tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post2313370030865854743..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: The Right Parrot for the Job?Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-52816314450421326512007-02-07T18:48:00.000-06:002007-02-07T18:48:00.000-06:00Good point, if you mean "manufactured consensus".
...Good point, if you mean "manufactured consensus".<br /><br />Interesting <a href = "http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/weekinreview/warm1930.pdf">link</a>, BTW!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-65598733099431859562007-02-07T18:24:00.000-06:002007-02-07T18:24:00.000-06:00Gus, where would the U.S. be today if scientific c...Gus, where would the U.S. be today if scientific concensus rather than skepeticism and intellectual honesty were the order of the day? If you can find an Imam in a cave near you, he will surely let you know how much the former has helped Islam remain backwardly pure.<br /><br />Or, you may be curious about something on topic that the New York Times published about 3/4 of a century ago, here:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/weekinreview/warm1930.pdf <br /><br />VigilisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-20692218573553934802007-02-07T14:18:00.000-06:002007-02-07T14:18:00.000-06:00Gus,
Haha, "crow."
How many bad things are conta...Gus,<br /><br />Haha, "crow."<br /><br />How many bad things are contained in that Politician's statement?<br /><br /><i>Many</i>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-37317154973124398322007-02-07T12:32:00.000-06:002007-02-07T12:32:00.000-06:00Boy! That quote you zeroed in on IS bad, Inspector...Boy! That quote you zeroed in on IS bad, Inspector. The "crow" must be getting to me.<br /><br />And Sid, the parallel to the Catholic Church is no surprise given that leftism is merely a secularized Christianity....Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-65147050378932755312007-02-07T12:18:00.000-06:002007-02-07T12:18:00.000-06:00So, it's politicians today = Catholic Church then....So, it's politicians today = Catholic Church then. Not surprising at all. History repeats itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-657159581180492252007-02-07T12:08:00.000-06:002007-02-07T12:08:00.000-06:00"The governor said Taylor's contradictions interfe..."The governor said Taylor's contradictions interfere with the state's stated goals"<br /><br />Freudian slip, right there. This is his problem: facts are getting in the way of the state's goals of making us Dhimmi to the "environment."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-91536108508862802802007-02-07T11:37:00.000-06:002007-02-07T11:37:00.000-06:00It isn't the scientists who are stifling debate --...It isn't the scientists who are stifling debate -- although <a href ="http://gusvanhorn.blogspot.com/2005/05/global-stonewalling.html">some are</a> -- so much as politicians and celebrities, who are vying for the role of "<a href = "http://gusvanhorn.blogspot.com/2007/01/heidi-lysenko-cullen.html">Lysenko</a>".<br /><br />Having said that, your parallel is better than you think. They're already <a href = "http://www.ft.com/cms/s/14868082-b651-11db-9eea-0000779e2340.html">talking about</a> making violations of environmental regulations prosecutable as crimes (versus merely civil offenses) in the EU.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-11961807832145761262007-02-07T11:07:00.000-06:002007-02-07T11:07:00.000-06:00Ow. So because you don't agree with the majority, ...Ow. So because you don't agree with the majority, you're a liar. That's just what global warming has descended into (though it may actually very well be man-made). You are 100% correct (re your earlier posts on it): the important thing today for scientists is not to promote debate, but to stifle it.<br /><br />Why does this remind me of the 15th-16th century, and the geocentric view of the Universe? God knows how many people have been burned on the stake for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com