Republicans want to alter orbit

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Of the moon.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnew ... cna1270219

I got some space lasers for him to do the job.

Louis Gohmert, one of the dimmer stars in the firmament.

I mean, that suggestion of his was equal in brilliance to Donald Trump suggesting we shoot up with disinfectant.

Would they also like a laser satellite that can scratch their asses from orbit?

I believe the comments were taken out of context by the reporter and perhaps political opponents.

Reading the entire article it seems to me the original comment was meant as an example of Reductio ad absurdum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum

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".

A video cannot be "taken out of context".  Here is a transcript of Gohmert's exact words:

This is the kind of thing that, were it 4/1, we could get a laugh out of it.

I despair of the level of education now being considered adequate, especially in the sciences.

I was considering a reply that might be considered sacrilegious.

Rather like Trump and his injection of Clorox treatment for COVID

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:

 More News on Rep. Gohmert 

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.

Here is another article:  Russian Media Mocks Louie Gohmert's Comments 

Gohmert uses sarcasm, wit and science to destroy the propagandists and conspiracy theorists. It's pretty humorous. Thanks for sharing.

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!