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7 Jaw-Droppingly Dumb Things Republicans Think About Science

POSTED BY: Niki2
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NIKI2

Monday, July 8, 2013 6:45 PM

Okay, Byte, BIG prize for the first, unexpected guffaw of the morning. That was GREAT, thank you!

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I would also second the assertion that if it's a politician, there's a good bet that they're an idiot. At this point I almost suspect it's part of the requirements for the job - dumb people are easier for lobbyists to control.

I would agree, some of the time. Some of the time they say things I think they HAVE to know are stupid, but they say them for the sake of their base, which IS ignorant, and because ":dumb people are easier for" politicians to get to vote for them...

But the squid..."science quits"...that's priceless...I had to go back Twice and giggle at it again!

AURAPTOR

Monday, July 8, 2013 9:21 PM

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And let's not forget about Guam tipping over for having too many US troops on it! At least according to Hank Johnson ( no, he wasn't kidding )

Poor rappy, even calling himself a liar now.

You can just leave this conversation son, you have nothing to contribute, other than being a case-in-point.

You keep using that word. It does not mean what you think it means.

* I guess you'd call Obama a liar too, for changing his view on gay marriage ? Same thing here. Looking at the known information, and 'evolving' to a different view than held before.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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MAL4PREZ

Monday, July 8, 2013 10:30 PM

Yeah, I've heard all these. So very sad. But here's a thought it gave me.

I've noticed that the Repubs tend to take anything that is effective against them and attempt to turn around and use it to help them. Even if it makes no damned sense. Prime example: In 2008 there was a ton of well-earned discussion of how W was the worst president ever. We all know what happened. His popularity tanked, his party got crushed, etc.

So the Repubs scratched their heads and figured: wow, that really worked! Let's try that too! Before O was barely in office they were already crying: "Worst President ever!" And they continue to say it over and over, though the evidence just isn't there. O is far from perfect, but the US in 2013 is hella improved over the US in 2008.

The evidence of how W sucked was all over the place. Hello - US in 2008 vs the US in 2000? Yep. It's all been posted here, so I won't get into it.

Point is: This reveals something about the way the Republican establishment thinks. They don't grok *evidence*. That whole scientific method of being guided by unfiltered and honest observations of reality just does not happen for them. Their "truth" is whatever will get them where they want to go.

There are decades of evidence of minority and poor voter suppression, so the Voting Rights Act was passed. Cons thought: A-ha! If you cry foul about elections, you can get laws that help you get your way! And so all the shouting about voter fraud and ID's. It doesn't matter to them that there is very little evidence of voter fraud.

Evidence/data is not the point to them. Getting their way is all that matters.

OK, all that might be pretty obvious to those of us who aren't brainwashed into worshiping a political faction. I just hadn't before connected Republican political maneuvers to their lack of capacity for science.

It really is all about evidence/data/observations/reality vs self-will-run-riot.

1KIKI

Monday, July 8, 2013 10:59 PM

I find that extremely insightful.

NIKI2

Monday, July 8, 2013 11:09 PM

Interesting, Mal4. That same dynamic can be seen on many other issues, as well. Just as an example, abortion. You might have a very good point.

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Their "truth" is whatever will get them where they want to go. ... Evidence/data is not the point to them. Getting their way is all that matters.

That certainly fits with what I've observed over time.

MAL4PREZ

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 3:30 AM

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I find that extremely insightful.

Thanks Kiki. :)

Niki - this reality/facts issue does seem to be a theme lately, doesn't it?

AURAPTOR

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 10:53 AM

The race baiters are always on the clock, 24/7.

Dallas County officials spar over ‘black hole’ comment

A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre this afternoon.

County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle other paperwork normally done by the JP Courts.

Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections “has become a black hole” because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.

Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud “Excuse me!” He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a “white hole.”

That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.

Mayfield shot back that it was a figure of speech and a science term. A black hole, according to Webster’s, is perhaps “the invisible remains of a collapsed star, with an intense gravitational field from which neither light nor matter can escape.”

Other county officials quickly interceded to break it up and get the meeting back on track. TV news cameras were rolling, after all

http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2008/07/dallas-county-meeting-turns
-ra.html/

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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M52NICKERSON

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 1:58 PM

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Nice confabulation there Niki.

But all fall well short of Sheila Jackson Lee's asking if the Mars Rover could go take a pic of the flag the Apollo astronauts left . On the MOON!

Or what of Major Owens, who said that centuries of slave traders dumping dead/ alive Africans overboard en route to America changed the feeding habits of sharks in the Atlantic ocean?

And let's not forget about Guam tipping over for having too many US troops on it! At least according to Hank Johnson ( no, he wasn't kidding )

Yes. Some elected officials are morons.

Here is the difference. The Democrates are not trying to pass legislation based on what these people believe.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.

NIKI2

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 2:14 PM

Yeah, Nick, there is that...not to mention the fact that Rap has to do some digging to find dumb stuff, and go back quite a ways, whereas Republicans of one stripe or another seem to say them almost daily!

Jackson Lee: 2005
Owens: 2001
Johnson's JOKE: 2010 -- "The subtle humor of this obviously metaphorical reference to a ship capsizing illustrated my concern about the impact of the planned military buildup on this small tropical island,” he said in a statement. http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/guam-will-tip-over-and-c
apsize-comment-was-joke-said-rep-johnson-32624.html

We debunked that Johnson one long ago; apparently Rap has to really reach, and even repeat what's been put to rest, to try and make some kind of "point". He does this frequently, brings up things we put to rest as if we never discussed them. It's pretty sad.

AURAPTOR

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 4:03 PM

Nickerson - nonsense. They all do it. ObamaCare a good bill? It's beyond disastrous .
AGW ? A fairytale movement meant to punish wealthy nations & redistribute resources to poor nations under the guise of saving the planet. Same stupid , just different goals.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall