Food fight! Bacon, pit ham, and Veg News

The Pinney Branch of the Madison Public Library is the only LINKcat location that subscribes to Veg News.

As you can probably guess, I wasn't at the Pinney Branch at the time I took this photo.  I unexpectedly found myself having plenty of time on my hands, as the woman in line ahead of me didn't have her Willy Street Food Coop membership card handy and couldn't remember her number.  In general, she seemed to have difficulty interacting with the cashier.

Nothing to write home about in latest Republican Presidential primary poll

Unless you think Fiorina losing her post-debate bounce is a big deal.

Source:  Real Clear Politics

The behinders in the 9/22-27 Pew Research poll:

• 3% - Rand Paul
• 2% - Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie
• 1% - John Kasich, Bobby Jindal
• 0% - Rick Santorum, George Pataki, Lindsey Grahanm

Other stuff:

• 25% of the respondents answered 'none', 'don't know/not sure yet' or 'refused'.

Related posts:
Another ho-hum Republican Presidential primary poll.  (10/1/2015)
The September polls have not been kind to Donald Trump.  (9/27/2015)
Scott Walker down to zero in latest Republican primary poll -- behind Rick Santorum, no less.  (9/20/2015)
Ben Carson closes the gap with Donald Trump in latest Republican primary poll.  (9/15/2015)
Scott Walker joins the bottom feeders in latest national Republican primary poll.  (9/14/2015)
CNN/ORC poll gives Scott Walker a pity-pat, lifts him out of behinder bin.  (9/10/2015)
Scott Walker slides to 3% in latest national poll; has 8th place all to himself.  (9/3/2015)
Scott Walker is likely to BLAME CANADA for his latest poll showing.  (9/1/2015)
Donald Trump maintains his lead, Scott Walker continues to slide in national Republican Presidential primary polls.  (8/27/2015)
Donald Trump maintains a sizable lead in latest national Republican Presidential primary poll.  (8/18/2015)
Donald Trump maintains his lead in national polls; Scott Walker is yesterday's news.  (8/16/2015) 
Trump continues to ebb, Fiorina surges in latest national Republican Presidential primary poll.  (8/12/2015)
Running up to Thursday's FOX News GOP debate, Donald Trump continues to run the poll table.  (8/4/2015)
A hot bat: Donald Trump goes 10 for 11 in July.  (8/3/2015) 
Another day, another 1st place poll finish for Donald Trump (9 and counting).  (8/3/2015)
Donald Trump continues to run the poll table: 8 in a row.  (8/2/2015)
Trump wins 6th national poll in a row.  (7/30/2015)
In his last 5 'starts', Donald Trump is 5-0 in national Republican presidential polling.  (7/27/2015)
Trump wins 4th national poll in a row; Walker closes gap.  (7/23/2015) 
Trump takes his 3rd national poll in a row.  (7/20/2015)
Donald Trump takes 1st place in consecutive national polls.  (7/17/2015)
On day 2 of Scott Walker's presidential campaign, a just-released Suffolk University/USA Today poll has Donald Trump in 1st place.  (7/14/2015)
Monmouth University poll casts a pall over Scott Walker's presidential candidacy announcement.  (7/13/2015)
Scott Walker leads in Iowa Republican presidential polling, but nationally it's a different story.  (7/1/2015)
Republicans' 2016 Presidential primary preferences look like a bunch of scribbles when graphed.  (6/22/2015)
Has anyone else noticed that Scott Walker peaked 2 months ago in New Hampshire? (6/14/2015)
Same as it ever was, pretty much, in latest Fox News poll.  (6/3/2015)
The latest CNN/ORC Republican presidential primary poll likes the Florida boys.  (6/2/2015) 
5-way tie in latest Quinnipiac Republican presidential primary poll.  (5/28/2015)
Republican presidential candidates find little elbow room in latest Fox News poll.  (5/16/2015)
Latest Public Policy Polling (PPP) numbers keep Republican candidates in a jumble.  (5/14/2015)
The Florida Boys leave Scott Walker in "show" position in latest Republican presidential horse race poll.  (5/5/2015)
Tracking the national Republican presidential primary polls.  (4/3/2015)
Scott Walker tied for 2nd with 'Dunno' in latest CNN/ORC poll. (3/19/2015)
Don't know/no answer/somebody else/won't vote leads latest Quinnipiac Republican Presidential primary poll.  (3/6/2015)
Someone else/no one, Ben Carson have best 1-2 punch in Public Policy poll.  (2/24/2015)
On the merry-go-round: Mike Huckabee takes the lead in the latest Republican Presidential preference poll.  (2/18/2015)

'Real gun control' as described by the volatile, gasket-blowing Bob Gannon

Photo credit:  Wisconsin State Legislature

Text source:  10/2/2015 pess release

Related reading:

4 Pro-Gun Arguments We're Sick of Hearing.  (Rolling Stone, 10/1/2015)

1. "Guns don't kill people. People kill people."
2. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." 
3. "But, mental health!" 
4. "Second amendment, baby."

Related post:
Bob Gannon boldly blows another gasket.  (9/15/2015)
Bob Gannon blows a gasket.  (7/6/2015)

Dear families and friends of victims of gun violence. The loss of your loved ones falls under the heading of 'stuff happens', according to Jeb Bush.

