Yesterday was "Darwin Day". GOP fills science committee with "Young Earthers".

[rdean]

Evolution is the basis for all modern biology. It is the central tenet, the organizing theme, the trunk from which all branches grow.

For biology, Darwin is the founder in much the same way Newton or Galileo was for physics. Things have changed, improved, but the root idea is still there, and has grown—you might even say evolved—since.

Far too many members of Congress think the Earth is less than 10,000 years old, with far too many of them sitting on the House Science Committee. Of course, to be fair, having even one is one too many.

Darwin Day: Feb. 12, 2013 set to celebrate the creator of the idea of evolution.

Rep. Rush D. Holt, D-N.J., introduced the resolution that established Darwin Day on Jan. 22, but some of his colleagues in Congress rebut Darwin's theory of evolution.

According to The New York Times, Rep. Paul Broun said evolution is one of those "lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior."

Darwin Day forces holiday calendar to evolve

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6IrUUDboZo]Tree of Life video HD - YouTube[/ame]

Why I Am Not Celebrating "Darwin Day" - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education

I want to celebrate the human spirit and what we can do, rather than drag all down to the level of the rather disgusting display that we are seeing in the Republican race for the presidential nomination.

I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why the worker ants are always female and never male. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why there are so many different little finches on the Galapagos and why they look like the birds of South America and not of Africa. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why our DNA is in major respects identical to the DNA of the fruitfly and why nevertheless we humans don’t have wings and live just on bananas. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why the Stegosaurus has those daft plates all down its back (they are for heat control). I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why sex selection in humans in places like India and China tends to favor boys over girls. I want a theory that tells you why, when you have VD, you might be randier than you were before. I want a theory that does all of these things and, like the goose, promises to go on laying golden eggs day after day, year after year.

It is that theory that Charles Darwin gave us in the Origin of Species, and it is for that reason that tonight I will be raising a glass of very good wine in his honor.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Not too long ago, I (and pretty much the whole internet) wrote about the ridiculous and honestly offensive statements made by Representative Todd Akin (R-MO). His knowledge – or really, the profound lack thereof – of female anatomy made him the laughing stock of the planet. But I wasn’t laughing. I was, and still am, furious. And not just because of what he said, but also because he is a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

That anyone could spew such obvious and awful nonsense about biology and anatomy and yet sit on the US Congress’s science committee is, simply put, an outrage.

The US Congress Anti-Science Committee : Bad Astronomy

A Republican congressman has dismissed evolution, the Big Bang theory, and embryology as "lies straight from the pit of hell."
Representative Paul Broun (R-Ga.), whose speech at Liberty Baptist Church in Georgia last September was posted on YouTube earlier this week, may not be unique among Republican congressmen in holding such ignorant views or even in stating them so publicly.

Young Earth Baloney on the House Science Committee | Psychology Today

"According to the Bible, dinosaurs first existed around 6,000 years ago. God made the dinosaurs, along with the other land animals, on Day 6 of the Creation Week (Genesis I:20-25, 31). Adam and Eve were also made on Day 6—so dinosaurs lived at the same time as people, not separated by eons of time" (150).

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How Republicans have the nerve to insist they are the majority of scientists is stunning. These are their beliefs. Science is a lying faith to them. It's as clear as the ever changing nose on your face.

 

[whitehall]

Darwin was British. We don't usually commemorate the lives of foreign scientists in the US unless we are trying to make a political statement. Why not cut through the BS and call for a "Sanger Day" to commemorate the life of American born Margaret Sanger who established the "Eugenics" movement and called for a "new race of humanity" based on Darwinism? Sanger's Eugenics was embraced by most liberal politicians including Hitler. It evolved into Planned Parenthood.

 

[jasonnfree]

Darwin was British. We don't usually commemorate the lives of foreign scientists in the US unless we are trying to make a political statement. Why not cut through the BS and call for a "Sanger Day" to commemorate the life of American born Margaret Sanger who established the "Eugenics" movement and called for a "new race of humanity" based on Darwinism? Sanger's Eugenics was embraced by most liberal politicians including Hitler. It evolved into Planned Parenthood.

