Discussion: Mo Brooks: ‘Soil Or Rock Or Whatever’ Falling Into Ocean Causes Sea Level Rise

Simple displacement – that’s a plausible explanation. Like, the world’s oceans are really only a large lake and we, after all, live on Mars.
This is either a catastrophic failure of imagination or paid sponsorship.

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Since NASA is in his district he ought to check out their website which provides all of the facts about climate change. Nothing about soil or rocks or whatever.

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“I would point out that if you are a believer in the Bible, one would have to say the great flood was an example of climate change. That certainly wasn’t because mankind had overdeveloped hydrocarbon energy.”

Joe Barton

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and if I may add
Mind boggling willfully ignorant Neanderthal level ignorant

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Merely reflecting their reality-challenged voting bloc.

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This goes beyond that on so many levels

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Mo, exactly as bright as you assume someone named “Mo” will be.

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Oh, Mo. Quit making our state look bad!

“the bottom is moving up”?

No bottom! No bottom! You’re the bottom!

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It’s the Empire of the Stupid.

Brooks was just one of several Republicans making skeptical claim

Please byliners, these people of doubtful intellect are not skeptics, they are cranks; or if you must, climate change contrarians.

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Mo Brooks - scientist.

He graduated from Duke University with a double major in political science and economics.

See, it’s right there.

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Whatever=water from melting glaciers

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Brooks was just one of several Republicans making false claims about
the evidence of global warming and what contributes to rising sea
levels, according to E&E News.

FIFY

And yes, TPM should have a style bot that automatically flags all use of “skeptic”, “reform”, “moderate” “pro-life” and a bunch more.

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What was it that Nebraska Senator said back in the day? Stupid(or was it mediocre?) people need representation too…

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As someone with a dollop of Neanderthal DNA, I resent that remark…

BTW, There is much evidence pointing to the conclusion that N’s possessed superior intellect to their H. Sapiens cousins, e.g. the quality of stone tools…

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Could also be that the 400-lb guy who hacked the election decided to go for a swim. I mean, who knows, right?

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Most of the current sea level rise is the so-called Steric component…

I.e. thermal expansion…

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C’mon, everybody knows that the sea level rises because overpopulation of whales, have you seen a whale turd? Tons of the stuff get dropped daily on the ocean floor, of course the sea level is going to rise.

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As the little old lady said as she piddled in the ocean “every little bit helps !” So there you have it: my grandma is causing the ocean to rise.

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Ahhhh…the ol’ displacement theory…I’ve used it in cooking Mo but never in regards to scientific theory…maybe it’s time for you to retire.

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I rate Barton’s stupidity at 100 kilogohmerts.

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