Thursday, September 15, 2005
Never Underestimate the Power of Stupid People in Large Groups
Constant Readers know that I do not often wax political on these pages, but I just have to say...I listened to "Fresh Air" today on my way home from work, and Terry Gross' interview with Robert Walker , a lobbyist, former congressperson from Pennsylvania and former chairperson of the Science Committee, made my hair stand on end. Give that interview a listen. With knucklehead idealogues like Walker helping shape science and technology policy in our country, God help us all.
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Scary!
I heard that, too, and it made me really angry.
First, the guy says over and over again that he's "no expert on Intelligent Design [sic]." Well, if it's science and it belongs in the classroom as a "competing theory" to the Evolutionary Theory - and since he's the Director of Scientific Affairs Whatever in the Bush Administration, he'd better damn well be an expert in it. What a load of crap we get from these people!
Second, they continually try to shift the blame from themselves to "leftist activists" - in this case, to somebody nobody's ever heard of - the President of the Amercan Association of Scientists! Walker was actually trying to sell the idea that it's leftists who are making a big deal about Evolution!
What a bunch of creeps and bastards, really. Have they no shame at all? Do they really think we're a bunch of idiots that will swallow whatever diversionary swill they spew over the radio?
God, I can't stand the politics in this country anymore.
And here endeth the rant. For today.
Have they no shame at all? No. No, they don't.
Do they really think we're a bunch of idiots that will swallow whatever diversionary swill they spew over the radio? Yup; pretty much.
Actually, fuckwit was my epithet of choice, driving along listening to this drivel. (I've been hanging out with the Brits on the Ship of Fools.)
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