I Agree With Tea Party

[reelapeelin]

...on a lot of basic issues...lower taxes, smaller government...but the thinking of people like Joe Barton troubles me...plus it reveals the petroleum companies to be his sugar daddy...

[spareparts]

you think they should have the dumb *** clause to eliminate people in public office

worse parts is this guy hurts the Tea Party by association, if he was a liberal, he's be their new leader.

[Destroyer]

This "quote" has been widely attributed to Congressman Joe Barton of Texas: "Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow down the winds which would cause the temperature to go up."

This appears, however, be an amalgamation cobbled together from a Time Magazine report designed to make him (Barton) look stupid. (Time Magazine is noted for their left wing leanings).

Now I totally agree that it sounds like a dumb a$$ statement, but what he "really" said in 2010, (According to the Washington Monthly) was:

"Wind is God's way of balancing heat. Wind is the way you shift heat from areas where it's hotter to areas where it's cooler. That's what wind is. Wouldn't it be ironic if, in the interest of global warming, we mandated massive switches to wind energy, which is a finite resource, which slows the winds down, which causes the temperature to go up? Now, I'm not saying that's going to happen, Mr. Chairman, but that is definitely something on the massive scale. I mean, it does make some sense. You stop something, you can't transfer that heat, and the heat goes up. It's just something to think about."

Depending on how you parse the language, you may (or may not) read into Barton's statement that he was implying that building an army of wind turbines might slow down wind enough to actually affect an area's temperature. Remember that he was talking about building and placing hundreds and hundreds of wind turbines in one area to harness the wind. And, just as the sky scrapers of major cities (like LA or NYC) do have an effect on the wind in those areas, so to was the effect that he was alluding might happen.

Remember, he was speaking of satellite imagery of Texas, (his state, where he allowed [voted for] 4 of the largest wind farms to be put in) that showed temperatures increasing at these wind farm sites. He also said in this same quote that its probably not enough to make a difference, but worries about it on a massive scale. Isn't this a good thing? What if someone a long time ago brought up that though the burning of some fossil fuels is insignificant it could make a difference in the future? He has a Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering. I think he understands.

All I can say is that although I don't claim to be able to read his mind, if you look at the statement logically, it looks more like he is demonstrating absurdity (of the global warming nonsense) by being absurd.

[spareparts]

Thanks destroyer, you input is always educational and enlightening.

[willy]

I love it when you are someone who is actually, honestly doing what you said you would do when you get to office. You know, what you promised the people who put you there you would do, politics be damned, and the so called media in this country target you.
Or how about this crazy idea, you stand up in the senate and you call out your own party for selling our nation down the drain, politics be damned, a la Mike Lee and Ted Cruz. You become the target of the so called well paid for elite of your party and of the demosocialist party at the same time.

You want to make real substantive changes in this nation, get big corporate money out of the decision process and put our great nation on a path to prosperity, liberty and leave our kids at least what we were given?

YOU PUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING ALL ODDS FOR YOU IN POWER

Are they perfect human beings? No
Do you agree with everything they believe in? No, who does
Are they men and women who are telling truth to power? You d@mn betcha

If you vote for a non Tea Party Candidate in your next primary or election you are the problem, plain and simple. As the saying goes elections have consequences and our nation is in the perilous times it is in because of the me first give me more society and the stupidity of our electorate.
We have become gullible beyond belief. Look at this charlatan scum we have in office and what he has done to this nation if you have any doubt of that last statement. We did it twice

Stand up and vote, vote for someone who is going to make a change back to our Constitution, sound financial policies and remove the Orwellian Central Government control we are living under now.
Give your kids Liberty, you were given it by your parents and grand parents.
That is what Americans do