Red Commissar
12th December 2010, 03:59
Ralph Hall is a representative from Texas, and has been chosen to head the House's committee on Science and Technology, and unsurprisingly, he has a lot of disturbing positions.
He seems confined to the interests of the Oil and Gas Industry and has spoken in favor of opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling.
He is also a skeptic on climate change, and cites that data that has been used to support climate change has been manipulated. On his website he brings up the East Anglia mail leaks:
http://ralphhall.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=21§iontree=5,21
Recent events have uncovered extensive evidence from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia in England, which involved many researchers across the globe discussing the destruction, alteration and suppression of data that did not support global warming claims. Leaked email exchanges detail attempts to alter data that is the basis of climate modeling. These exchanges reveal actions that constitute a serious breach of scientific ethics.
More over he is extremely against research into clean and renewable energy, much less greenhouse gas emissions and the like.
He seems to be against science in any form. Last year he and other Republicans in the House obstructed a bill that would have increased math and science education funding. To do this, the Republicans in the House did a motion to recommit, and inserted a provision for the federal government to not pay employees who were caught viewing porn. Democrats, naturally, apparently did not have the stomach to vote against this to push ahead with the funding, voted for the motion and as such the bill was shot down. The month before though, the bill had no problem passing, with bipartisan support to boot. And I'm not joking about this. (http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/gop-kills-science-jobs-bill-by-forcing-dems-to-vote-for-porn.php)
Speaking on his chairmanship, Hall had the usual droll but topped it off with his promise of FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
He is also the OLDEST member in the House- 87 years old. The only condolence is that he might kick the bucket early, but they'll have more nuts to replace him. Research in the United States has been increasingly dictated by moves like this, and Hall only represents the peak of the iceberg.
Other sources:
http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978771397
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/new_house_science_chair_has_zero_percent_rating_fr .php?ref=fpblg
He seems confined to the interests of the Oil and Gas Industry and has spoken in favor of opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling.
He is also a skeptic on climate change, and cites that data that has been used to support climate change has been manipulated. On his website he brings up the East Anglia mail leaks:
http://ralphhall.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=21§iontree=5,21
Recent events have uncovered extensive evidence from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia in England, which involved many researchers across the globe discussing the destruction, alteration and suppression of data that did not support global warming claims. Leaked email exchanges detail attempts to alter data that is the basis of climate modeling. These exchanges reveal actions that constitute a serious breach of scientific ethics.
More over he is extremely against research into clean and renewable energy, much less greenhouse gas emissions and the like.
He seems to be against science in any form. Last year he and other Republicans in the House obstructed a bill that would have increased math and science education funding. To do this, the Republicans in the House did a motion to recommit, and inserted a provision for the federal government to not pay employees who were caught viewing porn. Democrats, naturally, apparently did not have the stomach to vote against this to push ahead with the funding, voted for the motion and as such the bill was shot down. The month before though, the bill had no problem passing, with bipartisan support to boot. And I'm not joking about this. (http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/gop-kills-science-jobs-bill-by-forcing-dems-to-vote-for-porn.php)
Speaking on his chairmanship, Hall had the usual droll but topped it off with his promise of FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
He is also the OLDEST member in the House- 87 years old. The only condolence is that he might kick the bucket early, but they'll have more nuts to replace him. Research in the United States has been increasingly dictated by moves like this, and Hall only represents the peak of the iceberg.
Other sources:
http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978771397
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/new_house_science_chair_has_zero_percent_rating_fr .php?ref=fpblg