Comments on: Followup: Rep. Ralph Hall's unbelievable statement on science funding bill

By: H Lee

H Lee — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:18:25 +0000

What planet are y’all from? I wish there was a required IQ test before you were allowed to vote. John Stossel said the other night that “stupid people shouldn’t be allowed to vote”. I agree. Many of our problems would be eliminated and many of you on this thread could go back to worrying about replacing the mud flaps on your trucks and planting your cannibals in the back yard and frolicking at hippie hollow.

By: Jonathan Gal

Jonathan Gal — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:07:47 +0000

I am running against Ralph Hall in November 2010.

My first and foremost mission is to oppose the coming unilateral, pre-emptive invasion of Iran, supported by the Republican War Party.

After watching Rick Perry (R-TX) reject $Billions of federal education money, in order to perpetuate his “Onwards Christian Soldiers” war policies for Texas kids, and seeing Ralph Hall blindly follow along on the winds of war, my conscience compels me to run against him.

Gone are the days of unchecked Republican rule around here!

Jonathan Gal
US House District TX4

By: David Padawer

David Padawer — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:02:18 +0000

What a pig. I suggest he drive to his Texas coast, hop on a speedboat. drive to the middle of the Gulf of Mexico and toss a match.

By: Gonzo

Gonzo — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:45:15 +0000

However, I’m just as concerned with the people who believe that ’science always pays off far more than you invest’, and blindly support an unlimited amount of the public’s resources to be put towards anything with the ’science’ label.

Oh, yeah, right. Because science gets unlimited federal funding. And I forgot this bill represents a new unlimited amount of funding. Save the faux-but there’s another side to this-outrage for something real.

By: Mena

Mena — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:48:50 +0000

Daffy, what I find hilarious about that is that they do indeed whine endlessly about the evil liberal media eating their babies but in the next breath will tell you that Fox is teh awesome because (insert memorized numbers) people watch it and it’s #1 in ratings. Reciting memorized factoids doesn’t count as knowing what one is talking about, and that’s why “conservatives” are usually ridiculed by people outside of their circle. Yes, I’m looking at you dcurt…

By: Daffy

Daffy — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:44:56 +0000

QD, you might want to leave your own bunker. The media are dominated these days by right wing wackos like Glenn beck and Rush Limbaugh. You are living in the past yourself if you still believe in the mythical “Liberal Media.”

Maybe once upon a time, but no more. Nowadays it is treason to criticize a Republican president; it is our patriotic duty to criticize Democratic one.

(The truth is it is our patriotic duty to criticize either one, IMO.)

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:54:22 +0000

It is not surprising that a Texas Republican would be against basic science research. They tend to be much more comfortable with faith than with science. Science makes that 6,000-year-old earth look pretty foolish, but faith can make one feel so loved. Remember, there is no gravity. It is just a loving earth holding us close.

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:09:37 +0000

For those of you who haven’t yet lived long enough to have seen politics as an essential human endeavor, here are some really ancient points of view of that subject, dating from the 1880s by the satirist Ambrose Bierce.

“Politics:

A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”

“Politician:

An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice. As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.”

,,,and the practice of politics has changed not at all in the ensuing 130 years.

One might also include the definition of Sorcery as: “The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death.”

Gary 7

By: QuietDesperation

QuietDesperation — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:03:11 +0000

Makes me ashamed to be a Texan.

Never understood that. Why? California is full of idiot politicians of all Party colors, but I’m not “ashamed” that I happen to live here.

As someone who has never followed politics too closely, it seems that politics since Obama’s election has been especially vitriolic and partisan.

Yes. It is an entirely new phenomena.

So, where exactly is the sealed subterranean bunker in which you spent the last decade? Was it comfy? It wasn’t Vault 101, was it?

By: DennyMo

DennyMo — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:03:04 +0000

You see incorrigible evil, I see someone fighting a losing battle against a spend-crazy majority engaged in reckless growth of our national debt. It is naive of BA to expect a program that once received unanimous support to continue to receive that support when it balloons so wildly beyond its original intent.

http://www.gop.gov/bill/111/1/hr5116:
“The original 2007 legislation passed Congress with bipartisan support-the consensus being that the priority of the bill was to focus on the important needs of basic research and development. This bill shifts those priorities, both through the implementation of new programs and the modification of existing programs, to focus on technology commercialization, which many members may consider to be corporate welfare.”

Daffy, reading off Keith Olberman’s talking points, I see. Not all conservatives were happy with governmental growth during the Bush years. My Republican congressman voted against a lot of stupid (including against invading Iraq), too bad there weren’t more like him…