What Thinking Folks Are Up Against

By David Kurtz

April 22, 2009 1:09 p.m.

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This one just hurts to watch. And to make matters worse, a smug Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) actually thinks he “baffled” Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel laureate, during this exchange in a hearing today:

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