Pic Of The Moment: Meet The New Senate Chairman Overseeing NASA And U.S. Science

[EarlG]

Ted Cruz, Longtime Foe Of NASA And Science, Will Oversee NASA And Science In New Congress

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[TBF]

1. I hope he enjoys his senate seat -

because this lunatic lives here in Houston & will be promptly voted out if he cuts funding to NASA. People like their jobs here.

[calimary]

63. One can hope, I suppose. But I'm not sure that I have all that much confidence in a majority of

voters in Texas. Even in Houston. Even with their science-oriented jobs in his grubby paws. I honestly don't get why they vote for the people they do. My great love and respect go to Texas DUers. My hat's off to all of you for coping with it as gracefully and steadfastly as you do - and for not letting it drive you completely batty!

But one can certainly hope.


Seriously, though - WHAT ON EARTH do people see in him????

[TBF]

71. I can attest it's batshit crazy down here ~

we moved here for my husband's job. "How bad can it be?" I thought. Little did I know ... I will say the inner neighborhoods of Houston are not so bad. Many cultural opportunities, diverse restaurants, democratic mayor, and even an active communist party. But the suburbs are full of fascist maniacs. If they don't support Cruz they inevitably have a "Ron Paul Revolution" sticker on their car. It's unreal.

[czarjak]

2. What could possibly go wrong?

[gravitas53]

69. Go wrong?

With that idiot as chairman, I'm wondering what could go right. (Not speaking of a political direction here.)

[BlueJazz]

3. This is GREAT news for me! I was thinking of applying for a job at the Library Hotel...

...in New York City as the Master Chef.

I can boil a mean pot of water and if really pushed, make a so-so hamburger.

[whopis01]

8. I don't think your analogy holds up well

Now if you were to deny that a pot of water could ever boil - then I think you would be an excellent candidate under this new reality.

[BlueJazz]

9. Rats...so you're telling me my "Big Dream" is just that...a dream. $#&%# Obama !

[whopis01]

24. lol n/t

[tclambert]

21. You should insist that the need to cook food is a myth.

Look at sushi--not cooked and nobody ever gets sick from it. That Pasteur guy, a FRENCHMAN, perpetrated a hoax on the world when he recommended heating foods to kill microbes. Microbes? How can something too small to see make a person sick? You know, the Bible never mentions these so called microbes.

[olegramps]

35. Don't you know that water doesn't boil. That is just a liberal lie.

[MADem]

4. What. The. Fuck!!!!!

I mean, really.... pardon my vulgarity, but What The FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gregcrawford]

5. The cynical malice...

... that characterizes conservatism's every action was on full display when this chairmanship was awarded. Yet even when conservatives prove beyond the remotest shadow of a doubt that they are congenitally incapable of governing fairly or effectively, their brain-dead "base" in the shallow end of the gene pool will re-elect them. In their dim minds, the end of the world as we know it is still better than having to admit they were wrong. And they breed indiscriminately, as well as vote. We're all doomed.

[blkmusclmachine]

38. Ever consider the 1% that owns the vote "counting" machines could install malware and hack the vote

totals? Do you really trust the 1% to conduct fair and accurate elections???

[Half-Century Man]

41. Trust the sociopath personalties necessary to become money hoarders

to do anything in a fair manner??????

By any chance, do you live in Colorado?

When the 1% says "Good Morning", I assume it's 3:00 in the afternoon and we are under a tornado warning.

[VanillaRhapsody]

51. they do that by shaving fractions of votes...it only works if the elections are close....

we can easily beat rigged voting machines.....by fucking voting....it doesn't work in a landslide....

[freshwest]

58. Best reply on the thread. I don't need to go any farther down.

[RationalMan]

6. This is a serious problem for the future of the country.......

We have majorities in both Houses that at least tacitly reject science. That Mitch McConnell would put a science denier in charge of the science committee speaks volumes for him.

Whether conservatives want to admit it or not, God is not going to invent that next new thing or drive technology and science forward. Scientists are going to do that.

Since manufacturing is increasingly a thing of the past - relegated to developing countries around the world and even service is being outsourced from call centers to legal services, etc., the one thing that should remain a stronghold for the U.S. is science and innovation.

If we see Congress turn their backs on science and investment in innovation, etc. we will have gone back 3 centuries to the days before the Enlightenment. It was the Enlightenment that gave us the ideas that manifested themselves in U.S. independence from Great Britain and the establishment of our representative democracy.

Benjamin Franklin and many of the founding fathers tinkered in science. They were curious about things but they accepted the idea of the scientific method.

I fear for our country when Congress is led by people that deny science or facts for that matter. They are ideologues and will contort and twist everything that does not support their regressive policies.

[tclambert]

20. Science? Enlightenment? Reason? Facts?

Who cares? Republicans know that the founding fathers were all good christians, and will determine the future of space exploration based on what the Bible says on the subject. Did I say Bible? I meant "Atlas Shrugged."

[calimary]

64. "Atlas Shrugged" IS their "bible."

