Comments on: McCain’s McCarthyism. McMaybe.

By: Scientific illiteracy all the rage among the glitterati - Page 2 - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:32:44 +0000

[...] Towards the end of the campaign, McCain changed his position on the autism/vaccine link. BA blogged about it. Link [...]

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:11:41 +0000

So, Tom, how would YOU propose running a $ 13 trillion/annum economy with a population of 300 million contentious, irritating, irascible, obnoxious human beings????

A representative Republic may not be the best way to do all that but I do think it’s better than most alternatives, like Lassaiz faire capitalism, anarchy or any totalitarian state.

They’re(the new/old bosses) aren’t really bosses. They’re servants and like many servants, if left unsupervised, they’ll steal you blind. Thus the solution is obvious: WATCH them like hawks and make certain they leave the silver ware behind when they leave,,,

GAry 7

By: Tom Marking

Tom Marking — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:38:06 +0000

“We shall see, won’t we?”

Yes, it’s indeed looking more and more like we will. Sort of reminds me of a song I once heard:

There’s nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now the parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I’ll get on my knees and pray
We don’t get fooled again
Don’t get fooled again
No, no!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

By: brad tittle

brad tittle — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:24:47 +0000

Dereks lead in to your blog made me think McCain had done something amazingly stupid in regards to science. All it tells me is that politicians keep trying to appeal to as many people as possible without offending anyone. WOW there is a shock.

There is a lot of bad science going around these days. Science being put forth by real scientists. Just this week on Naked Scientists they talked about how to increase your life by 14 years by following 4 Good Behaviors. The study didn’t say anything close to this. (It was the EPIC study, Sandy at Junkfoodscience shreds it apart quite well at http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/01/if-only-it-were-true.html ).

I like Naked Scientists, but their credulity when it comes to epidemiology is frightening. If they can’t get it right, how the heck can McCain and Obama get it right.

By: drksky

drksky — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:03:53 +0000

I’ve noticed that the term “Green the Vaccines” has recently become a buzzword used by the people who have a problem with the. It’s just one more thing that people are trying to push by making it “Green”, which is the new all-encompassing adjective that’s being used by celebrity-types trying to look concerned about something.

I’m all for conserving energy, but if I hear one more company or product “going green”, I’m gonna puke…green.

By: Daver

Daver — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:38:35 +0000

What hasn’t been mentioned is that there apparently *is* a correlation between autism and high levels of mercury measured in the bloodstream — at least that’s what was said on a recent show on PBS (Nova I think). Problem is, the amount of mercury being measured in these people is huge, would require many, many vaccinations containing mercury to get to that level, and assumes that *no* mercury is ever removed by the body — which it is, just not very fast.

But that being said, it’s still just a correlation — which is cause, and which is effect? Does the individual have autism because they were exposed to high levels of mercury, or is the same issue that’s causing the autism also messing up the body chemistry which causes it to retain mercury more than other people?

McCarthy’s problem is basic, she’s just latched onto one key thing, that of the mercury level, and made a huge assumption that since the kid received a shot with a tiny amount of mercury in it, by golly that must be where the mercury came from.

By: News From Around The Blogosphere 10.2.08 « Skepacabra

News From Around The Blogosphere 10.2.08 « Skepacabra — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:56:08 +0000

[...] Jenny McCarthy goes after the presidential candidates – Last year McCain said there was no doubt that a link between vaccines and autism exists. But Jenny says that McCain opted out of meeting with her at the last minute. According to the news sources, McCain denied her requests “after learning there’s no hard medical evidence linking vaccines and autism.” Man, I hope this is true because at least Obama has already spoken up recently and stated “I am not for selective vaccination. I believe that it will bring back deadly diseases, like polio.” I’ll take it. [...]