The Republicans’ war on science and reason

[The T]

Everyone, even the idiot left knows global climate fluctuates. Drastically at times. It's partially caused by the tilt of the earths axis. It wobbles and as such causes irregularities in the climate. Then you have the NATURAL ebb and flow of the earths ice sheets which affects ocean temperature which in turn changes the air temperature. You also have massive solar eruptions that mess with our magnetic shield.

I'm a republican and i knew all that from the top of my head. What i don't know is if the hundred years or so that we've been industrialized had had an impact or not. The earth is billions of years old after all. But hey if you like being a bandwagon sucker go for it. Get off your ass and plant a fucking tree or something.

Science says pollution affects the climate by putting holes in the ozone layer, will you deny this scientific fact?

The holes that were in our ozone layer have slowly been shrinking. Put on your pointy wizzard hat and explain that Mr genius.

And guess what happens with EVERY lightning strike? Ozone is created.

Ever gone outside after a thunderstrom and smelled a sweet smell? Guess what that is?

Surprise! Lightning Has Big Effect On Atmospheric Chemistry

ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2003) — Scientists were surprised to learn summer lightning over the U.S. significantly increases regional ozone and other gases that affect air chemistry 3 to 8 miles above Earth's surface. The amounts of ozone and nitrogen oxides created by lightning surpass those generated by human activities in that level of the atmosphere.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Tell me the Republican positions of global warming/climate change? Do they believe it or not believe it? Romney is the instigator of fictitious wars, like his false accusation waging war against women,

Everyone, even the idiot left knows global climate fluctuates. Drastically at times. It's partially caused by the tilt of the earths axis. It wobbles and as such causes irregularities in the climate. Then you have the NATURAL ebb and flow of the earths ice sheets which affects ocean temperature which in turn changes the air temperature. You also have massive solar eruptions that mess with our magnetic shield.

I'm a republican and i knew all that from the top of my head. What i don't know is if the hundred years or so that we've been industrialized had had an impact or not. The earth is billions of years old after all. But hey if you like being a bandwagon sucker go for it. Get off your ass and plant a fucking tree or something.

So if you are right then who stands to gain from claiming that we have man-made climate change? A bunch of geek scientists on salary from universities who have made massive cut-backs in the last 5 years? Green technology in the U.S. which doesn't even exist? Who?

Because the simple rule of Occam's Razor applies here: " It is a principle urging one to select among competing hypotheses that which makes the fewest assumptions and thereby offers the simplest explanation of the effect."

I don't claim to have any answers as to motive. Most scientists used to believe the earth was flat and that it was the center of the universe. Just because they claim it don't make it so.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

I'm sorry, but the last Space Shuttle was on the back of an airplane on its way to retirement and it flew right overhead, so I couldn't hear what was being said in the opening post. Could you repeat it for me please? Whose war on science?

Who pulled NASA's funding again? Is NASA not scientific?

The problem.... as I see it.... is that fucking idiots read fucking bullshit and - instead of thinking about what is written... they jump like fucking yapping puppies to lap up the milk of crap from whatever lunatic partisan writes it.

Where is Thomas Jefferson when we need him.... "Question, with boldness, even the very existence of God." Amen, Thomas, A-men. Question. Good word... pity so few actually understand it.

Why are you hiding your head in the sand by trying to distract? And oh, the Planetary Science division took a cut, not the entire NASA meaning exploration of other planets took a hit, not all of NASA.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Just more proof of their divide and conquer strategy.

This is the dumbest yet thus far tho

Yeah, but Bass is one of the dumbest of the leftists, so it's to be expected...

 

[California Girl]

If you could only learn to spell and punctuate properly, I might be interested in reading your posts. Even your signature is pathetically fucked up.

That's not an ad hominem attack...just an observation.

Regarding the alleged Republican denial of science, what do you think of Al Gore's attempt to skew the data on global temperatures? What a fucking hypocrit!

You mean Al Gore that flies around the world - on private jets - lecturing the rest of humanity about the evils of air travel? The guy with more homes than most Americans will own in a life time... the homes that have absolutely no green credentials whatsoever? That Al Gore?

Fucking left wing hypocrites... bunch of watermelons.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Funny shit here people. Here we sit in a lefty thread about republicans being ignorant of science. Yet the right are offering scientific facts while the left offers nothing in return.

Classic thread FAIL

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Everyone, even the idiot left knows global climate fluctuates. Drastically at times. It's partially caused by the tilt of the earths axis. It wobbles and as such causes irregularities in the climate. Then you have the NATURAL ebb and flow of the earths ice sheets which affects ocean temperature which in turn changes the air temperature. You also have massive solar eruptions that mess with our magnetic shield.

I'm a republican and i knew all that from the top of my head. What i don't know is if the hundred years or so that we've been industrialized had had an impact or not. The earth is billions of years old after all. But hey if you like being a bandwagon sucker go for it. Get off your ass and plant a fucking tree or something.

Science says pollution affects the climate by putting holes in the ozone layer, will you deny this scientific fact?

NASA has already published papers demonstrating that the holes in the ozone are getting smaller Einmotherfuckingstein.

Post the evidence, btw, this has nothing to do with the scientific fact that pollution puts holes in the ozone layer, stupid.

 

[asaratis]

Liberals have a way of denying common logic. The OP is an example.

 

[California Girl]

I'm sorry, but the last Space Shuttle was on the back of an airplane on its way to retirement and it flew right overhead, so I couldn't hear what was being said in the opening post. Could you repeat it for me please? Whose war on science?

Who pulled NASA's funding again? Is NASA not scientific?

The problem.... as I see it.... is that fucking idiots read fucking bullshit and - instead of thinking about what is written... they jump like fucking yapping puppies to lap up the milk of crap from whatever lunatic partisan writes it.

Where is Thomas Jefferson when we need him.... "Question, with boldness, even the very existence of God." Amen, Thomas, A-men. Question. Good word... pity so few actually understand it.

Why are you hiding your head in the sand by trying to distract? And oh, the Planetary Science division took a cut, not the entire NASA meaning exploration of other planets took a hit, not all of NASA.

We used to lead the world in scientific endeavors... now look at us. That's not because of the GOP, you prat.... it's because our politicians - bipartisanly fucked us.... but hacks like you don't get that. You'll rant and whine about whatever the media tell you to rant and whine about. I have zero respect for anyone who cannot think for themselves.

 

[OtaniKitano]

Cool! Another fictitious 'war' from the left.

Oh really? So Santorum, who came very close to becoming the GOP nominee, DIDN'T say in a video-taped interview that contraception was wrong? Really? And the presumed nominee, Mitt Romney, doesn't belong to a religious sect that only recognized black Americans in 1978? Really? Better try pulling your head out of that hole....whichever one it's in.

Firstly, he came as close as you are to logic (in other words - fucking light years away) from being the nominee.

Secondly, Santorum is a Catholic. The Catholic Church does not believe in contraception. So, it is not at all surprising that he doesn't agree with contraception.

If you have even a shred of honest evidence that Mitt Romney is a racist, provide it. Otherwise, shove your ridiculous ranting where the sun don't shine.

Idiot.

Oooh, struck a nerve...however deeply embedded in 5 inches of adipose tissue beneath a very thick skull.....The Catholic Church....Yes, that's the institution that has massive law suits pending for pedophile priests and a leader who wears a pointy, bejeweled hat.
And Santorum belongs to it.

I cannot prove that Romney is a racist, but he does belong to a racist cult. I lived in Utah for seven years. The LDS people are racists and misogynists. I bet you'd love to dive into those angel panties he wears underneath his gray suit, hmmm?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Science says pollution affects the climate by putting holes in the ozone layer, will you deny this scientific fact?

NASA has already published papers demonstrating that the holes in the ozone are getting smaller Einmotherfuckingstein.

Post the evidence, btw, this has nothing to do with the scientific fact that pollution puts holes in the ozone layer, stupid.

Solar flares if strong enough to penetrate our magnetic shield do what ..........................?

Can you connect the dots?

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Science says pollution affects the climate by putting holes in the ozone layer, will you deny this scientific fact?

The holes that were in our ozone layer have slowly been shrinking. Put on your pointy wizzard hat and explain that Mr genius.

And guess what happens with EVERY lightning strike? Ozone is created.

Ever gone outside after a thunderstrom and smelled a sweet smell? Guess what that is?

Surprise! Lightning Has Big Effect On Atmospheric Chemistry

ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2003) — Scientists were surprised to learn summer lightning over the U.S. significantly increases regional ozone and other gases that affect air chemistry 3 to 8 miles above Earth's surface. The amounts of ozone and nitrogen oxides created by lightning surpass those generated by human activities in that level of the atmosphere.

Read your own link dumb dumb:

"Ironically, over the United States lightning accounts for only about 5 percent of the total U.S. nitrogen oxide annual emissions and about 14 percent of the total emissions in July," said Zhang. Although the largest source of NOx over the U.S. is fossil fuel burning, lightning still plays a dominant role in influencing the regional air chemistry.

I read the entire link, they talked about lightning during summer months, but fossil fuel burning is an all year phenomena so you're still wrong.

 

[OtaniKitano]

NASA has already published papers demonstrating that the holes in the ozone are getting smaller Einmotherfuckingstein.

Post the evidence, btw, this has nothing to do with the scientific fact that pollution puts holes in the ozone layer, stupid.

Solar flares if strong enough to penetrate our magnetic shield do what ..........................?

Can you connect the dots?

Is this monkey TRYING to spank himself?

 

[Bass v 2.0]

NASA has already published papers demonstrating that the holes in the ozone are getting smaller Einmotherfuckingstein.

Post the evidence, btw, this has nothing to do with the scientific fact that pollution puts holes in the ozone layer, stupid.

Solar flares if strong enough to penetrate our magnetic shield do what ..........................?

Can you connect the dots?

Post your evidence and quit distracting.

