The Koch Brothers Bring You "The Big and the Bold"

'Go big and go bold' Scott Walker tells Iowa GOP summit. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/25/2015)

All of the above brought to you by the American Legislative Exchange Council.  

Other ALEC posts:
Chris Kapenga, ALEC waterboy, is at it again. (12/11/2014)
Of course, Kapenga hasn't drafted a bill; it's already been done for him.  (12/4/2014)
Here's an example of what happens when people don't pay attention.  (10/8/2014)
Speaking of plagiarism: The Kapenga Chronicles   (9/27/2014)
ALEC tools Leah Vukmir and Alberta Darling go off the deep end.  (9/22/2014)
Speaking of plagiarism.  (9/20/2014)
Just what the Wisconsin legislature needs:  Another ALEC disciple.  (8/7/2014)
Missouri voters enshrine ALEC's "Right to Farm" idea within its state constitution.  (8/6/2014) 
Welcome to Todd Grayson's Alice-in-Wonderland world.  (7/19/2014) 
I'd like to suggest some alternate wording, please: Cross out "Legislative committees are", insert "The American Legislative Exchange Council is".  (4/16/2014)
Meet Chris Kapenga, R-Waterboy, representing the grate state of ALEC.  (2/18/2014)
Sen. Paul Farrow throws a hissy fit (which is transcribed in this news release).  (2/7/2014)
Also known Aas the American Legislative Exchange Council's Super-Majority Act.  (12/24/2013)
Robin Vos believes in selective transparency of the kind advanced by the American Legislative Exchange Council.  (12/24/2013)
Background on the National Conference of State Legislatures for Leah.  (12/12/2013)
ALEC transparency?  Up to a point.  (12/12/2013)
From ALEC to Andre to us: Rep. Jacque (R-DePere) whittles model bill down to the basics.  (9/1/2013)
NRA/ALEC "Docs and Glocks" law finally makes its way to Wisconsin.  (6/18/2013)
Robin Vos, "an ALEC Wisconsin Foot Soldier" (SourceWatch).  (6/13/2013)
Pat McCrory Cain't Say "No" to ALEC.. (6/10/2013)
ALEC'd to Death: Wisconsin Republicans Continues to Depend on the Koch Brothers' Playbook. (6/7/2013)
ALEC's State Budget Reform Toolkit: "Asset Sale and Lease Opportunities".  (6/6/2013)
Selling State Properties? It's in the ALEC Playbook.  (5/22/2013)
More cookie-cutter legislation from ALEC.  (4/7/2013)
The New York Times Provides an overview of school choice without mentioning ALEC's orchestration.  (3/28/2013)
Selling state properties:  It's in the ALEC toolkit.  (2/17/2013)
Performance funding: They love this stuff at the Lumina Foundation and ALEC. (11/19/2012)
Splashy full-page ad for a movie few want to see.  (9/30/2012)
AT&;T, ALEC have their way with South Carolina legislature.  (7/2/2012)
What the Koch Brothers left under Scott Walker's 2010 Christmas tree.  (6/19/2012)“
….really, what ALEC is, is a bipartisan association of state legislators….” (Wisconsin State Senate version, 4/10/2012)“

Julia Juliano Decker (1917-2015) Warren High School Class of 1935

Warren Times Observer

1935 Dragon yearbook

Since "Julia" has already been graphed, let's take a look at Clare.

One of the most popular songs of 1935.

After Taking the Advice of Iowa Conservatives, Scott Walker Blames Jim Doyle for Casino Decision

See this timeline.

It's his go-to excuse.

Related posts:
Scott Walker in so many words: Jim Doyle responsible for 1.5% of U.S. job loss during Great Recession.  (9/2/2014) 
Can't helping himself, Scott Walker thinks running against Jim Doyle is the best strategy. (8/31/2014)
The Facts Are: Scott Walker has nothing to run on.  (8/24/2014) 
What a whiner! With no accomplishments of his own to trumpet, Scott Walker runs against Jim Doyle ...again.  (6/20/2014)
Four years later and Scott Walker is still running against Jim Doyle.  (3/4/2014)
Another John Doe Shocker: Scott Walker doesn't blame Jim Doyle  (2/21/2014)
Blame Doyle: Republican Governors Association pimp for Scott Walker like it's 2010.  (2/13/2014)

No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Fred Upton, Michigan's 6th Congressional District

Photo source:  U.S. Congress

Text source:  mlive.com

Rep. Upton was elected to a 15th term with 56% of the vote.  Upon chairs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Recommended reading for Rep. Upton and the constituents of his southwest Lower Peninsula district.

