"It's Dr. Brinkley, Rice is a university," and "I know you went to Yuba [Community College in California] and couldn't graduate — "

Ever wanted to tell a congressman in person that they work for you, the taxpayer? Well, Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University professor, certainly did, although perhaps the middle of a House hearing wasn't the best time and place. At a Natural Resources Committee hearing Friday on oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) mistakenly addressed the professor as "Dr. Rice" while calling his testimony "garbage." Brinkley interrupted, saying: "It's Dr. Brinkley, Rice is a university," and "I know you went to Yuba [Community College in California] and couldn't graduate — " Then it was Young's turn to interrupt. "I'll call you anything I want to call you when you sit in that chair," he told the witness. "You just be quiet." Brinkley countered: "You don't own me. I pay your salary. I work for the private sector and you work for the taxpayer."

Don Young is the republican scumbag who famously said the Gulf Oil spill was "not an environmental disaster," just nature taking its course. Congressman Young has been included in the annual listing of the most corrupt members of Congress complied by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and he was listed as the third-worst congressman by the popular magazine Rolling Stone.