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	<title>Comments on: Deutsch testified before Congress</title>
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	<description>I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.</description>
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		<title>By: Steve Raine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve Raine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yep, hypocrisy thy name is Republican :

Seems its okay for them to lie about things and get the nation into a pointless, needless murdeous and counter-productive war affecting two entire nations but NOT ok  for Clinton to lie about a consenusal sexual affair that affected just him and his family.

Okay for them to spread hateful and intolerant religious ideology but not for Osama Bin Laden (an ex-CIA employee like Saddam) to do the same.

Okay for Israel to defend itself  - and have nuclear weapons and other WMDs to do defend itself with but NOT okay or Iran, Iraq and other nations to do the same ...

Okay for them to violate international law and UN resolutions (against torture, opression, imperialistagggression) but not for Iraq &amp; others to do exactly the same.

Okay for them to advocate, incite and even committ  assassination of democratically elected leaders (Salvador Allende, Pat Robertson against Hugo Chavez) but not for others ...

Nobody does spin and double standards better (or should that be worse) than the Republicans. Nobody falls for it worseor better than the all too often ignorant, guillible &amp; uncritical US masses. (Excluding the good readers  here, naturally!)

Time is way , waay, waaa-aaay overdue thatsituation changed. That y&#039;all got mad as hell amnd refusedtoput up with it anymore.

Impeach &quot;Presi-King&quot; George Bush  II (the Mad)

Do it now.
Better yet get a time machine and do it yesterday or back when Al Gore won that first &quot;election&quot; and was robbed by a Republican-corrupted court system...  The world needs Bush &amp; his Republican neo-Fascists gone now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep, hypocrisy thy name is Republican :</p>
<p>Seems its okay for them to lie about things and get the nation into a pointless, needless murdeous and counter-productive war affecting two entire nations but NOT ok  for Clinton to lie about a consenusal sexual affair that affected just him and his family.</p>
<p>Okay for them to spread hateful and intolerant religious ideology but not for Osama Bin Laden (an ex-CIA employee like Saddam) to do the same.</p>
<p>Okay for Israel to defend itself  &#8211; and have nuclear weapons and other WMDs to do defend itself with but NOT okay or Iran, Iraq and other nations to do the same &#8230;</p>
<p>Okay for them to violate international law and UN resolutions (against torture, opression, imperialistagggression) but not for Iraq &amp; others to do exactly the same.</p>
<p>Okay for them to advocate, incite and even committ  assassination of democratically elected leaders (Salvador Allende, Pat Robertson against Hugo Chavez) but not for others &#8230;</p>
<p>Nobody does spin and double standards better (or should that be worse) than the Republicans. Nobody falls for it worseor better than the all too often ignorant, guillible &amp; uncritical US masses. (Excluding the good readers  here, naturally!)</p>
<p>Time is way , waay, waaa-aaay overdue thatsituation changed. That y&#8217;all got mad as hell amnd refusedtoput up with it anymore.</p>
<p>Impeach &#8220;Presi-King&#8221; George Bush  II (the Mad)</p>
<p>Do it now.<br />
Better yet get a time machine and do it yesterday or back when Al Gore won that first &#8220;election&#8221; and was robbed by a Republican-corrupted court system&#8230;  The world needs Bush &amp; his Republican neo-Fascists gone now.</p>
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		<title>By: skeptigirl</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/18/deutsch-to-testify-before-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-32998</link>
		<dc:creator>skeptigirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Allan Says:
&lt;i&gt;One other thought. When oh-so-religious Deutsch lied about a degree he did not have, he also violated that Commandment â€œThou shalt not bear false witness.&lt;/i&gt;

It is incredible, isn&#039;t it? The amount of false witnessing going on in that whole crowd.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allan Says:<br />
<i>One other thought. When oh-so-religious Deutsch lied about a degree he did not have, he also violated that Commandment â€œThou shalt not bear false witness.</i></p>
<p>It is incredible, isn&#8217;t it? The amount of false witnessing going on in that whole crowd.</p>
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		<title>By: Astrolink [English Edition] &#187; How she is becoming an astronaut</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/18/deutsch-to-testify-before-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-33012</link>
		<dc:creator>Astrolink [English Edition] &#187; How she is becoming an astronaut</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] been doing so well in the public relations department lately, if you hadn&#8217;t heard. George Deutsch, Lisa Nowak, budget cuts, some odd management decisions&#8230; NASA could use a PR [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] been doing so well in the public relations department lately, if you hadn&#8217;t heard. George Deutsch, Lisa Nowak, budget cuts, some odd management decisions&#8230; NASA could use a PR [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Allan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Allan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One other thought. When oh-so-religious Deutsch lied about a degree he did not have, he also violated that Commandment &quot;Thou shalt not bear false witness. . . . &quot;   Deutsch lied.  Deutsch got caught.  Fool!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One other thought. When oh-so-religious Deutsch lied about a degree he did not have, he also violated that Commandment &#8220;Thou shalt not bear false witness. . . . &#8221;   Deutsch lied.  Deutsch got caught.  Fool!</p>
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		<title>By: Will</title>
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		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Being skeptical of news accounts should include skepticism of the accounts you tend to agree with just as much as you are skeptical of the ones you know are BS. &lt;/i&gt;

