Inhofe Attacks Children’s Book on Global Warming
Inhofe Attacks Children’s Book on Global Warming
James Inhofe, the outgoing chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, is spending his last days in power attacking a children’s book on climate change. The book, published by the United Nations in March, is “based on the theme of climate change and on what children can do to mitigate effects of climate change.” Inhofe’s staff breathlessly notes, “The book features colorful drawings and large text to appeal to young children.”
Inhofe claims the book conveys inaccurate information about climate change to children. Actually, it’s Inhofe’s press release that’s inaccurate. Here’s an example:
“The morning after his dream, Tore sets out on a quest for knowledge about the dangers of catastrophic manmade global warming. A “snowy owl” informs Tore that “the planet’s heating up” and that both the Arctic and Antarctica “are warming almost twice as fast as elsewhere.” [EPW Note: The Arctic, according to the International Arctic Research Center was warmer during the 1930’s than today and both the journals Science and Nature have published studies recently finding — on balance — Antarctica is both cooling and gaining ice.]
So, Inhofe claims Antarctica is gaining ice. There is only one study that examined all of the ice sheet on Antarctica. The study was published this March and, using NASA satellites, found, “The Antarctic ice sheet is losing as much as 36 cubic miles of ice a year.”
Some right-wing groups have used a study by Curt Davis to claim Antarctica is gaining ice. But Davis’ study only looked at the interior of the continent. Since global warming leads to more precipitation, increased snow on the interior of Antarctica is consistent with climate change. In June, Davis told ThinkProgress that using his study to claim Antarctica is gaining ice is “completely wrong.”
We could go on, but you get the idea.
This isn’t the first children’s book that Inhofe has attacked. He also smeared a book for children written by respected New York Times reporter Andy Revkin. Read Revikin’s response here.
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Good grief. The god damned Creationist cultists are running the White House.
November 13th, 2006 at 4:46 pmCome January, Barbara Boxer sits in that chair. Talk about night and day.
November 13th, 2006 at 4:47 pmHelp Mom! There are liberals under my bed!
O well. Children eventually grow up and think for themselves. At least most do. I think.
November 13th, 2006 at 4:47 pmInhofe’s staff breathlessly notes, “The book features colorful drawings and large text to appeal to young children.†- - And also to a current president.
November 13th, 2006 at 4:49 pmThese guys spend so much time and energy trying to debunk scientific studies on global warming that I figure they’re either outrageously in denial or they know that it’s even worse than we hear and are trying to keep that fact from us.
This is from CNN today:
November 13th, 2006 at 4:49 pm“Global Warming isolates Canadians in Far North”
I guess when you can’t beat strawmen, you attack children’s books…
Don’t let the door hit you on your way out Inhofe.
November 13th, 2006 at 4:54 pmHopefully, this will be the second book on Bush’s shelf, along with “My Pet Goat”. Laura the Librarian can read it to him.
November 13th, 2006 at 4:54 pmBye bye Inhofe. The last action he does before leaving his chairman seat is to attack a childrens book that has more information in it than his whole pea-brain. But I guess he has to earn his kick-back money somehow. He probably won’t give up the gavel to Boxer. I can’t wait to see his pouty face on c-span when Boxer starts to use the committee for good not evil.
November 13th, 2006 at 4:54 pmChildren eventually grow up and think for themselves. At least most do. I think.
Comment by Jake — November 13, 2006 @ 4:47 pm
As a high school teacher who is trying to teach them to think, I can tell you that they don’t grow up to do this, unless taught. Because humans have to be taught these skills, they aren’t learning them. We are not teaching them critical thinking skills.
It’s why people ‘believe’ in Rush’s nonsense or O’Lielly’s drivel. Thinking not only NOT required, but verbotten…
November 13th, 2006 at 4:57 pmInhofe’s staff breathlessly notes, “The book features colorful drawings and large text to appeal to young children.â€
Shock and amazement. A children’s book with colorful drawings and large text. Gasp. What idiots. Its a children’s book.
November 13th, 2006 at 4:57 pmSee what I mean.
All the old Republican BS talking points are all shiny and new. “Born again” to use a phrase.
That’s all they have.
November 13th, 2006 at 4:58 pmread “more precipitation”, not participation ;)
November 13th, 2006 at 5:03 pmJust another sinking psycho hanging on tooth and nail to the sinking ship.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:04 pmAs a high school teacher who is trying to teach them to think, I can tell you that they don’t grow up to do this, unless taught
Comment by unbelievable
More like brainwash them unbelievable. You are stuck on stupid!
