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

[kpete]

Run time: 01:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHVrE1NTgxI   Posted on YouTube: March 10, 2011 By YouTube Member: NaturalResourcesDems Views on YouTube: 3048   Posted on DU: March 11, 2011 By DU Member: kpete Views on DU: 3251

 
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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.


the rest:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/11/955315/-Snark,-oh-wonderful-snark,-glorious-snark!

[tabatha]

1. Love that guy.

[Charleston Chew]

2. Kick & Recommend

[CrownPrinceBandar]

3. BURN!..........

Beautifully constructed burn. Good job, Rep. Markey!

[nykym]

4. Rep. Markey deserves my favorite

Bloody Brilliant!

[stockholmer]

5. I looooooove satire and bitter irony, it is a strong weapon against tyranny. K&R

:thumbsup:

edit for horrid spelling, lolol

[usrname]

21. Satire and Irony

Too bad the republicans are too dense to recognize satire and irony.

[Dollface]

22. The GOPers are probably having a discussion.. "Can we do that?!

They think if they repeal relativity their in-laws will stop visiting.

[nonoxy9]

6. AWESOME!!!

[perdita9]

7. Snarky!

Give that man some time on the Daily Show. He's got the comedic chops.

[DCofVA]

8. I bet 90% of that went right over the Republican's heads

Could you imagine your typical Fox "News" viewer response to it.

[DeSwiss]

9. Exactly.

- They're too stupid to realize they're being insulted. He should try using words with fewer syllables.....










http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le9y22XsXy4&feature=feedu">We-Must-Shift-The-Paradigm

on edit: smile

[JBoy]

17. They'd be all "I've seen every Charlie Brown TV episode,

and first of all, Snoopy is a dog, not a cat. And secondly, he's Charlie Brown's dog, not Schroeder's. So when you talk about 'Schroeder's cat' you just show how stupid you are..."

[DFW]

27. That's the sad part

Foxsuckers would have no idea what Markey was talking about, except for those few who are now
writing to their Congressteabaggers, screaming that since the Bible was handed from God about
one and a half millenia before Newton, that gravity is no more real than global warming.

[baldguy]

10. After all, gravity is *only* a THEORY!

And Newton was a liberal

[WhoIsNumberNone]

11. Gravity, Relativity, none of that stuff is in the Bible

-so it's resigned to the same static channel as evolution. Republicans only believe in science when it kills something or makes a profit. (Or in some cases if it keeps them in office)

[cachukis]

12. I was born in the same town and it's nice to hear an elder.

[Duck]

13. Eggs and Intellect

Wonderful!!

Could it be that our guys are starting to grow cojones? I DO love this guy.

[abqmufc]

14. I think this is the way you call out the GOP

His actions (comments) to me do a great job at calling out the GOP on this issue. Using such analogies work for the media (sound bytes) and for a short attention-span Americans. Others in the (liberal) media and liberals in Congress need to do this and fill the airwaves with such questions being posed to the GOP members....and make them answer these questions.

[gtar100]

16. That is the crux: make them answer these questions

Because they've gotten really good at putting on their dumb-look face and ignoring reality.

[kag]

15. Classic! n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

18. Somewhere in the Chair's amendment pile...

is an enormous pile of FLATULENT POOP.

[Avant Guardian]

19. Lots of ammo here

Cant wait til one of my crackpot co-workers start in with the 'global warming is a hoax' bullshit.

[lame54]

20. Stephen Colbert should be proud

[Joey Liberal]

23. AWESOME! n/t

[Overseas]

24. K&R and Many Thanks !

Good to hear our representatives treat GOP legislation with the respect it deserves.

[RoccoR5955]

25. I heard that they were, in fact, going to repeal Einstein's theory, because it wasn't Christian

After all, Einstein was a Jew, and we all know that the RepubliKKKans don't want anything to do with ANYTHING that a Jew said!

[Swampguana]

26. Slap in the face!

[bluescribbler]

28. Proud of my congressman

He's the real deal. He has my vote every time.

[rasputin1952]

29. I actually know someone who states emphatically that gravity does not exist...

because there is no mention of gravity in the Bible. However, dragons do exist for they are mentioned in the Bible...:eyes:

[FailureToCommunicate]

30. Markey's one of our excellent Reps in this great Commonwealth.

[UrbScotty]

31. Rec'd with a minute to spare!

:rofl: