Today's well-deserved Contempt Citation goes to Rep John Shimkus, Republican (naturally) of Illinois. He was quoted by the Toronto Star as follows: I am "uniquely qualified... to lead the Energy and Commerce Committee" -- and "climate change should not concern us since God has already promised not to destroy the Earth." And, "I believe the word of God to be infallible."
Having an anti-intellectual, know-nothing cultist as chair of the Energy Committee seems to Ned's irony-loving mind to be entirely appropriate in post-Reagan America, because, after all, the Energy Department is headed by pointy-headed intellectual Nobel Laureate physicist James Chu. Ned's friends may recall one of The Gipper's most notable appointments to have been James Watt, Secretary of the Interior, who said 'we don't have to worry about protecting species because Christ was coming back soon and He'd take care of it.'
Now, let's ignore the obvious ignorance expressed in Shimkus's remarks -- climate change will not of course "destroy the earth", it will simply change it in ways that will render parts of it less habitable to humans, for example, by placing it under several meters of sea water.
In all, Ned rejoices at the idea of the Village Idiots being awarded positions of authority, as even terminally and contemptibly ignorant people have rights in America.
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