thinkprogress.org — This morning Palin made her first big policy speech on the subject of people with disabilities. In it, she exposed her severe ignorance on the subject. She derided earmarks for fruit fly research, though the study of fruit flies has been used for autism research and has revolutionized the study of birth defects.
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keggluneqOct 25, 2008
Her stupidity and ignorance are mindboggling: the lowly fruit fly is one of the most important model organisms in genetics research. What's next, an attack on zebrafish and baker's yeast?
keggluneqOct 25, 2008
In a head-to-head IQ competition between a fruit fly and Sarah Palin, my money's on the fly.
cmootooOct 25, 2008
Yeah. They're still working on the treatment for stupidity though so you gotta hang on for a bit.
bouldersueOct 25, 2008
mainely, I don't think the controlling wing of the Republican Party has been verry favorably disposed toward science in a long time. Look what happened to James Hansen of NASA when he wanted to put out his research on global climate change! And some of them still believe there are vast reservoirs of oil beneath our soil or just off-shore. Darwin's theories somtimes have to compete with creationism. But it's not just the Repubs. A majority of people believe in Biblical literalism, against all empirical evidence. No wonder we are more and more rapidly losing our status as a leader in the world in the realms of science and research.
Closed AccountOct 25, 2008
Well, she claims that evolution is a fantasy and that creationism is "real science" so you know what time it is..
ruthazerOct 25, 2008
One eats rotting garbage and the other one spews it.
beardoggerOct 27, 2008
Dronezilla megalogaffer