Joe McCarthy comes to life in Ken Cuccinelli

Uh, Ken, can you change your name to King Pleezixdiff?

This blog is rife with stories of right-wing Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's abuse of his office and his ignorance of the law. Now it's coming to the fore again with his war against academic freedom and climate change science.

Last week, Kookinelli demanded that the University of Virginia hand over documents about climate change written by a former professor. Some of these are private e-mails dating back to 1999.

Cuccinelli accuses the university of making up climate change.

Uh, Ken? Scientists all over the world have known about climate change for decades now. Hell, even I've known about it since I was in high school over 20 years ago. What's next? Is Kooky going to force mathematicians to hand over documents that say 2 plus 2 is 4?

The embattled Attorney General gave the university until May 27 to produce all said documents.

If I was the university, I'd tell Cuccinelli to eat my Hanes. If he wants to arrest me, let him look stupid.

Kookinelli has turned the Virginia Attorney General's office into his own moated palace for imposing his agenda of coddling corporate allies while policing thoughts and personal behavior.

(Source: http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/cuccinelli_tells_u.va._to_hand_over_ex-professors_documents_on_climate_chan/342016)