Comments on: Nobel Prize Winner Elizabeth Blackburn Was An Outspoken Opponent Of Bush’s Politicization Of Science

By: estetik

estetik — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:01:59 +0000

Elizabeth Blackburn is still unravelling the mystery of why our cells age. gögüs küçültme

By: karadagli61

karadagli61 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:00:43 +0000

Thank you for your sharing.!

By: flyaway98

flyaway98 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:45:54 +0000

Thanks and congratulations to Dr. Blackburn for rising above it all!
However…
It won’t be long before the repugs recharacterize her firing as “just wanting to free Dr. Blackburn up so she could pursue more important work.”
Then they’ll take credit for it.

By: Zooey

Zooey — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:35:22 +0000

For her part, Blackburn said that she didn’t “feel martyred.” Rather, she said she saw her dismissal as “a badge of honor.” Following her firing, she wrote a scathing indictment of her time on the council in the New England Annals of Medicine, writing that science should be “protected from the influence of politics“:

As a naturalized citizen of the United States, I have an immigrant’s love for my country. But our country must not fail us. Scientific advice should and must be protected from the influence of politics. Will the President’s Council on Bioethics be up to that challenge?

Well done, Dr Blackburn.

Congratulations!

By: ElBruce

ElBruce — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:46:29 +0000

Mr.Duke says:

Gore never mixed politics and science. LMAO.

First of all, “LMAO”is not punctuation.

There’s a significant difference between bringing scientific findings to the attention of politics and advocating for policies and funding that take current scientific knowledge into consideration (as Gore did throughout his Senatorial career) and telling scientists to change their findings because your political supporters won’t like tham (as Bush did many times while President). Only knuckle-dragging morons wouldn’t be capable of understanding that difference.

Just be glad you’ve got Gore’s Internet to complain about him on.

By: EugeneDebs

EugeneDebs — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:30:52 +0000

Duke

Of course he did. Which is NOT the same thing as politicizing science. My GOD you are stupid. When did GORE try to downplay, change or ignore the science for his agenda? Oh he didnt and Bush indisputably did. If you cant see the difference then you are a pitiful moron

By: Mr.Duke

Mr.Duke — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:17:50 +0000

Gore never mixed politics and science. LMAO.

By: pags2

pags2 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:51:00 +0000

Rich H says:
people with the potential to be as stupid as Bush aren’t born everyday.

Just look at how many people watch Fox News.

By: Rich H

Rich H — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:47:01 +0000

pags,

I agree, but people with the potential to be as stupid as Bush aren’t born everyday.

By: pags2

pags2 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:46:14 +0000

P.D. says:
Eight years down the drain! But they did leave us with 2 disaterous wars and a huge deficit. I WILL NEVER vote Repug again!

I guarantee that the voters will again elect people just as stupid as GWB. The voters are like little children who fail to learn that touching a hot stove burns the fingers. People will vote for another Republican who is going to promise the sun, the moon and the stars with another round of tax cuts.

By: Leftside Annie

Leftside Annie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:08:52 +0000

Fred says:

Anyone who shows any intelligence is fired by bush.

consider it a badge of honor Dr’s Blackburn and May.

The NEW (and once again honorable) Medal of Freedom.

By: Intrepid

Intrepid — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:08:20 +0000

Delaware Repiggie Congressman set to run for Biden’s former seat.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iOk0AFLuKcXmcCJbPw6BoSzEpN1wD9B5M5H81

We need a strong AMERICAN to stop this America hating teabagger from contaminating Delaware with his troll stench.

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:05:07 +0000

Blackburn will receive one-third of the $1.4 million prize granted to the trio of researchers.

That amounts to $466,666.66, which Trolls will claim PROVES she’s the devil.

By: Leftside Annie

Leftside Annie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:03:43 +0000

…under the Bush administration, “scientific research…[was] being manipulated for political ends.”

Heh. Under the Bush administration, EVERYTHING was manipulated for political ends.

That’s why we’re in the shitter today.

By: P.D.

P.D. — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:00:06 +0000

Just think of all the advances we missed out on in the last eight years! Everything from Global Warming and Medical Science was politized thanks to Bush and his cabal. Think of all the money and advances we lost because a bunch of religious fanatics and old, white Global Warming denyers! Eight years down the drain! But they did leave us with 2 disaterous wars and a huge deficit. I WILL NEVER vote Repug again!

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:57:57 +0000

Anyone who shows any intelligence is fired by bush.

consider it a badge of honor Dr’s Blackburn and May.

By: shoeless

shoeless — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:55:47 +0000

Since she was working to save lives, she only got the Noble Prize. If she had worked to kill people for the profit of the multi-national corporations, Bush would have given her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

By: Winski

Winski — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:55:46 +0000

Just more and continuing PROOF that chimpy and his band of completely lunatic-fringe, knuckle-dragging lumps were in fact just as stupid as we thought. BUT, for all the nerds that will eventually get their revenge – HAR…HAR…HAR….YEAH !!!

By: The Republic of Stupidity

The Republic of Stupidity — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:54:08 +0000

ralph the wonder llama says:

The Nobel Prize is one o’ them leftist librul awards. Like the Oscar.
___________

Indeed, ralphie… indeed…

Perhaps this will annoy the righties so much, they’ll be compelled to create THEIR OWN award, to be awarded for outstanding conservative accomplishments…

And what would they call it?

The Rushie? In honor of Rush Limbaugh…

The Ronnie? In honor of Reagan?

Perhaps they should name it after Cheney… they could call it the Dickie… and it’d be a giant-sized, golden … ***…, mounted on a base, of course, so it’d be easier to present in a ceremony and could stand up on a desk top all by itself…

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:53:53 +0000

Congratulations, Ms Blackburn.

America welcomes you as a naturalized citizen!

You’re the type of person who helped make America great. We need more scientists and doctors who have the backbone to stand up to corrupt and outspoken politicians as you have demonstrated.

Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, Elizabeth Blackburn…true American heroes.