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28 Nov 2012, 4:52 pm

Consider the sort of people republicans would propose for... A science and tech committee?

http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/28/3702 ... -committee

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GOP recommends Lamar Smith, SOPA author and global warming critic, as chairman of Science, Space, and Tech committee

No self respecting 'conservative' would read that headline and not feel utterly ashamed of supporting the BS party.

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28 Nov 2012, 4:57 pm

The last time conservatives said there was no such thing as greenhouse gasses we ended up with an ice age

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28 Nov 2012, 5:28 pm

Lamar Smith is one of the most despicable members of congress, the leadership of the GOP is pathetic.

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29 Nov 2012, 12:14 am

While I think having a global warming skeptic as a chairman would be good, but some of his other views--mainly on medicine--are alarming. He's a Christian Scientist, and I can think of two things that are inaccurate about the name of that church! :lol: Creationists don't bother me because they can still work with science as it is relevant in present-day issues, but Christian Science teaches that all reality is supernatural/spiritual in nature, almost like a supernatural spinoff of being in the 1999 movie the Matrix.

androbot2084 wrote:

The last time conservatives said there was no such thing as greenhouse gasses we ended up with an ice age.

There were no conservatives and greenhouse gasses were unknown at the start of the last ice age because the Gennus: Homo would not form an evolutionary branch for another quarter million years after the ice age started. Your statement resembles the animated movies about the ice age more than science.

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29 Nov 2012, 2:31 am

John_Browning wrote:

Creationists don't bother me because they can still work with science as it is relevant in present-day issues, but Christian Science teaches that all reality is supernatural/spiritual in nature, almost like a supernatural spinoff of being in the 1999 movie the Matrix.

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The last time conservatives said there was no such thing as greenhouse gasses we ended up with an ice age.

Psst... I think he was joking.

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29 Nov 2012, 5:08 am

Kraichgauer wrote:

John_Browning wrote:

androbot2084 wrote:

The last time conservatives said there was no such thing as greenhouse gasses we ended up with an ice age.

Psst... I think he was joking.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

With him I can never tell. Before I made that post I was debating whether to apply that old special olympics adage about arguing on the internet. I guess now is a good time to (just for this thread)...at least until there is more intelligent discussion here.

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29 Nov 2012, 1:10 pm

John_Browning wrote:

While I think having a global warming skeptic as a chairman would be good

Why would that be a good thing?

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29 Nov 2012, 4:41 pm

John_Browning wrote:

He's a Christian Scientist.

I wonder if people who voted for him were aware of this? He's from Texas, and, although Texas voted for Romney, Texans generally don't care much for cults.

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29 Nov 2012, 6:07 pm

GGPViper wrote:

John_Browning wrote:

While I think having a global warming skeptic as a chairman would be good

Why would that be a good thing?

Because he won't blindly endorse or oppose any policy or budget based on questionable science. California has based it's policies on environmentalist (and other "progressive") agendas and the results are disastrous. It was once the 11th largest economy in the world (I haven't checked to see if that title still holds), but now it's rated the worst run state in the US, with massive debt, unemployment, cost of living, poverty, business-killing regulations, and other problems.

Even Europe is now facing the act that it has to re-evaluate it's green policies as well.

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29 Nov 2012, 6:28 pm

John_Browning wrote:

GGPViper wrote:

John_Browning wrote:

While I think having a global warming skeptic as a chairman would be good

Why would that be a good thing?

Because he won't blindly endorse or oppose any policy or budget based on questionable science.

Anthropogenic climate change is not questionable science.

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29 Nov 2012, 7:31 pm

ArrantPariah wrote:

John_Browning wrote:

He's a Christian Scientist.

I wonder if people who voted for him were aware of this? He's from Texas, and, although Texas voted for Romney, Texans generally don't care much for cults.

Tell that to Texas Gub'ner Rick and his fundie friends, who sought to fill a stadium full of like minded people to pray and fast, and bash gays and liberals. They were of the opinion that Texas is going to be a leading light during the end times - which contradicts Sarah Palin who's said that exalted position will go to Alaska.

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29 Nov 2012, 8:16 pm

GGPViper wrote:

John_Browning wrote:

GGPViper wrote:

John_Browning wrote:

While I think having a global warming skeptic as a chairman would be good

Why would that be a good thing?

Because he won't blindly endorse or oppose any policy or budget based on questionable science.

Anthropogenic climate change is not questionable science.

There is no Climate Science. There are Climate Models. the underlying science is thermodynamics and fluid dynamics. Climate has both natural drivers and anthropogenic drivers. The question is: which is the major driver. Will becoming "carbon paupers" really affect air and water temperatures? This is a problem since the underlying processes are both chaotic and highly non-linear. They are mathematically intractable and we are forced to use model. But how do we validate models?

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29 Nov 2012, 10:31 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:

ArrantPariah wrote:

John_Browning wrote:

He's a Christian Scientist.

I wonder if people who voted for him were aware of this? He's from Texas, and, although Texas voted for Romney, Texans generally don't care much for cults.

Texas seems to be doing well economically and technologically so they must be doing something right.

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30 Nov 2012, 10:36 pm

Raptor wrote:

Kraichgauer wrote:

ArrantPariah wrote:

John_Browning wrote:

He's a Christian Scientist.

I wonder if people who voted for him were aware of this? He's from Texas, and, although Texas voted for Romney, Texans generally don't care much for cults.

Texas seems to be doing well economically and technologically so they must be doing something right.

One could say pretty much the same thing about my home state of Washington, and we're just about as blue as a blue state can get.

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30 Nov 2012, 10:43 pm

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Texas seems to be doing well economically and technologically so they must be doing something right.

The same thing Saudi Arabia "does right": have Oil.

http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.ca/2010/ ... uture.html

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30 Nov 2012, 10:49 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:

Raptor wrote:

Texas seems to be doing well economically and technologically so they must be doing something right.

The same thing Saudi Arabia "does right": have Oil.

http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.ca/2010/ ... uture.html

Yes, well Texas has a lot more to offer than oil.
What does Saudi have to offer besides oil and terrorists?

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