 

[asaratis]

NASA has already published papers demonstrating that the holes in the ozone are getting smaller Einmotherfuckingstein.

Post the evidence, btw, this has nothing to do with the scientific fact that pollution puts holes in the ozone layer, stupid.

Solar flares if strong enough to penetrate our magnetic shield do what ..........................?

Can you connect the dots?

Give it up, Grandpa! You are arguing with the mentally challenged. They cannot be bothered with facts.

 

[bripat9643]

Republicans only reject junk science.

Liberals embrace any quack who provides them with an excuse to loot and enslave us all.

The Republicans’ war on science and reason - The Washington Post


Last month, Washington Post columnist Steve Pearlstein wrote that if you wanted to come up with a bumper sticker that defined the Republican Party’s platform it would be this: “Repeal the 20th century. Vote GOP.” With their unrelenting attempts to slash Social Security, end Medicare and Medicaid and destroy the social safety net, Republicans are, indeed, on a quest of reversal. But they have set their sights on an even bolder course than Pearlstein acknowledges in his column: It’s not just the 20th century they have targeted for repeal; it’s the 18th and 19th too.

The 18th century was defined, in many ways, by the Enlightenment, a philosophical movement based on the idea that reason, rational discourse and the advancement of knowledge, were the critical pillars of modern life. The leaders of the movement inspired the thinking of Charles Darwin, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin; its tenets can be found in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. But more than 200 years later, those basic tenets — the very notion that facts and evidence matter — are being rejected, wholesale, by the 21st-century Republican Party.


I never understood this obsession to deny and distort the reality of science.

 

[OtaniKitano]

The holes that were in our ozone layer have slowly been shrinking. Put on your pointy wizzard hat and explain that Mr genius.

And guess what happens with EVERY lightning strike? Ozone is created.

Ever gone outside after a thunderstrom and smelled a sweet smell? Guess what that is?

Surprise! Lightning Has Big Effect On Atmospheric Chemistry

ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2003) — Scientists were surprised to learn summer lightning over the U.S. significantly increases regional ozone and other gases that affect air chemistry 3 to 8 miles above Earth's surface. The amounts of ozone and nitrogen oxides created by lightning surpass those generated by human activities in that level of the atmosphere.

Read your own link dumb dumb:

"Ironically, over the United States lightning accounts for only about 5 percent of the total U.S. nitrogen oxide annual emissions and about 14 percent of the total emissions in July," said Zhang. Although the largest source of NOx over the U.S. is fossil fuel burning, lightning still plays a dominant role in influencing the regional air chemistry.

I read the entire link, they talked about lightning during summer months, but fossil fuel burning is an all year phenomena so you're still wrong.

Gee Bass, Grandpa thinks lightning was created in the 18th century so that Benjamin Franklin could fly kites and Edison could invent the light bulb.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Who pulled NASA's funding again? Is NASA not scientific?

The problem.... as I see it.... is that fucking idiots read fucking bullshit and - instead of thinking about what is written... they jump like fucking yapping puppies to lap up the milk of crap from whatever lunatic partisan writes it.

Where is Thomas Jefferson when we need him.... "Question, with boldness, even the very existence of God." Amen, Thomas, A-men. Question. Good word... pity so few actually understand it.

Why are you hiding your head in the sand by trying to distract? And oh, the Planetary Science division took a cut, not the entire NASA meaning exploration of other planets took a hit, not all of NASA.

We used to lead the world in scientific endeavors... now look at us. That's not because of the GOP, you prat.... it's because our politicians - bipartisanly fucked us.... but hacks like you don't get that. You'll rant and whine about whatever the media tell you to rant and whine about. I have zero respect for anyone who cannot think for themselves.

I believe science is factual, I don't believe the political lying. Speaking of being against science and partisanship, which party is more staunchly against stem cell research and refuses to fund it?

 

[asaratis]

Just what are "it monkeys" anyway?

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Republicans only reject junk science.

Liberals embrace any quack who provides them with an excuse to loot and enslave us all.

The Republicans’ war on science and reason - The Washington Post


Last month, Washington Post columnist Steve Pearlstein wrote that if you wanted to come up with a bumper sticker that defined the Republican Party’s platform it would be this: “Repeal the 20th century. Vote GOP.” With their unrelenting attempts to slash Social Security, end Medicare and Medicaid and destroy the social safety net, Republicans are, indeed, on a quest of reversal. But they have set their sights on an even bolder course than Pearlstein acknowledges in his column: It’s not just the 20th century they have targeted for repeal; it’s the 18th and 19th too.

The 18th century was defined, in many ways, by the Enlightenment, a philosophical movement based on the idea that reason, rational discourse and the advancement of knowledge, were the critical pillars of modern life. The leaders of the movement inspired the thinking of Charles Darwin, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin; its tenets can be found in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. But more than 200 years later, those basic tenets — the very notion that facts and evidence matter — are being rejected, wholesale, by the 21st-century Republican Party.


I never understood this obsession to deny and distort the reality of science.

Cowardly bowing out of the discussion? lol