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: 09-26-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 11:20pm
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Registered: 10-20-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 11:22pm
Apparently not! But do you think it would change anything if she did? I think someone has too much invested in an earlier post to reevaluate their stance.
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Registered: 10-08-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 11:22pm

I must thank the McCain supporters for all their postings because it has made me look into all of the issues much more in depth than I would have normally.

 

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Registered: 10-20-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 11:24pm
LOL me too!
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Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 11:25pm

<<To sum it up, the answer to your question is, there are too many variables to answer it thoroughly, and they don't lean in one direction or another.

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 11:26pm
No, because I listened to what she said.

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Registered: 10-20-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 11:30pm
Whatever gets you through the night.
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Sun, 10-26-2008 - 11:53pm

Really?

~ SW

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Registered: 10-25-2006
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 11:58pm

<< Watch out, there are some here offended by calling someone names.>>

Holy S#%^! You mean Limbaugh is posting on this board? Or is He God to someone who posts here?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTBYQlQ7yM

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Registered: 06-28-1997
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 12:11am

Please do then explain to me why it would be a necessary almost quarter of a million dollars in this economy to research Olive Fruit Flies in France?

~ SW

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