Rep. Markey in E&C Hearing asks GOP if they plan to legislate against Gravity, Relativity

Remarks of Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)
Subcommittee on Energy and Power
3/10/11

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to a bill that overturns the scientific finding that pollution is harming our people and our planet.

However, I won't physically rise, because I'm worried that Republicans will overturn the law of gravity, sending us floating about the room.

I won't call for the sunlight of additional hearings, for fear that Republicans might excommunicate the finding that the Earth revolves around the sun.

Instead, I'll embody Newton's third law of motion and be an equal and opposing force against this attack on science and on laws that will reduce America's importation of foreign oil.

This bill will live in the House while simultaneously being dead in the Senate. It will be a legislative Schrodinger's cat killed by the quantum mechanics of the legislative process!

Arbitrary rejection of scientific fact will not cause us to rise from our seats today. But with this bill, pollution levels will rise. Oil imports will rise. Temperatures will rise.

And with that, I yield back the balance of my time. That is, unless a rejection of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity is somewhere in the chair's amendment pile.

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[EliteKiller07]

@varek3d

If you want to see one of the effects of CO2, follow these steps:

1. Lock your ass up in a small air-tight box

2. Breath for an hour

3. Die

Congratulations, you have now figured out the poisonous effects of CO2.

[wfmkk]

@varek3d

No, no ... we're just going to tax STUPIDITY.

Congratulations; you're in the top tax bracket.

[trwent]

Want to run for President as a Republican? Here's what you need to do:

(1) reject evolution as a mere conjecture, and even better claim that the earth and all life on it were created in 6 literal days about 10,000 years ago; (2) deny global warming is taking place; (3) claim that homosexuality is a choice, and that homosexuals are actively recruiting kids in our public schools into the "lifestyle"; (4) do everything you can to deny women access to birth control, thereby assuring more abortions.

[buckley969]

What a gasbag.

[TheJebmyster]

@tuttt99 fuck you...

[joshuaoha]

What a god damned smart ass........ I like him!

[NewWorldOrderRED]

Gravity does exist unless Obama believes in it in which case my answer is no it doesn't exist and it should be outlawed in our schools.

[Gg66dolphin]

Republicans: Newtwon? Isn't that a Candy bar?

[EliteKiller07]

@tuttt99

Oh come on, it's not like I was trying to make a scientific statement, it's just a joke. But to be fair, I saw a video on about being trapped in a small coffin. The CO2 levels got to a much more dangerous level before oxygen level was a concern. I know it's not the best source of science, but it's something.

Also, the poisonous effects a CO2 really isn't the concern, it's byproduct of releasing those greenhouse gases into the environment that causes the real damage.

[tuttt99]

@EliteKiller07

1. The word is "Breathe". "Breath" is a noun, as in *take* a "breath".

2. For CO2 to be dangerous to human life in the way that you describe, it has to be at levels of 1-10% which is roughly 25-250x what the alarmists are screaming about.

3. "Locking your ass up in a small air-tight box" will more than likely kill you from oxygen depletion long before the CO2 buildup does.

Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

[tuttt99]

Well since Markey is gunning to legislate against Energy that's a little like the pot calling the kettle black, innit?

How do the idiots get elected anyway?

Oh yeah, voters exposed to 14-16k hrs of government schooling and television.