Limbaugh defends O'Donnell's evolution views and attacks Darwin
September 29, 2010 3:29 pm ET
From the September 29 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
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To this fat folker, any laws are just a sign of authoritarianism.
In fact, I thought that was going to be the highlight for me, until he says;
" Now, I know, evolution is Darwin."
Where most people who were able to keep up with the rest of the class at least through high school know that evolution is natural science, El Rushbo thinks it's something invented by Darwin.
Tomorrow's lesson: Electricity is Ben Franklin.
However, the upright-walking, tail-dragging T-Rex was slow and awkward, and could only move in jerky motions...at least from the film clips I've seen.
Another favorite was Strikeforce Morituri (superheroes created to fight off an alien invasion using Science.. but they only lived for less than a year because of the 'powers')
I was actually bitten by a dinosaur once... ;>)
This was my favorite book...
Dino>Scooby Do>Astro.
I'm applying for a grant to blow the gentic comunity into itty bitty (technical term there) pieces with a well typed piece of paper.
Also geeking out on the Turok stuff.
Keep on rocking in the free world.
Honestly, I agree with those who say that those who deny evolution should be disqualified from public office because they may be in the position to make important decisions regarding science and education.
The woman is not only a nut and potentially a criminal, she's a serial liar.
"Being born to the human race is like getting a ticket to the freak show. Being born in American is like getting handed a front row seat."
Just like Sarah Palin...
I'm borrowing that.
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I think this is a prime example of LEVEL THREE!
If you have to lie to advance your agenda, is your agenda really worth advancing?
How far will these right wingnuts go to defy logic and facts? It's like they are living in some alternate reality!
Well... Limbaugh makes $35 Million a year. And they're paying that for just one guy!
So the answer I guess is... as far as their money can take them and still result in a net profit.
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IMHO
So many hands were involved in modern computing, and even television, that no single inventor is generally cited for the developmnent of these device, except for contributions by Claude Shannon and Philo Frnsworth among others.
Every once in a while the right wing noise machine lets something like this slip. It then becomes painfully clear that they don't believe and/or know what they are talking about but will continue to say it because the know they have to push the Republican party back into power.
Of course, I'd also argue that you can't really claim that a person was 'responsible' for any large generational scientific gains. Because every gain and discovery is dependent on those who came before and figured other stuff out first. In that sense, the first cave-man who discovered fire and how to reproduce it could be cited as the father of everything I would imagine. Good ole' Unga-Bunga with his fiery stick made the continued survival of mankind possible. Of course, no rational person would ever actually make that argument, but it kind of illustrates how twisted the reasoning can get when we start playing 'who's the best/most important scientist' with historical figures. :)
I think it was long enough ago that the original airing was PBS (pre-cable, at least as we know cable today). I probably still have the VHS copies of the entire first series, and have gotten the later ones via Public Library (oh, I love the various DVDs I can check out...from A Face In The Crowd to Knowing). (BTW, Knowing, 2012, Armageddon, etc. are some of the least liked movies I've ever seen.)
I do have the original book, too.. haven't seen/gotten the later ones.
Reminded me of one I used on a wingnut who was arguing with me about the absurdity of an ape-like creature becoming human over millions of generations, because they were so different.
I asked him if a lemon seed and a lemon tree were more or less similar than a man and an ape. I think his response was something like that was different, because he had seen that transformation. Mind-boggling.
Consider also, the length of the human lifespan compared to the age of even Redwoods, let alone dealing with Geologic Time. It's kind of an 'ego thing'.. If I don't witness it, it doesn't exist.
We all evolved from Monkeys...some of the monkeys got left behind and now we live in peace and harmony among each other. If we could get rid of all CO2 burning possesions we can live together again among the trees!
Stupid right wing nutjobs
Oh, crap... now I'm forced to agree with you on something.
We can all agree with this, can't we? Yet, the poster is implying the opposite with abysmal results.
Sometimes they alternate between their actual thoughts and ridiculous strawmen in the same sentence, making it doubly confusing.
Most right wingers have a hard enough time forming complete, simple sentences. Attempting more complicated moves, like satire, before the fundamentals are there is like entering one of those freestyle BMX contests before getting your training wheels off.
How many areas of knowledge can he fail at in a day?
Which is still pretty badly written, but I'm tired. :)
Every single utterance that Rush Limbaugh makes is embarrassing.
Every single utterance he makes is born of ignorance and the glorification of stupidity, how can he not feel ashamed of himself?
I feel ashamed for him.
Also, I gotta be honest: he is not even remotely funny, so what are you when you have no intelligence And you have no wit? ... I call it An Embarrassment...
Help me out here maybe there is a better word for it
Science is so much easier when you can make things up.