.
If you haven't seen Merchants of Doubt, it's totally worth it.
tclambert
(11,087 posts)about climate change denial or anything else for that matter. They just retreat into a shell of "Well, I'm not a climate scientist, and I don't know many details about the subject. However, I'm sure I'm completely right."
stopbush
(24,396 posts)because someone told him skepticism is basic to the scientific method. So, he tries to fit the idea of being a skeptic into his RW Christian -based denial of climate change.
He may as well argue that we need a red team/blue team approach to decide if the internal combustion engine is a feasible concept.