"entropy12 wrote: Frankly, Gowdy had no choice. He is protecting committee chairmanships.
Simply can't resist the context of your response to the definition of your identity...
Entropy: noun
1.Thermodynamics.
(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
2. (in data transmission and information theory) a measure of the loss of information in a transmitted signal or message.
3. (in cosmology) a hypothetical tendency for the universe to attain a state of maximum homogeneity in which all matter is at a uniform temperature (heat death)
4. a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration.
5. Telling the cold hard unvarnished truth as seen through my 70+ year old eyes.