Risks to Michigan and Great Lakes: See what new global warming report says.  (mlive.com, 5/6/2014)

MSU's Robertson says climate change will probably affect us in two ways. The first way is what he calls the "well behaved" changes, such as the predictable nature of effects from warmer temperatures. The second way climate change will affect us is what he terms "ill mannered" effects. Those effects are the unpredictable outcomes of extreme weather events like droughts and floods. 

No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.

Alabama Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives.   (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one word:  coal.  Which is odd, since Alabama contributes a mere 1.9% of U.S. production, good enough for an overall ranking of 13.  The state's peak year of production:  1990)  

• 1st District.  Bradley Byrne (R).  Proposed an amendment that would have cut all FY 2015 funding for the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 
• 2nd District.  Martha Roby (R).   Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling and barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by Americans for Prosperity.
• 3rd District.  Mike Rogers (R).   League of Conservation scorecard: 2013: 0%.  Lifetime (2003-): 9%. 
• 4th District.  Robert Aderholt (R).  Without bothering to fact-check, he uses a discredited petition rejecting climate change to make a point. 
• 5th District.  Mo Brooke (R).  Climate Experts Testify that Climate Change Projections are Unreliable and Misleading.
• 6th District.  Stephen Baucus (R).   League of Conservation scorecard: 2013: 0% Lifetime (1993- ): 8%

Alaska Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• At-large District.  Don Young (R).   Ridiculed environmentalists as a “self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots.....not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.” 

 Arizona Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 4th District.  Paul Gosar (R).   Takes his environmental cues from cattle and sheep producers.
• 5th District.  Matt Salmon (R).   This quote sums up his view:  “I found the source of global warming is coming from the hot air coming out of Washington.”  Signed Koch Brothers "No Climate Tax" pledge. 
• 6th District.  David Schweikert (R).  Known to throw a hissy over "the Al Gores of the world".  Chairs House Subcommittee on Environment. 
• 8th District.  Trent Franks (R).   League of Conservation scorecard:2013: 11%.  Lifetime (since 2003): 5%. 

Arkansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Rick Crawford (R).   Vow to his constituents:  "As long as the Obama EPA continues its assault on farmers, I will continue to fight senseless regulations that only serve to cripple American agriculture." 
• 2nd District.  Tim Griffin (R).  Perhaps one of the few scientists in the Republican House caucus.  As far as global warming is concerned, he claims "that there are a lot of shenanigans going on with the data."   
• 3rd District.  Steve Womack (R).   Loves his fossil fuels.
• 4th District.  Tom Cotton (R).  Claims the earth's temperature hasn't warmed in 16 years, a climate denier meme.  The reality:  9 of the 10 warmest years on record occurred since 1998.

California Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Doug LaMalfa (R).  Ask him about air conditioners, packing plants, or praying for rain.
• 4th District.  Tom McClintock (R).  Still smarting that he never received a Nobel Prize in the 3rd grade. 
• 8th District.  Paul Cook (R).   ALEC shill for the Keystone pipeline. 
• 10th District.  Jeff Denham (R).  Appears to think that climate skeptics are on "the right side of the issue."  
• 21st District.  David Valadao (R).  Represents a portion of California's Central Valley, a hotbed of climate skepticism, as the representative's League of Conservation Voters scorecard indicates. 
• 22nd District.  Devin Nunes (R).   Throws hissy fit, a Republican specialty, over what he calls Obama's extremist climate agenda.
• 23rd District.  Kevin McCarthy (R).   Bemoans those dang "harmful regulations".
• 25th District.  Buck McKeon (R).  7% lifetime score on League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard after 24 years in House.
• 31st District.  Gary Miller (R).   3% lifetime score on League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard after 14 years in House.
• 39th District.  Ed Royce (R).  A liberal among the California Republican caucus:  a 13% lifetime score on the League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard. 
• 42nd District.  Ken Calvert (R).  Although comfortably ensconced in the Republican environmental mainstream, he's not above making an heretical remark or two.
• 45th District.  John Campbell (R).  Signer of Americans for Prosperity "No Climate Tax Pledge"; 9% lifetime score from the League of Conservative Voters, 
• 48th District.  Dana Rohrabacher (R).  Mouths the same climate denier meme as the newly elected U.S. Senator from Arkansas.
• 49th District.  Darrell Issa (R).  The richest member of Congress, he recently won the League of Conservation Voters "Climate Denier Award". 
• 50th District.  Duncan Hunter (R).  Can you top this?  "Thousands of people die every year of cold, so if we had global warming it would save lives." 

