I think one of the most puzzling things (that I haven’t seen anyone mention but might have been) is how this guy was even appointed in the first place. As a Junior in college myself I cannot imagine the President of the United States ACTUALLY WANTING TO APPOINT ME TO A NATIONAL POLITICAL POSITION! Does this not outrage everyone as much as the fact that he was incompetent? He was also dangerously unqualified. This seems to be a pattern of this president; to appoint the most unqualified cronies he can find in his address book. This kid should have declined the position in the first place, but maybe that is asking too much maybe he should have just relied on the expeirence of those around him. The point is he did neither. At what’s more hilarious is that he got caught lying.

I think this battle between Religion and Science can only get worse for those in the scienetific fields. We have to realize that Religion has a clear advantage in any argument between the two:

Any argument they make reqires no evidence or logic to support it.

PERIOD

We can’t win this fight. We require evidence, logic, or reality to influence our judgement. This is a sad state of affairs and I know it is hard to accept. Our only option is to follow in the footsteps of all scientists past and go underground. Not immediately of course but we should be prepared to resort to this. Religion is ever growing in this country and religious people have religious children. They outnumber us and probably always will.

I do fear the day when we will be called “heratic” for speaking the truth.

Löök, I have Umlaug-signs on my computer!

Auf Deutsch is supposed to mean “in German”, which is also a language (hence, I guess, “noch einmal” above). Whether a blog post is called a Post in German too, I do not know.

I don’t mind if you call me Dumbass. I usually have a lot of self irony.

Btw, you forgot the verb at the end of the sentence. I can put it in here for you (sometimes, you know, in German, you find the verb on the next page): haben.

As for beskeptigal’s remarks, I think she was addressing your response to me. You seemed to imply that he left because of the criticism, not because NASA found out he was lying and could fire him for it. She is agreeing with me that lying on your resume can and often will get you fired. You apparently agree, just feel that in this case there were other, more important factors.

I’m not sure I understand you either…

I am not certain I understand how anyone can say they are a graduate when they are not. Surely this is a big deal.

When I was hired as a aide to a City Councilman, it was because I worked very hard on his campaign and he knew I was still a Senior in College.

That’s funny, Mike. A little crude, but funny.

Hawk, you seem to doubt the scientific evidence that the global temperature is rising and/or CO2 emissions are related, per your comment, “I think that in 20 years, when the planet starts cooling again, these arguments may look pretty foolish.” Yet the majority of scientists who have looked at the data are of the opinion the climate is indeed warming in response to atmospheric CO2 levels.

Yet you think Hansen, presenting research and conclusions he believes in, supported by the fact that the majority of the relative scientific community also believes to be correct, is political? Why? Because you don’t like the results?

I fear it is you who are allowing your political position to cloud the glasses you peer through.