As quoted in Obama Rebukes Bush on ‘Stuff Happens’ Reaction to Oregon Shootings.  (The New York Times, 10/2/2015)

The exchange between Mr. Obama and Mr. Bush reflected the paralysis that has settled over the issue of new gun control legislation in the United States. Virtually no member of Congress issued a statement after the Oregon shootings arguing for or against new gun control measures, and a number of the 2016 Republican presidential candidates were dismissive of new gun control measures as well.

Gun Violence Archives:  Number of deaths in 2015.

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.  Victim stories.

Source:  CNN

Then and now: Hamlin manufacturing plant, Lake Mills, Wisconsin

Then.  May 31, 2013. 

Quote source:  Company press release

Photo credit:  Company board of directors webpage

Now.

Madison.com, 10/3/2015

In the company's notice to DWD, Littelfuse human resources representative Provvi Cuffaro said the company decided to discontinue the production of reed switches at that location. The first positions will be eliminated beginning Dec. 15, Cuffaro said. Company officials were not available for immediate comment Friday.  [emphasis added]

Bobby Jindal for President? Most Louisiana voters scoff at the idea.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has big problems in his home state.  And most of them having nothing to do with his Presidential campaign.

Source:  Real Clear Politics

Related reading:

Bobby Jindal and the Trouble with Louisiana.  (The New Yorker, 7/30/2015)
Louisiana Has A Lot Of Problems. This Is How Bobby Jindal Made Them Worse.  (Think Progress, 6/24/2015)
As he nears a 2016 bid, Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal hits political bottom.  (Washington Post, 6/6/2015)
Jindal for President?  Metastasizing troubles back home make a presidential run a laughable prospect.  (The American Spectator, 3/10/2015)

Related posts:
Dear Bobby Jindal and Rick Santorum. To stay strong, you first have to be strong.  (9/23/2015)
Rick Perry on drugs.  (8/11/2015)
Panderman.  He's everywhere he's everywhere!!  (6/27/2015)
Bobby Jindal calls himself a 'doer'.  So what is it he has done?  (6/26/2015)
It's official.  Bobby Jindal is running for President.  (6/25/2015)

Going down in the polls, Rand Paul insists he's 'in it for the long haul'

....just getting started.

Source:  Real Clear Politics

As quoted in Rand Paul: I'm 'absolutely not' looking at leaving race.  (Des Moines Register, 10/2/2015)

Madison-based 'free-market' think tank dreams of conservative Wisconsin utopia

As quoted in Scott Walker's presidential race exit might propel conservative agenda.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/2/2015)

In other words, Brett, Walker will continues to make Wisconsin an unpleasant, unfriendly, and unproductive place to live, work and play.

As you can see from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign entry, Healy used to be employed by School Choice Wisconsin.

Hmm, sounds like Scott Walker is still running for something

As quoted in Walker Dismisses Calls For Gun Control Following Oregon Shooting.  (Wisconsin Public Radio, 10/2/2015)

Still on the stump.

Walker said he's boosted state funding of mental health treatment after mass shootings at a beauty salon in Brookfield and at a religious temple in Oak Creek.

Actually, Scott, there's another, more important constant.

Japan Times, 7/18/2015

The whole world's watching.

Help wanted at new charter school

Scott Walker toots La Casa de Esperanza's horn in his latest E-Update from the Desk of the Governor.  (Highlight added)

So is this really the case?  The school still needs to hire a principal?

Who's running the show?

These folks, most likely.

Meet the generous members of the board!

Source:  Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

No surprise that Scott Walker wants to continue to stack the deck in his favor!


Wisconsin voters, 2010 and 2014.

Here's what can happen when you clean out your junk drawers

Photo by Retiring Guy

My ongoing drawer reorganization has resulted in a number of benefits, such as less clutter and easier retrieval.

We can quickly, at a glance, determine the contents of a particular drawer. In addition, I have eliminated the need for anyone to utter the lament, "I can't find a nail clipper." While sorting through all of the stuff in our two junkiest kitchen drawers, I uncovered 7 -- count 'em -- 7 clippers of various sizes.

Not to mention a bunch of nail files. Bonus round!

As Carole King will attest, I'm a bad boy

Received this overdue notice yesterday.

I remember seeing this book on the floor of the car behind the front passenger's seat, I reminded myself.

Much to my surprise, the book was soaked, sodden, sitting in a small pool of water when I retrieved it.

And no other area of the car was the least bit damp.

How did this happen? I wondered, totally baffled.

It remains a mystery.

Make check payable to the Fitchburg Public Library.

So far, Heinz ketchup and French's mustard are holding their own at The Club

Photo by Retiring Guy

The Condiment Wars: Heinz and French's Put the Squeeze on Each Other.  (Bloomberg, 4/16/2015)

Yes, the same stuff Heinz has been selling in bulk for years will now be available at supermarkets. You've probably eaten it before, squeezed it out of little packets onto premade sandwiches, or squirted it on a hotdog before toddling back to your seat at a baseball game. Unless you looked closely, you might not have even realized it was made by Heinz because it looks just like plain, old-fashioned mustard. Or in other words, it looks just like the ubiquitous yellow stuff made by French's. 

French's has a new product of its own: ketchup.

The Club Tavern.

"It's more than just a building; it really is the fuel for the greatest library in the world." -- Bill Ptacek, CEO, Calgary Public Library

Calgary's Central Public Library construction project marks first phase.  (Calgary Sun, 9/30/2015)

Fast facts: Central Public Library -

• Cost: $245 million 

• Size: 280,000 sq.ft. over four floors 

• Will house 600,000 books 

• Schedule opening date: 2018 

• Cost of tunnel encapsulation: $70 million

Calgary Public Library leadership

Related post:
The new Calgary Public Library.  (9/24/2015)

I wouldn't get too excited about that 'surge' thing, Carly

Augusta Chronicle, 10/1/2015

Look where it got Scott Walker.

Daily Mail

Source:  Real Clear Politics

Source:  Real Clear Politics

Source:  Real Clear Politics

Scott Walker's 'longtime adviser' stands by his man

Photo credit:  Johnson Jordahl

As quoted in No Quarter Blog | Daniel Bice, Longtime adviser to Scott Walker rips his presidential campaign manager.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/1/2015)

In the above photo, R. J. looks to me like Scott Walker with a few days' growth of beard on a fuller face.

And sometimes it's hard to be an adviser.

Or campaign manager.

Or governor, for that matter.

Related posts:
Be there?  Most Wisconsinites have a message of their own for Scott Walker.  (9/30/2015)
Scott Walker is in a Gerry and the Pacemakers kind of mood.  (9/25/2015)
A long list of people with more time on their hands now that Scott Walker has suspended his presidential campaign.  (9/24/2015)
Scott Walker's poll numbers wreak havoc on campaign manager Rick Wiley.  (9/18/2015)

UPDATE: Walker acolyte Brenda Hicks-Sorenson moves ahead with plans to muck up the Nebraska Department of Economic Development

Well, that didn't take long!

Madison.com 10/2/2015

Wherein we read the following quote.

Photo credit:  State of Nebraska

Ricketts appointed Hicks-Sorenson in January, fired her on October 1.

[Original post starts here.]

As reported in Is Nebraska following in Walker’s footsteps on economic development? (Nebraska Watchdog, 7/20/2015)

Related post:
The stink of WEDC follows Brenda Hicks-Sorensen to Nebraska.  (6/16/2015)

Meet 'the crazies' in the U.S. House of Representatives: Marlin Stutzman (R-IN)

The 11th in a series.

“I think it signals the crazies have taken over the party, taken over to the party that you can remove a speaker of the House who’s second in line to be president, a constitutional officer in the middle of his term with no allegations of impropriety, a person who’s honest and doing his job."

Rep. Peter King (R-NY)

Text source:  Breitbart.com
Photo credit:  U.S. Congress

Working our way through the list of crazies:

• Mo Brooks (Alabama)
• Gary Palmer (Alabama)
• Paul "will of the American people" Gosar (Arizona)
• Matt "will of the people" Salmon (Arizona)
• David "will of the people" Schweikert (Arizona)
• Trent Franks (Arizona)
• Ken Buck (Colorado)
• Ron DeSantis (Florida)
• Curt Clawson (Florida)
• Barry Loudermilk (Georgia)
• Raul Labrador (Idaho)
• Marlin Stutzman (Indiana)

Related posts:
Meet the members of the U.S. House of Representatives Freedom Caucus.  (9/28/2015)
Meet the members of the Republican Study Committee.  (7/10/2015)
No friend to the environment.  (12/24/2014)

Meet 'the crazies' in the U.S. House of Representatives: Raul Labrador (R-ID)

The 10th in a series.

“I think it signals the crazies have taken over the party, taken over to the party that you can remove a speaker of the House who’s second in line to be president, a constitutional officer in the middle of his term with no allegations of impropriety, a person who’s honest and doing his job."

Rep. Peter King (R-NY)

Photo credit:  U.S. Congress
Text source:  Press release

@Raul_Labrador

Working our way through the list of crazies:

• Mo Brooks (Alabama)
• Gary Palmer (Alabama)
• Paul "will of the American people" Gosar (Arizona)
• Matt "will of the people" Salmon (Arizona)
• David "will of the people" Schweikert (Arizona)
• Trent Franks (Arizona)
• Ken Buck (Colorado)
• Ron DeSantis (Florida)
• Curt Clawson (Florida)
• Barry Loudermilk (Georgia)
• Raul Labrador (Idaho)

Related posts:
Meet the members of the U.S. House of Representatives Freedom Caucus.  (9/28/2015)
Meet the members of the Republican Study Committee.  (7/8/2015)
No friend to the environment.  (12/17/2014)

Meet 'the crazies' in the U.S. House of Representatives:Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)

The 9th in a series.

“I think it signals the crazies have taken over the party, taken over to the party that you can remove a speaker of the House who’s second in line to be president, a constitutional officer in the middle of his term with no allegations of impropriety, a person who’s honest and doing his job."

Rep. Peter King (R-NY)

Text source:  Press release
Photo credit:  U.S. Congress

Working our way through the list of crazies:

• Mo Brooks (Alabama)
• Gary Palmer (Alabama)
• Paul "will of the American people" Gosar (Arizona)
• Matt "will of the people" Salmon (Arizona)
• David "will of the people" Schweikert (Arizona)
• Trent Franks (Arizona)
• Ken Buck (Colorado)
• Ron DeSantis (Florida)
• Curt Clawson (Florida)
• Barry Loudermilk (Georgia)

Related posts:
Meet the members of the U.S. House of Representatives Freedom Caucus.  (9/28/2015)
Meet the members of the Republican Study Committee.  (7/8/2015)

It seems as though nothing will wake us up from our long slumber (part 1)

Toxic Algae Outbreak Overwhelms a Polluted Ohio River.  (The New York Times, 9/30/2015)

The only other recorded toxic algae bloom, in 2008, covered perhaps 40 miles of the river. In contrast, the latest bloom stretches 636 miles from Wheeling, W.Va., to Cannelton, Ind., and traces of algae have appeared as far west as Illinois. 

