Kennedy Asks Prof Who Said Schools Shouldn't Take Fossil Fuel Money If His Own Should Give It Back

At today's Senate Budget Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned a Tulane professor about whether his own university should return money from its own fossil fuel-based donors.
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[@mhollman8650]

This professor is exactly what is wrong with College today.

[@vanessamurphy4667]

Yup.

[@TenGreenRangers]

Keenan.. the professor.. is an Architect .. who moonlights as a "climate specialist" ?? Wonder why he didn't study Meteorology ? I guess so he has plausable deniability when he's dead wrong? What a giant tool.

[@gregblake2764]

If you noticed, the professor has facial ticks, which probably got him picked on in middle school. Hence, his adult need to feel morally superior to the rest of us. He was correct, however, in his assertion that bigger houses take more space than smaller houses. I hope Tulane didn't get a government grant for a study to figure that out.

[@vanessamurphy4667]

@@gregblake2764 He still came across as a turd, and it was PERFECT.

[@anonymoususer1898]

Prof is about as smug as profs get. And, I know several. Total know it alls that refuse to apologize or concede. Narcissm is a primary character trait.

[@johncampbell3356]

This so-called professor is why kids graduating from college are so screwed up

[@peetky8645]

yes

[@maddhatter3564]

'do you want frys with that?'

[@barne3668]

I thought the 'Slacker' generation was ignorant. The latest batch of students and teachers are no more than puppets of Globalists.

[@DJArmageddon]

​@@maddhatter3564*fries 🍟

[@cherie623]

Yes!!! And to think there's many more like him😬

[@satyricon65]

That professor is the face of why we need to stop public funding of higher education.

[@Houndini]

I seen them before on the govt. free rides. They get to point they can remember a book but can’t drive or do nothing for themselves. College Campus is there home for life. Brain overload.

[@Bubba1960.]

Professor Howdy Doody doesn't see the hypocrisy lol.

[@adamburling9551]

He watched way too much msnbc as a kid

[@YoutubeShadowCensors]

@@Bubba1960. What hypocrisy was there, Bubba?

[@NumptyMcGlumpty]

@@KZbinShadowCensors the hypocrisy of "no fossil fuel money" while his own school accepted fossil fuel money to the tune of $25 million dollars, it's less than a third of the way into the video BTW

[@tonyalabat9739]

The hypocrisy is just unbelievable with these people. Thank you, Senator Kennedy!

[@Mamothrept]

To be honest, I came here wanting to shit on the professor, but I have to conclude he wasn't actually being hypocrital in the way the senator was implying.

[@gregfletcher3557]

​@Mamothrept Please explain?

[@geofreyr]

@@Mamothrept I kind of agree, at least he was also quite honest and direct in his answers.

[@jenniHackebergschooldeanOOK]

And if a k through 12 public school gets threatened to shut down if there is a university or a college in that county they there's a law that they will be shut down before the K-12 public is there something wrong with the system in the county Humboldt county independent studies continue education before they shut down their University

[@slijpner]

How can someone so clueless become a professor at anything?

[@jerrylyons9279]

tulane, ha.

[@markdelacruz1322]

Arrogance, hubris, contempt - Democrats all rolled into one

[@janetalvarez144]

My aunt always said look at how they hold their mouth.

[@gc6888]

The same line of thinking hired him

[@williamhumphrey9766]

Living in a bubble your whole life will do that to you. Never had a real job or mixed with we common folk. Normal term is useful idiot, but I would just for him you understand, go as far to say 'useless idiot'.

[@henkbielderman4243]

What makes me laugh out loud about the Prissy Professor is that he presents himself as he wishes to be seen, succeeding only in creating a caricature of a pompous fool.

[@philbabb5825]

Perfect observation!

[@JK-cv9jf]

Well said

[@secondchance6603]

Take him out of his cotton wool protected world and bring him into the real world and he wouldn't last a day.

[@JermaineMarcus]

Precisely

[@ronin4713]

I also zeroed in on that... His image is soooo carefully crafted. The facade is stretched so thin his tension fills the room.

[@ritachisumWisdomSeekingWriter]

As a temporary resident of Louisiana, Mississippi raised and long-time resident of Russellville, Arkansas I find Senator Kennedy a blessing as a Representative of one of our Southern States. Thank you, Senator Kennedy for the civility you always show in your interactions with your colleagues. You exemplify true CHARACTER and KINDNESS. 🙏🏻💕

[@ebooksremoteaccountantsinc831]

Boy has he got you fooled!

[@reggiegorney6486]

He always hits the nail on the HEAD...! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

[@willmcgee45]

That professor’s so full of himself it’s laughable.

