Do you remember Kentucky State Sen. Brandon Smith's (R-Again) explanation of why we needn't worry about climate change because "the temperature on Mars is exactly as it is here"? Of course you do, it was hilarious. It's also brought national fame to Brandon Smith, in the form of making him a national laughingstock, and he's letting constituents know he's not happy.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/15/1314106/-Poll-Boehner-s-pre-impeachment-lawsuit-is-backfiring?detail=email
this is an older post if you've seen it sorry thinking about those who may not have. this must be a plan to have someone come out daily and say the most asinine things imaginable, you can tell there was no research just a blurt out that everyone except him knew to be right wing BS.
It amazes me that you have no idea what I actually said, weren’t at this meeting yet bought into this bogus quote posted about me so entirely that you took time to actually send me an email. Really? I have some lake front property you might be interested in! Please do not kick yourself for being duped by this, 56 other people in the world did as well.
What Smith meant to say, he sez, is that the climate of Mars is changing and they don't have coal mines or factories or wayward Cheneys so it must mean climate change on Earth is not caused by any of those things. And yes, that is still not how you do Science. (A logical equivalent might be: people will die if they are crushed under a ten-ton weight. Therefore I will not die if I light myself on fire.)
So what we have here is a man who got caught telling a flagrant falsehood, and when called out on it angrily defends himself by explaining he meant some actual Internet Conspiracy Theory, courtesy of The Fillings In His Teeth. Is that better? I don't know that that's better. But it looks like we should all be paying more attention to Kentucky State Senate hearings, especially if it doesn't look like the network fall lineups are going to be anything special.
FYI;
What is the typical temperature on Mars?
The daytime SURFACE temperature is about 80 F during rare summer days, to -200 F at the poles in winter. The AIR temperature, however, rarely gets much above 32 F.
The temperatures on the two Viking landers, measured at 1.5 meters above the surface, range from + 1° F, ( -17.2° C) to -178° F (-107° C). However, the temperature of the surface at the winter polar caps drop to -225° F, (-143° C) while the warmest soil occasionally reaches +81° F (27° C) as estimated from Viking Orbiter Infrared Thermal Mapper.
DUH!!!!!!!