Or more accurately, their "Buy-bull."

[olegramps]

37. When long ago turned our backs on scientific investigation.

The powerful labs run by industrial companies have long ago disappeared. The 1% deemed them to be an unnecessary cost that was depriving them of their just millions doing absolutely nothing except exporting jobs. The same with government. The Republicans believe that the money sent to universities was a waste and had to be cut to give the 1% more tax breaks. He is the perfect choice to run the committee as the United States continues its downward spiral.

Not to worry. We are at the End Times according to these prophets of dome anyway.

[RoccoR5955]

54. Well said! n/t

[calimary]

67. Welcome to DU, RationalMan!

Glad you're here. You make a very good point. This is a new low. People who deny science - placed in charge of a science committee. Seems like a bad joke, doesn't it? Or a bad dream? Unfortunately, we're awake (uh... well, some of us are. The rest of us are shamefully and resolutely asleep).

[demwing]

7. Does he ALWAYS have that smarmy look on his face?

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Face?

Silly me, I though his pants fell down.

[demwing]

11. that explains the shit spilling forth from his "mouth" /nt

[calimary]

66. Eeeeuuuwwww!

Fits, though...

[Plucketeer]

13. I was just thinking...

With THAT face and stupid grin - the rube don't even NEED any clown paint to come across as one!

[narnian60]

36. Yes, yes, and

oh, yes.

[turbinetree]

12. Really

Where is the TIN FOIL HAT on this Joe McCarthy look a like and policies, then the picture would really give us a good look at the countries Mr. Science or better yet Mr. Wizard, and then he can tell us about green eggs and ham,

[demwing]

19. I don;t get why people think Cruz looks like McCarthy

Unless you mean Charlie McCarthy

[Plucketeer]

14. Anyone know WHO it was...

that installed this village idiot in this position? Gotta be someone as stupid as he is!

[Cyrano]

15. The Ferengi have take over the Federation

From now on, deception, hypocrisy, greed and profit will be the standards of scientific endeavors.

What is the galaxy coming to?

[vlyons]

16. Look on the bright side

We can fully expect Teddy to use his chair to showboat for his own whacky anti-science beliefs, such as evolution is a hoax, God created the whole she-bang universe in just six days, etc etc. He will say all kinds of hateful and stupid stuff and completely make himself the king of ridicule. He will be a one-man generator of endless late night and SNL jokes.

Personally, I'm waiting for him to write bill to fund an expedition to Mt Ararat to find Noah's ark. Pass the popcorn.

[project_bluebook]

17. Ted Cruz

Canada's first WMD.

[Half-Century Man]

42. Ever time he speaks.

Innocent synapse in the nearby heads are collateral damage.

[tclambert]

18. I suppose now we're going to have vote after vote trying to repeal the law of gravity.

No doubt he will want an astrologer to advise him on NASA.

[easychoice]

22. Remember Ted Stevens?

Mr Internet himself. This fool is in way over his head.Poor NASA

[Dont call me Shirley]

23. Oh no, not another cryer!

[libodem]

25. What a sucker punch in the gut

Very emotionally distressing ti witnesses this abuse of common sense. Painful even.

[underpants]

26. I can never tell if the Calgary Kid is holding back a pee or trying to get rid of demons

With his mind

[IdiotsforPalin]

27. Just remember Ted....

Science flies us to the moon.....religion flies us into buildings

[FailureToCommunicate]

56. Good one! And, welcome to DU.

[calimary]

68. Welcome to DU, IdiotsforPalin!

Good to have you with us! LOVE THAT - "science flies us to the moon... religion flies us into buildings" (she said, while watching a video replay of a couple of religious extremists who at the time of filming were proudly announcing how they'd just vindicated their prophet...)

Rest assured, though, ol' ted won't let that bothersome little detail stop him. We're screwed unless we can take back the Senate in 2016.

Found another great read elsewhere here that dovetails... from xchrom...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026079122

(http://www.alternet.org/world/us-crazy)

[lastlib]

28. Earl, PLEASE get that smarmy sonofabitch off my screen!

I can't STAND that smarmy, ugly mug!!!

Looks like one of the Sopranos' thugs. And probably is one in real life

[SunSeeker]

59. +1

[Kali]

29. ugh

[ladjf]

30. The Republicans are sanctifying ignorance. How sad. nt

[yuiyoshida]

31. Mr haney from Green Acres sells off parts of NASA to the highest bidder

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[lastlib]

72. "Ah've got jus' the thang fer you on the back o' mah truck..."

Perfect resemblance--both idiots selling a bill of goods that nobody wants and does nobody any good.

[npk]

32. And on the 7th day the electrons rested.

[shireen]

33. this is going to be interesting to watch ...

This guy went to Princeton and Harvard. Academically, he's no dummy. Watching how he handles this new responsibility will tell us a lot about who he really is.

[DFW]

34. I sincerely hope this becomes a classic case of giving someone enough rope

I'm sure McTurtle wants some Cruz Control as much as any of us do.

