Comments on: Power to the People http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/ 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. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:03:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: KaiYeves http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55570 KaiYeves Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:06:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55570 I was in Washington last May and we met our New York senator, Tim Bishop (Well, one of our New York senators). I told him about how important space was and he seemed to agree, but confessed "I don't really know a lot about this stuff." So I gave him the address of the Planetary Society website. Power to the people! I was in Washington last May and we met our New York senator, Tim Bishop (Well, one of our New York senators). I told him about how important space was and he seemed to agree, but confessed “I don’t really know a lot about this stuff.”
So I gave him the address of the Planetary Society website.
Power to the people!

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]]> By: The Centipede http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55568 The Centipede Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:47:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55568 The Centipede's Rules for World Travel: #63: Never order an Irish Car Bomb at an Irish pub. #63, Corollary A: Or an English one. #65, Corollary B: You may be able to get away with it in Scotland or Wales, but don't press your luck. The Centipede’s Rules for World Travel:

#63: Never order an Irish Car Bomb at an Irish pub.
#63, Corollary A: Or an English one.
#65, Corollary B: You may be able to get away with it in Scotland or Wales, but don’t press your luck.

]]> By: Quiet_Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55567 Quiet_Desperation Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:30:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55567 >"Guiness is a whole different experience. If you have trouble with it, you just aren’t slicing it thin enough…" The bartender offered some small explosives to deal with it, but I declined. Didn't want to start anything. It *was* Ireland, after all. Really cute bartender. Pure Irish gal. I understood about one out of five words. >”Guiness is a whole different experience. If you have trouble with it, you just aren’t slicing it thin enough…”

The bartender offered some small explosives to deal with it, but I declined. Didn’t want to start anything. It *was* Ireland, after all.

Really cute bartender. Pure Irish gal. I understood about one out of five words.

]]> By: The Centipede http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55566 The Centipede Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:50:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55566 Damn. My link didn't work. *sigh* Anyway, it's a minor story and the USAF (luckily the same one I kinda worked for) is saying "no, it's stupid, go away." Still, I'm glad that the link -did- lead to something edifying for everyone. Serendipitous, that. Obviously it's an Raelian conspiracy trying to prevent me from exposing the truth of their dirty dirty lies (saywha?) by numbing everyone's mind with sweet, sweet chocolate. Mmmmm, chocolate... NO! GO AWAY, BLACK UNMARKED MASONIC RAELIAN HELICOPTER MIND CONTROL BEAM! I REPEL YOU WITH THOUGHTS OF GUINNESS! Mmmmm, Guinness... As for the USAFA, I'll have to ask my ex-roommate's little brother who's going through Doolie year whether this is the Gospel (sorry, couldn't resist) truth. Damn. My link didn’t work. *sigh* Anyway, it’s a minor story and the USAF (luckily the same one I kinda worked for) is saying “no, it’s stupid, go away.”

Still, I’m glad that the link -did- lead to something edifying for everyone. Serendipitous, that. Obviously it’s an Raelian conspiracy trying to prevent me from exposing the truth of their dirty dirty lies (saywha?) by numbing everyone’s mind with sweet, sweet chocolate.

Mmmmm, chocolate… NO! GO AWAY, BLACK UNMARKED MASONIC RAELIAN HELICOPTER MIND CONTROL BEAM! I REPEL YOU WITH THOUGHTS OF GUINNESS! Mmmmm, Guinness…

As for the USAFA, I’ll have to ask my ex-roommate’s little brother who’s going through Doolie year whether this is the Gospel (sorry, couldn’t resist) truth.

]]> By: Sue Mitchell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55565 Sue Mitchell Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:32:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55565 If you haven't already, you really, REALLY need to read this: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/08/5093/ AF vet, David Antoon, took his son to the Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, for an orientation meeting for new appointees. He found that the Air Force Academy has turned into "the Rocky Mountain Bible College" having been infiltrated by "Christian supremacists." There is now one evangelical chaplain per hundred students where once there were three protestant chaplains, two priests and a rabbi in total. One chaplain "suggested" that cadets tell their mates they would "burn in hell" if they didn't receive Jesus as their savior. It's scary stuff - megascary. :-O -- If you haven’t already, you really, REALLY need to read this:

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/08/5093/

AF vet, David Antoon, took his son to the Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, for an orientation meeting for new appointees.

He found that the Air Force Academy has turned into “the Rocky Mountain Bible College” having been infiltrated by “Christian supremacists.” There is now one evangelical chaplain per hundred students where once there were three protestant chaplains, two priests and a rabbi in total.

One chaplain “suggested” that cadets tell their mates they would “burn in hell” if they didn’t receive Jesus as their savior.

It’s scary stuff - megascary. :-O
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]]> By: Sergeant Zim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55564 Sergeant Zim Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:55:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/11/13/power-to-the-people/#comment-55564 Guiness is a whole different experience. If you have trouble with it, you just aren't slicing it thin enough... Guiness is a whole different experience. If you have trouble with it, you just aren’t slicing it thin enough…

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