The poisonous alga, called microcystis, increasingly plagues polluted waters across the country. The Ohio River blooms arrived as another persistent algae outbreak, in western Lake Erie, grew in recent weeks to near-record proportions.

Related post:
Toledo residents are advised not to drink the water.  (8/3/2014)

Kevin McCarthy does a Scott Walker -- and that ain't good!

CNN, 10/1/2015

A choice quote from the above-cited article.

Related post:
Kevin McCarthy explains it all.  (10/1/2015)

Kevin McCarthy explains it all

As quoted in Can Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker Favorite, Go From Buddy to Boss?  (The New York Times, 9/30/2015)

Despite his rapid ascent on Capitol Hill, Mr. McCarthy has continued, like a number of House conservatives, to sleep in his office and shower in the House gym. The idea is to save money and show that he has not “gone Washington.” Nonetheless, Kevin Spacey shadowed Mr. McCarthy around the Capitol to prepare for his role as Frank Underwood, the House majority whip and now president in the Netflix series “House of Cards.”

Related posts:
No friend to the environment.  (11/23/2014)

Carly Fiorina gets a boost in latest South Carolina poll

Source:  Real Clear Politics

The behinders in the 9/25-27 Gravis Marketing poll:

• 4% - John Kasich
• 3% - Mike Huckabee
• 2% - Lindsey Graham
• 1% - Rand Paul, Chris Christie
• 0% - Bobby Jindal

Other stuff:

• 31% of Republicans polled consider themselves a member of the Tea Party
• Whites among the respondents
• 57% Democrats (South Carolina is 63.9% white)
• 93% Republicans 
• Gender
• Democrats - 47%/53% male/female
• Republicans - 52%/49% male/female

Latest state polls:
Carly Fiorina not catching fire in Texas.  (10/1/2015)
Wisconsin voters don't necessarily heed Scott Walker's advice to dump Trump.  (10/1/2015)
On the other hand, Donald Trump can still say "I'm peaking! I'm peaking!" in North Carolina.  (9/29/2015)
At best, Donald Trump is treading water in Georgia.  (9/29/2015)
Ben Carson sacked for a 10-yard loss in New Hampshire.  (9/26/2015)
Scott Walker quickly flames out in Michigan.  (9/17/2015)
Scott Walker tumbles to 10th in latest Iowa caucus poll.  (9/11/2015)
For now, Donald Trump is kickin' butt in South Carolina while Scott Walker fades.  (8/6/2015)

Carly Fiorina not catching fire in Texas

And Ted Cruz not much of a Lone Star heartthrob.

Source:  Real Clear Politics

The behinders in the 9/8-21 Texas Lyceum poll:

• 3% - Marco Rubio
• 2% - Mike Huckabee
• 1% - John Kasich, Rand Paul, Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry

Other stuff:

• 16% of respondents say 'economy' is most important national issue
• 24% say 'immigration' is most important Texas issue
• 52% say Obama is doing a 'very good job' or 'somewhat good job'

Latest state polls:
Wisconsin voters don't necessarily heed Scott Walker's advice to dump Trump.  (10/1/2015)
On the other hand, Donald Trump can still say "I'm peaking! I'm peaking!" in North Carolina.  (9/29/2015)
At best, Donald Trump is treading water in Georgia.  (9/29/2015)
Ben Carson sacked for a 10-yard loss in New Hampshire.  (9/26/2015)
Scott Walker quickly flames out in Michigan.  (9/17/2015)
Scott Walker tumbles to 10th in latest Iowa caucus poll.  (9/11/2015)
For now, Donald Trump is kickin' butt in South Carolina while Scott Walker fades.  (8/6/2015)

Latest Florida poll shows a tightening Republican primary race

Source:  Real Clear Politics

The behinders in the 9/17-22 Jacksonville University poll:

• 4% - Ted Cruz
• 2% - John Kasich
• 1% - Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, Scott Walker, Rand Paul, 
• 0% - Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum, Lindsey Graham

Other stuff:

• Unfavorables for top 5
• 40.3% - Donald Trump
• 25.0% - Jeb Bush
• 12.3% - Marco Rubio
• 11.8% - Ben Carson
• 10.5% - Carly Fiorina

Related polls:
Having flopped in Florida, Scott Walker now gasping for air.  (9/15/2015)
Walker completes his Florida flop.  (9/5/2015)
Here, there & everywhere:  Scott Walker's numbers fading out there in Florida.  (8/20/2015)
For now, the Trump surge seems to be the same all over.  (8/5/2015)
Trump outpolls Bush, Rubio in Florida.  (7/29/2015)
Scott Walker taking a dive in Florida Republican presidential primary polling.  (6/20/2015)
Tracking the Florida Republican Presidential Primary Polls (January-March 2015).  (4/4/2015)
Bush-Walker-Unsure are 1-2-3 in latest Florida Republican Presidential primary poll.  (3/3/2015)

Wisconsin voters don't necessarily heed Scott Walker's advice to dump Trump

Scott Walker:  Disgraced at home.

