Comments on: The Rightwingoverse http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:59:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Count Iblis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/comment-page-1/#comment-19308 Count Iblis Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:54:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/#comment-19308 Tony, <blockquote>Ahmadinejad just wants peaceful nuclear power! </blockquote> <a href="http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/" rel="nofollow">You can ask him here</a> :) Tony,
Ahmadinejad just wants peaceful nuclear power!

You can ask him here :)

]]> By: Wolverine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/comment-page-1/#comment-19311 Wolverine Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:47:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/#comment-19311 Whoops, apologies for the extra "believe" above. Whoops, apologies for the extra “believe” above.

]]> By: Wolverine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/comment-page-1/#comment-19310 Wolverine Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:46:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/#comment-19310 Such a familiar theme... people believe tend to believe what they wish, or what makes them feel comfortable, facts be damned. Spinmeister pundits certainly don't help matters. Such a familiar theme… people believe tend to believe what they wish, or what makes them feel comfortable, facts be damned. Spinmeister pundits certainly don’t help matters.

]]> By: Louise http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/comment-page-1/#comment-19309 Louise Tue, 08 Aug 2006 05:32:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/#comment-19309 This refers to today's AP article, repeated in the NY Times: "Do you believe in Iraqi WMD? Did Saddam Hussein's government have weapons of mass destruction in 2003? Half of America apparently still thinks so, a new poll finds, and experts see many reasons why: a drumbeat of voices from talk radio to die-hard bloggers to the Oval Office, a surprise headline here or there, a rallying around a partisan flag, and a growing need for people, in their own minds, to justify the war in Iraq." Oooh, those evil bloggers! How dare they question what we tell them! Who voted the White House more power than the media? The people? They are stupider than us educated elites! Who is losing this battle? This refers to today’s AP article, repeated in the NY Times:
“Do you believe in Iraqi WMD? Did Saddam Hussein’s government have weapons of mass destruction in 2003?
Half of America apparently still thinks so, a new poll finds, and experts see many reasons why: a drumbeat of voices from talk radio to die-hard bloggers to the Oval Office, a surprise headline here or there, a rallying around a partisan flag, and a growing need for people, in their own minds, to justify the war in Iraq.”
Oooh, those evil bloggers! How dare they question what we tell them! Who voted the White House more power than the media? The people? They are stupider than us educated elites!

Who is losing this battle?

]]> By: Cynthia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/comment-page-1/#comment-19307 Cynthia Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:56:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/#comment-19307 Is the rightwingoverse the multiverse minus the leftwingoverse? If it is, then I can't think of a more treacherous patch of the cosmic landscape to traverse, even with the anthropic principle as a guide.;-) Is the rightwingoverse the multiverse minus the leftwingoverse? If it is, then I can’t think of a more treacherous patch of the cosmic landscape to traverse, even with the anthropic principle as a guide.;-)

]]> By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/comment-page-1/#comment-19306 Mark Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:21:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/#comment-19306 Sorry you didn't like it Tony. However, in my opinion, your list is ill thought out. I don't have a real opinion on your first point; your second point isn't left or right wing, it's science; and your third point seems contradicted by the opinion expressed in many posts we've done on this blog (which I assume you think of as part of the leftwingoverse). Sorry you didn’t like it Tony. However, in my opinion, your list is ill thought out. I don’t have a real opinion on your first point; your second point isn’t left or right wing, it’s science; and your third point seems contradicted by the opinion expressed in many posts we’ve done on this blog (which I assume you think of as part of the leftwingoverse).

]]> By: Tony Ryan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/comment-page-1/#comment-19305 Tony Ryan Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:56:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/08/06/the-rightwingoverse/#comment-19305 How... bland. In the Leftwingoverse (I feel stupid just writing that): * Ahmadinejad just wants peaceful nuclear power! * Increases in CO2 concentrations precede temperature increases! * Journalists are like totally objective ... and unbiased ... and stuff! How… bland.

In the Leftwingoverse (I feel stupid just writing that):

* Ahmadinejad just wants peaceful nuclear power!

* Increases in CO2 concentrations precede temperature increases!

* Journalists are like totally objective … and unbiased … and stuff!

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