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Rep. Don Young Bullies Witness: 'I Can Call You Anything I Want!' 'You Be Quiet!' 'Pontifigurds!'

source: http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/11/21/373451/don-young-bullies-witness-i-can-call-you-an...

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At a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the dangers of drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Rep. Don Young (R-AK) exploded with rage. The hearing, with witnesses requested by the Democratic minority, was scheduled by Republicans for Friday afternoon. “I call it garbage, Dr. Rice,” Young said, addressing his comments to Dr. Douglas Brinkley, a historian at Rice University. When Brinkley corrected his name, Young grew even more apoplectic, saying, “I can call you anything I want if you sit in that chair.”

YOUNG: If you ever want want to see an exercise in futility … That side has already made up its mind and this side has already made up its mind. I call it garbage, Dr. Rice, it comes from the mouth –

BRINKLEY: It’s Dr. Brinkley. Rice is a university –

YOUNG: Well, okay, I can call you anything I want if you sit in that chair. You just be quiet! You be quiet!

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After Young’s irate outburst, Committee chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA) castigated Dr. Brinkley for interrupting the Alaska congressman and disrupting the “comity” of the hearing.

“The Arctic plain is really nothing,” Young continued, calling Dr. Brinkley “elitist.” “You can go on all the pontifigurds you want . . . I’m really pissed.”

“Some people love money more than their homeland or where they live,” Dr. Brinkley said later, rebuking Young for his hatred of the undrilled Alaskan wilderness.
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13 comments // Rep. Don Young Bullies Witness: 'I Can Call You Anything I Want!' 'You Be Quiet!' 'Pontifigurds!' // Video

  • EmperorThan
  • savvy7
    • 0
      savvy7  

    • WTF!!! Are ALL republicans insane! They demand respect after rudely berating someone they invited to testify simply because they don't agree with his findings? These people are infants.

    • 6 months ago
  • chew_chew
    • +1
      chew_chew  

    • So typical. Mr Young is typical of the insecure, arrogant, rude and disrespectful "public" servant so prevalent in today's government.

    • 6 months ago
  • percipi224
  • CreditFigaro
    • +2
      CreditFigaro  

    • “Some people love money more than their homeland or where they live,”

      BOOM!

      I love it when smart subject matter experts make idiots look like the scum they are.

    • 6 months ago
  • riffmage
  • Des_Akkari
    • +5
      Des_Akkari  

    • That oil goes onto the market and we get to pay whatever the market says...that market is mostly controlled by the middle east. So drilling here for us to use is a fantasy. This greedy SOB is also ok with dooming his grandkids to suffer while the TRY to clean up his mess.

    • 6 months ago
  • jimstoner
    • +3
      jimstoner  

    • Brinkley got it wrong. Young does not work for the tax payer. He will have sold his vote to the oil companies for consideration after he is out of politics.

    • 6 months ago
  • grammabet
    • +4
      grammabet  

    • This is how the chubby Governor of New Jersey reacts when the wrong words are spoken in his presence.A foot in the mouth wouldn't hurt him either but he'd probably eat it.

    • 6 months ago
  • Incredulous
    • +5
      Incredulous  

    • Talk about elitism...these pompous assholes are really unraveling...

      You be quiet? This Congressman needs a giant boot in the mouth. I have NO respect for this kind of jerk, he needs to be voted out and have the people send him a very loud message, letting him know that he needs to be quiet. Clearly, he is representing the interests of no one but big oil and himself.

    • 6 months ago
  • jubal
  • Dusty_King
  • CreditFigaro
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