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RFK Jr.: Too controversial for EPA?

A well-respected climate lawyer, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has also been in the spotlight for his controversial environmental statements. Photo: AP  [Sic - Politico]

Too controversial?  Not even Albert Gore trumps Bobby Kennedy when it comes to blithering idiocy.  Bobby and his sister Kathleen were the basis for my PhD thesis: "Quantifying IQ Drain With Each Successive Child In A Typical Irish Family Named Kennedy." Only my lack of a high school diploma disqualified it.  Freaking snobs.  And who in the hell pronounced him "well-respected?"  The same people who named Walter Cronkite "America's most trusted man" no doubt. But I digress.  Here's the basis by which Obama will be held accountable in the Booby matter. “ A month ago, Obama sent a letter to the leaders of the National Academies vowing that he would take scientific integrity seriously, even if the verdict runs counter to his own views. He said he'd issue an executive order "establishing clear guidelines for the review and release of publicly sponsored research, guaranteeing that results are released in a timely manner and are not distorted by ideological biases." [Found amidst a sea of irony] ” Below, the (partial) case against Booby. “ RFK Jr. blasted for hog farm remarks. If his name were Bob Fitzgerald, he’d be dismissed as another one of the kooks on the fringe Voices of moderation dept.: RFK Jr. Enviro naysayers "should all drink poison Kool Aid and restore integrity to their profession.” Polluting the Truth I accuse Kennedy of "crimes against fact." RFK Jr.’s “Crimes Against Nature” (”the book affords the fun of a pratfall on every page, most of them occasioned by Kennedy’s epic self-righteousness and astounding disregard for conventional accuracy”). Après Katrina, le Déluge Now we are all learning what it's like to reap the whirlwind of fossil fuel dependence. . . . Our destructive addiction has given us a catastrophic war in the Middle East and--now--Katrina is giving our nation a glimpse of the climate chaos we are bequeathing our children. Dangerous Kook At The EPA? Why the "?" ? Say it ain't so, Barack! Say you ain't seriously considering Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to run the EPA! Never mind that he's a booster of pseudoscience, a hothead prone to comparing political enemies to Hitler and Mussolini, and a lawyer whose science background appears to be primarily torturing science to fit his agenda more than anything else. On, and on, and on .... ”