How do you figure Hitler was a liberal? I mean liberals are usually accused of being tolerant by the right wing, and Hitler was anything but tolerant. Also, Hitler was intolerant of labor unions, and we know how well regarded unions are by the right wing in this country. If Hitler had been a liberal I don't believe that the majority of Jews in this country would vote Democrat.

 

[whitehall]

Darwin was British. We don't usually commemorate the lives of foreign scientists in the US unless we are trying to make a political statement. Why not cut through the BS and call for a "Sanger Day" to commemorate the life of American born Margaret Sanger who established the "Eugenics" movement and called for a "new race of humanity" based on Darwinism? Sanger's Eugenics was embraced by most liberal politicians including Hitler. It evolved into Planned Parenthood.

How do you figure Hitler was a liberal?

How do you figure he wasn't? NAZI was an acronym for nationalist socialist. Joe Stalin was a socialist liberal and a partner in crime for the NAZI regime. Later when Hitler broke the treaty and invaded Russia Stalin became an ally of FDR and the US.

 

[rdean]

Darwin was British. We don't usually commemorate the lives of foreign scientists in the US unless we are trying to make a political statement. Why not cut through the BS and call for a "Sanger Day" to commemorate the life of American born Margaret Sanger who established the "Eugenics" movement and called for a "new race of humanity" based on Darwinism? Sanger's Eugenics was embraced by most liberal politicians including Hitler. It evolved into Planned Parenthood.

How do you figure Hitler was a liberal?

How do you figure he wasn't? NAZI was an acronym for nationalist socialist. Joe Stalin was a socialist liberal and a partner in crime for the NAZI regime. Later when Hitler broke the treaty and invaded Russia Stalin became an ally of FDR and the US.

Hitler was a "fascist". He wanted to kill minorities. People who are protected from Republicans by "law". Democrats welcome minorities. Along with everyone else.

Republicans are 90% white. Hitler would have made short work of the other 10% if he were in charge of the Republican Party. They would have "goose stepped" all the way to Las Vegas shouting "Let Him Die" every step of the way.

 

[rdean]

Darwin was British. We don't usually commemorate the lives of foreign scientists in the US unless we are trying to make a political statement. Why not cut through the BS and call for a "Sanger Day" to commemorate the life of American born Margaret Sanger who established the "Eugenics" movement and called for a "new race of humanity" based on Darwinism? Sanger's Eugenics was embraced by most liberal politicians including Hitler. It evolved into Planned Parenthood.

Because "evolution" "biology" and "eugenics" are all words for the same thing.

Planned Parenthood, that place millions of women's lives are saved from cancer screening. No wonder Republicans hate it. They only care for babies BEFORE they are born. After that? Fuck 'em. Right?

 

[rdean]

Saying only 6% of scientists are Republican can't possibly be right. The true number must be much, much fewer.

 

[RosieS]

For real? Stacking "Darwin Day" with creationists? I thought that crapola was confined to Texas. Guess not.

Regards from Rosie

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Evolution is the basis for all modern biology. It is the central tenet, the organizing theme, the trunk from which all branches grow.

For biology, Darwin is the founder in much the same way Newton or Galileo was for physics. Things have changed, improved, but the root idea is still there, and has grown—you might even say evolved—since.

Far too many members of Congress think the Earth is less than 10,000 years old, with far too many of them sitting on the House Science Committee. Of course, to be fair, having even one is one too many.

Darwin Day: Feb. 12, 2013 set to celebrate the creator of the idea of evolution.

Rep. Rush D. Holt, D-N.J., introduced the resolution that established Darwin Day on Jan. 22, but some of his colleagues in Congress rebut Darwin's theory of evolution.

According to The New York Times, Rep. Paul Broun said evolution is one of those "lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior."

