Palin Trashes Science

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Registered: 08-20-2008
Palin Trashes Science
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Sat, 10-25-2008 - 4:57pm

In her first policy speech she trashes autism research in France involving fruit flies. Sounds reasonable if you don't know anything about autism, or research.

Here is the truth:

1. The research was in the United States, not France. Can you please get your facts right Palin?

2. Fruit flies, like rats, are standard fare in basic research. Trashing research because fruit flies are involved is really dumb.

3. The research in question actually has shown great promise in discovering the causes of autism.

Here it all is in a revealing segment: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#27367248

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/24/palin-fruit-flies/

Palin is so uninformed it's ridiculous. And by the way, this is like the umpteenth thing she and McCain have said would be exempt from their "across the board" spending freeze.

PS It's a hoot that she says Republicans are for kids with special needs. She should know that Bush basically screwed us on that front by delaying embryonic stem cell research for 8 years. Bush and the Republicans held up the research on religious grounds. All the while Rove was running around calling the religious right "nuts." As David Kuo, the former faith based advisor to the White House who became disgusted with the Republicans and quit revealed, these people are just hypocrites.

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Registered: 10-08-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 7:46pm

*sigh* anyone with even the smallest background in biological research understands that Drosophila

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Registered: 10-23-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 7:56pm

Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

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Registered: 01-12-2004
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 7:57pm

Ah, yes, but I doubt that there were many in her audience who know anything about the value of fruit flies to biological research.

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Registered: 10-08-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 8:23pm
Good point.
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Registered: 08-20-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 9:00pm
You are right! Sorry I missed it. The more attention on this the better. And I give you all the credit for raising it first.
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Registered: 08-20-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 9:01pm
She keeps saying her father was a science teacher. It doesn't show when she keeps trashing basic science and placing creationism above science.
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Registered: 10-12-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 9:39pm

Hmmm...I smell Keith Olbermann here.

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Registered: 10-20-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 9:50pm

Well - actually if she was talking about the olive fruit fly research there would be valid reasons for that as well. Seems the Olive fruit fly has made it's way to the US and poses a severe economic threat. Maybe Sarah just doesn't like olives?

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74112.html

Keith Oberman's statement is also valid as it is not totally clear what her objection to fruit fly research is - in either case it seems to be valid and necessary research.

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 10:17pm

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Again you really shouldn't listen to Olbermann.

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Registered: 07-03-2008
Sat, 10-25-2008 - 10:49pm
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