[@sirosis7858]

It's almost funny to watch, almost like a character in a movie or tv show. Just insufferable and whiny. You can tell he must be vicious to underlings and people in the service industry. 😀

[@david89732]

This is what happens when you don’t bully nerdd

[@neil_mch]

He does describe himself as a 'globally recognized thought leader' His ego is so inflated it's amazing he doesn't explode.

[@peetky8645]

@@david89732 nerd is not the problem - hoemow is the problem. the narcissism and lack of self reflection and performative posturing is typical.

[@peetky8645]

@@sirosis7858 were him and mayor pete roomies in another decade? so stunning, so brave.

[@Daniel-sr3pd]

This professor is a prime example of whats wrong with our colleges.

[@thedbcooperforum]

wonder how small his house is????

[@PremiumUserUltra]

​@@thedbcooperforumthat bowtie costs more than what we both have on lol

[@thatONEmachine]

@@PremiumUserUltra so?

[@flipper184]

And he can't see his own hypocrisy.

[@StylesEste]

@@thatONEmachine Are you able to tell how arrogant the professor is based on mannerism and body language?

[@willwetherell7265]

Nothing but Love and prayers for Senator Kennedy ❤ You are a Bad Ass!! Thankyou Sir.

[@wdblocker]

I would love to be the aide who does Senator Kennedy's research to help with his preparation for these hearings.

[@billstevenson1623]

Talk about a nerdy professor, if his sanctimonious nose were any higher in the air, he wouldn't be able to see what's in front of himself.

[@marysander36]

😃😆😅

[@mahkuntizitchy2083]

@@tommyluke6407 Good one! Wouldn't be so funny if it wasn't so true! 👍✌

[@bw2569]

I'd pay him any amount if he could do ONE pull-up.

[@peggywoodard4162]

His nose is so high that he’ll drown if it rains.

[@whitesoxMLB]

No need to attack his appearance.

[@bobbyboywonder12]

Kennedy has an uncanny ability to make people feel and look stupid with his slow, southern draw, and whit. Man is a genius.

[@rhondarowland1487]

Absolutely!

[@nikkihoffman2891]

Completely! Love Senator Kennedy...

[@Tbone1952]

I wish Kennedy would run for POTUS

[@snelgrave101]

He's like a fisherman that hooks his fish right away then slowly just reels them in before clubbing their skulls in.

[@jerseymike4135]

The arrogant witnesses that go before Kennedy make themselves look stupid. Kennedy just gets the hook into them when they do. He’s brilliant.

[@A_007_W]

Kennedy is a legend ❤🎉

[@ebooksremoteaccountantsinc831]

In his own mind.

[@charlessigars7029]

I love this man! You, Sen. Kennedy, are a rockstar sir!

[@Montana_horseman]

That is not a professor, that is a person wearing a costume and playing the part of a professor. 100% grifter.

[@kctaz6189]

🤣😂💯💥‼💥 I am a non-violent person but my hand was itching to slap that professor's face!

[@willl7780]

yup

[@themorph8465]

He looked wetter than Whitney Houstons' last joint

[@dalestoner2928]

Seems to easy to become a Liberal Professor at Colleges these days. Just say your a tree hugger and your in.

[@karlwittmann303]

Not even. Good part!

[@johnjohntheleprechaun7499]

That professor is a prime example of the elitist attitude , where his rules apply to everyone else

[@tomaskling2429]

Its the motto of socialism. "Rules for thee but not for me".

[@Dr.Cosmar]

I just saw pride on full display. The way he wears that bowtie leads me to believe it's of the gay variety.

[@nucleargrizzly1776]

I had a professor throw me out of class for correcting her when she claimed that Nixon started the Vietnam War and Kennedy ended it. Nothing could convince her she was wrong. She died on that hill rather than admit she was wrong.

[@UTUBEJOHNNY74]

@@nucleargrizzly1776 I hope she taught math and not any history or social programs

[@gustaf8526]

The senator is making false equivalency logical fallacies. He is misrepresenting things to make it sound like the professor should find them objectionable and then cuts him off when he tries to explain. It is dishonest theater from the senator.

[@sharonthompson1655]

❤ senator Kennedy and his candor. That Tulane professor needs to be fired, he's a disgrace to Louisiana. We love Murphy oil. ❤

[@s-a-h8663]

“You consider Tulane an elite university”? Ouch!

[@thomaskaiakapu2672]

The hypocrisy is oozing from this ecowinny professor's mouth.

[@cherriblackmore2002]

Yes there should be jail time for that volume of hypocrisy.