November 13th, 2006 at 5:10 pmHe’s history. Bad history.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:11 pmIts such good news Inhofe is being replaced by Boxer. Thank you.
Maybe Inhofe will get voted out some day.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:14 pmI thought Inhoff got *ALL* his Global Warming science from storybooks?
Didn’t he hold up Chriton’s book on the floor of Congress as PROOF that “Global Warming” is a hoax?
November 13th, 2006 at 5:16 pmBrain Disease Syndrome,
So teaching kids to think critically is brainwashing? Get a clue. One of the biggest problems with education is that kids are discouraged from thinking critically.
And BDS, you can always become a teacher yourself and mold those young minds, but I forgot, conservatives wouldn’t be caught dead taking a teaching job.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:17 pmIs Imhoff an environmental scientist or researcher? If not, then he’s NOBODY credible to be making any assertions, allegations, or even worthy of having an opinion in this matter. Another twisted neocon I presume!
November 13th, 2006 at 5:21 pmGood riddance to bad rubbish on Imhoff….bring in Boxer! Imhoff is a GOP whore of the first magnitude….attempting to spin against global warming when the science is quite irrefutible….
November 13th, 2006 at 5:22 pm#15
More like brainwash them unbelievable. You are stuck on stupid!
And I guess you’re stuck on Laura Ingraham. No way you’re brainwashed. Unh-uh.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:24 pmOne of the biggest problems with education is that kids are discouraged from thinking critically.
Comment by ForTruth — November 13, 2006 @ 5:17 pm
That is the truth! It’s appalling the way high school students are treated like elementary school chidlren. And then we’re surprised when they act like it…
November 13th, 2006 at 5:25 pmBush: I don’t like the last book I read.
Inhofe: What was that your highness?
Bush: It was something about global warming that scared me.
Inhofe: I’ll take care of that pesky book for you your majesty.
Bush: Hold me.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:27 pmMr. BDS, is Sunday School “brainwashing?”
November 13th, 2006 at 5:28 pmThe office pool starts soon. How many times will Boxer cut off debate right before Inofe’s turn before he completely blows a gasket and melts down?
November 13th, 2006 at 5:29 pmUnbelievable you have evolved into a left-leaning lemming.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:43 pmYou are stuck in the 1800s. Go back to school and try again.
Mr. BDS, you obviously believe public school teachers to be brainwashing children. Do you also think Sunday School teachers are brainwashing children? It’s a simple question.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:48 pmUnbelievable you have evolved into a left-leaning lemming.
Says the Limp-baugh parrot…
You are stuck in the 1800s. Go back to school and try again.
Comment by I have BDS — November 13, 2006 @ 5:43 pm
Typical neocon retard. They Have no facts, so they sling illogical insults without any evidence or validity. Clearly I am not the one in need of educating.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:48 pmNo facts except unbelievable teaches outdated crap to the lemmings in class.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:52 pmBDS,
Your really reaching, are you having fun?
November 13th, 2006 at 5:54 pmAnd BDS, you can always become a teacher yourself and mold those young minds, but I forgot, conservatives wouldn’t be caught dead taking a teaching job.
Comment by ForTruth — November 13, 2006 @ 5:17 pm
Just remember: Newt Gingrich was (and still is I think) a political science professor. Why do you think they talk about education this way. They want to ‘get them when they’re young.’?
They don’t have to convince the adults if the children, the ones who will be running things when they’re gone, learn their doctrine and don’t bother to think first. Why do you think fundie Christian parents want prayer in school and creationism taught?
Education is where it all begins and ends. If children are allowed to (or made to) think for themselves, they might decide creationism isn’t really as rational as their parents taught them and maybe the Republicans aren’t mankinds saviors. If they aren’t taught to think for themselves, they wont know the difference between Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft. They won’t know the difference between fighting for oil and fighting for freedom. They wont know the difference between science and politically bought scientists. Good and bad will be determined by your cash flow and dissent will be the same as disloyalty.
The Republicans know how important education is. I wonder if the Democrats do.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:55 pmStill waiting for fact one from you, a-hole.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:56 pmBluedog49 you a troll ?
November 13th, 2006 at 5:56 pmBDS=MoonBat Patrol=I Hate Liberals=IHL=Happy Guy.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:58 pmEasy to catch, every single flippin’ time!
By the way, I love your moniker,
November 13th, 2006 at 5:59 pmBiblically Disguised Science~
Let’s see, are they fax, no, maybe facks, uh,uh,
Discredited mumbo jumbo dressed up to look like science? Yeah, that it!
