scienceblogs.com — President Bush was at Monticello for a 4th of July celebration and he delivered an address. But it's quite telling that his speechwriters, in quoting Jefferson, cut out an anti-religious statement from a long and famous quote.
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thekilldoctorJul 5, 2008
Any more I just try to ignore this president. But this bastardization of our historical past just chaps my ass.
lamiaconfitorJul 7, 2008
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delphium226Jul 7, 2008
Ministry for Truth anyone?
Closed AccountJul 8, 2008
"35% of Americans believe the government was somehow complicit in 9/11 according to Time magazine."First off, it was a Scripps-Howard poll. Second, 36% of people said it was "somewhat likely" or "very likely" that the government was either complicit or carried out the attacks themselves. Third (and most importantly), S-H no longer touts this poll because of questions raised about non-response bias and the original wording of the question. Specifically, that pollsters were accused of push polling. Oh, that and that the poll was conducted five years after the fact and wasn't indexed for sentiment against the war in Iraq. You also don't cite earlier polls by Scripps-Howard showing that fewer than 1 in 80 people believed the government was involved in any way as late as 2003. Oh, and you also forget to mention that the next round of polling found that an even higher number of respondents believed that American government was hiding the truth about alien landings in Roswell, NM. Funny how you forgot to include that part..."And we have hundreds of independent researchers with real scientific experience in structural steel collapses, too. Can we at least have a dialog?"Wrong. You have hundreds of loosely accredited career scientists and engineers who never did independent research on 9/11. They watched a movie by a bunch of moronic college dropouts, decided that the government is responsible, and then found "evidence" to fit their story. Real scientists follow the scientific method, but the truther movement and all of its "researchers" simply discard evidence when it puts their "theory" into question. There has been a dialog. I've gone to NIST public informational sessions to talk to truthers, I've met Richard Gage (of AE9/11 Truth) and seen both of his presentations in person, I've even gone to protests and discussed "evidence" at Ground Zero. After it all, I'm quite comfortable in my belief that the average truther has very limited knowledge of physics, no knowledge of materials science, and not a semblance of familiarity with the scientific method.
Closed AccountJul 8, 2008
There wasn't any thermate found. Steven Jones claims he found sulfur and magnesium and that it must be unreacted thermate (god knows I have unreacted thermate; my sulfur-traced office paint and magnesium office chairs). Unfortunately for you, none of his claims have ever been confirmed and he hasn't been able to find a non-truther expert to independently verify his "chemical analysis." Science thrives on repetition of experimental results by different people, but this "physicist" isn't at all troubled by the fact that only 9/11 conspiracy theorists back him up on the science of this.You lose again, Hangly.
paintgrlJul 8, 2008
HA ha good one, hemp makes the strongest natural fiber ropes, which is what ole Georgey grew it for. It was a huge cash crop.
oldhickJul 8, 2008
My argument is who cares? Bush sucks. Everything he does sucks. I'm not going to waste my time pretending to be surprised at some new outrageously awful thing he's done... My weak mind and I shall focus on more important issues in the community.
Closed AccountJul 11, 2008
To the ignorant, yes.
Closed AccountJun 4, 2009
No, that's a place for horror stories (like Iraq and Afghanistan) and jokes too (political satire and late night comedy).
Closed AccountJun 4, 2009
He would have been mocked by conservatives along what they did to Darwin.