[SDjack]

39. Here we go again -- the value of pi will be legislated to equal the integer 3. nt

[Burf-_-]

40. MOST PUNCHABLE FACE EVER.

smug, smarmy, arrogant, weasel faced, dicknose havin, fugly, science denying, assclown.

[Half-Century Man]

43. Violence is the most abused, overworked, misunderstood, and misdirected tool

in our communication tool box (Both at an interpersonal level and Nationally). It should be only applied as the last possible resort and at the most minimal level.
That being said; your post was spot on.

[Half-Century Man]

44. This man would politicize a bowel movement and milk it for every thing it is worth.

He would use it to pander for donations.
He would use it to divide the citizenry further.
People around him would claim a miraculous transformation from feces to live-giving fertilizer.

[tclambert]

47. Milk a bowel movement? Ewwww.

That is the most disgusting mixed metaphor I have ever encountered. Congratulations. (Now, how can I work that into a conversation?)

[Half-Century Man]

48. I have mad skills.

Disturbing mad skills.

[EEO]

45. Is it pitchforks and torches time yet?

[lonestarnot]

46. I have a sticker that asks the question, "Got science?" I guess we now got none.

fucking A.

[kacekwl]

49. What the heck ...

does this dope know about NASA or science for that matter ?

[appalachiablue]

50. There's a video of C.'s preacher father blessing him & Paul Rand wearing crowns. Very creepy.

[RoccoR5955]

52. NOOOOOOOOO!

Say it ain't so!
If it is so, say goodbye to NASA, and most of our science programs here in the US.

[Anansi1171]

53. He has to make sure no one escapes Planet Earth alive...

... Once his god resumes killing off the human race by casting Wormwood from Heaven or some such.

[valerief]

55. Jesus fuckin' Christ! Doomsday has arrived.

[FailureToCommunicate]

57. I feel bad for John Holdren and the other real scientists in the Administration. They'll have to

go before this bonehead's committee and attempt to answer insane questions with a straight face.

[Rex]

60. Why does he always look like he has explosive diarreha?

Someone needs a diaper change.

[calimary]

62. He doesn't look like explosive diarrhea. He IS explosive diarrhea!

The very sight of him makes me cringe. I don't know what's uglier - that face, or the "thinking" imbedded behind it.

Hideous individual. And what he says makes him even uglier.

[SunSeeker]

61. ...

[DonCoquixote]

65. One of the low points

in a decade full of new lows. This person should not be allowed near a high school chemistry set.

[SmittynMo]

70. I hear he want to go to the moon.

Now's your chance. I hear the view is spectacular.

On a lighter note: God help NASA, because this guy will destroy them.

[raouldukelives]

73. There are those who do all they can to keep idiots like Cruz and Inhofe from winning.

And there are those who support & invest in Wall St.
We have the best democracy money can buy. Thanks to them, they have lots of buying power.

[sammy750]

74. Do you wonder what the real mission is of the GOP. We just need to look at who

they put in as chair for committee. The GOP is out to destroy this nation. When will the voters wake up to the mission of the GOP. Why did they take away funds from the IRS? Why are they not funding the DHS? Must be a reason to make the USA more weak. the GOP can only win elections now by redistricting and suppression of voting rights. They really don't represent the majority of the USA, just their radical base.
When will the DEMOCRATS stand up to the GOP and defeat bills they are trying to pass.

When will the press and news media tell the real story of the GOP? Why don't they tell the citizens of the USA what the GOP is really about.

Why does the GOP support and elect felons, rapists to office. They move these criminals to different states to hide their pass history. Does any press or news media print articles about these crooks?

All the actions of the GOP tell us what their mission really is.

[polynomial]

75. Isis centered in America’s Texas

Ted Cruz is the nicest of the Isis centered in America’s Texas culture where all of us wonder how in the world of wild sport politics, or why did this character ever get elected to office. Answer they lie and cheat.

My own thinking is that religious faction that is called Isis, they are the dark-siders, those Cheney Bush links to terror and torture they did what they did and will do it again.

These characters play with words and cheat. Like I said many times if America would take the lies out of politics the money would disappear. The media is basically a lie machine for politics.

Cruz is the perfect front man that supports this Isis strict type of theology.

Cheating in cultural thoughts that parallel to our religious right and Texas is loaded with this excruciating public cultural mistake that perpetuates hate distrust and most of all untruths.

Reading through Dan Brown’s book called “The Da Vinci Code” totally made me think particularly when this author narrates Da Vinci as a flamboyant Gay. Through my years in college and humanities courses the sexual orientation of Da Vinci was not included back in the sixties.

Very particular, the author Dan Brown says that Noah was an Albino! Quite a surprise to me… The real kicker is the feminine deity back in that antiquity was called “Isis” as a culture this has really turned into something else. Sheesh Gomer Pile what the heck is going on here? Better go see Andy and see what the Sherriff says, because Mayberry Texas is going loopy…

[benld74]

76. Well his doppler did weird science expirments in his basement,,,,,