Mr. BDS, you think public school teachers are brainwashing children. Do you think Sunday School teachers are brainwashing children?
November 13th, 2006 at 6:00 pmBluedog49 you a troll ?
Comment by I have BDS — November 13, 2006 @ 5:56 pm
Try answering the question bone-head.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:01 pmI’m guessing BDS is Baby Dong Syndrome
November 13th, 2006 at 6:01 pmNo facts except unbelievable teaches outdated crap to the lemmings in class.
Comment by I have BDS — November 13, 2006 @ 5:52 pm
Teaching them to think is outdated?
Otherwise, you don’t know anything about what I specifically teach. Which, actually, is far more forward thinking than the majority of their classes.
You really don’t know what you’re talking about. As usual.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:03 pmTrolls like Bugridden Dick Syndrome think teaching critical thinking to students is brainwashing. Bible study isn’t brainwashing, it’s learning to accept everything you’re told without question. Makes for good little neocon talking point spouters.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:05 pmunbelievable read again what I wrote - outdated crap.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:12 pmStudents see right through the crap. They do not need you
to teach them how think.
The Republicans know how important education is. I wonder if the Democrats do.
Comment by Swordsbane — November 13, 2006 @ 5:55 pm
Well said!
Before I left Corporate America to become a teacher, I had designed a couple of public schools in California. At the beginning of the process, we asked the Board of Education Administrators to speak with teachers and students, so we could understand how to design for our clients.
We were told that we couldn’t speak with them, and the the BOE would tell us what they wanted.
Now, my second year as a teacher, I understand that they education system is not about educating children, but about breaking their spirit, instilling obedience, and discouraging them to question what they are told.
My students agree that high school is essentially a waste of their time, because they are simply taught how to memorize useless trivia for the sake of passing a multiple-guess exam. They are learning very little real-world relatable skills. It’s disgusting how we are destroying their future and our own because a group of megalomanical neocons can’t stand for anyone to disagree with their belief systems…
Democrats are being too passive.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:12 pmBDS: “They do not need you to teach them how think.”
OK, then, what do children need in the way of education?
November 13th, 2006 at 6:15 pmunbelievable read again what I wrote - outdated crap.
I got it the first time. Unlike you, I have reading comprehension down pat…
What outdated crap are you referencing, since you’ve never been in my classroom?
Students see right through the crap.
They see through the neocon crap. It’s why they like my class. They say that I they are actually learning useful information. And I don’t even have to ask them. They just tell me. Because they are grateful that I’m not condescending or disrespectful of them because they are teenagers. I expect them to act like adults, and you know what? They do.
They do not need you to teach them how think.
Comment by I have BDS — November 13, 2006 @ 6:12 pm
Yes they do.
But obviously no one ever taught you how, so you can’t understand the importance of teaching critical thinking skills.
Why am I not surprised…
November 13th, 2006 at 6:18 pmunbelievable, I don’t know where you teach, but I’m sorry to hear your story. Here in Northern Cal, my wife and I just finished getting two children through the public school system and I don’t think I ever met a teacher who felt that way. The standardized tests are a hassle to them, but the HS teachers do feel they’re giving the children skills. Hang in there!
November 13th, 2006 at 6:19 pmNow, my second year as a teacher, I understand that they education system is not about educating children, but about breaking their spirit, instilling obedience, and discouraging them to question what they are told.
This is unbelievable bullshit.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:22 pmBDS: “They do not need you to teach them how think.”
Actually, they do. Critical thinking is, in part, a process, a way of looking at the world. Instead of taking things and words at face value, one weighs the evidence and thinks about things first. What in the wide world of sports is wrong with that?
November 13th, 2006 at 6:22 pmI don’t know where you teach.
Comment by Bluedog49 — November 13, 2006 @ 6:19 pm
Georgia. That explain it? : )
November 13th, 2006 at 6:24 pmunbelievable, I’ve been to Georgia many times on business and yes, it does explain it. Good luck! We need you there.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:30 pmCritical thinking is, in part, a process, a way of looking at the world. Instead of taking things and words at face value, one weighs the evidence and thinks about things first.
True but unbelievable brings a dogmatic belief system into class rather than just teach critical thinking skills etc.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:31 pmBDS: “This is unbelievable bullshit.”
What a coincidence. That’s exactly what I said after a few years of Sunday School.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:31 pmBDS, I think Steven Colbert explained your problem best when he said, “Reality has a well-known liberal bias.”
