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Texas congressman Louie Gohmert stuns committee hearing by asking whether federal agencies can fix climate change by altering orbit of Earth and Moon during committee hearing
Daily Mail ^ | June 10, 2021 | Matt McNulty

Posted on 06/10/2021 10:43:34 AM PDT by rickmichaels

Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert's asked during a hearing of a House committee whether the federal government could change the orbits of the moon or earth to deal with climate change - raising some eyebrows among experts.

Gohmert, a Republican from Texas, was on a video call with associate deputy chief of the National Forest Service Jennifer Eberlien when he asked whether or not federal agencies such as the Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management could alter the earth and moon's orbit to deal with climate change crisis.

'I understand, from what's been testified to the Forest Service and the BLM [Bureau of Land Management], you want very much to work on the issue of climate change,' Gohmert told Eberlien in a viral video clip of the hearing tweeted by Forbes.

'I was informed by the immediate past director of NASA that they've found that the moon's orbit is changing slightly, and so is the Earth's orbit around the sun.

'We know there's been significant solar flare activities, and so, is there anything that the National Forest Service or BLM can do to change the course of the moon's orbit or the Earth's orbit around the sun? Obviously that would have profound effects on our climate.'

'I would have to follow up with you on that one, Mr. Gohmert,' Eberlien replied.

She didn't answer in specifics whether there could be any validity to the idea - which many online found outlandish, while others came to the congressman's defense, saying he was obviously being sarcastic.

As Gohmert's query spread on social media, some lashed out at the Texas representative as they debated whether his question was serious or sarcastic during his viral exchange with Eberlien.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: climatechange; environment; gohmert; orbit; orit; sarcasm; texas
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To: rickmichaels

Climates are always changing with Continental drift . California is moving north ,LOL


81 posted on 06/10/2021 1:44:23 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: higgmeister

Woops neither - nor vs. either - or.


82 posted on 06/10/2021 1:45:45 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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To: rickmichaels

I do believe Louie was trolling the libs...and they’re way too dumb to see it...


83 posted on 06/10/2021 2:09:12 PM PDT by Paleo Pete (You can't fix stupid, but you can numb it with a 2X4...)
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To: nagant

“The masses and forces are orders of magnitude too great for puny humans to cool the planet even slightly ...”

Obviously we can’t just strap a rocket to the planet and change the orbit by much, but we could strap rockets to some asteroids, slingshot them around Mars to accelerate them even more, then slam them into Earth like a giant game of billiards :)


84 posted on 06/10/2021 2:28:28 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: circlecity

I agree with you but honestly, he should have just said that rather than trying to troll. Trolling is an art form and he’s no artist.


85 posted on 06/10/2021 2:55:09 PM PDT by FroedrickVonFreepenstein
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To: kenmcg
Typical how the msm tries to make Louie a fool by asking a question, that is an excellent way to point out the administration’s obsession with climate change.

No comment on her answer though, which implied she would check to see if were are doing that and then report back.

86 posted on 06/10/2021 3:02:20 PM PDT by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Bongino says.)
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To: Fido969
If they did that, Guam would tip over.

That would be a good thing, because all of the barnacles on the bottom of Guam would be white, reflecting a lot of heat back into space. No tag needed.

87 posted on 06/10/2021 3:02:53 PM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: caww

Louie Gohmert (R) Tx. and Senator Kennedy (R) La. would be a great Presidential and VP ticket no matter which one headlines the ticket !!


88 posted on 06/10/2021 3:50:23 PM PDT by DrHFrog
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To: rickmichaels
"As Gohmert's query spread on social media, some lashed out at the Texas representative as they debated whether his question was serious or sarcastic"

No. It was only babbling fools who didn't recognize sarcasm. Most people were simply too polite to laugh at them.

89 posted on 06/10/2021 4:59:59 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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To: rickmichaels

Ok, so we need to have a massive belt of rockets at the equator. When the sun is overhead they fire. When they are some degree off directly at the sun, they stop.

Eventually, we will move away from the sun. Probably about the time we’re all destroyed by Earthquakes from the moon’s orbit becoming non stable relative to the Earth.

We will move away from the sun and cool off. We’re all dead, the planet dies but global warming will be resolved once and for all! It’s a win!


90 posted on 06/10/2021 5:39:17 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: Yo-Yo

Gohmert and Sen. Kennedy (R-LA) are two plain-talking, common sense pols who cut to the chase instead of BS-ing everyone.

Thanks for the posting about LG!


91 posted on 06/10/2021 10:39:01 PM PDT by octex
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To: rickmichaels

How would you pull that off?


92 posted on 06/11/2021 5:13:10 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters. )
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