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: 10-23-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 1:52pm
Enough to clothe a Republican nominee and her family for the GOP convention, and STILL have enough left over to pay for an inch or two worth of Bridge To Nowhere™! Now THAT'S frugal! And oh, so maverick-y, baby!




Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

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Registered: 08-24-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 1:59pm
lol

 

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Registered: 08-20-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 2:13pm

"~You really shouldn't listen to Olbermann. He is a moron~

Edited to add, maybe we might refrain from using that word. You are aware of its origins (ie. originally applied to people with developmental delays such as those with Down Syndrome)?"

Good point. You would think there would be little more sensitivity here.

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Registered: 09-08-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 4:48pm

((((That's one good reason to vote Democratic if you believe in the separation of church and state.))))


Great points and post. Palin has shown that she either

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 4:52pm

and Obama doesn't know history ... even family history.


His famous uncle story was told incorrectly for years ... not just once.


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Registered: 10-25-2006
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:00pm

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He's not? Could've fooled me!

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http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/meet_the_new_health_.php

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

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Registered: 10-08-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:15pm

I used an adjective that accurately

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:17pm

actually it's a noun


mo⋅ron


/ˈmɔrɒn, ˈmoʊr-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation Show IPA Pronunciation


–noun



1.
a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment.



2.
Psychology. a person of borderline intelligence in a former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50 to 69.

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Registered: 10-08-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:18pm
Hee hee, I heard "noun" in my head, wrote "verb", and then had this troubling sensation that I'd used the wrong word.
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 5:19pm

;-)


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