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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 04/10/2010 : 14:31:36
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Wide awake now, are we? Well relax, it's intellectual nudity, not T&A.
Palin: America does not need ‘this snake oil science stuff’
By Stephen C. Webster
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 -- 1:46 pm
Up yours, scientists.
That's essentially the message sent by former politician Sarah Palin during a recent speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, where she disparaged the work of thousands of the world's top minds to the delight of a large crowd that laughed, clapped and cheered her on the whole way.
She was addressing the increasingly urgent matter of global climate change when Palin whipped out a gem of a quote, telling the conference-goers that American does not need "this snake oil science stuff" and calling climate science "Gore-gate."
The former half-term governor was attempting to make a reference to the so-called "Climate-gate" affair that was orchestrated over a set of leaked emails from the University of East Anglia, providing the world with insight to an internal dispute between teams of scientists. The whole "scandal" is better known to MSNBC host Rachael Maddow as "total bull-pucky": fictional claims blown so out of proportion by right-wing media that the masses at least partially accept it.
In the midst of describing what she thinks America really needs, Palin belted out a truly amazing run-on sentence: "We should create a competitive climate for investment and for renewables and alternatives that are economical and doable and none of this snake oil science stuff that is based on this global warming, Gore-gate stuff that came down where there was revelation that the scientists, some of these scientists were playing political games."
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Put that way, our heroine of the McCain debacle a year of so back doesn't look all that good. Indeed, my younger daughter's flock of chickens shows a greater intelligence and grasp of a given situation, and they produce eggs. A pity the same can't be said for Sarah, who has yet to produce anything of any value al all.
I really think she needs to change her style -- TAKE IT OFF, SARAH! TAKE IT ALL OFF! BABE!! 
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2010 : 14:39:50 [Permalink]
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No fair, Filthy! I believe you used that trick OP title before. Just because it worked on me again, doesn't make it right, dammit!
Frightening, isn't it, how powerful the distrust of the scientific "elites" is, isn't it? That is the populist anti-intellectual tiger that Palin is riding. Mere reality don't come into it. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 04/10/2010 : 15:00:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
No fair, Filthy! I believe you used that trick OP title before. Just because it worked on me again, doesn't make it right, dammit!
Frightening, isn't it, how powerful the distrust of the scientific "elites" is, isn't it? That is the populist anti-intellectual tiger that Palin is riding. Mere reality don't come into it.
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If memory serves, that's the third time I've used it.  The way our Sarah's ricocheting around, I'll probably get to use it again. Works pretty well, doesn't it?
Sarah Palin is kind of like a flat tire. It's only flat on one side, but you'll never spin it fast enough to get that flat spot on top.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 04/14/2010 : 12:15:45 [Permalink]
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Yep. I knew this would already be out here, but I expected the link to be under Humor.
| "this snake oil science stuff" |
said the former half-term governor and current half-wit teabag entertainer.
Of course she did make $12,000,000 in the past 9 months off her adoring nitwit fans. |
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Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. -Anonymous |
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podcat
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 04/17/2010 : 01:35:58 [Permalink]
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| ew, ew, ew. I need a shower. Badly. |
“In a modern...society, everybody has the absolute right to believe whatever they damn well please, but they don't have the same right to be taken seriously”.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2010 : 07:43:41 [Permalink]
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The nekkid she-ape speaks!
Sarah Palin Mangles Obama’s Quotes To Paint Him As America-Hater
We should probably resign ourselves to the fact that every utterance Sarah Palin makes is widely going to be treated as news until she declares she isn’t running for president. And quite possibly beyond. So all we can do is try to fact-check what she says and hope others do the same.
The latest: In a new Facebook missive, Palin butchered Obama’s quotes at the nuke summit in a strikingly dishonest (even for her) way, tearing them out of context to suggest he’s uncomfortable wielding American power and is hostile towards American exceptionalism:
Mr. President, is a strong America a problem?
Asked this week about his faltering efforts to advance the Middle East peace process, President Obama did something remarkable. In front of some 47 foreign leaders and hundreds of reporters from all over the world, President Obama said that “whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower.”
Whether we like it or not? Most Americans do like it.
Here’s what the President actually said:
But what we can make sure of is, is that we are constantly present, constantly engaged, and setting out very clearly to both sides our belief that not only is it in the interests of each party to resolve these conflicts but it’s also in the interest of the United States. It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower, and when conflicts break out, one way or another we get pulled into them. And that ends up costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure.
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Bolding from the orginal.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2010 : 08:05:03 [Permalink]
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Gee, I wonder where a wacko fundy like Palin learned that little cherry-picking trick? Could it be she's learned that from Fox News, or from the Creationist toolbox?
That "quote" was not only ripped out of context, it was a minor fraction of a complex paragraph -- the middle fraction of a longer sentence! -- presented as a stand-alone statement. Palin's not even honest enough to put in ellipses. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2010 : 10:31:53 [Permalink]
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| So, Palin is a lying bitch. What else is new? |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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Sarah Palin NAKED!