[@weedy4518]

easy to take climate change as your subject when its not even measurable xD studies showed that when economy blooms and people get more wealthy they will care more for it... but these hypocrites talking BS non stop and never have a real solution we could apply in the real world... u want to shut down economy and make everyone poor? yeah good idea

[@markn3936]

The "international thought leaser" couldn't convince Tulane to return the 25 million donation.

[@J.DeLaPoer]

Climate change [as both impending catastrophe and man-made phenomenon] is the biggest hoax ever foisted on the world. It's easy to claim consensus on the issue when you exclude all dissenting scientists, and there are more than you think. Nearly all scientific funding depends on their models and views supporting the consensus. When an expert's conclusions don't match up with the anthropogenic climate disaster narrative, their reputation is smeared as "climate deniers" and "fringe researchers" and funding is cut. Hence the enormous vested interest in supporting the nonsense. Recall too the hundreds of claims and dire predictions, none of which ever happened. Like all doomsday cults though, they simply gaslight and move the goalposts. It's easy when you hold the purse strings and control the media. Here's a list of climate lies via the "settled science" and "experts": (I'm old enough to recall when it was global cooling!) 1966: oil gone in 10 years 1967: dire famine by 1975 1968: overpopulation crisis worldwide 1969: everyone will die by 1989 1970: world resources exhausted by 2000, urban citizens will require gas masks by 2000, nitrogen buildup in atmosphere will make Earth unlivable by 200, earth will be in ice age by 2000 1971: new ice age date changed to 2020 1972: new ice age date changed to 2070 1973: oil depleted entirely by 1993 1975: scientific consensus on earth cooling, imminent famine 1977: DOE says oil depleted entirely by 1997 1978: no end to cooling, resulting in worldwide ice age by 2050 1980: peak oil by 2000 1988: mass worldwide drought will ruin all crops 1988: maldive islands underwater by 2018 from global warming 1989: rising sea from ice cap melts will destroy nations by 2000 1989: NYC west side highway underwater from rising sea level by 2019 1996: peak oil by 2020 2000: children born now won't know what snow is by adulthood 2002: worldwide famine by 2012 if we don't give up meat and dairy 2004: Britain to be desolate like Siberia by 2024 2005: NYC will be underwater by 2015 from global warming 2006: worldwide hurricanes to destroy nations from climate change 2008: Arctic ice will have all completely melted by 2018 2008: "Climate Genius" Al Gore predicts ice-free Arctic by 2013 2009: "Climate Genius" Prince Charles says 96 months left to save planet from global warming 2009: UK Prime Minister says 90 days left to save the world from carbon 2009: "Climate Genius" Al Gore revises ice-free Arctic prediction to 2014 2013: Ice-free arctic by 2016 2014: Scientific Consensus is only 500 days before "climate chaos" 2015 and on: I could keep the timeline going, but by 2015 the hysteria ramps up so much in volume that the list of false claims would be triple the size just from 2015 to today... Now it's the 2020s, and here we have "Climate Experts" Greta Thunberg and our old friend Charles back to tell us this time climate disaster is really going to happen. Seriously! We promise! Even if we literally went back to the stone age, it would have no appreciable effect on the so called climate change according to the official metrics and models._ In fact, with China and India responsible for over 70% of all emissions worldwide, even if the entire Western world went back to the stone age we still wouldn't solve the supposed problem according to "The Science". And don't get me started on the whole misrepresentation of phenomena like wildfires to support the climate apocalypse nonsense, or the fact that the recent "hottest days ever in history" were achieved by measuring the surface temperature of blacktop runways at airports, instead of the world standard of measuring ambient air temperature at 2 meters above ground level. (You have to read the actual academic studies to get those inconvenient facts). But we can't let any such inconvenient facts get in the way of divisive pandering, insane activism, freedom-reducing legislation and tax grabs can we?

[@user-ln7so5dj2b]

eco winny Haha

[@Zebojr2kool]

I can hear the contempt this witness has for Sen. Kennedy

[@nasticanasta]

self-righteous indignation

[@FilmFlam-8008]

I couldn’t hear it over him sniffing his own farts.

[@goodday23456]

Kennedy is not an American hero. He sought Communists China investment into his state.

[@judyr9447]

He is 100% full of himself!

[@jerry42023]

​@@FilmFlam-8008😂dude is definitely straight outta Frisco.

[@kayttcreedon524]

John Kennedy....we need on every street corner of this country....speaking the truth and common sense! God Bless you

[@DebbieWestCoon]

I love Senator John Kennedy! He is smart, honest and thorough. He cares about the people and fairness.

[@johnkinsey5750]

If only Chuckie Shumer had half of Senator Kennedy;s common sense.

[@SueUTube]

Academia has gone down the tubes.

[@KB-ke3fi]

The left wing Democrats own the colleges.

