The "Nonsense On A Stick" Campaign hit a new low this week. John Neely Kennedy has been attacking Senator Landrieu for her vote on a bill dealing with oil shale last week. Well, it turns out that Mr. Kennedy is cribbing his oil shale platform from Wikipedia:
John Kennedy and Wikipedia on Oil Shale: A Comparison
John N. Kennedy: July 28, 2008 Eric Asher Show, WIST 690AM
"Oil shale is nothing but rock with a, an organic material in it called kerogen."
"Oil shale, a fine-grained sedimentary rock, contains significant amounts of kerogen..."
"And, uh, when a, when a chemical process is applied to the rock containing the kerogen, I don't wanna get too technical but the process is called, uh, pyrolysis, when that's applied to it, the kerogen turns into oil."
"The chemical process of pyrolysis can convert the kerogen in oil shale into synthetic crude oil..."
"Uh, this is, uh, uh, a well established source of energy, Estonia and China have well established oil shale industries."
"Estonia and China have well-established oil shale industries...
"Brazil, Germany, Israel, Russia all use it."
...and Brazil, Germany, Israel and Russia also utilize oil shale."
