Comments on: If Talk were Fuel… http://domesticfuel.com/2006/04/26/if-talk-were-fuel/ Alternative Fuel News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:31:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bradley Looferman http://domesticfuel.com/2006/04/26/if-talk-were-fuel/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Bradley Looferman Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:19:28 +0000 http://domesticfuel.com/?p=408#comment-299 Always a dangerous combination -- a professional politician and a TV camera. In my humble opinion, Congressional hearings don't accomplish much. They are more about the politicians posturing and seeking a soundbite than collecting information with which to make a decision. I bet all the senators at today's hearing already had their minds made up, or had already been contaminated by lobbyists. I testified at a state hearing not long ago and then monitored the rest of the testimony. No one's mind was changed by anything they heard that day. It is just something they go through so they can say they are seeking public input. Always a dangerous combination — a professional politician and a TV camera.

In my humble opinion, Congressional hearings don’t accomplish much. They are more about the politicians posturing and seeking a soundbite than collecting information with which to make a decision. I bet all the senators at today’s hearing already had their minds made up, or had already been contaminated by lobbyists.

I testified at a state hearing not long ago and then monitored the rest of the testimony. No one’s mind was changed by anything they heard that day. It is just something they go through so they can say they are seeking public input.

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