The security of the United States was dealt another blow
today when President-elect Donald Trump named infamous nuclear-energy denier
Myron Ebell to plan the Trump administration’s dismantlement of the strategic
nuclear deterrent.
Ebell is not a scientist.
Despite his ignorance and shameless illogic, he has been a thorn in the
side of physicists. Ebell spreads
propaganda questioning the overwhelming scientific consensus that nuclear
fission and nuclear fusion are the basis for the technology of the A-bomb and
the H-bomb.
“These are merely so-called
nuclear weapons”, Ebell said in response to questions from the press. “The scientific establishment has perpetrated
a hoax on the American people that invisible things called nuclei are
responsible for the big bangs made by our missiles and thingies.”
“We all know that coal, oil, and natural gas do a much
better job of blowing things up. We will
build very big gas bombs and Melania will release them after a White House dinner.” Ebell denied any ties to the coal, oil, and
natural gas industries.
Ebell also scoffed at reporters’ references to the work of
Einstein and Fermi. “You’re talking
about wetback foreigners”, he sneered.
“Einstein and Fermi will be among the first three million rounded up by
the Deportation Police”.
“Besides, isn’t Einstein the dog in Back to the Future?”
Ebell seemed disoriented as he sneered “What kind of animal is a Furby,
anyway?" The interview ended when Ebell humiliated himself by peeing
his pants and throwing a tantrum, screaming “You’re trying to
confuse me with facts!”
