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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iVillage Member
Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:37pm
REACHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHING here are we?

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Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:38pm
Yes correcting others here is a TOS.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-08-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:38pm
Why, yes, yes it would.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:39pm

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-08-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:40pm
Okily dokily!
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Registered: 10-20-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:47pm

No I am not reaching. If research protects a local economy from an invasive species what is wrong with that? You live in NC so you know about the kudzu invasion. It was originally thought to protect the land by preventing soil erosion but the south, which provides optimal growing conditions for kudzo, was quickly overtaken. Maybe you think the research station in Asheville is pork as well? It's work on reducing the effects of kudzu have helped keep it from totally overtaking the state. I wonder if the residents of Oregon think kudzu research is pork since they don't have to deal with it?

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 8:59pm
I don't research what is pork.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-20-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 9:05pm
Well I guess you will have to take that up with a whole scientific community that disagrees with you. Now if you can post a link to your credentials that would overshadow those of an entire community of scientists it might be another matter. I guess I will just pray tonight that someone who has more experience and more education to understand the complexities of the situation is in charge of this decision.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-12-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 9:07pm
No that isn't really where I would look for that information.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-24-2008
Sun, 10-26-2008 - 9:11pm

Excuse me?

 

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