[@mrrey8937]

These Universities with types of professors arent worth the the trash education they give. This professor just justified that it is ok for the university to receive $25 Million because they may think its ok but, he is telling everyone else that it isnt ok. Imagine the people he is teaching and what they are learning from this guy.........its not ok unless you pay me, I am privileged professor

[@Anon-xu3mn]

It’s a private club. Perpetual donations is the only way to get in.

[@benjaminfranklinkivettiv9433]

Yup. They are chasing the buck. The rest is just bs😅

[@Anon-xu3mn]

@@Think-dont-believe A degree is just a piece of paper to show their potential masters they went through the pain of getting an education in a career that is usually obsolete by the time they graduate.

[@cherylanne6549]

So embarrassing: I graduated from Tulane. There are many reasons why I've never given them money, and their politics is the main reason.

[@colleensmith3374]

I agree, wholeheartedly! Not a dime for mine here in Colorado! My oldest just graduated from Mines and no indoctrination there. Thank goodness.

[@michellekrueger5122]

Do not let your achievements ....be Sh*t on by them!

[@ralphholiman7401]

My mother graduated from Tulane. I’m glad she never saw what it became.

[@natyong]

Give donations to Campus Organizations that mirror your politics...I have/had a similar view as you and have been realizing they keep seeking donations from the Soros Types because they give ear-marked money and they want any money so they take what they can get.

[@WizzRacing]

Why should you.. They have their hands in Taxpayers pockets. As the student loan program funds them. And now they don't want to pay them back..All $1.6 Trillion... As they can not even find a job to pay it off. Why the Taxpayer should demand no more loans. As the Colleges get paid now. The taxpayers get the bill...

[@FidelCashflow_YT]

I believe him when he says he cant see the hypocrisy. In his head, he's "saving the world" and no one can tell him any different...

[@GrowingWardFamily]

If I was sitting behind Sen. Kennedy I would be laughing too much and probably wouldn't be allowed back. He is a trip.

[@ebooksremoteaccountantsinc831]

A bad trip.

[@lorenhamstra5964]

This Professor's blindness in telling others what to do is outrageous. Senator Kennedy has such a civil an cordial way of dismantling these arguments of the elites.

[@markallen2984]

He's a Southerner. There is a tradition of courtesy and good manners below The Mason Dixon Line.

[@jonathandewberry289]

Keep in mind, he is NOT blind at all. Far from blind. He knows exactly why he's lying, he is fully aware he gets off on the idea of controlling humans and jacks himself to it with full knowledge and forethought.

[@derekcostello1016]

I think poor people need to stop flying around on private jets while virtue signalling to the rest of us.

[@bbb462cid]

It's not blindness. It's a blend of narcissism and arrogance.

[@grafenr.3405]

The professor is a Marxist no doubt

[@mrobvious1100]

It's a shame we can't tap into all the wind created by these professors

[@mathewalby]

This is by far my favourite comment!!!🤣🤣😂

[@dingusamingus6402]

Well, given the fact that he wasn't given any chance to answer the questions and the guy doing all the talking was comparing mansions to university buildings without an ounce of irony, I think you're just as informed about which way the wind is blowing as you are climate change.

[@gerardmichaelburnsjr.]

Not so sure, that would be the ill wind that blows no one any good.

[@sergioh336]

Hahaha perfection

[@leroybrown2968]

@@dingusamingus6402Given that he tried to give inflated step around answers to the questions. He is a spewer of climate change propaganda

[@jeffanhorn]

This fella needs a 2x4 meeting! He is just a 😂 tool. Senator does a great job on the questions and presenting the facts.

[@slickdaddy12]

Kennedy is a treasure. Once in a very great while someone like him bless us. The gold standard of a patriot and statesman. Skillfully exposing professor's hypocrisy and complacency.

[@CSF77733]

This prof from Tulane's superiority complex is not helping him with his Common Sense IQ!

[@miker258]

Couldn’t agree more Very smug yet blatantly ignorant

[@TenGreenRangers]

Coal and Natural Gas provide 60% of US Electricity. Maybe offer Tulane 40% of their normal electricity consumption and see if they come to a new understanding about the importance of fossil fuels.

[@wokewokerman5280]

...like all lefties, he wants to live in a free country where you are free to have your personal agenda, then dictate how everyone else should live....

[@johnmeckel2319]

@TenGreenRangers Then Remove Everything That The College utilizes that's Created From Fossil Fuel! It would Undeniably turn into an Empty Bunch of Buildings, with Mostly Naked People Running around Claiming The Sky is Falling!

[@douglastodd1947]

He's certainly 100% Devoid of one ounce of Common Sense anywhere in his body. he's A Pin Head. Has he ever been asked to show proof he's a Professor , Looks more like an Actor in Part of a scene being filmed

[@superfast30]

That prof is as genuine as a designer bag from an open air market in India!