Darwin Day forces holiday calendar to evolve

Tree of Life video HD - YouTube

Why I Am Not Celebrating "Darwin Day" - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education

I want to celebrate the human spirit and what we can do, rather than drag all down to the level of the rather disgusting display that we are seeing in the Republican race for the presidential nomination.

I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why the worker ants are always female and never male. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why there are so many different little finches on the Galapagos and why they look like the birds of South America and not of Africa. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why our DNA is in major respects identical to the DNA of the fruitfly and why nevertheless we humans don’t have wings and live just on bananas. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why the Stegosaurus has those daft plates all down its back (they are for heat control). I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why sex selection in humans in places like India and China tends to favor boys over girls. I want a theory that tells you why, when you have VD, you might be randier than you were before. I want a theory that does all of these things and, like the goose, promises to go on laying golden eggs day after day, year after year.

It is that theory that Charles Darwin gave us in the Origin of Species, and it is for that reason that tonight I will be raising a glass of very good wine in his honor.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Not too long ago, I (and pretty much the whole internet) wrote about the ridiculous and honestly offensive statements made by Representative Todd Akin (R-MO). His knowledge – or really, the profound lack thereof – of female anatomy made him the laughing stock of the planet. But I wasn’t laughing. I was, and still am, furious. And not just because of what he said, but also because he is a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

That anyone could spew such obvious and awful nonsense about biology and anatomy and yet sit on the US Congress’s science committee is, simply put, an outrage.

The US Congress Anti-Science Committee : Bad Astronomy

A Republican congressman has dismissed evolution, the Big Bang theory, and embryology as "lies straight from the pit of hell."
Representative Paul Broun (R-Ga.), whose speech at Liberty Baptist Church in Georgia last September was posted on YouTube earlier this week, may not be unique among Republican congressmen in holding such ignorant views or even in stating them so publicly.

Young Earth Baloney on the House Science Committee | Psychology Today

"According to the Bible, dinosaurs first existed around 6,000 years ago. God made the dinosaurs, along with the other land animals, on Day 6 of the Creation Week (Genesis I:20-25, 31). Adam and Eve were also made on Day 6—so dinosaurs lived at the same time as people, not separated by eons of time" (150).

----------------------------------------------------------

How Republicans have the nerve to insist they are the majority of scientists is stunning. These are their beliefs. Science is a lying faith to them. It's as clear as the ever changing nose on your face.

Good thing the Democrat are all so smart.

You do understand that the Science and Technology is considered the Siberia of Congress, don't you? No one gets that assignment unless they are considered idiots by the rest of the people in their party.

 

[rdean]

Evolution is the basis for all modern biology. It is the central tenet, the organizing theme, the trunk from which all branches grow.

For biology, Darwin is the founder in much the same way Newton or Galileo was for physics. Things have changed, improved, but the root idea is still there, and has grown—you might even say evolved—since.

Far too many members of Congress think the Earth is less than 10,000 years old, with far too many of them sitting on the House Science Committee. Of course, to be fair, having even one is one too many.

Darwin Day: Feb. 12, 2013 set to celebrate the creator of the idea of evolution.

Rep. Rush D. Holt, D-N.J., introduced the resolution that established Darwin Day on Jan. 22, but some of his colleagues in Congress rebut Darwin's theory of evolution.

According to The New York Times, Rep. Paul Broun said evolution is one of those "lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior."

Darwin Day forces holiday calendar to evolve

Tree of Life video HD - YouTube

Why I Am Not Celebrating "Darwin Day" - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education

I want to celebrate the human spirit and what we can do, rather than drag all down to the level of the rather disgusting display that we are seeing in the Republican race for the presidential nomination.

