Republican leader John Boehner: Cow farts...

Just when you thought Sarah Palin was the best material for SNL coming from the GOP. Apparently, she is smarter than many of them (no wonder they thought she could be VP). All it takes is for these guys to reflect on something that has anything to do with having some basic knowledge outside of "cut taxes, reduce the size of government, bomb - bomb - bomb Iran."

Talking about climate change, Republican minority leader stated that CO2 had nothing to do with climate change. That was not even the dangerous part because many wingnuts actually believe that. To support his nutty claim, he offered as evidence COW FLATULENCE. That's right. According to this GOP leader, CO2 is safe because cows fart all the time. Oh, and human beings exhale all the time too. He did not address human's flatulence however. "How about human beings fart congressman," I was hoping the interviewer to counter act? "Is that carbon monoxide as oppose to carbon dioxide? What is the percentage of, say pig farting on the total CO2 emmision? How do we curb that?"

I don't know if these guys are really stupid or simply pretending to be to appeal to the stupid who they believe will be voting in droves.

His exact words.

The idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Every cow in the world, you know when they do what they do you've got more carbon dioxide."

You know what's not 'ALMOST' comical Mr. Boehner, watching you say it:

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David K. Apr 20, 2009, 4:14pm EDT

Carcinogen?

What was really striking is that he was so uninformed. Not only did he make several statements counter to scientific consensus, but he appeared to be making it up on the spot (or was caught off guard by the question and was trying to remember his official Inhofe-approved talking points).

No one expects John Boehner to be an expert on climate change (or for that matter, cows), but as the minority leader, i.e., the guy in charge of formulating the minority position on every issue, he seemed not to know anything at all. And it's not like climate change is an issue that is on the back burner, the majority party and the president have been talking about how important it is to have climate change legislation (cap and trade or some other policy vehicle) this year. It's a big priority for Congress and the President, so at this stage there really isn't any excuse for not having some sort of position.

Really bizarre.

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Leo Lemmer Apr 20, 2009, 4:26pm EDT

Republicans make up "facts" so that the rich do not have to pay taxes for programs that improve our country. The party is in denial about global warming--costs money to fix.

Except for a litmus test voter (abortion, religion) anyone making less than $250,000 who votes for a Republican is voting against himself.

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Carol Lloyd Apr 20, 2009, 4:26pm EDT

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John S. Oct 4, 2009, 12:11pm EDT

Carol, to publish you got to "explore" and then "share".

I have no idea why they put that in "explore".

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Kathy D. Apr 20, 2009, 4:28pm EDT

this is a little frightening

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Richard Frisbie Apr 20, 2009, 4:42pm EDT

It's the feedlot mentality in the US, not India's cows. We feed cows corn, which is NOT cow food, so they have indigestion. They really contribute more pollution because of their gas. It also makes the ph of their digestive systems acidic. That means that e-coli thrives in their systems. That's why we have more frequent outbreaks of e-coli, both from the waste contaminating our food and the conditions in the meat packing industry. He should be embarrassed not to know that.

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EDWINA (MISSIE) B. Apr 20, 2009, 5:15pm EDT

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Debra C. Apr 20, 2009, 7:23pm EDT

With respect to his person and position, lets have Mr. Boehner stand downwind of the back of a cow for a couple days and then ask him again.

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Daniel A. Apr 20, 2009, 9:41pm EDT

Cows don't produce much CO2, but they do reduce massive amounts of methane, which is over 20 times more potent a greenhouse gas. There are ways of reducing that, but livestock are one of the largest greenhouse gas emitter. And will likely grow as people worldwide become more affluent and eat more protein.

Livestock are still a problem just in terms of grain and water consumption, even ignoring greenhouse gas emissions.

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Alan D. Apr 21, 2009, 11:04am EDT

I love it when they open their mouths on global warming.

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Prima Donna Apr 21, 2009, 12:59pm EDT

I'm with you, David. One would think someone like Boehner would be more informed. Just shows how ideology can cloud a grown man's thinking. The snazzy suits and haircut makes you think he has something on the ball, when in fact, he is dumber than ... dirt.

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