Source:  Real Clear Politics

Related reading:

Scott Walker's bid to dump Trump.  (Politico, 9/23/2015)

Related post:

Be there? Most Wisconsinites have a message of their own for Scott Walker.  (9/30/2015)

Another ho-hum Republican Presidential primary poll

Source:  Real Clear Politics

The behinders in the 9/24-28 USAT/Suffolk poll:

• 2% - John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul
• 1% - Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham
• 0% - Rick Santorum, George Pataki

Other stuff:

• Top choices for 'What one word describes Donald Trump?"
• 98 - idiot/jerk/stupid/dumb
• 60 - arrogant
• 58 - crazy/nuts

Related posts:
The September polls have not been kind to Donald Trump.  (9/27/2015)
Scott Walker down to zero in latest Republican primary poll -- behind Rick Santorum, no less.  (9/20/2015)
Ben Carson closes the gap with Donald Trump in latest Republican primary poll.  (9/15/2015)
Scott Walker joins the bottom feeders in latest national Republican primary poll.  (9/14/2015)
CNN/ORC poll gives Scott Walker a pity-pat, lifts him out of behinder bin.  (9/10/2015)
Scott Walker slides to 3% in latest national poll; has 8th place all to himself.  (9/3/2015)
Scott Walker is likely to BLAME CANADA for his latest poll showing.  (9/1/2015)
Donald Trump maintains his lead, Scott Walker continues to slide in national Republican Presidential primary polls.  (8/27/2015)
Donald Trump maintains a sizable lead in latest national Republican Presidential primary poll.  (8/18/2015)
Donald Trump maintains his lead in national polls; Scott Walker is yesterday's news.  (8/16/2015) 
Trump continues to ebb, Fiorina surges in latest national Republican Presidential primary poll.  (8/12/2015)
Running up to Thursday's FOX News GOP debate, Donald Trump continues to run the poll table.  (8/4/2015)
A hot bat: Donald Trump goes 10 for 11 in July.  (8/3/2015) 
Another day, another 1st place poll finish for Donald Trump (9 and counting).  (8/3/2015)
Donald Trump continues to run the poll table: 8 in a row.  (8/2/2015)
Trump wins 6th national poll in a row.  (7/30/2015)
In his last 5 'starts', Donald Trump is 5-0 in national Republican presidential polling.  (7/27/2015)
Trump wins 4th national poll in a row; Walker closes gap.  (7/23/2015) 
Trump takes his 3rd national poll in a row.  (7/20/2015)
Donald Trump takes 1st place in consecutive national polls.  (7/17/2015)
On day 2 of Scott Walker's presidential campaign, a just-released Suffolk University/USA Today poll has Donald Trump in 1st place.  (7/14/2015)
Monmouth University poll casts a pall over Scott Walker's presidential candidacy announcement.  (7/13/2015)
Scott Walker leads in Iowa Republican presidential polling, but nationally it's a different story.  (7/1/2015)
Republicans' 2016 Presidential primary preferences look like a bunch of scribbles when graphed.  (6/22/2015)
Has anyone else noticed that Scott Walker peaked 2 months ago in New Hampshire? (6/14/2015)
Same as it ever was, pretty much, in latest Fox News poll.  (6/3/2015)
The latest CNN/ORC Republican presidential primary poll likes the Florida boys.  (6/2/2015) 
5-way tie in latest Quinnipiac Republican presidential primary poll.  (5/28/2015)
Republican presidential candidates find little elbow room in latest Fox News poll.  (5/16/2015)
Latest Public Policy Polling (PPP) numbers keep Republican candidates in a jumble.  (5/14/2015)
The Florida Boys leave Scott Walker in "show" position in latest Republican presidential horse race poll.  (5/5/2015)
Tracking the national Republican presidential primary polls.  (4/3/2015)
Scott Walker tied for 2nd with 'Dunno' in latest CNN/ORC poll. (3/19/2015)
Don't know/no answer/somebody else/won't vote leads latest Quinnipiac Republican Presidential primary poll.  (3/6/2015)
Someone else/no one, Ben Carson have best 1-2 punch in Public Policy poll.  (2/24/2015)
On the merry-go-round: Mike Huckabee takes the lead in the latest Republican Presidential preference poll.  (2/18/2015)

Meet 'the crazies' in the U.S. House of Representatives:Curt Clawson (R-FL)

The 8th in a series.

“I think it signals the crazies have taken over the party, taken over to the party that you can remove a speaker of the House who’s second in line to be president, a constitutional officer in the middle of his term with no allegations of impropriety, a person who’s honest and doing his job."

Rep. Peter King (R-NY)

Text source:  United States Congressman Curt Clawson
Photo credit:  U.S. Congress

Working our way through the list of crazies:

• Mo Brooks (Alabama)
• Gary Palmer (Alabama)
• Paul "will of the American people" Gosar (Arizona)
• Matt "will of the people" Salmon (Arizona)
• David "will of the people" Schweikert (Arizona)
• Trent Franks (Arizona)
• Ken Buck (Colorado)
• Ron DeSantis (Florida)
• Curt Clawson (Florida)

Related posts:
Meet the members of the U.S. House of Representatives Freedom Caucus.  (9/28/2015)
Meet the members of the Republican Study Committee.  (7/6/2015)
No friend to the environment.  (12/8/2014)

Mona Darr Fileger (1947-2015) Warren Area High School

Warren Times Observer

1963 Dragon yearbook

It appears that Mona dropped out of school after her sophomore year.