[@ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv]

designer bag knock offs are useful, pee wee herman prof guy not so much

[@jerry42023]

I'm sure he carries them

[@dawnrichter8126]

😂😂😂

[@karyne826]

Only he isn’t as useful!

[@kimberlybellard6972]

How did he get our governor to come up there??? Kennedy is a genius!!!

[@larrysevigny589]

So glad I went to HS and college when I did. It was the total opposite of woke back then and it wasn’t really that long ago.

[@christine2220]

Kennedy always makes me smile. Love how he questions

[@jadedsincejanuary2535]

Like a true politician

[@gwhiddon1]

Did you catch the smile of the man who introduced Kennedy? He's enjoying watching this.

[@christine2220]

Ya they no

[@slimerone]

Sen. Kennedy is such a beast.

[@chrislindsay3104]

I wish I could channel Kennedy when disputing a charge on a bill

[@goodday23456]

Kennedy is not an American hero. He sought Communists China investment into his state.

[@onamattapeeya]

​@@chrislindsay3104he reminds me of the old folks in my family, really nice and sweet until you talk back to them, then they verbally tear you to shreds with a smile on their face, and that's a good thing because I don't think every single politician needs to be a carbon copy of the last one, we need a little Variety in our politics, not all this tribalism where every vote is along party lines, I respect people that act on principles and don't just do what their party tells them and even when I disagree with the senator I don't hold any ill will because I know he has good intentions

[@Scalihoo]

Not really a beast { but I know your point } , more a skilled strategic patriot with skills.

[@onamattapeeya]

@@Scalihoo I like how people make fun of him for being a country boy, they're never able to disprove the things that he says, I would take an honest Country Boy over a dishonest city-slicker any day

[@TS1r731]

The extended use of the phrase “McMansions” is hilarious. You’re the best of them Sen. Kennedy! Keep getting after all these fools and corrupt people

[@jacktomasek7171]

If this guy is the type of professor we are churning out at the college level we are in big trouble ! Tulane better " Wake Up " ! The Fossil Fuel Industry MADE your University what it is today !

[@strawberryfields2680]

Senator Kennedy is a national treasure, and he’s a gift to Louisiana. ❤ God bless this very special man.

[@11antun]

This Man is a treasure for all that love good, honest man! Love from Estern Europa

[@catherinehall4862]

Oh He is brilliant,tuning in from Scotland btw.Could watch Him all day.😆

[@erikstekelenburg3020]

No family, but another brilliant Kennedy 😊 Support from Europe ❤ Get up People

[@stevethomas7347]

Totally agree, he is a legend...South Wales, UK

[@dehydratedwater9806]

I'm all for term limits, but I'd hate to lose him as my Senator in south Louisiana

[@549BR]

If only we had more Senators like John Kennedy.

[@DavidCraig-go1zv]

The professor needs to get a real job.

[@tomaszstramel3594]

Either he was disingenuous when signing that letter, or he violated his own principles by not protesting when his university accepted money from fossil fuel companies. It's definitely a show of confusion or lack of standards.

[@Aircool212]

A prime example of how education and intelligence are very different things.

[@michaelmarron8441]

Perhaps the argument is pitched by the academic is at a higher level than you are able to process

[@torbjornlindberg3246]

No. It's a prime example of scientists expecting honest questions, not sophistry. This is a classic liars technique designed to create a general impression of dishonesty in someone in order to dismiss their competence in another field.

[@josephwalsh7546]

As the Wizard of Oz said to the scarecrow -- You don't need a brain, you need a certificate.

[@Aircool212]

@@michaelmarron8441 Fuck me, that escalated quickly!

[@dingusamingus6402]

You're right. RFK Jr doesn't know the difference between a university building used by hundreds of people and a mansion used by a single family, and neither do most of the rubes in these comments. They're here to jerk their confirmation bias off in public.

[@davidnadeau7308]

"If there weren't double standards, there wouldn't be standards at All", great statement from my favorite Politician.

[@mandyviv57]

He certainly is a prime advocate for double standards.

[@chaseflores2145]

Ohhh buddy 😂 this guys sole mission is to line corporate pockets so they will in turn line his meanwhile depriving the middle and lower class

[@starkiller9897]

😂😂😂 That line killed it. Had me rolling around in laughter!!🤣

[@seanduffy7730]

He’s the best one liner in there

[@crsy3]

How do these people get in front of Sen. Kennady and not be at least a little bit prepared. Because every time he brings it

[@grahamrobbins7926]

Gonna go ahead and file this one under "Rules for me, and rules for thee"

[@darwinchristian3450]

And this geek educates our children ,it doesn't get any scarier than that,may god help us all

[@mikebrown9850]

No, he indoctrinates our children!

