Comments on: McCain’s Science Policy

By: JerryW

JerryW — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:01:00 +0000

McCain doesn’t use a computer for generational reasons: not many elderly people do.

As for the article itself, I have no axes to grind either way and my main feeling on reading it was that McCain was just being measured against the personal views of the author. When they agreed (nuclear) McCain was good. When they disagreed, McCain was bad. Both of them left the facts feeling a little bruised…

By: chemistb

chemistb — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:12:59 +0000

I am tired of hearing the “can’t lift his arms high enough to type” as an argument for not learning how to use a computer. There are thousands of handicapped people that use computers every day! There are many, many adapted keyboards that he could use. Doesn’t the senate have an ergonomics dept? Can’t they hook him up with a solution to the typing problem?

I see this as laziness, or fear of those ‘newfangled’ computers, or at least a lame excuse not to enter this century.

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This Republican Party Bothers Me | Yostivanich.com — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:34:06 +0000

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By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:41:14 +0000

thomas bushnell, I don’t hover over the comments 24/7; especially when they run to nearly 100 comments long. I simply never saw this, so your last comment is overly harsh.

By: thomas bushnell, bsg

thomas bushnell, bsg — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:27:16 +0000

oh, i see that two other people have pointed out the latin spelling error. my apologies for the repetition.

and shame on you for not bothering to fix the error. or is it more important to seem learned than to be learned?

By: thomas bushnell, bsg

thomas bushnell, bsg — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:26:14 +0000

education is important. yours as well. i enjoy your reflections, and i generally agree. but it’s spelled “non sequitur”.