Carr: Ed Markey, at least, sure feeling
 heat of climate change

The Boston Herald ^ | December 11, 2015 | Howie Carr

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To a battle of wits, Sen. Ed Markey comes unarmed.

Billy Bulger used to say that every year when Markey would stumble into the St. Patrick’s Day breakfast in Southie with 
bad hair and worse jokes. Markey has the IQ of a soft-boiled egg, as we saw yet again Tuesday at a Senate subcommittee hearing.

How bad was it? He got so flummoxed by two witnesses taking over his Senate hearing that he literally began foaming at the mouth.

Talk about a sheep in sheep’s clothing. I haven’t seen Markey this confused since 1984, when TV reporter Andy Hiller asked him on camera which side the U.S. was on in Nicaragua and 
El Salvador. (He didn’t have a clue.)

His main tormentor was Mark Steyn, the great writer, Rush Limbaugh fill-in and occasional guest on my show. Steyn was brought in by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, basically to knock a few heads, blockheads, on the subject of so-called climate change.

What a profile in courage Markey is. Remember that his first vote in the Senate in 2013 was “Present.”

Now Markey was scoffing 
at another “denier” witness, 
Dr. Judith Curry, after which he cut her off.

“Have you read my testi­mony?” she asked the former 
ice-cream truck driver once known in Malden as “Mr. Frosty.” “Have you read my testimony?”

The blood drained from Markey’s face. Point of order — no trick questions!

“Why can’t she respond?” Steyn yelled. “You impugned her integrity!”

Markey started sputtering … “97 percent of scientists … warmest year ever … trend is straight up.”

Steyn interrupted again: “Do you know what the Little Ice Age was, Senator?”

The Little Ice Age! That’s 
like waving a crucifix, a silver bullet and a clove of garlic 
in Dracula’s face all at once.

Markey was in full panic mode now. He began babbling inane gibberish about the winter of ’15, the coldest 
and snowiest ever in Boston, 
110 inches of global warming.

Markey was fee-fi-foaming at the mouth now.

“The warming of the ocean 
intensifies the amount of precipitation when Arctic air hits that water.”

In other words, the warmer it gets, the colder it gets, not to mention snowier. Whatever you say, Mr. Frosty.

Steyn knew now that he had Markey on the ropes. Steyn 
began interrupting him with one pointed barb after another.

Again, remember, Steyn was the witness, and he had 
hijacked the hearing from a solon 
who’s been in Congress since 1976.

“Do you know what the winters were like at Ply­mouth Rock, Senator?”

“Well, here is the thing. We —”

“You don’t. How long has your family been in Massachusetts?”

“We are new arrivals and I have to admit —”

“You should have been in there in 1750.”

At the end, they passed the hat to get the 
junior senator cab fare back to the gated community he calls home in Maryland.

All I can say is, don’t blame me, I voted for Steve Lynch. And then I voted for 
Gabriel Gomez.

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Steyn vs Markey should have been on PPV.

[Carriage Hill]

“...the IQ of a soft-boiled egg...”
I choked on my coffee. LOL, Howie.

[cyclotic]

After seeing steyn and curry destroy him, I think Markey rivals Biden for stupidest man in DC

[Carriage Hill]

I would have paid to see that! If you find it on YT or someplace, pls cc me.

[Slings and Arrows]

Steyn (related) ping.

[cyclotic]

To to the howie Carr link. Set down your coffee first

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Search YouTube “sentedcruz”.

[untenured]

The above dialogue, along with Mr. Steyn's opening statement, are embedded at http://www.steynonline.com/7351/markey-mark.

[sauropod]

I think someone posted the link to the entire hearing the other day...

[Timber Rattler]

Yeah, Steyn was ready for him and let him have it real good.

[cgbg]

I love the “97% of scientists” global warming talking point.

97% of scientists will say anything if their gravy train (federal grant) depends on it.

Robert Sheldrake explains why “science” spews out so much nonsense:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaFtQwF-Ans

[Carriage Hill]

NOW you tell me!

[Carriage Hill]

Both Steyn and Dr Curry videos are great; thanks for the link.

[Carriage Hill]

Thanks for the link.

[goodnesswins]

Is this satire? Or did it really happen?

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http://www.steynonline.com/7351/markey-mark

[Fantasywriter]

‘After seeing steyn and curry destroy him, I think Markey rivals Biden for stupidest man in DC’

Close. But neither of them are seriously worried about islands capsizing if too many people stand on them [Hank Johnson] so they’re still only second best.

[philman_36]

Data or Dogma? - U.S. Senate Investigates "Climate Change"

Full hearing.

[philman_36]

Deconstructing the 97% Consensus

[Senator_Blutarski]

Senator Markey is either willfully ignorant or profoundly stupid, perhaps both. Steyn lays out the glaring holes in the AGW theory and models and Markey offers “talking points”.

The Senator is the denier. He denies the failure of the AGW models and theory to predict our climate. He denies the dishonesty of the scientists who manipulate (and even destroy) the data and the models in order to deceive the public.

Sadly, the Senator is reduced to name-calling: “deniers”