[@chrisferretti7020]

I'm pretty sure he graduated from geek to dork.

[@peetky8645]

@@chrisferretti7020 the whiny, smug, superior affect is due to his sexual preference. That is not geek/dork behavior, it is mayor pete behavior.

[@nobodyshome6792]

He teaches at a University, therefore he teaches adults, not children.

[@user-cg7dg7uv8f]

"I just pretend to be an intelligent, knowledgeable, and learned college professor who is qualified to recommend how everyone else should live, yet those same recommendation do not apply to me, because logic."

[@briandaley8310]

brilliant concise description

[@miniarcadesystems7975]

I’d listen to Senator Kennedy all day long. It’s a pity there not more like him around the world

[@DavidLee-xi1of]

That professor was full of it. If he did as much research as he does believing he knows everything. He might pass high-school.

[@qssneaky]

There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy. Hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.

[@keithseidel2970]

That was hilarious. I love Kennedy, so wise and definitely you’d have to have a sense of humour to do what he’s doing to be sane😂

[@johannadavis7594]

Imagine someone asking you what you do for a living and you reply " Im a thought leader"

[@TenGreenRangers]

Keenan's PhD is in Real Estate Planning... yet calls himself a "global thought leader on climate change". I figured you'd need a degree in Meteorology to even begin to move into that realm. Bait and switch.

[@lisaajaster]

Professor Keenan is not a decision maker for any of the things he's being asked about. He also makes a good point about public vs. private spaces.

[@Kenshin6321]

His excuse is literally "it's ok when we do it."

[@danielbates9674]

Unbelievable, that this person would be hired to teach at any university.

[@LakeNipissing]

It is exactly what the WEF wants

[@deathnsd6953]

no doubt it was their first choice

[@johnaltman1942]

I wouldn't hire him after I seen those eyebrows 😮

[@LakeNipissing]

@@johnaltman1942 Those jumping things were the most ridiculous ever !!

[@johannaroets7496]

Just love Mr Kennedy he is sharp with his questioning. 👋 from SAfrica ❤

[@margaretimmel1139]

I love Senator Kennedy!

[@davidbrick626]

"If Washington D.C. didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all." 🤣

[@MrSamuelatkinson1]

As an Englishman, I wish we had a man like Senator Kennedy representing our country. I have nothing but respect for him and the USA

[@SuperMellow21]

Totally agree :)

[@RefrishX]

In any place, I always trust old dogs, biggest reason keeping things in place

[@larrypritchett9608]

Sadly, He's' one of a very few.

[@kennylloyd7645]

Then you will be delighted to know that both: Halliburton and ExxonMobile are about to start fracking for gas at Dunsfold, in Surrey. This site is only 41 miles from central London, so they will get: sinkholes; quakes; water pollution and shortages for them. This island is oil and gas rich, and that's all the Yanks are interested in FRACKING FRACKING FRACKING for 30 YEARS. You will end up hating the people you claim to love, just ask the rest of the world

[@angelicamichelle1646]

You can campaign and vote for him I'd like to see him AND that black collage professor/doctor win but I've always been a dreamer

[@miriambertram2448]

Kudos to sen. Kennedy AND his staff's excellent research.

[@andreacapo4381]

This why I prefer trade school, or a community over any universities. Just seeing and hearing the hypocrisy of that so called professor Love Senator Kennedy

[@sankalp3513]

This professor is the epitome of why people should never give money to their alma maters.

[@68air]

Senator Kennedy is a national treasure!

[@ryans8227]

“Now that just sucks.” Love it.

[@johnholmes5151]

Another reason why universities are NOT WORTH the money! This arrogant man who calls himself a professor is really just an activist and everyone at that school should just pull their kids from any of his classes!!

[@jojodiver8706]

That professor needs to go back to whatever college he bought that education and demand a refund. Clearly he was ripped off.

[@yt_hatesfreespeech]

am i the only one who sees a huge problem with individuals in our society labeling themselves as Influencer and Thought Leader? how come there is zero pushback on this new and disturbing trend? have we learned anything from human history?

[@catbriggs8362]

It's a short distance from "Thought Leaders" to "Thought Enforcers."

[@snowwhite5842]

I'm okay with influencers, just the kind that encourage others to do selfless acts of kindness. The influencers right now are just selling worthless junk from China and getting paid for it.

[@ronniechilds2002]

I like to think it's because nobody is paying them any attention or taking them seriously enough to react, but I', probably dreaming.

[@OneWildTurkey]

Why no pushback? The anonymity of the internet.

