I hate to be so blunt, but we really need to stop electing idiots. ...and they can't give me that whole "I-wasn't-elected-to-be-a-scientist" routine. No, they weren't, but call me crazy, I think our leaders should be smarter than fifth graders. Yes, my standards may be a bit high, but a guy can dream, can't he? Pennsylvania State Senator Scott Wagner proved that could very well be the case with his recent comments on WITF radio in Harrisburg, where he made the following statement with regard to climate change:
"I haven't been in a science class in a long time, but the earth moves closer to the sun every year - you know the rotation of the earth ... We're moving closer to the sun. We have more people. You know, humans have warm bodies. So is heat coming off?"
After receiving the inevitable backlash for the stupidity of his comments, Wagner's campaign manager, Jason High, responded with, "He's not running to be the top scientist in the state. He's running for governor."
Really? That's supposed to make people feel better? A man running to govern a state of 13 million people thinks the earth is moving closer to the sun and that, in conjunction with warm bodies, is the cause for global warming? With thoughts like that, expect Senator Wagner to make the following claims at some point in his lifetime:
- "Now, I haven't done a great deal of research on this, but have thought about it a lot, and I'm beginning to wonder if, every time a person drops something, someone gets shot because of that 'bang' noise it makes. You know?"
- "This might not be scientific, but whenever it snows, I think it just means God has got some dandruff that day."
- "I think the reason it gets dark at night is because everyone's lamp's go off at that exact time."
- "If a person drops from a tree, that's not gravity; that's falling."
- "It is bigly possible that a man running for the governor of the great state of Pennsylvania could be awarded Douche of the Day at some point."
Actually, that last statement is correct. Congratulations to Scott Wagner for winning my all-too-coveted Douche of the Day award!
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/Wagner-climate-change-York-Republican-bodies.html
"I haven't been in a science class in a long time, but the earth moves closer to the sun every year - you know the rotation of the earth ... We're moving closer to the sun. We have more people. You know, humans have warm bodies. So is heat coming off?"
After receiving the inevitable backlash for the stupidity of his comments, Wagner's campaign manager, Jason High, responded with, "He's not running to be the top scientist in the state. He's running for governor."
Really? That's supposed to make people feel better? A man running to govern a state of 13 million people thinks the earth is moving closer to the sun and that, in conjunction with warm bodies, is the cause for global warming? With thoughts like that, expect Senator Wagner to make the following claims at some point in his lifetime:
- "Now, I haven't done a great deal of research on this, but have thought about it a lot, and I'm beginning to wonder if, every time a person drops something, someone gets shot because of that 'bang' noise it makes. You know?"
- "This might not be scientific, but whenever it snows, I think it just means God has got some dandruff that day."
- "I think the reason it gets dark at night is because everyone's lamp's go off at that exact time."
- "If a person drops from a tree, that's not gravity; that's falling."
- "It is bigly possible that a man running for the governor of the great state of Pennsylvania could be awarded Douche of the Day at some point."
Actually, that last statement is correct. Congratulations to Scott Wagner for winning my all-too-coveted Douche of the Day award!
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/Wagner-climate-change-York-Republican-bodies.html
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