Comments on: McCain’s planetariophobia

By: Is Conservatism Less Compatible With Science Than Religion? « Camels With Hammers

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:17:05 +0000

[...] conservatives. John McCain, the leader of the Republican party, denigrated astronomy education by calling a star-projector for a planetarium “foolishness” and “an overhead projecto….” His hand-picked successor suggested that fruit fly research should be defunded, and [...]

By: Petty. Me. Uk. » San Francisco, October 2008 - It Was A Trip

Petty. Me. Uk. » San Francisco, October 2008 - It Was A Trip — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:13:23 +0000

[...] Chamber of Horrors, with its displays of famous serial killers and methods of execution. The recent idiotic (or deliberately misleading) comment from Republican presidential hopeful John McCain about… reminded me that I want to go to another one. They’re probably improved since [...]

By: Don’t Call it a Comeback! | The Perfect Silence

Don’t Call it a Comeback! | The Perfect Silence — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:01:56 +0000

[...] projector was a prime-A #1 example of wasteful government spending. Nancy Atkinson, MSNBC and Phil Plait* wrote great articles about the issue, and were nice enough to mention my post about that bru [...]

By: Stars, Bears, and Flies « The Liquid Thinker

Stars, Bears, and Flies « The Liquid Thinker — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:02:55 +0000

[...] and erratic pit bulls in a china shop, McCain has crashed into astronomy, calling planetariums “foolishness”, toppled biological and conservation bear research, quipping that he doesn’t know if [...]

By: Problems with Palin - Page 11 - Science Forums

Problems with Palin - Page 11 - Science Forums — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:26:05 +0000

[...] to a man who mocks research into bear DNA and calls a multimillion dollar educational tool an "overhead projector", from a party that ridicules people with Parkinson’s because they want more stem cell [...]

By: /var/log » Blog Archive » The last thing you need…

/var/log » Blog Archive » The last thing you need… — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:37:09 +0000

[...] a $3 million dollar “overhead projector”. Just for your reference it is not the type of overhead projector he was thinking of. Why bully just science when you take a swing at education [...]

By: Freelance Minion

Freelance Minion — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:39:44 +0000

While I agree this is another example of McCain trying to score political points that falls flat, I have to say I’m another to ask whether he actually understands exactly how complex a modern planetarium projector system is. The guy reportedly doesn’t understand email and my WWII vet grandpa was all over that before he passed away.