[@tragene2250]

Just because he had a thought when he was seven, he thinks he is a thought leader.

[@kenromaine2387]

I would hate to be in one of the Prof. classes. What a nut job...!

[@LilMissPatriot]

Senator John Kennedy is the absolute BEST!!

[@royknowlton2947]

"now that just sucks!" John Kennedy has to be one of my favorite senators, ever!

[@M4c223c]

Just read this comment while hearing that statement. Gold lol

[@erikstekelenburg3020]

Same here 😂 Great man 👍

[@starkiller9897]

Seeing him in action is brilliant. Class act!!

[@Lomojo31]

I'm sure he thinks very highly of himself.

[@jerrylyons9279]

yet he's ignorant.

[@user-ig1gn2ze3l]

this "professor" just got schooled and took a real lesson from a real PROFESSOR! if all senators were like Mr Kennedy USA would be THE place to live please take good care of this gentelman .

[@faynettehochstetler001]

I absolutely love Senator Kennedy. He is one of our FINEST, most Brilliant, most Logical, Wisest, Most Honorable and BEST REPRESENTATIVE of the people of the US who want to keep our Representative Republic government!! He is a Gentleman in the best use of that word.

[@donnalowery9039]

Right out the gate the professor lies about not knowing how much money he got last time he did a gig

[@johnmeckel2319]

That Was a HUGE Lie! Anybody That Gets an Extremely Large Sum of Money For simply Spewing His Garbage, Knows Exactly How Much He Was Paid! Only a Complete Fool Would Believe His Obvious Lie!

[@flipper184]

He remembered what they told the Tax Man. So he couldn't answer.

[@THOMMGB]

Senator Kennedy: "Can you give me a ballpark figure how much you made?" Professor Pompous Prissy Pants: "I really don't know." ??? Senator Kennedy: "And out of the money that you generate in speaking fees, how much do you donate to fight climate change?" Professor Pompous Prissy Pants: "Isn't your time to question me about up?"

[@jeffzimmerman4281]

That man teaches our youth! I sent my intelligent son to college he came home anti everything and full of babbling bullshit thanks to professors like that!

[@james6275]

sorry bout that I sent my son to tech school and he is a high tension linesman making 6 digits and he is non-babbling

[@lindakent6804]

We love and thank Senator Kennedy!

[@patrose9950]

We are very Proud of Senator Kennedy! He's one of last of our decent Men! There's not a Democrat theres

[@snowwhite5842]

Wow, not only did he admit to being a hypocrite, he did so with his nose stuck up in the air. I honestly think he works in such an echo chamber that he actually believed his own explanation and doesn't see how out of touch he is.

[@shanewoods1980]

Sen. Kennedy has my respect, and the “professor” from “that school” sucks as a person too much hypocrisy with him/she/it/they

[@winnon992]

And to think Medical Doctors come out of Tulane ! We don’t need to operate , it’ll use too much energy and plastics !

[@shanewoods1980]

@@winnon992 I agree with you!! This way of thinking is ludicrous

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

That little cutie over Sen. Kennedy’s shoulders worked hard with my caucus to pass the RISE Act in my shorts

[@jennihudson9484]

Well said Mr Kennedy “if you don’t have double standards then you would have no standards at all.”

[@jimtownsend7899]

So the “professor” deems it not appropriate to harangue his own university to return fossil fuel funds, opting to state it is the university’s prerogative. Yet, he feels quite comfortable insisting that universities at which he is not employed should return fossil dollars. Wouldn’t that be THEIR prerogative as well? And for such an erudite and intelligent fellow, he is quite dense. He sees no irony? He truly can’t see the forest through his hypocrisy.

[@Gibby34340]

"Do as I say, not as I do"

[@marniionmee2140]

Rules for thee and not for me

[@thomasobstarczyk4948]

He's afraid to bite the hand that feeds him.

[@PeteQuad]

What, you are advocating he harass his employer? He has no control over what the administration does, he is simply providing his point of view to the world. Why don't you harass your employer for everything they do you don't agree with?

[@pablorobles1277]

That's the problem with many "intellectuals" They are smug, arrogant and condescending. A little humility and acknowledgement that even though they may be well studied on a particular subject, they are not the ultimate arbitrator on any given subject. As history has shown us, when you think you are an expert on something, science has a way of humbling you.

[@blogumlego601]

No, he doesn't see any hypocrisy.

[@robertmather6152]

Do you give that money to Tulane? No I do not. That says everything you need to know about this hypocrite

[@robertdiogenes2655]

Not an ounce of common sense in this Instructor. He does NOT deserve the title professor….unless it’s The Nutty Professor

[@bravetitangrizzly]

“Idk guys, I just don’t feel enough like a pompous asshole..” “Here, wear these glasses and put on this bow tie, and do weird squinty stuff with your eyes and face” “Fucking nailed it!”