Colorado Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 3rd District.  Scott Tipton (R).  Tree rings tell us all we need to know.
• 4th District.  Cory Gardner (R).  Another beneficiary of the 2010 Tea Party wave.  And he adjusted his views accordingly.
• 5th District.  Doug Lamborn (R).  Works tirelessly to assure that climate change remains "an extremely controversial topic".   (Is also a big fan of impeaching Obama.)  
• 6th District.  Mike Coffman (R).   Solidly parks his butt in the the-science-is-not-quite-settled camp. 

No House Republicans hail from Connecticut and Delaware. 
Florida Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Jeff Miller (R).  "Flintstones, meet the Flintstones.  They're the modern Stone Age fam-a-lee."
• 2nd District.  Steve Southerland (R).  Spouts the company line.
• 3rd District.  Ted Yoho (R).  "I'm not smart enough for that."
• 4th District.  Ander Crenshaw (R).  All talk, no action.
• 6th District.  Ron DeSantis (R).  As reported by ThinkProgress, a majority of Congressional Republicans are climate deniers.  At this point in the exercise, we appear to have unanimity.
• 7th District.  John Mica (R).   7% lifetime score from League of Conservation Voters after 22 years in the House.
• 8th District.  Bill Posey (R). Sez climate change has been with us since the Earth was formed.  (Pick your date.)
• 10th District.  Daniel Webster (R).  9% score from League of Conservation Voters during his 2 terms in office.
• 11th District.  Richard Nugent (R).   6% score from League of Conservation Voters during his 2 terms in office.
• 12th District.  Gus Bilirakis (R).  Big fan of fossil fuels. 
• 13th District.  David Jolly (R).  Happy to drift along with the fossil-fuel flow. 
• 15th District.  Dennis Ross (R)  It's all about personal responsibility. 
• 16th District.  Vern Buchanan (R).  Proud to represent his rich waterfront property owners. 
• 17th District.  Tom Rooney (R).   One of 48 Republican House members with a 0% score from the National League of Conservation Voters in 2013.
• 19th District.  Curt Clawson (R).  Suggests that climate change "may not exist".
• 25th District.  Mario Diaz-Balart (R).  Not ready to jump on the global warming bandwagon. 
• 27th District.  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R).  Chicken Little, apparently, is one of her favorite folk tales.

Georgia Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Jack Kingston (R).  Ask him about climate change, and he'll give you his troglodyte views on evolution.
• 3rd District.  Lynn Westmoreland (R).  One of the Republicans who threw a hissy fit when the Defense Department announced its climate change initiative. 
• 6th District, Tom Price (R).  During 2009 floor debate on a climate-change bill, he asked colleagues for a moment of silence for lost jobs. 
• 7th District.  Rob Woodall (R).  Like his colleague Lynn Westmoreland, Rob believes that climate change discussions should be, at best, marginalized, not expanded. 
• 8th District.  Austin Scott (R).   "Absolutely" skeptical when it comes to climate change.
• 9th District.  Doug Collins (R).   Ranked by National Journal as the most conservative member of the state's House delegation (90.2% rating, 16th overall).  
• 10th District.  Paul Broun (R).  Believes that climate change is one of the greatest hoaxes perpetrated by the scientific community.  Got his butt kicked in the 2014 Georgia Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
• 11th District.  Phil Gingrey, M.D. (R).  Surgical masks for every cow.
• 14th District.  Tom Graves (R).  Has a facility for stringing cliches together. 

 Idaho Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Raul Labrador (R).    According to this list, one of the scariest.
• 2nd District.  Mike Simpson (R).  Tries to come across as reasonable, but his words are contradicted by his 7% lifetime score from the League of Conservative Voters. (Lifetime = 9 terms, 18 years.)    

 Illinois Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 6th District.  Peter Roskam (R).  Once referred to climate change as "junk science". 
• 13th District.  Rodney Davis (R).   Content to spout the company line.
• 14th District.  Randy Hultgren (R).  Asserted in 2009 that "we're headed in to a bit of a colder time." 
• 15th District.  John Shimkus (R).   "The B-I-B-L-E/yes, that's the book for me/I stand alone on the word of God/the B-I-B-L-E!!"
• 16th District.  Adam Kinzinger (R).  Gives  new meaning to "all-inclusive".  
• 18th District.  Aaron Schock (R).  When it comes to support of environmental issues, he's all talk and no action.

 Indiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 2nd District.  Jackie Walorski (R).   “That’s My Congress” notes Rep. Walorski has followed a conservative course when voting on environmental legislation -- and everything else, for that matter.   Earned a 0% rating from the League of Conservation Voters after her first year in the House.
• 3rd District.  Martin Stutzman (R).  Signed Americans for Prosperity’s “No Climate Tax Pledge” a month before being sworn in as a member of Congress in 2010. 
• 4th District.  Todd Rokita (R).  This climate change denier respects "God's green earth".  Anyone who thinks otherwise is arrogant.
• 5th District.  Susan Brooks (R).  The Walorski summary fits Brooks to a T. 
• 6th District.  Luke Messer (R).   Considers climate change a social issue.
• 8th District.  Larry Bucshon M.D. (R).  Climatologists are only in it for the money.   
• 9th District.  Todd Young (R).   Describes himself as a climate agnostic.

 Iowa Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 3rd District.  Tom Latham (R).    Earned a 8% lifetime score from the League of Conservative Voters in his 20 years of Congressional service.
• 4th District.  Steve King (R).   Rep. King explains it all for you.

Kansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Tim Huelskamp (R).     A fossil fuel kinda guy,  More development and utilization = jobs jobs jobs.
• 2nd District.  Lynn Jenkins (R).   Knows how to tap dance her way through a town hall forum.
• 3rd District.  Kevin Yoder (R).http://paulsnewsline.blogspot.com/2015/01/no-friend-to-environment-republican_9.html  More of the same. 
• 4th District.  Mike Pompeo (R).   Uses social media to trumpet his climate skepticism. 

Kentucky Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Ed Whitfield (R).    In the pocket of coal industry.
• 2nd District.  Brett Guthrie (R).  Another Corncracker Soldier fighting against the  "War on Coal". 
• 4th District.  Thomas Massie (R).  Not your garden-variety Republican.
• 5th District.  Harold Rogers (R).   Serves as the Supreme Commander in the fight against the War on Coal.
• 6th District.  Andy Barr (R).   A foot soldier fighting against the War on Coal.

Louisiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Steve Scalise (R).   The empty-headedness of GOP talking points.  You can't make this stuff up.
• 3rd District.  Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R).  From coal to oil.  "All politics is local". 
• 4th District.  John Fleming (R).   Like him on Facebook.  
• 5th District.  Ralph Abraham (R).  Sez Keystone Pipeline will create 40,000 construction jobs.
• 6th District.  Garret Graves (R).   Possible renegade?

Maine Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 2nd District.  Bruce Poliquin (R).  One of the newest members of the House Republicans Climate Skeptics caucus.

Maryland Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Andy Harris, M.D. (R).  Fighting to insure clear-channel outlet for Republican climate skepticism propaganda.

No House Republicans in Massachusetts delegation.
Michigan Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

•  1st District.  Dan Benishek, M.D. (R).  Well now, here's a Republican who claims to be a scientist!
• 2nd District.  Bill Huizegna (R).   Makes no bones about where he stands on global warming, climate change.
• 3rd District.  Justin Amash.  Meet Mr. Contrarian. 
• 4th District.  John Moolenaar.   For this newly elected representative, the photo at his energy issues webpage tells us all we need to know for the time being.
• 6th District.  Fred Upton (R).  Baby, it's cold outside!

Wisconsin Public Library Holdings: Fond du Lac County Print, Audio, Video (1996-2013)

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau State & County Quickfacts

(Compared to Wisconsin) 

NOTE: Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.   

2010 population:  101,633

Public libraries in Fond du Lac County

• Brandon Public Library
• Campbellsport Public Library
• Fond du Lac Public Library
• Spillman Public Library, North Fond du Lac
• Oakfield Public Library
• Ripon Public Library

Source:  Wisconsin Public Library Service Data

Percentage change by format, 1996-2013

Winnefox Library System

Other posts in this series:

Adams County.  (1/5/2015)

Ashland County.  (1/6/2015) 

Barron County.  (1/7/2015) 

Bayfield County.  (1/8/2015) 

Brown County.  (1/9/2015)  

Buffalo County.  (1/10/2015) 

Burnett County.  (1/11/2015) 

Calumet County.  (1/12/2015) 

Chippewa County.  (1/13/2015)

Clark County.  (1/14/2015)

Columbia County.  (1/15/2015) 

Crawford County.  (1/16/2015)

Dane County.  (1/17/2015) 

Dodge County.  (1/18/2015) 

Door County.  (1/19/2015) 