November 13th, 2006 at 6:34 pmSnowy Owls, Si. Senator Inhole No. Frankly, I’d trust a Snowy Owl before I’d trust a Republican Senator.
Cheers.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:34 pmBDS, if you understood critical thinking, you would understand that critical thinking and dogma are mutually exclusive.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:36 pmThat is pitiful. I mean, does he have nothing better to do thank bash global warming?
November 13th, 2006 at 6:37 pmTrue but unbelievable brings a dogmatic belief system into class rather than just teach critical thinking skills etc.
Comment by I have BDS
Have you ever watched her teach? No?
Then someone who had to have it explained to them what critical thinking is has nothing to base any belief on how she teaches and what she brings into the classroom, mr Bds ( Brain damage syndrome?)
November 13th, 2006 at 6:40 pmObviously critical thinking was not part of your school.
BSD. I consider myself lucky. I was taught by my parents to value freedom, to question what others accepted as fact and to value individuality. As a consequency, I learned at about age nine that older didn’t necessarily mean wiser. Unfortunately, this is what the education system teaches. The school administration is right and everyone else is wrong. I’ve had teachers try to tell me what the author of a book said even thought he author’s foreward said different. I’ve had the “under God” in the pledge shoved down my throat and actually told that if the teacher didn’t hear me say the whole thing, I was going to stay after class. I’ve had teachers that stood up FOR me to the administration and get slapped down. I’ve seen a safety inspection started because a parent slipped on some stairs while she was RUNNING UP THEM IN HIGH HEELS but the administration do absolutely nothing for a kid who was placed in ’special education’ ACCIDENTALLY. Everything about my education said “Conform! Do what you’re told, not what is right. That’s just the way it is.”
No imagine what I might be like if I didn’t have a mother who knew the ins and outs of the system to explain to me how to protect myself or a father who believed me just enough to get an ulcer trying to set the administration straight when they were f**ked up.
Don’t tell me kids don’t need to be taught how to think critically. We’re looking at a generation of parents who think of school as day care and plop their kids down in front of GTA without a second thought, not bothering to check the game to see if it’s appropriate but screaming their heads off when they get that information from the 6 o’ clock news. If you think that this is a good environment to send a child through the rough social and academic minefield of the 21st century public school system without SOMEONE who thinks critical thinking skills are important, I’m sorry to tell you…. but you’re f**ked.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:40 pmIn both of my childrens’ freshman years in college, they took a philosophy class for GE called “Critical Thinking.” Both of them were shocked at how difficult some of the concepts were for some of the students. So, unbelievable, you keep working on those highschoolers.
November 13th, 2006 at 6:54 pmLooks like he just wanted to rewrite the book!
November 13th, 2006 at 6:55 pmTrue but unbelievable brings a dogmatic belief system into class rather than just teach critical thinking skills etc.
Comment by I have BDS — November 13, 2006 @ 6:31 pm
I’m an Atheist. I have no dogma. And as a result, I accept my students for who they are - not what I think they should be. Therefore, they feel free to challenge me, because instead of sending them to the Principal’s office for doing so, I actually applaud them for using their brains. That’s not even close to what you’ve tried to suggest.
November 13th, 2006 at 7:12 pmSo, unbelievable, you keep working on those highschoolers.
Comment by Bluedog49 — November 13, 2006 @ 6:54 pm
Oh, count on it. :
Many of them didn’t like it very much at first, because well, it is easier to not think. But now, 14 weeks later, they are getting it. They are truly understanding that if they can express their viewpoints through facts and experiences, that they will be taken more credibly, will achieve their goals, and be ahead of the competition.
I’m very proud of my students. They are the only reason I am able to tolerate the system otherwise. :)
November 13th, 2006 at 7:17 pmThanks for the support guys. I really appreciate hearing your critically thoughtful comments : )
November 13th, 2006 at 7:18 pmFDS needs to get a clue.
November 13th, 2006 at 7:25 pmReality is always supported here.
November 13th, 2006 at 7:30 pmInhofe is a flat-earth, Luddite kook, whose understanding of science is insufficient to explain how toilets flush, let alone how the atmosphere of our planet might work. I am grateful to him, nonetheless, for serving as the clown shoes of his political party’s costume.
November 13th, 2006 at 8:07 pmI think we all need to step back cool down and wait to hear what Michael Crichton, or failing him Jason M Hendler, Ivy League graduate, has to say….