[@MrEkzotic]

LOL. Exactly.

[@bellanoche6797]

Hilarious

[@moondoggie1987]

Not just that but I am sure he shaved his eyebrows to be as ridiculous as possible along with the outfit and mannerisms.

[@dennistarrant3174]

And notice that his bowtie is crooked, which is symbolic of his phoney-baloney propaganda talking points.

[@kingjackupeace5844]

What that professor gave to this part, of this possibly larger hearing, of this committee, just shows how scary Academia really is, especially for those who continue their education beyond the twelfth grade of high school. Really scary.

[@onamattapeeya]

They're out of touch, and we really need an overhaul of our education system, I've known quite a few people that paid a lot for useless degree that they never got to use, and University professors seem to look down on trade schools as inferior but they have a much higher employment right because they teach actual skills, you might not be able to get a job if you've got some sort of liberal arts degree but a plumber will never go unemployed...

[@kingjackupeace5844]

@@onamattapeeya well I do agree with you!

[@normgambell7013]

You can tell this proffesor has never been out of school. May be well educated but still has the mind set of a 15 yr. old when it comes to reality.

[@ugsisr]

It's a joy to watch Senator Kennedy question...

[@kevindunn5650]

It's amazing how some people wear hypocrisy like a badge of honor.

[@tomestubbs]

Especially the Repugnican party, but it matters not, they are incapable of connecting-the-dots probably because they were poorly educated.

[@nockit86]

Only if they are a liberal though.

[@YoutubeShadowCensors]

What did you think was hypocritical? Or are you just parroting what you heard the old men say?

[@Mamothrept]

Senator Kennedy is great at holding people's feet to the fire, and the professor is someone I suspect causes more harm than good in the world. But objectively speaking, there was no hypocrisy in his answers in this video.

[@kevindunn5650]

@@KZbinShadowCensors The guy says schools shouldn't take fossil fuel money but won't condemn his own school from taking fossil fuel money? I have no idea why I would think that is hypocritical.

[@stephanie26160]

Kennedy earns his money-one of the few. He always comes prepared and he doesn’t mind pointing out hypocrisy. One of my favorites.

[@TexansKNOW]

He is in favor of "wind" energy, which I call HOT AIR POWERED BY ELECTRIC ENGINES. That means he's invested in those high level JUNK turbines, and just like any other politician investing in JUNK, he'll praise it and support it til death does part him from it. He is a thief. End of story.

[@lennyhipp]

LOLOL *WHERE* is the hypocrisy here? There isn't any. Kennedy is stupidly comparing things that aren't even closely related here.

[@stephanie26160]

@@lennyhipp The hypocrisy is quite simple to see. A letter signed by this professor demanding elite universities not accept money from fossil fuel companies, while the university he works at accepts large sums. To begrudge people that live in large homes and he lives in one…what part of hypocrisy do you not understand. He is a very typical elite that seems to accept two sets of guidelines-one for the elites and one for the rest of us. All the while preaching that we aren’t doing enough. Elites is not the description I’d use-scum is more fitting. And for Kennedy? It seems to me that he was trying to get to the truth, until you debate an issue in truth, you can’t expect results. He was simply giving us a clear picture of this professor so we can decide how serious to take him. Excellent job:)

[@tedmarakas2626]

He's smart. He knows how to put people in their place using plain English and awesome one line punchlines.

[@jameslauder3984]

He always does it politely too. Class act.

[@chrissignal8857]

He's not an accidental hire he's right where they want him.

[@hsu5]

Best interview ever. That so called professor has never worked a real day in his life, he most likely could not even flick a breaker in his super mini house if the power goes out.

[@SeemsFutileNow]

I'd like to buy this so called Professor for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth.

[@sugarfalls1]

🤣🤣🤣

[@gayleclark8870]

Can't help but love this man. Sen.Kennedy you are one in a million,to bad NC doesn't have someone like you.

[@GaZonk100]

too bad indeed

[@kimdeese6410]

We have Lt. Governor Mark Robinson. He is an awesome man and will do great things for North Carolina. 🇺🇸

[@gayleclark8870]

Lt. Governor Mark Robinson I do believe will Stand up for what's right and true. He cares about the people.

[@yesher12]

The professor has them twitchy eyes. Couldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. I graduated from a Texas public univesity in 1990 and we had zero professors like this. I'm sure my alma mater is teaming with them now. Sigh. Senator Kennedy shows him what's what in La.

[@dr.s.p.]

He’s a total disgrace to a bow tie!