1967 Warren City Directory

• Darr Richd G (Betty L) lab NF (see 2003) h126 Elm
• Fileger Arth L emp Deluxe Mtl PRod r RD 1 (Clarendon)

1983 Warren City Directory

• Darr Kenneth (brother) & Debbie; emp Inter Royal Corp Deluxe Div h2707 Pennsylvania Av W Ext (Starbrick) 

'Mona' never made it to the big time.

Other members of the class of 1965  (*at one time or another):
Catherine Donnelly Rice.  (9/25/2015)
Sharyn Steele Engle.  (8/30/2015)
Dennis Seymour.  (6/25/2015)
Alvin Whipple*.  (6/17/2015)
Susan Johnson Wolfe.  (3/14/2014)

UPDATE: No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming's At-Large Congressional District

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have a lot of catching up to do with the American public, even folks in their own party.

ClearPath Polling

Many Conservative Republicans Believe Climate Change Is a Real Threat.  (The New York Times, 9/28/2015)

The survey was commissioned by Jay Faison, a North Carolina businessman who calls himself a conservative Republican and has announced that he intends to spend $10 million on efforts to lobby Republicans to embrace the issue of climate change. He has spent $165 million to start a nonprofit foundation, ClearPath, aimed at promoting climate change and clean energy policies that could appeal to conservatives.

Text source:  On Earth
Photo source:  U.S. Congress

Tea Party fan Rep. Lummis was re-elected to a 4th term in 2014 with 69% of the vote.

Required reading for Rep. Lummis and her Wyoming constituents.

For Wyoming, climate change is now.  (Slate, 4/13/2015)

Less snowpack on mountains west of the Continental Divide means less water for the western states, where there is a monumental drought. If you think global warming and climate change are things that will only happen sometime in the nebulous future, think again. They’re happening now.

6% lifetime rating (3% in 2014) from the League of Conservation Voters.

No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.

Alabama Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives.   (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one world:  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! 
• 7th District.  Tim Walberg (R).  Another Tea Party hypocrite.   
• 8th District.  Mike Bishop (R).  New guy spouts the company line. 
• 10th District.  Candace Miller (R).   "Just ask the dinosaurs."
• 11th District.  Dave Trott (R).  The Wolf of Oakland County.

Minnesota Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 2nd District.  John Klein (R).   Likes his energy dirty.
• 3rd District.  Erik Paulsen (R).   Lotsa talk on the environment, but his voting record tells the story.
• 6th District.  Tom Emmet (R).  Creator of the phrase, "Al Gore's climate porn".   (All you need to know:  He now serves the district Michele Bachmann represented.)

Mississippi Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Alan Nunnelee (R).  Apparently, when it comes to America's energy sources, the dirtier the better.
• 3rd District.  Gregg Harper (R).   Not a believer.
• 4th District.  Steven Palazzo (R).   Looking out for the interests of oil, natural gas, and coal

Missouri Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives 

• 2nd District.  Ann Wagner (R).   Puts climate science in diapers.
• 3rd District.  Blaine Luetkemeyer (R).  God forbid we should take a global approach to climate change.
• 4th District.  Vicky Hartzler (R).  Sings a duet of "Baby, It's Cold Outside!" with her Michigan colleague Fred Upton.
• 6th District.  Sam Graves (R).   Speaking of out-of-touch.
• 7th District.  Billy Long (R).   He's a coal man.
• 8th District.  Jason Smith (R).  Another coal man, holdin' on to yesterday.

Montana Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• At-Large.  Ryan Zinke (R).   His views on the environment undergo a transformation once he runs for Congress.

Nebraska Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Jeff Fortenberry (R).    After receiving a pat on the back from ConservAmerica, his rating from the League of Conservation Voters take a big tumble.
• 3rd District.  Adrian Smith (R).  A denier from his first day in the House.  

Nevada Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 2nd District.  Mark Amodai (R).  A 3% lifetime score from the League of National Conservation Voters.  His actions belie his words.
• 3rd District.  Joe Heck (R).  In the climate-change-has-always-been-with-us camp.
• 4th District.  Cresent Hardy (R).  Revels in his far-right conservatism.   

New Hampshire Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Frank Guinta (R).  Content to spout the company line.

 New Jersey Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 2nd District.  Frank LoBiondo (R).  Received an endorsement from the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund in October 2014 even though his 2013 score of 25% was well below his lifetime score of 63%.
• 3rd District.  Tom MacArthur (R).  In office just over a month, MacArthur is content to vote the party line.
• 4th District.  Chris Smith (R).  An exception to the rule.   On the other hand, his score from the League of Conservation Voters took a nosedive in 2013.
• 5th District.   Scott Garrett (R).  A proud member of the 'Anti-Science Climate Denier Caucus'.
• 7th District.  Leonard Lance (R).  A poster boy for Republican moderation thrown out the window. 
• 11th District.  Rodney Frelinghuysen (R).  Pushing the envelope, Republican-style. 

New Mexico Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 2nd District.  Steve Pearce (R).  Call the science of climate change "crap".

