Nice piece from David Harris TX 6 running against Joe Barton.

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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/6/23/13319/4398

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1. Just hit recommend over at DK

On a related note, that clueless Joe Barton is on the ugly side of science

Houston Chronicle article 6/23
Congress told climate on hot streak
Scientific panel confirms rising temperatures over the past 400 years

The Earth is warmer today than at any point the last 400 years, and likely the last millennium, a committee convened by the National Academy of Sciences concluded in a report released Thursday.

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Barton, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, has said he wants to be sure of the validity of climate change — and that its real cause is human greenhouse gas emissions — before spending money to combat it.
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Science's 'ugly' side
Several Texan Republican members of the House Science Committee, including Michael McCaul and Lamar Smith, declined comment on report, saying they had not had time to study it.

Neal Lane, a physicist at Rice University and former science adviser to President Clinton, said the year-long dispute has showcased the "ugly, political side" of climate science research in the United States.

"It has really gotten quite outrageous," Lane said. "These new questions that were raised are just one more example of many, in which people are scrambling to find the slightest little reason to question important scientific results, and then blow it way out of proportion."

One more reason Joe "head up his ass" Barton has got to go. It's for the health of the whole world. And let's add those other 2 clueless followers, Lamar Smith and Michael McCaul to the roster of bums to throw out.

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