I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why the worker ants are always female and never male. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why there are so many different little finches on the Galapagos and why they look like the birds of South America and not of Africa. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why our DNA is in major respects identical to the DNA of the fruitfly and why nevertheless we humans don’t have wings and live just on bananas. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why the Stegosaurus has those daft plates all down its back (they are for heat control). I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why sex selection in humans in places like India and China tends to favor boys over girls. I want a theory that tells you why, when you have VD, you might be randier than you were before. I want a theory that does all of these things and, like the goose, promises to go on laying golden eggs day after day, year after year.

It is that theory that Charles Darwin gave us in the Origin of Species, and it is for that reason that tonight I will be raising a glass of very good wine in his honor.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Not too long ago, I (and pretty much the whole internet) wrote about the ridiculous and honestly offensive statements made by Representative Todd Akin (R-MO). His knowledge – or really, the profound lack thereof – of female anatomy made him the laughing stock of the planet. But I wasn’t laughing. I was, and still am, furious. And not just because of what he said, but also because he is a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

That anyone could spew such obvious and awful nonsense about biology and anatomy and yet sit on the US Congress’s science committee is, simply put, an outrage.

The US Congress Anti-Science Committee : Bad Astronomy

A Republican congressman has dismissed evolution, the Big Bang theory, and embryology as "lies straight from the pit of hell."
Representative Paul Broun (R-Ga.), whose speech at Liberty Baptist Church in Georgia last September was posted on YouTube earlier this week, may not be unique among Republican congressmen in holding such ignorant views or even in stating them so publicly.

Young Earth Baloney on the House Science Committee | Psychology Today

"According to the Bible, dinosaurs first existed around 6,000 years ago. God made the dinosaurs, along with the other land animals, on Day 6 of the Creation Week (Genesis I:20-25, 31). Adam and Eve were also made on Day 6—so dinosaurs lived at the same time as people, not separated by eons of time" (150).

----------------------------------------------------------

How Republicans have the nerve to insist they are the majority of scientists is stunning. These are their beliefs. Science is a lying faith to them. It's as clear as the ever changing nose on your face.

Good thing the Democrat are all so smart.

You do understand that the Science and Technology is considered the Siberia of Congress, don't you? No one gets that assignment unless they are considered idiots by the rest of the people in their party.

The future of the country is "Science and Technology". Things Republicans think are only good enough for idiots. And they mock Democrats for being "smart".

 

[rdean]

For real? Stacking "Darwin Day" with creationists? I thought that crapola was confined to Texas. Guess not.

Regards from Rosie

Polar opposites.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Evolution is the basis for all modern biology. It is the central tenet, the organizing theme, the trunk from which all branches grow.

For biology, Darwin is the founder in much the same way Newton or Galileo was for physics. Things have changed, improved, but the root idea is still there, and has grown—you might even say evolved—since.

Far too many members of Congress think the Earth is less than 10,000 years old, with far too many of them sitting on the House Science Committee. Of course, to be fair, having even one is one too many.

Darwin Day: Feb. 12, 2013 set to celebrate the creator of the idea of evolution.

Rep. Rush D. Holt, D-N.J., introduced the resolution that established Darwin Day on Jan. 22, but some of his colleagues in Congress rebut Darwin's theory of evolution.

According to The New York Times, Rep. Paul Broun said evolution is one of those "lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior."

Darwin Day forces holiday calendar to evolve

Tree of Life video HD - YouTube

Why I Am Not Celebrating "Darwin Day" - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education

I want to celebrate the human spirit and what we can do, rather than drag all down to the level of the rather disgusting display that we are seeing in the Republican race for the presidential nomination.

I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why the worker ants are always female and never male. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why there are so many different little finches on the Galapagos and why they look like the birds of South America and not of Africa. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why our DNA is in major respects identical to the DNA of the fruitfly and why nevertheless we humans don’t have wings and live just on bananas. I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why the Stegosaurus has those daft plates all down its back (they are for heat control). I want to celebrate a theory that tells us why sex selection in humans in places like India and China tends to favor boys over girls. I want a theory that tells you why, when you have VD, you might be randier than you were before. I want a theory that does all of these things and, like the goose, promises to go on laying golden eggs day after day, year after year.

