1 posted on
11/10/2008 6:52:56 PM PST by
nuconvert
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Al Gore probably breathed a sigh of relief to hear Michael Crichton died. Crichton was an outspoken critic of the myth of manmade global warming and had an open invitation to debate Al Gore, who, oddly enough, though he's the smartest human being on the planet and knows more about climatology than anyone, declined the offer.
4 posted on
11/10/2008 6:58:05 PM PST by
Ghost of Philip Marlowe
(Liberals are useful idiots. They are the pawns of Leftists.)
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Ping for GW Doomage and Nanny State lists.
5 posted on
11/10/2008 7:00:21 PM PST by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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Crichton understood the hubris of many scientists, as well as the notion that the germ of wisdom is the acknowledgement of how much one does not know. 500 years ago, the prevailing thought of the day was that the earth was not only the center of the universe, but was flat as well...dissenting voices were punished harshly and ostracized. 500 years from now, our leading thinkers, and the conventions of today will be viewed as equally laughable and preposterous.
6 posted on
11/10/2008 7:01:39 PM PST by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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7 posted on
11/10/2008 7:08:19 PM PST by
saganite
(I for one welcome our new Socialist masters /s/)
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There was no basis in science for Lysenko’s theories, but political support ensured that they dominated Soviet research for 30 years and endured into the 1960s. That is not so long ago.
Kind of like the Church of Darwin.
12 posted on
11/10/2008 8:13:35 PM PST by
Lee N. Field
(In five years noone will admit to voting for Obama.)
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We have lost a great thinker and a talented storyteller.
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I like how he went after trial and family court lawyers in Next.
15 posted on
11/11/2008 2:20:38 AM PST by
LowCountryJoe
(Do class-warfare and disdain of laissez-faire have their places in today's GOP?)
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On 4 November, I was more upset by the news of Crichton’s death than by the news of Obama’s win.
Crichton was such a smart man. We have lost a lot with his death.
A little aside here: He never took his medical boards; therefore, he never practiced medicine.
Apparently, from what he wrote, his parents were the ones who pushed him into medical school. Every year he tried to quit, but the pressure was on. So when he graduated, he never bothered to take his boards.
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"watermelon environmentalism" awesome! I will use it often.
17 posted on
11/11/2008 5:02:20 AM PST by
colorcountry
(To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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