{"id":24883,"date":"2011-03-10T16:32:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T16:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2011\/03\/10\/rand-paul-offensive-moron\/"},"modified":"2011-03-10T16:32:55","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T16:32:55","slug":"rand-paul-offensive-moron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/10\/rand-paul-offensive-moron\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul: Offensive Moron"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is upset that the federal government has squelched his right to own a super-toilet, leaving him with less freedom than women, who are still allowed to have abortions. It&#8217;s an unusual comparison, but it&#8217;s meant to underline his opposition to the executive branch&#8217;s involvement in encouraging energy efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>In a Senate hearing, Paul laid in to Kathleen Hogan, deputy assistant energy secretary for efficiency, for imposing restrictions and fines meant to encourage people to use environmentally friendly appliances. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the rest of this incredible story <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2011\/03\/rand-paul-i-have-less-choice-in-toilets-than-women-have-in-abortions-video.php?ref=fpblg\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And the people of Kentucky are, of course, <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/about.php#YourState\">idiots<\/a> for electing him.  And having a Creation Museum.  And so on.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the one-termer in action:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ELDHaeEsNF0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is upset that the federal government has squelched his right to own a super-toilet, leaving him with less freedom than women, who are still allowed to have abortions. It&#8217;s an unusual comparison, but it&#8217;s meant to underline his opposition to the executive branch&#8217;s involvement in encouraging energy efficiency. In a Senate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/10\/rand-paul-offensive-moron\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rand Paul: Offensive Moron<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-6tl","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}