It is that theory that Charles Darwin gave us in the Origin of Species, and it is for that reason that tonight I will be raising a glass of very good wine in his honor.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Not too long ago, I (and pretty much the whole internet) wrote about the ridiculous and honestly offensive statements made by Representative Todd Akin (R-MO). His knowledge – or really, the profound lack thereof – of female anatomy made him the laughing stock of the planet. But I wasn’t laughing. I was, and still am, furious. And not just because of what he said, but also because he is a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

That anyone could spew such obvious and awful nonsense about biology and anatomy and yet sit on the US Congress’s science committee is, simply put, an outrage.

The US Congress Anti-Science Committee : Bad Astronomy

A Republican congressman has dismissed evolution, the Big Bang theory, and embryology as "lies straight from the pit of hell."
Representative Paul Broun (R-Ga.), whose speech at Liberty Baptist Church in Georgia last September was posted on YouTube earlier this week, may not be unique among Republican congressmen in holding such ignorant views or even in stating them so publicly.

Young Earth Baloney on the House Science Committee | Psychology Today

"According to the Bible, dinosaurs first existed around 6,000 years ago. God made the dinosaurs, along with the other land animals, on Day 6 of the Creation Week (Genesis I:20-25, 31). Adam and Eve were also made on Day 6—so dinosaurs lived at the same time as people, not separated by eons of time" (150).

----------------------------------------------------------

How Republicans have the nerve to insist they are the majority of scientists is stunning. These are their beliefs. Science is a lying faith to them. It's as clear as the ever changing nose on your face.

Good thing the Democrat are all so smart.

You do understand that the Science and Technology is considered the Siberia of Congress, don't you? No one gets that assignment unless they are considered idiots by the rest of the people in their party.

The future of the country is "Science and Technology". Things Republicans think are only good enough for idiots. And they mock Democrats for being "smart".

The future of the world is science and technology, the future of the country depends on the government getting out of the way.

 

[jasonnfree]

Good thing the Democrat are all so smart.

You do understand that the Science and Technology is considered the Siberia of Congress, don't you? No one gets that assignment unless they are considered idiots by the rest of the people in their party.

The future of the country is "Science and Technology". Things Republicans think are only good enough for idiots. And they mock Democrats for being "smart".

The future of the world is science and technology, the future of the country depends on the government getting out of the way.

But the Republicans don't kick the government out of the way when they're in power

 

[jasonnfree]

Darwin was British. We don't usually commemorate the lives of foreign scientists in the US unless we are trying to make a political statement. Why not cut through the BS and call for a "Sanger Day" to commemorate the life of American born Margaret Sanger who established the "Eugenics" movement and called for a "new race of humanity" based on Darwinism? Sanger's Eugenics was embraced by most liberal politicians including Hitler. It evolved into Planned Parenthood.

How do you figure Hitler was a liberal?

How do you figure he wasn't? NAZI was an acronym for nationalist socialist. Joe Stalin was a socialist liberal and a partner in crime for the NAZI regime. Later when Hitler broke the treaty and invaded Russia Stalin became an ally of FDR and the US.

What's acronyms have anything to do with my question. Hitler was intolerant of unions as well as intellectuals and homosexuals. Sounds to me like he'd be closer to republicans than to democrats. Stalin and FDR as allies means what to your comment that democrats are fascists? It was an alliance of necessity.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

The future of the country is "Science and Technology". Things Republicans think are only good enough for idiots. And they mock Democrats for being "smart".

The future of the world is science and technology, the future of the country depends on the government getting out of the way.

But the Republicans don't kick the government out of the way when they're in power

I never said they did, did I. I am mocking rdean and his delusional belief that anyone on the Science and Technology committee is there because he wants to be there, or that that committee will do anything to help science. All the real bills come out of Ways and Means or Appropriations.

 

[whitehall]

How do you figure Hitler was a liberal?

