GOP Works to Defund Studies So They Can Deny Climate Change

Rather than address or even face the impending issues surrounding climate change, the GOP has chosen instead to stick their fingers in their ears. Not only do they want to simply ignore the problem, but they are trying to make it difficult for the rest of us to even know that it exists.

Last week, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, headed by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), approved a bill that would slash at least $300 million from NASA's Earth-science budget. As Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) pointed out, "Earth science, of course, includes climate science." Rep.. Smith claims that the White House's NASA budget request favored the Earth sciences "at the expense of the other science divisions and human and robotic space exploration." That actually makes perfect sense considering that the impending looming disaster might need to be examined a little more closely. You may very well want to increase funding into that area. It's like saying you're not going to put out a fire at a particular house because you want to keep the other ones moist.

Once again, by defunding NASA's Earth-science program, the GOP has taken willful ignorance one giant leap for mankind, into the stratosphere. This bill essentially ensures not only that climate studies be ignored but that potentially useful data won't even be collected.

On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 5:00:08 PM UTC-5, Uncarollo2 wrote:
Rather than address or even face the impending issues surrounding climate change, the GOP has chosen instead to stick their fingers in their ears. Not only do they want to simply ignore the problem, but they are trying to make it difficult for the rest of us to even know that it exists.

Last week, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, headed by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), approved a bill that would slash at least $300 million from NASA's Earth-science budget. As Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) pointed out, "Earth science, of course, includes climate science." Rep. Smith claims that the White House's NASA budget request favored the Earth sciences "at the expense of the other science divisions and human and robotic space exploration." That actually makes perfect sense considering that the impending looming disaster might need to be examined a little more closely. You may very well want to increase funding into that area. It's like saying you're not going to put out a fire at a particular house because you want to keep the other ones moist.

Once again, by defunding NASA's Earth-science program, the GOP has taken willful ignorance one giant leap for mankind, into the stratosphere. This bill essentially ensures not only that climate studies be ignored but that potentially useful data won't even be collected.

NASA, for its part, responded to the impending doom with howls of protest. Charles Bolden, the administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former NASA astronaut, issued a statement saying:


"The NASA authorization bill making its way through the House of Representatives guts our Earth science program and threatens to set back generations worth of progress in better understanding our changing climate, and our ability to prepare for and respond to earthquakes, droughts, and storm events.

NASA leads the world in the exploration of and study of planets, and none is more important than the one on which we live.

In addition, the bill under-funds the critical space technologies that the nation will need to lead in space, including on our journey to Mars."

On Friday, 15 May 2015 00:01:23 UTC+2, Uncarollo2 wrote:
On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 5:00:08 PM UTC-5, Uncarollo2 wrote:
Rather than address or even face the impending issues surrounding climate change, the GOP has chosen instead to stick their fingers in their ears. Not only do they want to simply ignore the problem, but they are trying to make it difficult for the rest of us to even know that it exists.

Last week, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, headed by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), approved a bill that would slash at least $300 million from NASA's Earth-science budget. As Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) pointed out, "Earth science, of course, includes climate science." Rep. Smith claims that the White House's NASA budget request favored the Earth sciences "at the expense of the other science divisions and human and robotic space exploration." That actually makes perfect sense considering that the impending looming disaster might need to be examined a little more closely. You may very well want to increase funding into that area. It's like saying you're not going to put out a fire at a particular house because you want to keep the other ones moist.

Once again, by defunding NASA's Earth-science program, the GOP has taken willful ignorance one giant leap for mankind, into the stratosphere. This bill essentially ensures not only that climate studies be ignored but that potentially useful data won't even be collected.

NASA, for its part, responded to the impending doom with howls of protest.. Charles Bolden, the administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former NASA astronaut, issued a statement saying:


"The NASA authorization bill making its way through the House of Representatives guts our Earth science program and threatens to set back generations worth of progress in better understanding our changing climate, and our ability to prepare for and respond to earthquakes, droughts, and storm events.