November 13th, 2006 at 9:20 pm/sarcasm off
I own two lots down here in FL. One my house sits on and the other is considered wetlands because the surface soil remains moist through most of the year. That was 12 years ago. Now there are spots where about 1/2 - 3/4 inches of standing water is the rule. Please understand that the surface is loamy sand which excoriates the effect through capillary effects and I do not fear flooding in my lifetime, but I would not encourage my heirs to retain the property when I pass in spite of its proximity to the ocean. By current estimates, someone will be able to sit on my chimney and fish in 2100.
November 13th, 2006 at 9:31 pmYah, I pretty much flunked out of school intentionally!
Bahahahaha!
Those little dots you fill in with a #2 pencil are good for making patterns!!
And those crazy Texas Teachers and their wood paddles wacking the students across the backsides!!
What a great way to create enthusiastic students!!
One teacher would hide in the closet and jump out of it!!
Another would make the girls in the class brush her dandruffy head of hair!
The science teacher would make you put gum on your nose!
Another would wack your knuckles with a ruler!!
And the craziest ones were the substitute teachers!!
Yeh Public schools in red State Texas were so good for critical thinking!!
November 13th, 2006 at 9:33 pmNo wonder he is as dumb as dumbya!!
Educated Idiots!!
November 13th, 2006 at 9:35 pmWalt, I’ll be over for a swim - can I bring some turtle friends? We are quite long-lived - I should make 2100 with clean living…
November 13th, 2006 at 9:35 pmSure T**3,
November 13th, 2006 at 9:45 pmBut you will have a long swim to shore. By that time Florida will be smaller in land area than Delaware and mostly islands.
#71 - Dog_named_Boo,
November 13th, 2006 at 10:12 pmGeez, I was in HS in Texas (Dallas) and things were quite honky dory. It might have been the timing, right after the Sputnik launch, they went into high gear. Doubled up on science and math - eight and ten hour school days and transportation to college courses at SMU in the senior year and summer school. I don’t think that I slept for the next 21 months after that event. I entered college with 47 credits and sailed through. Damn seniors could not understand why when given two four digit numbers, I could deliver the product in less than a heartbeat.
I remember in elementary, Texas, that our teacher thought teaching was rolling the TV set in and watching about the Vietnam war.
Junior high was not mucj better, the teachers were sacred of the students and bussing had begun. You did not walk into the bathroom alone.
We had riots in High School, people thru windows, fmany fights daily, Policeman in the hallways the whole nine yards.
School is Texas was highly dissappointing and offered no motivation
November 13th, 2006 at 10:45 pmNumbers didn’t win fights =)
November 13th, 2006 at 10:48 pmThis guy is so hateful that he is now attacking childrens books. I guess he can’t attack the democrats because they hold power now. If he can’t find anything else to attack i guess the weather man will be next. Or maybe he’ll attack the whales.
November 13th, 2006 at 10:51 pmI hear Barbara Boxer, who is very green, is to take over for that ass. Won’t it be great for the earth when mr. bigoil is out and the green lady is in. That will really be Earth Day.
November 13th, 2006 at 11:26 pmHis bitterness at no longer having the power to continue his rape of the environment shows when he stoops to scouring kid’s books for green propaganda. Or maybe he’s worried his masters at exxon mobile will be a triffle upset if they learn about it.
#76 - Dog_named_Boo,
November 13th, 2006 at 11:35 pmBut at Texas A&M, my handle was ‘Fish Computer’ and I got my BS (Physics) and ME in EE before the sophomore class in front of me.
Somehow Inhofe reminds me of Imhotep, the mummy.
November 13th, 2006 at 11:48 pmWho’s mommy?
November 13th, 2006 at 11:49 pmCongrats!
I got my certificate from Hard Knocks and Heathkits!!
The I had to buy some used books to learn physics!
And then I got certificated to work on big old jet airplanes!!
And then I learned how to fix computers!! [Sams, PC Repair, Bigelows]
And then I learned how to do IT work and databases!
And never went to college!!
November 14th, 2006 at 1:09 amBut at Texas A&M, my handle was ‘Fish Computer’ and I got my BS (Physics) and ME in EE before the sophomore class in front of me.
—– WaltTheMan
Cool, my dad, one of my sisters and my ex graduated from A&M
November 14th, 2006 at 1:16 amHow much difference is there between ‘ousting’ a children’s book about global warming and burning books that intend to make people think? Fascism has many sides but they all look like an a**hole. Fascism needs dumb people. Many at the bottom and a few at the top. But there are always some ’smart’ guys holding the strings. Our children are supposed to become mentally indifferent Zombies, their main purpose is to watch brainwash tv and go shopping at Walmart.