New York Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Lee Zeldin (R).  Take the "what me worry/Alfred E. Neuman" approach to climate change.
• 2nd District.  Pete King (R).   Basically, a "drill, baby, drill" energy position.
• 19th District.  Chris Gibson (R).  An independent Republican voice when  it comes to climate change 
• 21st District.  Elise Stefanik (R).   A possible RINO alert.
• 22nd District.  Richard Hanna (R).  Claims to believe that climate change is occurring but his 11% lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters doesn't exactly back him up.
• 23rd District.  Tom Reed. (R).  Co-chair of the House Natural Gas Caucus.  Big fan of fracking.
• 24th District.  John Katko (R).  It certainly seems like a wishy-washy statement.
• 27th  District.  Chris Collins (R).  After his 1st year in Congress, Collins was awarded a 3% score from the League of Conservation Voters.

 North Carolina Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 2nd District.  Renee Ellmers (R).  5% lifetime score from League of Conservation Voters.
• 3rd District.  Walter Jones (R).  You'll be forgiven if you think you've heard this before.
• 5th District.  Virginia Foxx (R).  She makes climate change sound like God's fault.
• 6th District.  Mark Walker (R).  When it comes to climate change, Walker has gibberish at the ready,
• 7th District.  David Rouzer (R).  Well, you know.....
• 8th District.  Richard  Hudson (R). Imagine the views from the Outer Banks.
• 9th District.  Robert Pittenger (R).   Throw up his hands in despair in 2006.
• 10th District.  Patrick McHenry (R).  10 years in Congress, 3% lifetime score from League of Conservation Voters. 
• 11th District.  Mark Meadows (R).  As Moe would say, "You numbskull!' 
• 13th District.  George Holding (R).  Gets right down to the specifics!

North Dakota Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• At Large District.  Kevin Cramer (R).  Like his Alabama and Kentucky colleagues, he appears to be in the pocket of the coal industry. 

 Ohio Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Steve Chabot (R).  You'll be forgiven if this sounds all too familiar. 
• 2nd District.  Brad Wenstrup (R).  Jobs now trump the long-term health of the planet. 
• 4th District.  Jim Jordan (R).  After 8 years in Congress, a 3% score from the League of Conservation Voters. 
• 5th District.  Bob Latta (R).  The man has a way with words.
• 6th District.  Bill Johnson (R).  Favorite song:  "Coal Man".
• 7th District.  Bob Gibbs (R).  A 'sound science' kinda guy. 
• 8th District.  John Boehner (R).   I suspect the list of 'not qualifieds' is lengthy.
• 10th District.  Michael Turner (R).  His say-nothing-in-50-words-or-less statement on energy makes him sound like a dimwit. 
• 12th District.  Pat Tiberi (R).  Espouses the 97/3 reasoning. 
• 14th District.  Dave Joyce (R).  Meet Rep. Boilerplate.
• 15th District.  Steve Stivers (R).  Boilerplate:  What comes around, goes around.  
• 16th District.  Jim Renacci (R).  Singing in unison with his colleagues Joyce and Stivers.

 Oklahoma Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Jim Bridenstine (R).  A member of the Republican drill-baby-drill caucus. 
• 2nd District.  Markwayne Mullin (R).  A member of the anti-science climate denier caucus. 
• 3rd District.  Frank Lucas (R).  An expert in flatulence. 
• 4th District.  Tom Cole (R).  Forgot to include "all of the above".
• 5th District.  Steve Russell (R).  Congressional newbie joins in on a chorus of "Drill, Baby, Drill!"

 Oregon Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 2nd District.  Greg Walden (R).   Mentored by John Boehner.  

  Pennsylvania Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 3rd District.  Mike Kelly (R).  Fossil fuel cheerleader.
• 4th District.  Scott Perry (R).  The congressman opines on scientific theory. 
• 5th District.  Glenn Thompson (R).  Expert in reader's advisory services.
• 6th District.  Ryan Costello (R).   Newbie ready to play ball with the usual Republican, fossil fuel-infused suspects.
• 7th District.  Pat Meehan (R).  Passes one of the litmus tests for Republicans in Congress.
• 8th District.  Mike Fitzpatrick (R).  Shhh!!  Let's talk about this in my office.
• 9th District.  Bill Shuster (R).  'Corporate welfare' for the wind industry?  NO!  'Corporate welfare' for the fossil fuel industry?  YES!
• 10th District.  Tom Marino (R).  Proud to share the views of his constituents on Facebook.
• 11th District.  Lou Barletta (R).  Appears to have the whitest teeth in Congress. 
• 12th District.  Keith Rothfus (R).  Drank the 1998 Kool-aid.
• 15th District.  Charlie Dent (R).   A finger in the wind.
• 16th District.  Joe Pitts (R).  Based on his League of Conservative Voters rating, he's all talk and very little action. 
• 18th District.  Tim Murphy (R).  He's a coal man. 

South Carolina Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Mark Sanford (R).  Sold his soul to the Tea Party 
• 2nd District.  Joe Wilson (R).  A climate denier, emphatically.
• 3rd District.  Jeff Duncan (R).  Answers to the 'all-of-the-above' roll call.  
• 4th District.  Trey Gowdy (R).   What's he hiding?
• 5th District.  Mick Mulvaney (R).  Calls global warming claims 'baseless'. 
• 7th District.  Tom Rice (R).  Loves fossil fuels, loves the Tea Party.  

