Joined: 25 Aug 2013 Age: 67 Gender: Male Posts: 38,058 Location: Long Island, New York
14 Jun 2021, 1:55 pm
I got some space lasers for him to do the job.
_________________ Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013 DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.
“My autism is not a superpower. It also isn’t some kind of god-forsaken, endless fountain of suffering inflicted on my family. It’s just part of who I am as a person”. - Sara Luterman
Would they also like a laser satellite that can scratch their asses from orbit?
_________________ I am sick, and in so being I am the healthy one. If my darkness or eccentricity offends you, I don't really care. I will not apologize for being me.
There is no such thing as perfect. We are beautiful as we are. With all our imperfections, we can do anything.
The purpose of the question from the politician to the representative of the Forest Service was to get an answer to the effect "no there is nothing I can do about the moon's orbit" - effectively saying "and since there is nothing I can do about the moon's orbit it would be a waste of money to give me money to fight global warming."
It is a clever counter measure to play the politician as a fool for having asked the question - the goal of this maneuver is to try to turn the table on the asker of the question. Person A is not a fool for asking for money, person B is a fool for questioning his reason for wanting the money.
Politics has a more than a bit of show business in it. Half of "show business" is "business". The other half is "show".
As one of the WP members says "politics is stupid but important".
Joined: 6 May 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 60,939 Location:
14 Jun 2021, 3:51 pm
A video cannot be "taken out of context". Here is a transcript of Gohmert's exact words:
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX) wrote:
I understand from what's been testified to the Forest Service and the BLM you want very much to work on the issue of climate change. I was informed by the immediate past director of NASA that they have found that the moon’s orbit is changing slightly and so is the Earth's orbit around the sun. And we know there’s been significant solar flare activity. And so is there anything that the National Forest Service or BLM can do to change the course of the moon's orbit or the Earth’s orbit around the sun? Obviously that would have profound effects on our climate.
Joined: 1 Sep 2014 Gender: Male Posts: 3,020 Location: Pennsylvania
14 Jun 2021, 6:08 pm
I just watched the video. It is certainly more damning than the quote or the transcript. Apparently (to my eyes and ears) the Rep. Louie Gohmert actually thought this was a reasonable question to ask.
Given that the ideas it not practical, I still thought this treatment of the unworkable idea was interesting:
Texas GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert's campaign gave $5,500 to "ministries" linked to anti-gay, antisemitic preacher Steve Anderson.
Also, Gohmert, of the the Congress's most outspoken Trump allies, uses his speeches to play down the Jan. 6 coup attempt -- as he has done on the House floor -- and even took a photo with a confessed Jan. 6 terrorist.
I'll stick to science and real root cause and effects.
Gohmert even had Ted Lieu suggesting on Twitter that Captain Marvel "can alter planetary orbits with her superpowers" to fix climate change but yeah Gohmert is the ignorant one. LMAO!