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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:06 PM Original message |
This Oil Spill Is A Great Opportunity To Open A Discussion About Science v Make Believe |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. but people told BP they were not going to take it anymore -that didn't plug the leak? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Agreed & recc'd... |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Science didn't cause the problem, bald faced greed caused the problem. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes! And what our priorities are and how conservation of energy helps right NOW. nt |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. this is greed abusing science. religions properly read forbid the |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Don't bother them with facts. They have an anti-religious screed to carry on. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
63. I know. sad, huh? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
68. "Properly read" |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
79. "God gave us dominion over the Earth. He said use it, take it, rape it. It's yours." |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Absolutely agreed ... |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh brother here we go again. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. You're giving religion more credit than it deserves. It's just one of the myriad |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The new beligerent atheist is more consumed with religion than even the fundies are. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Actually, at age 55, I'm kinda pleased at how much faith has gone away since I was a kid. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Gives me hope for the future. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. At age 50, I am happy to leave peoples' choice to believe or not up to them. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
51. I'd be fine with that as well, IF people's fantasies weren't used as |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
81. You obsessed enough to create that sig picture. |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. New belligerent atheists? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
53. New Belligerent Atheists sounds like a perfect band name. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
70. OMG you used BCE instead of b.C.!! OPPRESSOR !!11!!!1(biblepi/3)11!! |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
77. No, we just like making fun of people who believe in imaginary friends. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Please do explain to me |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
47. I didn't take it that way. |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
76. Do religious idiots ever use logic? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. Agreed, but a lot of people who fancy themselves "skeptics" are the ones screaming loudest |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
44. Just because calls themself a "skeptic" w.r.t. religion ... |
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veganlush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. This disaster is the love child of Ronald Reagan |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
56. +1, and it's funny, because Carter was quite religious. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Now THAT is a quality rant. +1 nt |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Again, not sure what you are talking about, but the coruption as I see it. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. But, but, you're being so mean! |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. Excluding Republican ideologies, these groups have been warning |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. I haven't seen any non-scientific solutions offered. What are you talking about? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. THEY ARE DOING NOTHING crowd |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Ahh, but "they are doing nothing" is not what the OP spoke of |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. The tehy are doing noting crowd |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. You are doing something? What? |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. Crickets? |
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ampad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Subs, Divers? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. 'xept the subs are not designed for this |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Why aren't spiritual healers offering solutions here? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. and I thouht this asphalt volcano |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. Nice one. nt |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. I do not think that is true |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Some people not only miss the point, they construct conspiracies and ulterior |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I believe BP is doing everything they can to cap the leak & as much as they can to hide ... |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
49. Some groups on DU just divide and waste the time of others. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
26. But now we have a whole lot more homeopathic petroleum! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Will it take care of my head aches and bad knees? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #26 |
45. B*st*rd! |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
28. K&R for science! nice post. nt |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
34. I've actually been wondering why the homeopaths weren't all over the news. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 02:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. It would unless James Randi showed up |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
37. Eh? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. You think the solutions won't be devised by the brains of men and women?... |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Sid, sid, sid |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I'm thinking you didn't understand the OP...nt |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I quoted the OP |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
39. Bummer -- I was thinking that Bruce Willis was coming to plug the well |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Typical |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Perhaps I should be more clear |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. That's better |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
41. science help us.. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
43. Well said! |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Thanks for the support and for understanding what I was getting at. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Exactomundo |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Criminy |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. You were certainly talking about yourself at the end of your post ... |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. well |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. Yes, very, thank you. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
48. absolutely spot on rant.... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
54. Who demanded a supernatural solution? I think you're making up stuff |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. It's not about "demanding" a supernatural solution, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. 'xept that their costs are quickly aproacing that point |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
61. There are political issues as well as scientific ones |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
69. Fuck that shit. |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. +42! |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Whatever. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Wow |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
82. -42 |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
73. K & Effing R |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
78. And it was a leaked science caused as well |
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