South Dakota Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• At-large District.  Kristi Noem (R).   Of a climatological, meteorological, astrological, thermological, cosmological, and ecological frame of mind.

Tennessee Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Phil Roe (R).  His energy plan includes "all of the above."
• 2nd District.  John J. Duncan, Jr. (R).  Congressman with net worth more than 10 times the average of his constituents agrees that climate change is "a rich man's issue".
• 3rd District.  Chuck Fleischmann (R).  Solution to global warming?   Put Al Gore on an iceberg.
• 4th District.  Scott DesJarlais (R).  A member of the "All of the Above" energy caucus. 
• 6th District.  Diane Black (R).  On energy issues, she spends her time in the Republican echo chamber. 
• 7th District.  Marsha Blackburn (R).  Sides with the 3%. 
• 8th District.  Stephen Fincher (R).  Another "all-of-the-above" chorister.

Texas Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Louie Gohmert (R).  A Texas-sized Gomer.
• 2nd District.  Ted Poe (R).  When it comes to energy, it's "all of the above."
• 3rd District.  Sam Johnson (R).   Meet one of Texas's 'good stewards' of the environment.
• 4th District.  John Ratcliffe (R).  One of the newest members of the "all of the above" chorus. 
• 5th District.  Jeb Hensarling (R).  'All of the above'?  Yes indeedy do! 
• 6th District.  Joe Barton (R).   The people that Texas elects to office.  Something to think about.
• 7th District.  John Culberson (R).  Meet Captain Horatio Hornblower Houston. 
• 8th District.  Kevin Brady (R).  Oil above all. 
• 10th District.  Michael McCaul (R).   'All of the above'.
• 11th District.   Mike Conaway (R).  It's all semantics.
• 12th District.  Kay Granger (R).  Texas has its own 'all-of-the-above' chorus. 
• 13th District.  Mac Thornberry.  Advocates for 'sound science'.   ("Any decisions we make should be based on sound science rather than political, social or personal profit agendas.")
• 14th District.  Randy Weber (R).  Plans to be shopping for a long coat in the near future. 
• 17th District.  Bill Flores (R).  Damn the research, full speed ahead on real all-of-the-above American energy solutions.
• 19th District.  Randy Neugebauer (R).   If not a list, he has 'clear evidence'. 
• 21st District.  Lamar Smith (R).  Current chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. 
• 22nd District.  Pete Olson (R).  Gives lip service to 'all of the above'; champions 'drill, baby, drill'. 
• 23rd District.  Will Hurd (R).  Inducing paranoia in his constituents. 
• 24th District.  Kenny Marchant (R).   Oil above all, part 2.
• 25th District.  Roger Williams (R).  'Drill, baby, drill", American style. 
• 26th District.  Michael Burgess (R).  As far as he's concerned, the evidence for climate change is lacking. 
• 27th District.  Blake Farenthold (R).   Characterizes global warming as a 'scare tactic'.
• 31st District.  John Carter (R).  Characterizes global warming as a 'chicken-little scheme'. 
• 32nd District.  Pete Sessions (R).   'All-of-the-above'. 
• 36th District.  Brian Babin (R).   He pledges allegiance to the oil industry. 

Utah Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Rob Bishop (R).  'All of the above' reaches Utah.
• 2nd District.  Chris Stewart (R).  Like many of his Republican colleagues, read much more than he should have into this Economist article.
• 3rd District.  Jason Chaffetz (R).  Still likes to beat up on Al Gore, he does. 
• 4th District.  Mia Love (R).  Still formulating her views on energy. 

Virginia Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Rob Wittman (R).  Describes himself as a climate change denier in 21 words.
• 2nd District.  Scott Rigell (R).  A climate change denier, plain and simple.
• 4th District.  J. Randy Forbes (R).   Follows the 3%.
• 5th District.  Robert Hurt (R).  An 'all-of-the-above' kinda guy when it comes to energy policy. 
• 6th District.  Bob Goodlatte (R).  Same as it ever was. 
• 7th District.  Dave Brat (R).  A dismissive kind of guy. 
• 9th District.  Morgan Griffith (R).   Could be sunspots. 
• 10th District.  Barbara Comstock (R). Embraced an all-of-the-above energy policy while running for Congress.

Washington Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 3rd District.  Jaime Herrera Beutler (R).  Likes the 'all-of-the-above' lingo.
• 4th District.  Dan Newhouse (R).  In so many words, sez responding to climate change challenges is just too dang expensive.
• 5th District.  Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R).   Doesn't believe the science.
• 8th District.  Dave Reichert.  Not your garden-variety Republican, it seems. 

West Virginia Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  David McKinley (R).   Into denial big-time.   
• 2nd District.  Alex Mooney (R).   Climate change denier who spends much of his time screaming about Obama's alleged 'war on coal'.  
• 3rd District.  Evan Jenkins (R).   One of the newest Republican House foot soldiers fighting against Obama's  'war on coal'.

 Wisconsin Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

• 1st District.  Paul Ryan (R).  Phony baloney.
• 5th District.  Jim Sensenbrennner (R).  Men are from Mars, as they say. 
• 6th District.  Glenn Grothman (R).  "Look, this global warming stuff is not going on." 
• 7th District.  Sean Duffy (R).  A doofus, pure and simple.
• 8th District.  Reid Ribble (R).  Joins the club.

Wyoming Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives

• Cynthia Lummis (R).  One gassy lady.