daily quote

[Bob]

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

[Bob]

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

10.5 million dollars/hour in Afghanistan....almost 1 million dollars/hour still spending in Iraq. Republican/Tea party objections?...zero

 

[poppy]

"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 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."

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), yes that Texas.

 

[Bob]

"When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion." - Abraham Lincoln

 

[Leader of the Banned]

"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 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."

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), yes that Texas.

When you hear stuff like that you have to wonder, why are some people worried about our country becoming more like some of the European countries? In France I would bet the average food service worker with a high school diploma could see the utter B.S. in his thermodynamic assessment, and could probably set him straight in three different languages.

 

[Bob]

"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 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."

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), yes that Texas.

Barton Family Foundation[edit]

The Barton Family Foundation was established in 2005 to support charities within the congressman's district. His daughter-in-law, Amy Barton, is the Foundation's Executive Director. Major energy corporations, such as the Chicago-based nuclear energy producer, Exelon Corporation, make major gifts to the Foundation. In June 2008, at a time when Barton had introduced legislation to assist corporations with the recycling of spent nuclear fuel, the corporation donated $25,000 to the Foundation. Exelon has also donated $80,000 to Barton's campaign funds. The Foundation gave $90,000 to the local Boys and Girls Club, this is the only recorded donation made by the Foundation in its seven year history.[49]

 

[Bob]

"Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon." - Susan Erz

 

[Bob]

"Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." - Mark Twain

 

[Bob]

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." - Albert Einstein

 

[poppy]

“There was absolutely no reason, whatsoever, for this administration to block access to the World War Two Memorial or the Lincoln Memorial. It’s never ever been done in a government shutdown prior to this administration doing so.”

Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA)

1. The Lincoln Memorial was indeed closed during a previous government shutdown in 1995.

2. The World War II Memorial was completed in 2004, and so did not exist during any previous shutdowns.