Douglas County.  (1/20/2015) 

Dunn County.  (1/21/2015) 

Eau Claire County.  (1/22/2015) 

Florence County.  (1/23/2015)

Other Wisconsin public library statistics series:

Public Library Circulation and Program Attendance, 1996-2013.  (Complete)

Public Access Internet Computers (1999-2013) and Print Serial Subscriptions (1996-2013).  (Complete)

Total Annual Hours of Operation (1996-2013) and Total Square Footage (2000-2012) of Wisconsin Public Libraries.  (Through Manitowoc County as of 1/24/2015)

Total Annual Hours of Operation (1996-2013) and Total Square Footage (2000-2013) of Wisconsin Public Libraries: Manitowoc County

Source:  Wikipedia

Public libraries in Manitowoc County

• Kiel Public Library
• Manitowoc Public Library
• Lester Public Library, Two Rivers

Hours of operation per week:

• 57 - Kiel Public Library, Monday-Saturday.
• 52 - Manitowoc Public Library, Monday-Wednesday, Thursday-Sunday.
• 51.5 - Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, Monday -Saturday

 Source:  Wisconsin Public Library Service Data

The current Kiel Public Library facility was dedicated on June 25, 1972.

The current 52,000-square-foot Manitowoc Public Library facility opened on September 2, 1998.

The current Two Rivers library facility opened on June 28, 1997.

Manitowoc-Calumet Library System

Related posts: 

Adams County.  (12/22/2014)
Ashland County.  (12/23/2014)
Barron County.  (12/24/2014)
Bayfield County.  (12/25/2014)
Brown County.  (12/26/2014)
Buffalo County.  (12/26/2014)
Calumet County.  (12/27/2014)
Chippewa County.  (12/28/2014)
Clark County.  (12/29/2014)
Columbia County.  (12/30/2014)
Crawford County.  (12/31/2014)
Dane County. (1/1/2015)
Dodge County.  (1/2/2015)
Door County.  (1/3/2015)
Dunn County.  (1/5/2014)
Eau Claire County.  (1/6/2015)
Florence County.  (1/7/2015)
Fond du Lac County. (1/8/2015)
Forest County.  (1/9/2015)
Grant County.  (1/10/2015)
Green County.  (1/11/2015)
Green Lake County.  (1/12/2015)
Iowa County.   (1/13/2015)
Iron County.  (1/14/2015)
Jackson County.   (1/15/2015)
Jefferson County.  (1/16/2015)
Juneau County.  (1/17/2015)
Kenosha County.  (1/18/2015)
Kewaunee County  (1/19/2015)
La Crosse County.  (1/20/2015)
Lafayette County.  (1/21/2015)
Langlade County.  (1/22/2015)
Lincoln County.  (1/23/2015)

Meet Milwaukee's Dud of an Alderman

Milwaukee Ald. [Joe] Dudzik predicts 'a rape or a shooting' on streetcars.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/23/2015)

You might not recognize the Dudman from the photo you see here. 

He's older and puffier now.

UPDATE: On the Matter of Per Diems, Scott Krug Breaks His Promise

Again.  He collects another $6,512 in 2014.

[Original 4/7/2014 post begins here.]

Boxed quote is from State lawmakers' per diem claims topped $1.1M in 2013. (Wisconsin State Journal, 4/6/2014)

One of a number of benefits.  Per diems are meant to cover food and lodging costs while lawmakers are in Madison doing state business. Those who live in Dane County can claim $44 a day while those from outside Dane County receive $88 a day. The amounts are on top of legislators’ nearly $50,000 annual salary.

Scott Walker sez politics has nothing to do with his casino decision

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

As Walker considers the impact of a casino on Wisconsin, gambling opponents want to make sure he doesn't forget Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucus to select presidential nominees. Important for any presidential bid, Iowa is particularly key for Walker, who spent part of his childhood there and now governs a neighboring state.

Friday, January 23, 2015

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Walker, who is exploring a presidential campaign, put the kibosh on the casino one day before he heads to Iowa, an important state in the presidential sweepstakes. Some Iowa conservatives have urged the governor to veto the Kenosha casino.

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Walker doesn't even rate a mention in this report.  But fluffernutters Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum get brief face time.



Related post:
More evidence that being governor is nothing but a distraction for Scott Walker.  (1/23/2015)

Where in the world is Scott Walker?  (1/22/2015)

"This is not live! Ladies and gentleman, Army has not scored again!"

