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September 15, 2004 4:05 PM Subscribe
Nature presents Bush and Kerry talking science. I never thought I'd see an incumbent president flip-flopping on Mars!
The answers in general were unremarkable: vague and platitudinous. Most interesting were the tortuous evasions from the Bush camp on global warming and stem cells.
And yeah, what the hell happened to Mars?
posted by mr_roboto at 4:45 PM on September 15, 2004
And yeah, what the hell happened to Mars?
posted by mr_roboto at 4:45 PM on September 15, 2004
Bush: "I will completely ignore the question and spout obvious mistruths about my program."
Kerry: "John Edwards and I blah blah blah exactly the same."
posted by mote at 4:49 PM on September 15, 2004
Kerry: "John Edwards and I blah blah blah exactly the same."
posted by mote at 4:49 PM on September 15, 2004
I wonder if either of them actually even saw these questions.
posted by ZippityBuddha at 4:59 PM on September 15, 2004
posted by ZippityBuddha at 4:59 PM on September 15, 2004
I think Nature would have served the public much better if they had interviewed scientists whose work has been censored by this administration.
Stem cell research is just the tip of the iceberg. Many of my colleagues, as well as my father, work in the National Institute of Health. They have found a greater degree of political interference under this administration than they had ever experienced. Except of course, for those who began their careers in the Soviet Union. They're just really depressed.
Is this important to you us a average citizens. It damn well should.
posted by gesamtkunstwerk at 5:04 PM on September 15, 2004
Stem cell research is just the tip of the iceberg. Many of my colleagues, as well as my father, work in the National Institute of Health. They have found a greater degree of political interference under this administration than they had ever experienced. Except of course, for those who began their careers in the Soviet Union. They're just really depressed.
Is this important to you us a average citizens. It damn well should.
posted by gesamtkunstwerk at 5:04 PM on September 15, 2004
It looks like George boy has found the solution !
To the question : what would you do to ensure that your administration receives genuinely impartial scientific advice.
The answer: go read it so you read it all and notice how he points out senior science adviser in White House is a Democrat.
George....the question was -impartial advice- and you take a Democrat for impartial advice ? He obviously is going to be partial exactly how a republican would be partial. Why ? Because one is a Dem and the other is a Rep, they are partial by definition !
Jesus christ somebody explain him the concept of impartial scientific stuff isn't having a democrat instead of a republican or vice versa sitting at the House.
posted by elpapacito at 5:10 PM on September 15, 2004
To the question : what would you do to ensure that your administration receives genuinely impartial scientific advice.
The answer: go read it so you read it all and notice how he points out senior science adviser in White House is a Democrat.
George....the question was -impartial advice- and you take a Democrat for impartial advice ? He obviously is going to be partial exactly how a republican would be partial. Why ? Because one is a Dem and the other is a Rep, they are partial by definition !
Jesus christ somebody explain him the concept of impartial scientific stuff isn't having a democrat instead of a republican or vice versa sitting at the House.
posted by elpapacito at 5:10 PM on September 15, 2004
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posted by elpapacito at 6:10 PM on September 15, 2004
posted by elpapacito at 6:10 PM on September 15, 2004
Space Coyote: Nope, that's Bill Hicks. The actual response to the one-word question "Dinosaurs?" is generally "God's testing you" rather than "God's fscking with your brain" :)
posted by kaemaril at 6:12 PM on September 15, 2004
posted by kaemaril at 6:12 PM on September 15, 2004
At this point (having had a bottle or two of wine) and not to troll too much, but I genuinely do not understand, on any level, why anyone of intelligence would vote for bush.
FWIW, I am taking a republican out to lunch on Friday and Monday to discuss this very thing.
Having seen Kerry speak today, I am even more convinced that anyone who buys into W's rhetoric is either very naive or an idiot.
posted by ugf at 8:02 PM on September 15, 2004
FWIW, I am taking a republican out to lunch on Friday and Monday to discuss this very thing.
Having seen Kerry speak today, I am even more convinced that anyone who buys into W's rhetoric is either very naive or an idiot.
posted by ugf at 8:02 PM on September 15, 2004
Or all three! Isn't this fun?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:42 AM on September 16, 2004
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:42 AM on September 16, 2004
Having seen Kerry speak today, I am even more convinced that anyone who buys into W's rhetoric is either very naive or an idiot.
The irony alarms are going crazy.
posted by Ayn Marx at 9:21 AM on September 16, 2004
The irony alarms are going crazy.
posted by Ayn Marx at 9:21 AM on September 16, 2004
he doesn't believe that fossils are here because God is playing a joke on us.
My teacher taught us that God was testing us by putting fossils into the Earth, not playing a joke.
posted by callmejay at 10:56 AM on September 16, 2004
My teacher taught us that God was testing us by putting fossils into the Earth, not playing a joke.
posted by callmejay at 10:56 AM on September 16, 2004
he doesn't believe that fossils are here because God is playing a joke on us.
Bush said that?
posted by thomcatspike at 11:29 AM on September 16, 2004
Bush said that?
posted by thomcatspike at 11:29 AM on September 16, 2004
I very much doubt he's considered the point.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 2:36 PM on September 16, 2004
posted by Pretty_Generic at 2:36 PM on September 16, 2004
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