Joe Barton Begins "Guerrilla Warfare" On Climate Bill

The Washington Independent:

The markup session for the landmark Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill is underway in the House Energy and Commerce Committee (live webcast from C-SPAN). And it's sure to be one hell of a show.

Ranking member Joe Barton (R-Texas), who promised to wage "sneaky," "crafty" "guerrilla warfare" on the legislation, just delivered his opening statement. He said of the bill, "We know the cost is significant; we know the environmental benefit is practically nonexistent."

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Comments

[fireW]

Now they're going to start ratcheting up the garbage politics? What exactly is it they've been doing before this? They weren't already reaching deep enough into the cess pools of their "minds" and now feel the need to go deeper? Sure, that's what the country needs . . .

[climatebabes]

If a political leader openly anounces he will try to pervert the governmental process of lawmaking, can't he simply be barred or fired for non performance?

[GeoLee]

I bet this guy does not need to go out and fund raise for reelection funds. Big Oil has already put him in its hip pocket..or rather put theirs in his hip pocket

[jimmyjones22]

More like "Gorilla" warfare.

[JHancock]

Or just apeshit

[WierdWookie]

Wow, the Right Wingers have started to use the phrase "Coolaid now." No rich white Republican knows what coolaid tastes like.

[Golden111]

wow...another democrat who is always worried about the money 'other' people EARN. Stop waiting for 'politicians' to give you things & go out & earn them for yourselves..... your lives would be much more fulfilling & not constantly constantly filled up w/ jealousy of others, hate & bigotry.

By the way, I work enough job(s) that I can now afford a PepSi !

[donttasemebro]

It's funny to hear right wingers talk about h ate and b igotry. They don't seem to realize that they are the ones who have cornered the market. Classic projection.

[WierdWookie]

What can you expect from Texas? We had our fill with Texas politics the last 6 years.

[vgirl1]

This is why the voters consider the Republican Party irrelevant.

[Icantbelieveher]

How appropriate that above this story is the headline: Republicans losing support with nearly every demographic group!! AND THEY WONDER WHY!

[MajorKong]

Gee, yet another GOP congressman who never spent a day in the military but loves to use war metaphors for everything.

[ultrabop]

Why do Republicans hate the planet we live on? Are they crazy?

[TiredandPragmatic]

when are they ever not crazy?

[Golden111]

Why do democrats continue to follow Al Gore's "man-made" global warming 'models' nonsense when actual 'real' scientists in the 'Know' who actually study the empirical data AND DON'T have political agendas realize that global cooling/warming is actually a cyclical phenom. due to sun spot activity? (Truly now - how can any adult follow the lead of a man who needed to hire a consultant to teach him how to dress himself before stepping out to campaign for the most powerful position in the world!?!??!... scary!...) . Not to mention That Gore & Soros & the rest of the sOcial- ist kabal stand to gain millions to line their own pockets if their 'sheep' continue to blindly follow & sip the globalist re-distribution of wealth "kool aid". I did find it deliciously ironic that Gore's G. Warming(?) conferences were rescheduled on more then one occasion due to snow storms & cold temps........ classic......

[jayrayspicer]

If you don't know the difference between weather and climate, you probably shouldn't comment.

[JHancock]

Did someone drop a bible on your head?

[GeoLee]

When wil you republkicans understand that Al Gore didnto create the model...most rational scien tists did...he only serves as a spokesman in much the same way your party has spokesmen such as Limbaugh, Hannity, OReilly and Hasselback...the only difference being that Gore is well educated and open to the findings of science. Obviously you are probably more likely to open the Bible for all your information.

[Heavy]

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[RedKnuckles]

It worked...unless you're a troll, then it failed.

[pecadillosam]

Fine, so let's make sure Joe Barton is the poster boy for why we can't trust the oil industry to lead America out of its never-ending addiction to fossil fuels. Joe Barton is the number one bought-and-paid-for TOOL of the oil industry.

This is the industry that reaps tens of billions of dollars in profits every quarter, and then spends a portion of it on incessant advertising on all media outlets trying to convince us that they are the true stewards of the environment. Hahaha!

Then along comes Joe Barton, who speaks the true agenda of Big Oil and Big Coal.

[tpfahler]

Gosh, I hope they succeed, I h@te the environment too!

[Daniel Carr]

No, Mr. Barton, you do not "know" anything of the sort. But you sure do "no" a lot.

Keep it up! There will be "no" place for you very soon.

The modern version of the "Know-Nothing" Party is the No Party. Same (lack of) ideas, but an easier name for them to remember.

[frappe]

The Republicans must be consulting with their old political grenade thrower-in-chief: Newt Gingrich.