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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:26 AM Original message |
Why Is It That All The HUGE Scientific Discoveries Are Being Made In FOREIGN Countries? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. Perhaps because we're too busy discovering new ways to make fatty food huge? |
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ChicagoRonin (250 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. Two words |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Ain't capitalism wonderful? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Corporate whores run our government and have for decades. |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. +1 |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Yes, to get a research grant your research needs to benefit a corporation. |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. Because science is bad. Science is the devil's playground. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. Because we direct our research to finding better ways to kill people? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. because CAPITALISM Rules this Country |
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SeattleVet (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. Because we don't need no stinkin' science |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. yeah |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. One word, "Republicans". |
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Lisa D (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. Because there are intelligent, creative people all over the world. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Best, most logical reply n/t |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Yes |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. That, combined with reply 21. n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
13. Algae biodiesel is the solution. |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The Huge Discovery Is The Ability To MAKE Oil |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. The initial algae biofuel research was done by the DOE under Jimmy Carter. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
15. Because they haven't been taught how to be good consumers yet. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. Only environmentally friendly until you USE the oil. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
19. People here care more about their kids being a popular jock than becoming a scientist? |
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toddwv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
20. Decades of a right-wing war on education, science and technological progression. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
21. Because there was a brain drain during Bush terms. |
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econoclast (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
23. Hate to rain in the parade, but |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
24. Because we long ago lost our edge in science. |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
26. Don't know why you think they're only working on this |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. 'Cause the stupid rules in the US |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. No Child Left Behind? nt |
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