November 14th, 2006 at 3:09 amI’m an Atheist. I have no dogma. And as a result, I accept my students for who they are - not what I think they should be. Therefore, they feel free to challenge me, because instead of sending them to the Principal’s office for doing so, I actually applaud them for using their brains. That’s not even close to what you’ve tried to suggest.
Comment by unbelievable
You do have a dogma you are just deceived.
November 14th, 2006 at 12:13 pmYou are like an alcoholic that denies he/she has a problem.
And your projecting your tiny world and narrow view unto that what you do not know. Your like a raving drunk Mel.
November 14th, 2006 at 12:18 pmI have BDS
Brain Disease Syndrome
Biblically Disguised Science
Baby Dong Syndrome
Bugridden Dick Syndrome
BeenDrinkingSemen
Here are some examples only from the minds of Critical Thinkers.
November 14th, 2006 at 12:30 pmI say very creative.
Who is Mel?
November 14th, 2006 at 12:31 pmIs Inhofe also against Bible editions for children? Those books also conveys inaccurate information about demonstrable facts of the nature to children.
And, btw, BDS, atheism is the absence of dogma (from the American Heritage Dictionary):
dog·ma (dôgm, dg-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. dog·mas or dog·ma·ta (-m-t)
A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church.
An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true. See Synonyms at doctrine.
A principle or belief or a group of them: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present†(Abraham Lincoln).
Atheism is based in the absence of absolute demonstrations of the existence of God.
November 14th, 2006 at 2:41 pmDogma - A generally held set of formulated beliefs
Atheism - The lack of belief in a god and/or the belief that there is no god. The position held by a person or persons that ‘lack belief’ in god(s) and/or deny that god(s) exist.
A doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; “he believed all the Marxist dogma”
Athiest are dogmatic in their belief system.
There is that critical thinking again..
unbelievable indoctrinates absolutely
November 14th, 2006 at 3:26 pmMain Entry: dog·mat·ic
Pronunciation: dog-’ma-tik, däg-
Variant(s): also dog·mat·i·cal /-ti-k&l/
Function: adjective
1 : characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
This is unbelievable in a nutshell.
November 14th, 2006 at 3:32 pmunbelievable
November 14th, 2006 at 6:01 pmyou will thank me later for waking you up your outdated concepts that you now cling to desperately. I am surprised that none of your students point out this stuff to you. I guess maybe they are trying to be respectful and not hurt your feelings. Quit trying to be their friend and be a mentor/teacher.
Come January, Barbara Boxer sits in that chair. Talk about night and day.
Comment by Bluedog49
What a nightmare that will be.
November 14th, 2006 at 6:04 pmunbelievable
Please allow true academic freedom and do not allow your dogmatic beliefs into the classroom. Realized new knowledge is not to be feared but used and yes questions are good.
November 14th, 2006 at 6:27 pm“Evolution is a kind of dogma which the priests no longer believe, but which they maintain for their people.†Paul Lemoine
unbelievable your are a priest right?
November 14th, 2006 at 6:55 pmCheck this out:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/cp_g111404A.xml.html
He sent his “Director of Communications” to the week long conference in Nairobi. Talk about a cat in a doghouse. I love the quote from one of the participants “we’re on different planets”
G.
November 15th, 2006 at 2:08 pmThe Politically Incorrect Guide to Science
by Tom Bethel
Here’s a handy one-volume guide to some of the most contentious issues of our day, including:
Why fears of nuclear power aren’t science, but unscientific scaremongering .
Why species are increasing, not disappearing .
Why global warming (and other temperature changes) are not caused by humans (remember the Ice Age?)
Why embryonic stem cell research is snake oil medicine (which is why it needs government subsidies) .
Why Darwinism is crumbling Read this unbelievable and let go set your mind free. Remember critical thinking not closed minded
November 15th, 2006 at 3:34 pmyou can do it.
Why the story line of the brave scientist Galileo versus an ignorant Church is wrong.
The Gays Take A Day Off, The U.N. Picks Up The Slack…
Before I make my quick, sarcastic point, I would remind author Bruce Jackson that you tend to lose your readers when, in referring to someone as “the dumbest of them all”, you leave the “m” off of “them” and repeatedly…
November 16th, 2006 at 4:44 pm[…] Despite Inhofe’s repeated efforts to muddy the picture, there is no real scientific debate over whether global warming is manmade or naturally-caused. […]
November 17th, 2006 at 10:49 am