Bush Chose Science Fiction To Decide Against Embryonic Stem Cell Research

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Click here to read how fact-challenged our president is.

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Which is worse: that Bush may have turned his back on science as a political favor to hyperbolists like Dobson, or because he was ignorant of the relative potential of adult stem cells?

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Who do you trust: 80 Nobel Laureates and Hawking, or George W. Bush and Karl Rove? One group is backed by scientific facts, the other is backed by science fiction.

[zbdent]

1. I don't know about that ... good science fiction is based on the

plausible ...

bad science fiction gives you great big noisy explosions in the vacuum of space ...

So, Bush is just using bad fiction, a la the Coulter wing of the library ... and that's just the dust cover ... he can't be bothered with any actual reading ...

[JABBS]

2. as the article says

he apparently ignored a letter last year from 80 nobel laureates on the subject. i'm guessing he never even saw it. why listen to a bunch nobel laureates when you have Dr. James Dobson?

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5. the conservative response (on JABBS)

MrToffeeLovesYa said...
"One group is backed by scientific facts, the other is backed by science fiction."

Liberals discount the power of science fiction among religious conservatives, who in droves buy Left Behind books, videos, box sets, children's books, audio cds and casettes, action figures, collectibles and games. It's one of the best-selling product lines in history.

Wake up and smell the reality, liberals. Religious conservatives are buying far more Left Behind products than theses from Stephen Hawking. When Hawking writes a best seller about embryos battling the antichrist, then maybe religious conservatives will listen, especially if he turns it into a movie.

Does anyone really think religious conservatives listen to Nobel laureates? C'mon, liberals. Nobel prizes are given by Sweden. Religious conservatives don't care what Swedes think about embryos. Other than a meatball recipe and a Muppet Show character, what has Sweden ever done for the U.S.? They speak in Swedish, don't forget. Americans speak English. Pow!

Religious conservatives listen to the Bible and the people they see as qualified to interpret it, like James Dobson and Pat Robertson (also an author of apocalyptic novels.) With President Bush, religious conservatives don't want "leadership" as much as "agreement" on the issues: a ban on embryo research, public display of the Ten Commandments, a ban on gay marriage, teaching creationism in public schools, and prayer in public schools.

Do the math, liberals. Relgiious conservatives are currently one for five. And for all the scientists liberals drag into the debate, and all the facts they offer, religious conservatives are making gains at the local and state levels on the other four items on their list. Religious conservatives don't want to hear about science. They want to hear the words "pro" and "life" before they go to the polls.

And that's a "scientific fact."

[zbdent]

6. I thought that someone just forgot to put

:sarcasm: at the end of the post ...

And don't the churches buy those "left behind" in bulk, to hand to the kids?

I find it funny that they would read the "Left Behind" series at all ... according to them, they would be the first to be taken in the Rapture ...

[JABBS]

7. it's up in the air

whether he's serious or sarcastic. a few of the other commenters on JABBS definitely take him to be serious, leaving angry responses to his comments.

[GregW]

3. Kinda like his knowledge of global warming...

... that he learned from Michael Crichton

:eyes:

[JABBS]

4. ironically

one of pat robertson's apocalyptic novels outsold michael crichton's top book.

So if Bush were going purely on book sales, he'd be pretty smart.