How do you figure he wasn't? NAZI was an acronym for nationalist socialist. Joe Stalin was a socialist liberal and a partner in crime for the NAZI regime. Later when Hitler broke the treaty and invaded Russia Stalin became an ally of FDR and the US.

Hitler was a "fascist". He wanted to kill minorities. People who are protected from Republicans by "law". Democrats welcome minorities. Along with everyone else.

Republicans are 90% white. Hitler would have made short work of the other 10% if he were in charge of the Republican Party. They would have "goose stepped" all the way to Las Vegas shouting "Let Him Die" every step of the way.

The Founding Fathers were liberals. The primary definition of a liberal politician is his willingness to destroy traditional values and offer a progressive reform. Sometimes liberalism is a good thing and sometimes it results in tyranny. Why would "killing minorities" make a politician any less liberal? The problem for the union educated liberals today is that they rely on political cliches instead of history.

 

[rdean]

How do you figure he wasn't? NAZI was an acronym for nationalist socialist. Joe Stalin was a socialist liberal and a partner in crime for the NAZI regime. Later when Hitler broke the treaty and invaded Russia Stalin became an ally of FDR and the US.

Hitler was a "fascist". He wanted to kill minorities. People who are protected from Republicans by "law". Democrats welcome minorities. Along with everyone else.

Republicans are 90% white. Hitler would have made short work of the other 10% if he were in charge of the Republican Party. They would have "goose stepped" all the way to Las Vegas shouting "Let Him Die" every step of the way.

The Founding Fathers were liberals. The primary definition of a liberal politician is his willingness to destroy traditional values and offer a progressive reform. Sometimes liberalism is a good thing and sometimes it results in tyranny. Why would "killing minorities" make a politician any less liberal? The problem for the union educated liberals today is that they rely on political cliches instead of history.

Can you start over? What you just said made no sense.

 

[rdean]

Good thing the Democrat are all so smart.

You do understand that the Science and Technology is considered the Siberia of Congress, don't you? No one gets that assignment unless they are considered idiots by the rest of the people in their party.

The future of the country is "Science and Technology". Things Republicans think are only good enough for idiots. And they mock Democrats for being "smart".

The future of the world is science and technology, the future of the country depends on the government getting out of the way.

More of that regurgitated swill. Dynamic countries whose economies are growing, whether communist or democracy sees a "Golden Triad" made up of Government, Universities and Business. Republicans will never see this because they hate government, they believe education is for snobs and universities are hotbeds of liberalism. Their only economic policy is to throw money at business and the rich and hope they make jobs. They haven't of course. But if that's your ONLY policy, you just keep hoping and throwing money and getting exactly the same results.

Republicans running the government are a self fulfilling prophecy.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

The future of the country is "Science and Technology". Things Republicans think are only good enough for idiots. And they mock Democrats for being "smart".

The future of the world is science and technology, the future of the country depends on the government getting out of the way.

More of that regurgitated swill. Dynamic countries whose economies are growing, whether communist or democracy sees a "Golden Triad" made up of Government, Universities and Business. Republicans will never see this because they hate government, they believe education is for snobs and universities are hotbeds of liberalism. Their only economic policy is to throw money at business and the rich and hope they make jobs. They haven't of course. But if that's your ONLY policy, you just keep hoping and throwing money and getting exactly the same results.

Republicans running the government are a self fulfilling prophecy.

No they don't.

 

[konradv]

The future of the world is science and technology, the future of the country depends on the government getting out of the way.

More of that regurgitated swill. Dynamic countries whose economies are growing, whether communist or democracy sees a "Golden Triad" made up of Government, Universities and Business. Republicans will never see this because they hate government, they believe education is for snobs and universities are hotbeds of liberalism. Their only economic policy is to throw money at business and the rich and hope they make jobs. They haven't of course. But if that's your ONLY policy, you just keep hoping and throwing money and getting exactly the same results.

Republicans running the government are a self fulfilling prophecy.

No they don't.

Another well thought out response.