Tony Verna, Who Started Instant Replay and Remade Sports Television, Dies at 81.  (The New York Times, 1/21/2015)

Little recognized at the time, perhaps owing to the gravity of the national mood [15 days after President Kennedy's assassination] , was an innovation that changed the way sports — and other events — were televised, seen and, eventually, officiated. In the fourth quarter of the game, when Army quarterback Rollie Stichweh ran for a touchdown, CBS not only showed the play live but also showed it again immediately on tape. It was the first time that had happened.
 So striking was the innovation that Lindsey Nelson, the play-by-play announcer, exclaimed to viewers:

 

More Evidence That Being Governor is Nothing but a Distraction for Scott Walker

GOP strategist with Iowa ties joins Team Scott Walker.  (Des Moines Register, 1/23/2015)

[David] Polyansky, a Texan who played senior roles in two Iowa presidential campaigns and was the top strategist in Republican Joni Ernst's successful campaign for U.S. Senate this past fall, will be Team Walker's senior adviser in Iowa, sources told The Des Moines Register Thursday.

Photo credit:  U.S. Congress

Text source:  Capital Times

An effective statement to counteract this B.S.

Photo credit:  State of Wisconsin

Text source:  The Daily Cardinal

Related post:

Where in the world is Scott Walker?  (1/22/2015)

No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative John Moolenaar, Michigan's 4th Congressional District

Photo (L) source:  U.S. Congress

Photo (R) source: Congressman John Moolenaar>Issues>Energy

Endorsed by Tea Party, Rep.  Moolenaar. was elected to his first term with 57% of the vote. 

Recommended reading for Rep. Moolenaar and the constituents of his central Lower Peninsula district.

Warming climate has consequences for Michigan's forests.  (Science Daily, 4/11/2014)

No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.

Alabama Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives.   (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one word:  coal.  Which is odd, since Alabama contributes a mere 1.9% of U.S. production, good enough for an overall ranking of 13.  The state's peak year of production:  1990)  

• 1st District.  Bradley Byrne (R).  Proposed an amendment that would have cut all FY 2015 funding for the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 
• 2nd District.  Martha Roby (R).   Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling and barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by Americans for Prosperity.
• 3rd District.  Mike Rogers (R).   League of Conservation scorecard: 2013: 0%.  Lifetime (2003-): 9%. 
• 4th District.  Robert Aderholt (R).  Without bothering to fact-check, he uses a discredited petition rejecting climate change to make a point. 
• 5th District.  Mo Brooke (R).  Climate Experts Testify that Climate Change Projections are Unreliable and Misleading.
• 6th District.  Stephen Baucus (R).   League of Conservation scorecard: 2013: 0% Lifetime (1993- ): 8%

Alaska Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• At-large District.  Don Young (R).   Ridiculed environmentalists as a “self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots.....not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.” 

 Arizona Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 4th District.  Paul Gosar (R).   Takes his environmental cues from cattle and sheep producers.
• 5th District.  Matt Salmon (R).   This quote sums up his view:  “I found the source of global warming is coming from the hot air coming out of Washington.”  Signed Koch Brothers "No Climate Tax" pledge. 
• 6th District.  David Schweikert (R).  Known to throw a hissy over "the Al Gores of the world".  Chairs House Subcommittee on Environment. 
• 8th District.  Trent Franks (R).   League of Conservation scorecard:2013: 11%.  Lifetime (since 2003): 5%. 

Arkansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Rick Crawford (R).   Vow to his constituents:  "As long as the Obama EPA continues its assault on farmers, I will continue to fight senseless regulations that only serve to cripple American agriculture." 
• 2nd District.  Tim Griffin (R).  Perhaps one of the few scientists in the Republican House caucus.  As far as global warming is concerned, he claims "that there are a lot of shenanigans going on with the data."   
• 3rd District.  Steve Womack (R).   Loves his fossil fuels.
• 4th District.  Tom Cotton (R).  Claims the earth's temperature hasn't warmed in 16 years, a climate denier meme.  The reality:  9 of the 10 warmest years on record occurred since 1998.

California Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Doug LaMalfa (R).  Ask him about air conditioners, packing plants, or praying for rain.
• 4th District.  Tom McClintock (R).  Still smarting that he never received a Nobel Prize in the 3rd grade. 
• 8th District.  Paul Cook (R).   ALEC shill for the Keystone pipeline. 
• 10th District.  Jeff Denham (R).  Appears to think that climate skeptics are on "the right side of the issue."  
• 21st District.  David Valadao (R).  Represents a portion of California's Central Valley, a hotbed of climate skepticism, as the representative's League of Conservation Voters scorecard indicates. 
• 22nd District.  Devin Nunes (R).   Throws hissy fit, a Republican specialty, over what he calls Obama's extremist climate agenda.
• 23rd District.  Kevin McCarthy (R).   Bemoans those dang "harmful regulations".
• 25th District.  Buck McKeon (R).  7% lifetime score on League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard after 24 years in House.
• 31st District.  Gary Miller (R).   3% lifetime score on League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard after 14 years in House.
• 39th District.  Ed Royce (R).  A liberal among the California Republican caucus:  a 13% lifetime score on the League of Conservation Voters' National Environment Scorecard. 
• 42nd District.  Ken Calvert (R).  Although comfortably ensconced in the Republican environmental mainstream, he's not above making an heretical remark or two.
• 45th District.  John Campbell (R).  Signer of Americans for Prosperity "No Climate Tax Pledge"; 9% lifetime score from the League of Conservative Voters, 
• 48th District.  Dana Rohrabacher (R).  Mouths the same climate denier meme as the newly elected U.S. Senator from Arkansas.
• 49th District.  Darrell Issa (R).  The richest member of Congress, he recently won the League of Conservation Voters "Climate Denier Award". 
• 50th District.  Duncan Hunter (R).  Can you top this?  "Thousands of people die every year of cold, so if we had global warming it would save lives." 

Colorado Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 3rd District.  Scott Tipton (R).  Tree rings tell us all we need to know.
• 4th District.  Cory Gardner (R).  Another beneficiary of the 2010 Tea Party wave.  And he adjusted his views accordingly.
• 5th District.  Doug Lamborn (R).  Works tirelessly to assure that climate change remains "an extremely controversial topic".   (Is also a big fan of impeaching Obama.)  
• 6th District.  Mike Coffman (R).   Solidly parks his butt in the the-science-is-not-quite-settled camp. 

No House Republicans hail from Connecticut and Delaware. 
Florida Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Jeff Miller (R).  "Flintstones, meet the Flintstones.  They're the modern Stone Age fam-a-lee."
• 2nd District.  Steve Southerland (R).  Spouts the company line.
• 3rd District.  Ted Yoho (R).  "I'm not smart enough for that."
• 4th District.  Ander Crenshaw (R).  All talk, no action.
• 6th District.  Ron DeSantis (R).  As reported by ThinkProgress, a majority of Congressional Republicans are climate deniers.  At this point in the exercise, we appear to have unanimity.
• 7th District.  John Mica (R).   7% lifetime score from League of Conservation Voters after 22 years in the House.
• 8th District.  Bill Posey (R). Sez climate change has been with us since the Earth was formed.  (Pick your date.)
• 10th District.  Daniel Webster (R).  9% score from League of Conservation Voters during his 2 terms in office.
• 11th District.  Richard Nugent (R).   6% score from League of Conservation Voters during his 2 terms in office.
• 12th District.  Gus Bilirakis (R).  Big fan of fossil fuels. 
• 13th District.  David Jolly (R).  Happy to drift along with the fossil-fuel flow. 
• 15th District.  Dennis Ross (R)  It's all about personal responsibility. 
• 16th District.  Vern Buchanan (R).  Proud to represent his rich waterfront property owners. 
• 17th District.  Tom Rooney (R).   One of 48 Republican House members with a 0% score from the National League of Conservation Voters in 2013.
• 19th District.  Curt Clawson (R).  Suggests that climate change "may not exist".
• 25th District.  Mario Diaz-Balart (R).  Not ready to jump on the global warming bandwagon. 
• 27th District.  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R).  Chicken Little, apparently, is one of her favorite folk tales.

Georgia Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Jack Kingston (R).  Ask him about climate change, and he'll give you his troglodyte views on evolution.
• 3rd District.  Lynn Westmoreland (R).  One of the Republicans who threw a hissy fit when the Defense Department announced its climate change initiative. 
• 6th District, Tom Price (R).  During 2009 floor debate on a climate-change bill, he asked colleagues for a moment of silence for lost jobs. 
• 7th District.  Rob Woodall (R).  Like his colleague Lynn Westmoreland, Rob believes that climate change discussions should be, at best, marginalized, not expanded. 
• 8th District.  Austin Scott (R).   "Absolutely" skeptical when it comes to climate change.
• 9th District.  Doug Collins (R).   Ranked by National Journal as the most conservative member of the state's House delegation (90.2% rating, 16th overall).  
• 10th District.  Paul Broun (R).  Believes that climate change is one of the greatest hoaxes perpetrated by the scientific community.  Got his butt kicked in the 2014 Georgia Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
• 11th District.  Phil Gingrey, M.D. (R).  Surgical masks for every cow.
• 14th District.  Tom Graves (R).  Has a facility for stringing cliches together. 

