And while we’re talking about gastrointestinal emissions…

Via Blogprof, a story sure to get your eyes watering:

(Wisconsin Rep. James) Sensenbrenner condemned a proposed tax from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on cattle and some pigs on the basis of those animals’ methane emissions, which contribute in part to global climate change.

“This cow fart tax shows how outrageous the whole global warming and climate change debate is,” Sensenbrenner said during an appearance on Fox News. “It might be more civilized. The EPA calls it digestive gases. We all call those farts.”

…”Well, the average Joe, when he goes to the supermarket and buys any kind of dairy product or beef or pork is going to end up paying through the nose to pay for the cow fart tax,” Sensenbrenner said.

He said the issue was “no laughing matter.”

Well that’s debatable.

One more thing, also from the Free Republic story:

“This is not feeling like a career high for me,” Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly deadpanned during the interview.

The story stinks, in other words. Even Megyn Kelly doesn’t have a skirt short enough to distract from the stench.

One more thing, via the AP:

Doesn’t that look like a two-headed cow? But it’s not. Caption:

This June 16, 2009 photo shows Tim Maikshilo holding open the mouth of one of his Holsteins in Coventry, Vt. Yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm wants its cows to burp less. It’s for a noble cause: cutting down on the gases that contribute to global warming. Working with 15 Vermont farms to change cows’ diets so they emit less methane, it has already reduced cow burping by as much as 18 percent. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)