Gimme That Ol' Time Faith-Based Science

In a move that at this point is really not at all surprising but appalling nonetheless, US Representative from Texas Joe Barton (R., Christo-Fascist Shitweasel) instigated an investigation against two scientists who came to a conclusion on Global Warming that matched that of every other reputable scientist on the planet but unfortunately happened to differ from "The Revealed Truth"^TM.

Even his fellow Repugs recognized that the incoherent glassy-eyed barely cognitive Barton went over the top.

See the Democratic Party blog Kicking Ass for the story: Read it and weep.