These brain dead GOP psychopaths only expose their raving ignorance of everything but their own sickening greed, corruption of intelligent thought and blind superstition.
That they should ever be selected is a travesty of justice for the entire rest of the world.
The US has repeatedly meddled in the politics of many weaker nations and bullied or "bought-off" many more with trade agreements, armaments deals and "humanitarian aid" for the easily corruptible leaders of broken nations.
Most of the world's terrorism has been deliberately manufactured by "the elephant in the Oval Room."
Most of the world sees the USA as a predatory dinosaur with far too many teeth and far too few brain cells.
Perhaps it is long overdue that the rest of the world had some say in deselecting unsuitable candidates for high office in the USA?
We [the people of the world] can't have just any village idiot selected for the twin US Government houses "for those with learning difficulties."
It's no wonder you don't like being called a democracy.
No self-respecting banana republic ever would!

On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 12:39:36 PM UTC-4, Chris.B wrote:

The US has repeatedly meddled in the politics of many weaker nations and bullied or "bought-off" many more with trade agreements, armaments deals and "humanitarian aid" for the easily corruptible leaders of broken nations.

A bit of "meddling" goes a long way. It can put a halt to much bloodshed. Of course Denmark didn't see much, if any, bloodshed in WW2.

Most of the world sees the USA as a predatory dinosaur with far too many teeth and far too few brain cells.

Most of the world doesn't even have good communications, and press censorship is quite common. They know little, as do you.

Perhaps it is long overdue that the rest of the world had some say in deselecting unsuitable candidates for high office in the USA?

The "rest if the world" as in Russia, the mid-east, and the other countries on this list

http://www.ranker.com/list/countries...ship/reference

???

On Tue, 19 May 2015 07:09:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Most of the world doesn't even have good communications, and press censorship is quite common. They know little, as do you.

Most of the world has better communications now than the U.S.

On Tue, 19 May 2015 07:09:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote
this crap:

On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 12:39:36 PM UTC-4, Chris.B wrote:


A bit of "meddling" goes a long way. It can put a halt to much
bloodshed. Of course Denmark didn't see much,
if any, bloodshed in WW2.

Because they didn't put up a fight and were conquered in the first
weeks of the war.


This signature is now the ultimate
power in the universe

On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 10:38:48 AM UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Tue, 19 May 2015 07:09:04 -0700 (PDT), wsnell01 wrote:

Most of the world doesn't even have good communications, and press censorship is quite common. They know little, as do you.

Most of the world has better communications now than the U.S.

Incorrect, peterson.

On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 2:05:05 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 10:38:48 AM UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Tue, 19 May 2015 07:09:04 -0700 (PDT), wsnell01 wrote:

Most of the world doesn't even have good communications, and press censorship is quite common. They know little, as do you.

Most of the world has better communications now than the U.S.

Incorrect, peterson.

We're Number One has become Were Number One.

On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 12:18:00 PM UTC-4, Lord Vath wrote:
On Tue, 19 May 2015 07:09:04 -0700 (PDT), wsnell01 wrote
this crap:

On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 12:39:36 PM UTC-4, Chris.B wrote:


A bit of "meddling" goes a long way. It can put a halt to much
bloodshed. Of course Denmark didn't see much,
if any, bloodshed in WW2.

Because they didn't put up a fight and were conquered in the first
weeks of the war.

Several thousand of them volunteered to fight WITH the Nazis on the eastern front:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark_in_World_War_II

It's rather unbecoming for a current resident of Denmark (chrisb critter) to cast aspersions on the US, given Denmark's history.

On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 3:18:23 PM UTC-4, Uncarollo2 wrote:
On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 2:05:05 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 10:38:48 AM UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Tue, 19 May 2015 07:09:04 -0700 (PDT), wsnell01 wrote:

Most of the world doesn't even have good communications, and press censorship is quite common. They know little, as do you.

Most of the world has better communications now than the U.S.

Incorrect, peterson.

We're Number One has become Were Number One.

Given the sheer size and diversity of the US, we're still number one, wrt communications.

To suggest that "most of the world has better communications now than the US" is the height of idiocy, but exactly the sort of tripe we have come to expect from the likes of you and peterson.