Comments on: Republicans Reject Science; Scientists Reject Republicans

By: azportsider

azportsider — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:31:21 +0000

It’s no surprise to me. True intellectuals look at the facts, discarding outworn ideas for better and more accurate ones. They amend or even scrap incorrect paradigms for ones that more accurately predict outcomes. Can you imagine the ideologically-driven GOPers ever doing that? Worse, they made a deal with the devil–in this case the fundangelicals, to get their votes, you know–and now the fundies have taken over their party. As long as those idiots are in charge, there’ll be no new ideas from the GOPers, and the Republican party as we know it will swirl ever faster down into the toilet bowl of history.

By: texasaggie

texasaggie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:16:10 +0000

It could have been worse. He could have appointed that other dipstick who also homeschools her kids. But he also could have appointed the Republican Baptist whose name escapes me at the moment who voted to exclude the elliptical references to creationism because he felt that religion did not belong in the science classroom, not because he didn’t believe in creationism.

Goodhair is angling for the win in the Republican primary against Kay B. and according to a poll I saw yesterday, he is now leading among Republicans by a considerable margin. I don’t know whether it would be better for Texicans to have Goodhair win the primary because then he would lose big in the general election (assuming that the Democrats actually come up with someone decent), or have Kay B. win because she has to be better than Goodhair.

By: chimpyissatan

chimpyissatan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:38:07 +0000

For some reason CCD keeps coming up on FDL. FYI, there is now strong scientific evidence that this is not a man-made phenomenon, rather is the result of a viral epidemic.

By: A Siegel

A Siegel — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:12:41 +0000

Well put …

‘demand to always “ask the next question”‘ …

If one assumes that what one knows is fundamental truth, it seems as if there are no questions to ask. No?

By: AZ Matt

AZ Matt — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:23:45 +0000

Did you get smoker and the hat net and all of the rest of the goodies?

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:19:55 +0000

Can you imagine what the U.S. would be like is the Founding Fathers were not children of the Enlightenment? It’s beginning to look what what it would have been right from the getgo, absent Enlightment.

By: kuvasz

kuvasz — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:17:00 +0000

Modern science is driven by the inquisitive nature of the mind that was promoted by the attitude of the Enlightenment. American-style conservatives are fundamentally opposed to the Enlightenment and its demand to always “ask the next question.” So there is little wonder that people who are drawn to ask the next question are opposed to a political ideology that considers asking the next question heretical.

By: Blue Texan

Blue Texan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:15:49 +0000

Holy shit.

6%?!

That’s shocking.

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:12:09 +0000

My hive arrived two weeks ago Tuesday, so I’m a real neophyte. I have a beekeeper who will do the dirty work, if and until I learn & decide I want to do it for myself. Meanwhile, I’m have great fun learning about honeybees. Won’t get any honey this year, owing to newness of hive and their need to prepare for winter, but I’m looking forward to next year’s harvest.

I inadvertantly disabled a bumblebee on my back porch this evening. She was investigating my sneakers, when I put my heavy sandals down next to the sneakers and lopped off one of her legs. I suspect she was not in top form to begin with.

By: nahant

nahant — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:10:35 +0000

Oh is that how they go?