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	<title>Comments on: Oberg lays the smack on Hoagland</title>
	<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/</link>
	<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>
	<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: leroy jenkem</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64921</link>
		<dc:creator>leroy jenkem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64921</guid>
		<description>if one inhales enough jenkem, you will believe anything....

excusses meeee, i going to take a hit....got some pepper burger jenkem brewing now....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>if one inhales enough jenkem, you will believe anything&#8230;.</p>
<p>excusses meeee, i going to take a hit&#8230;.got some pepper burger jenkem brewing now&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: richard c. hoagland &#124; Info trend it</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64920</link>
		<dc:creator>richard c. hoagland &#124; Info trend it</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64920</guid>
		<description>[...] Oberg lays the smack on Hoagland [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Oberg lays the smack on Hoagland [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Yael Dragwyla</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64919</link>
		<dc:creator>Yael Dragwyla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64919</guid>
		<description>I'm glad to see people ripping into Hoagland the way that idiot deserves.  As evidenced by the nonsense in the article referenced and criticized on http://btripp.livejournal.com/824416.html, and exemplified in http://www.enterprisemission.com/sensor.htm (there's plenty more where that last came from, but we all know about Hoagland and his Enterprise Mission site), Hoagland is long overdue for a nice tar-and-feather party ending in the 12:15 rail out of town, or at least the strictly social analog thereof.  Good for you, Phil!  We're very fortunate to have you to catch the fraudulent and lunatic touting the sort of [expletive deleted] for which Hoagland is famous.  Go get 'em!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad to see people ripping into Hoagland the way that idiot deserves.  As evidenced by the nonsense in the article referenced and criticized on <a href="http://btripp.livejournal.com/824416.html," rel="nofollow">http://btripp.livejournal.com/824416.html,</a> and exemplified in <a href="http://www.enterprisemission.com/sensor.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.enterprisemission.com/sensor.htm</a> (there&#8217;s plenty more where that last came from, but we all know about Hoagland and his Enterprise Mission site), Hoagland is long overdue for a nice tar-and-feather party ending in the 12:15 rail out of town, or at least the strictly social analog thereof.  Good for you, Phil!  We&#8217;re very fortunate to have you to catch the fraudulent and lunatic touting the sort of [expletive deleted] for which Hoagland is famous.  Go get &#8216;em!</p>
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		<title>By: Quiet_Desperation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64918</link>
		<dc:creator>Quiet_Desperation</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64918</guid>
		<description>&lt;i&gt;My dad, who owns a great amature telescope and read astronomy books out of interest, was sucked in by that stupid television show that showed the “evidence” of a moon landing hoax.&lt;/i&gt;

At least that's easy to debunk. My dad is all atwitter about the mythical NAFTA Superhighway, which, depending on the source, can be anything from 2000 feet to 870 miles wide; will extend from Mexico to Canada, or pole to pole and will displace anywhere betwwen several thousand homeowners or some number greater than the entire population of the United States.

The problem is that there *is* a controversial project (or collection of projects) called the Trans Texas Corridor which is completely different, but it muddies up the debunking. It doesn;t help that some politicians have applied the "NAFTA Superhighway" label to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_texas_corridor

And a good article overview

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070827/hayes</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>My dad, who owns a great amature telescope and read astronomy books out of interest, was sucked in by that stupid television show that showed the “evidence” of a moon landing hoax.</i></p>
<p>At least that&#8217;s easy to debunk. My dad is all atwitter about the mythical NAFTA Superhighway, which, depending on the source, can be anything from 2000 feet to 870 miles wide; will extend from Mexico to Canada, or pole to pole and will displace anywhere betwwen several thousand homeowners or some number greater than the entire population of the United States.</p>
<p>The problem is that there *is* a controversial project (or collection of projects) called the Trans Texas Corridor which is completely different, but it muddies up the debunking. It doesn;t help that some politicians have applied the &#8220;NAFTA Superhighway&#8221; label to it.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_texas_corridor" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_texas_corridor</a></p>
<p>And a good article overview</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070827/hayes" rel="nofollow">http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070827/hayes</a></p>
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		<title>By: hdhondt</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64917</link>
		<dc:creator>hdhondt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64917</guid>
		<description>Anyone interested in moon hoaxes should see the movie "Dark Side of the Moon", made by William Karel (original title "Opération Lune"). It's an absolutely brilliant spoof, and utterly hilarious. When I saw it, for the first 15 minutes it seemed reasonable, what with a paranoid Richard Nixon trying to come up with a plan B in case the moon shot fizzed. After that it just became weirder and weirder. It includes Buzz Aldrin, Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, Donald Rumsfeld and others playing themselves in fake inteviews.

Interestingly, while I was laughing most of the way through it, some people apparently considered it a real documentary.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone interested in moon hoaxes should see the movie &#8220;Dark Side of the Moon&#8221;, made by William Karel (original title &#8220;Opération Lune&#8221;). It&#8217;s an absolutely brilliant spoof, and utterly hilarious. When I saw it, for the first 15 minutes it seemed reasonable, what with a paranoid Richard Nixon trying to come up with a plan B in case the moon shot fizzed. After that it just became weirder and weirder. It includes Buzz Aldrin, Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, Donald Rumsfeld and others playing themselves in fake inteviews.</p>
<p>Interestingly, while I was laughing most of the way through it, some people apparently considered it a real documentary.</p>
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		<title>By: American Spirit</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64916</link>
		<dc:creator>American Spirit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64916</guid>
		<description>Hello Phil,

Have you seen the madness on Bara’s blog in which he seems to think that it was you using the name “Professor Fulcanelli” to write a review of Dark Mission on Amazon?

He does not mention your name, but then in the comments he slips and says “But what do Dr. Phil’s mendacious and very personal attacks on Richard have to do with the “norms of scientific debate?”</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Phil,</p>
<p>Have you seen the madness on Bara’s blog in which he seems to think that it was you using the name “Professor Fulcanelli” to write a review of Dark Mission on Amazon?</p>
<p>He does not mention your name, but then in the comments he slips and says “But what do Dr. Phil’s mendacious and very personal attacks on Richard have to do with the “norms of scientific debate?”</p>
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		<title>By: sgecko</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64915</link>
		<dc:creator>sgecko</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/21/oberg-lays-the-smack-on-hoagland/#comment-64915</guid>
		<description>the pam comment must have been a hit with the google ad.  i took a snapshot of the ad to send, but then saw you won't open attachments.  but the youtube video of "sxephil" fits the theme...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the pam comment must have been a hit with the google ad.  i took a snapshot of the ad to send, but then saw you won&#8217;t open attachments.  but the youtube video of &#8220;sxephil&#8221; fits the theme&#8230;</p>
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