Environment & Energy

hatrack

(59,587 posts) Sat Nov 15, 2014, 10:38 AM Nov 2014

Republican 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

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Republican House Committees Try "Science" Hearing, Spend 2 Hours Praising Wonderful, Safe Pipelines (Original Post) hatrack Nov 2014 OP

They don't believe in science. SamKnause Nov 2014 #1

How long can the corporate media keep ignoring facts and shy away from insulting the religious part? Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #3

Forever. SamKnause Nov 2014 #4

The incoming Senate science Chair is on the record saying God creates climate change...the fucking media Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #5

Be happy that they ONLY pray for rain... Moostache Nov 2014 #8

At least it didn't turn into a Benghazi hearing packman Nov 2014 #2

Looks like their science experiment produced certifiable results. Baitball Blogger Nov 2014 #6

Let them talk - in the past the more they talk the dumber they look. Of course the people just voted jwirr Nov 2014 #7

The repub chair is a woman, of course they dismiss her.....n/t monmouth4 Nov 2014 #9

Safe pipelines huh..... they should check out this list groundloop Nov 2014 #10

SamKnause

(13,108 posts)

1. They don't believe in science.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 10:47 AM

Nov 2014

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)

3. How long can the corporate media keep ignoring facts and shy away from insulting the religious part?

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 10:58 AM

Nov 2014

SamKnause

(13,108 posts)

4. Forever.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 11:13 AM

Nov 2014

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)

5. The incoming Senate science Chair is on the record saying God creates climate change...the fucking media

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 11:21 AM

Nov 2014

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

(9,895 posts)

8. Be happy that they ONLY pray for rain...

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 11:56 AM

Nov 2014

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.