bet I could make her duplicate that look

Later in hearing, Young took the opportunity to zing back at Brinkley, saying, "We've heard from environmentalists, and I understand their beliefs, but they don't know what they're talking about."

Say what? That's not a zing.

hubiestubert: "Experts"? Who needs experts? When you KNOW BELIEVE, you don't need no fancy experts or "knowledge" that just gets in the way.

FTFGOP

Alphax: Later in hearing, Young took the opportunity to zing back at Brinkley, saying, "We've heard from environmentalists, and I understand their beliefs, but they don't know what they're talking about."

Say what? That's not a zing.

No kidding. It's like more a declaration of willful ignorance.

ecmoRandomNumbers: That photo is going to become a meme.

Seconded.

Oh I sooo hope that this sets a precedent for citzens to really put congress in there place.

Young is one of the biggest douchebags in Congress.

I sense the writer didn't want to be painted as biased(it would be ludicrous to do so but its a ludicrous world) so they probably claimed Young issued a zinger when clearly she didn't.

Republican congressmen oil industry shills can't get it through their heads that congressional hearings are not their private domains to call in political enemies and force them to participate tamely in their "drill baby drill" Kabuki theater.

Maybe if they start pepper-spraying witnesses. "We will now break for lunch, essentially."

Reminds me of the attempt by congress to browbeat the British member of Parliament Galloway. Good for the historian.

Heh, in the video you can see the aides face go from "jeez, four more hours of dull testimony, I'll day dream for a while longer" to "WTF did he say?!" to "Oh shiat, this is going to end up on the news, better look composed and as though I'm paying attention".

Congress is a collection of some of the very worst kinds of people our society produces. They are scum and they are, indeed, subordinate to the citizenry in every way including moral standing. We KNOW they are crooks. We would be fools to pretend otherwise.
They long ago surrendered their moral authority. They deserve institutional respect only to the degree that it is necessary for a civil society to operate. However, this effort to establish and maintain a quasi-royal standing should have been confronted two generations ago.

Alphax: Later in hearing, Young took the opportunity to zing back at Brinkley, saying, "We've heard from environmentalists, and I understand their beliefs, but they don't know what they're talking about."

Say what? That's not a zing.

Came here to say this.

Young reminds me of a Catholic Priest, if you know what I mean.

DrBenway: "I know you went to Yuba College and you couldn't graduate." BOOM!

Actually he did graduate. He later received a Bachelors degree from California State University too. Just sayin.

Doug Brinkley: official biographer of Rosa Parks and Hunter S. Thompson.

This is one of nature's super animals.

Moron Congressman Young:

Short report on some of his antics (new window)

longer vid of the incident with Dr. "Rice" (new window)

s2s2s2: Young reminds me of a Catholic Priest, if you know what I mean.

you mean like a Pen state coach ? ich

Nabb1: I bet that chick is a freak in bed.

Job requirement?

He couldn't even retort against a simple claim, essentially "I am a taxpayer and you're bound by your oath to listen to me and represent me." And yet the farkheads in his district allow him to be elected and reelected time after time. Think about that.

Ablejack: Moron Congressman Young:
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Short report on some of his antics (new window)

longer vid of the incident with Dr. "Rice" (new window)

Saying things like that he could be a presidential nominee, just needs to invoke more jesus

Sock Ruh Tease: He couldn't even retort against a simple claim, essentially "I am a taxpayer and you're bound by your oath to listen to me and represent me." And yet the farkheads in his district allow him to be elected and reelected time after time. Think about that.

Well, Alaskans love their pork and he brings it home like few other Congresscritters can. Since they lost Ted Stevens he's their biggest advocate for pork. And he's a congressman-at-large - the whole state is his district.

This is from an investigative article concerning abuses of power in the "frozen banana republic" of Alaska:

"Young's suite in the Rayburn House building would not be easily confused with, say, Henry Waxman's; the walls are decorated with a bearskin, a walrus skull, and a wealth of other accessories to the representative's long-running Trapper-Jake-goes-to-Washington act."

/and oh yeah, the aide girl is hot.

What makes us vote for assholes like that?

I was expecting this guy.

Brimley/Brinkley?

Seabon:
I was expecting this guy.
Brimley/Brinkley?

If you flip that Brimley/Brinkley stache upside down and place it ridiculously under his chin, you pretty much end up with Don Young!

Yon Dung.

Alaska gave us Sarah Palin and this mope. Maybe we paid too much for it.

It's more amazing that a Rice professor is on the environmental side. Deep in the heart of Houston, with big ties to the oil industry and the Saudis. And tuition used to be free unless you were brown.

BitwiseShift: It's more amazing that a Rice professor is on the environmental side. Deep in the heart of Houston, with big ties to the oil industry and the Saudis. And tuition used to be free unless you were brown.

I believe it's still free for families with adjusted income under $70K. School goal is that no working class student has debt upon graduation.

Later in hearing, Young took the opportunity to zing back at Brinkley, saying, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND I JUST MADE POOP, SO THERE!"

fixed for extra zing

badhatharry: We need a lot more citizens to be self important douchebags like Brinkley. Congress are our subordinants subordinates. They need to be reminded of that.

But yeah - speeling errors aside, you're right.
;)

Inb4 "People who call Obama 'uppity' are called racists, therefore whoever wrote the headline is racist! LALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU EXPLAINING DEFINITIONS OR CONTEXT LALALALALALA".

Kind of sad that it seems to take a college professor to realize that politicians are supposed to represent the interests of the people and not the other way around.

Still, it's a start.

BitwiseShift: It's more amazing that a Rice professor is on the environmental side. Deep in the heart of Houston, with big ties to the oil industry and the Saudis. And tuition used to be free unless you were brown.

Brinkley's about as liberal as they come. I'm sure he fits right in on any campus not named Liberty or Ave Maria.

Professor Brinkley spit the dummy over being called "Dr. Rice"? Really? The sad part is that Rep. Young failed to graduate college and still got farther in life than the learned Dr. Brinkley. But he can always take solace in the fact he has the 51st most popular book in Public Policy at Amazon.

soy_bomb: The sad part is that Rep. Young failed to graduate college and still got farther in life than the learned Dr. Brinkley.

By what yardstick? Corruption?