I&#039;m skeptical of your skepticism.  No wait, I&#039;m also skeptical of my skepticism. Maybe I should back up. I&#039;m skeptical that skeptigirl exists. I&#039;m also skeptical of my skepticism of skeptigirl&#039;s existence.  I&#039;m highly skeptical of skepticism in general, but now even more so because I tend to agree with skepticism.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Being skeptical of news accounts should include skepticism of the accounts you tend to agree with just as much as you are skeptical of the ones you know are BS. </i></p>
<p>I&#8217;m skeptical of your skepticism.  No wait, I&#8217;m also skeptical of my skepticism. Maybe I should back up. I&#8217;m skeptical that skeptigirl exists. I&#8217;m also skeptical of my skepticism of skeptigirl&#8217;s existence.  I&#8217;m highly skeptical of skepticism in general, but now even more so because I tend to agree with skepticism.</p>
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		<title>By: skeptigirl</title>
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		<dc:creator>skeptigirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Allan Says:

Skeptigirl misses the point. The point is Deutsch lied, pure and simple. He invented a degree he did not have.

The Bad Astronomer Says:

Skeptigirl, I will disagree with you: itâ€™s not hard to buy, itâ€™s impossible. &lt;/i&gt;

Good grief, I only meant to give the guy the possibility of doubt re the resume. And I was only commenting on what evidence I had, I wasn&#039;t saying this is what I&#039;ve concluded based on a thorough look.

Being skeptical of news accounts should include skepticism of the accounts you tend to agree with just as much as you are skeptical of the ones you know are BS.

I didn&#039;t read the guy&#039;s resume. Did you read it Allan? Does it say I have a degree or does it say I will have my degree in &lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt; months? That is the only part of his rationalizing written testimony I referred to when I said, I could buy it was the resume and I said &quot;could&quot; not do.

Re harder to buy vs impossible to buy, I&#039;ll take your word for it, Phil. It&#039;s not that I don&#039;t agree, I just didn&#039;t want to refute the guys claims based solely on the news accounts I&#039;ve read. You have much more information than I do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Allan Says:</p>
<p>Skeptigirl misses the point. The point is Deutsch lied, pure and simple. He invented a degree he did not have.</p>
<p>The Bad Astronomer Says:</p>
<p>Skeptigirl, I will disagree with you: itâ€™s not hard to buy, itâ€™s impossible. </i></p>
<p>Good grief, I only meant to give the guy the possibility of doubt re the resume. And I was only commenting on what evidence I had, I wasn&#8217;t saying this is what I&#8217;ve concluded based on a thorough look.</p>
<p>Being skeptical of news accounts should include skepticism of the accounts you tend to agree with just as much as you are skeptical of the ones you know are BS.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t read the guy&#8217;s resume. Did you read it Allan? Does it say I have a degree or does it say I will have my degree in <i>x</i> months? That is the only part of his rationalizing written testimony I referred to when I said, I could buy it was the resume and I said &#8220;could&#8221; not do.</p>
<p>Re harder to buy vs impossible to buy, I&#8217;ll take your word for it, Phil. It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t agree, I just didn&#8217;t want to refute the guys claims based solely on the news accounts I&#8217;ve read. You have much more information than I do.</p>
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		<title>By: The Bad Astronomer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/18/deutsch-to-testify-before-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-32999</link>
		<dc:creator>The Bad Astronomer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Skeptigirl, I will disagree with you: it&#039;s not hard to buy, it&#039;s impossible. He made it very clear he was basing his decision on creationism in the thin veil of ID. His butt should have been tossed at that precise moment. That&#039;s when he violated the First Amendment-- a government employee promoting religion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Skeptigirl, I will disagree with you: it&#8217;s not hard to buy, it&#8217;s impossible. He made it very clear he was basing his decision on creationism in the thin veil of ID. His butt should have been tossed at that precise moment. That&#8217;s when he violated the First Amendment&#8211; a government employee promoting religion.</p>
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