 Idaho Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Raul Labrador (R).    According to this list, one of the scariest.
• 2nd District.  Mike Simpson (R).  Tries to come across as reasonable, but his words are contradicted by his 7% lifetime score from the League of Conservative Voters. (Lifetime = 9 terms, 18 years.)    

 Illinois Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 6th District.  Peter Roskam (R).  Once referred to climate change as "junk science". 
• 13th District.  Rodney Davis (R).   Content to spout the company line.
• 14th District.  Randy Hultgren (R).  Asserted in 2009 that "we're headed in to a bit of a colder time." 
• 15th District.  John Shimkus (R).   "The B-I-B-L-E/yes, that's the book for me/I stand alone on the word of God/the B-I-B-L-E!!"
• 16th District.  Adam Kinzinger (R).  Gives  new meaning to "all-inclusive".  
• 18th District.  Aaron Schock (R).  When it comes to support of environmental issues, he's all talk and no action.

 Indiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 2nd District.  Jackie Walorski (R).   “That’s My Congress” notes Rep. Walorski has followed a conservative course when voting on environmental legislation -- and everything else, for that matter.   Earned a 0% rating from the League of Conservation Voters after her first year in the House.
• 3rd District.  Martin Stutzman (R).  Signed Americans for Prosperity’s “No Climate Tax Pledge” a month before being sworn in as a member of Congress in 2010. 
• 4th District.  Todd Rokita (R).  This climate change denier respects "God's green earth".  Anyone who thinks otherwise is arrogant.
• 5th District.  Susan Brooks (R).  The Walorski summary fits Brooks to a T. 
• 6th District.  Luke Messer (R).   Considers climate change a social issue.
• 8th District.  Larry Bucshon M.D. (R).  Climatologists are only in it for the money.   
• 9th District.  Todd Young (R).   Describes himself as a climate agnostic.

 Iowa Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 3rd District.  Tom Latham (R).    Earned a 8% lifetime score from the League of Conservative Voters in his 20 years of Congressional service.
• 4th District.  Steve King (R).   Rep. King explains it all for you.

Kansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Tim Huelskamp (R).     A fossil fuel kinda guy,  More development and utilization = jobs jobs jobs.
• 2nd District.  Lynn Jenkins (R).   Knows how to tap dance her way through a town hall forum.
• 3rd District.  Kevin Yoder (R).http://paulsnewsline.blogspot.com/2015/01/no-friend-to-environment-republican_9.html  More of the same. 
• 4th District.  Mike Pompeo (R).   Uses social media to trumpet his climate skepticism. 

Kentucky Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Ed Whitfield (R).    In the pocket of coal industry.
• 2nd District.  Brett Guthrie (R).  Another Corncracker Soldier fighting against the  "War on Coal". 
• 4th District.  Thomas Massie (R).  Not your garden-variety Republican.
• 5th District.  Harold Rogers (R).   Serves as the Supreme Commander in the fight against the War on Coal.
• 6th District.  Andy Barr (R).   A foot soldier fighting against the War on Coal.

Louisiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Steve Scalise (R).   The empty-headedness of GOP talking points.  You can't make this stuff up.
• 3rd District.  Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R).  From coal to oil.  "All politics is local". 
• 4th District.  John Fleming (R).   Like him on Facebook.  
• 5th District.  Ralph Abraham (R).  Sez Keystone Pipeline will create 40,000 construction jobs.
• 6th District.  Garret Graves (R).   Possible renegade?

Maine Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• 2nd District.  Bruce Poliquin (R).  One of the newest members of the House Republicans Climate Skeptics caucus.

Maryland Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Andy Harris, M.D. (R).  Fighting to insure clear-channel outlet for Republican climate skepticism propaganda.

No House Republicans in Massachusetts delegation.
Michigan Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

•  1st District.  Dan Benishek, M.D. (R).  Well now, here's a Republican who claims to be a scientist!
• 2nd District.  Bill Huizegna (R).   Makes no bones about where he stands on global warming, climate change.
• 3rd District.  Justin Amash.  Meet Mr. Contrarian. 
• 4th District.  John Moolenaar.   For this newly elected representative, the photo at his energy issues webpage tells us all we need to know for the time being.