If it is not theater of the absurd, I can't imagine what would be! Faat diya boxumoti paatale' lukaon! ( Please Mother earth, split asunder, so I can hide from this shame).
On Nov 13, 2012, at 9:35 PM, amlan saha <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, the ever amusing Science Committee, which counts among its members the > likes of > > - *Todd Akin* - "If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to > try to shut that whole thing down.” > - *Paul Broun* - “All that stuff I was taught about evolution and > embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit > of Hell,” > - *Roscoe Bartlett* - “There are very few pregnancies as a result of > rape, fortunately, and incest — compared to the usual abortion, what is the > percentage of abortions for rape? It is tiny. It is a tiny, tiny > percentage.” > - *Randy Neugebauer* - "join together in prayer to humbly seek fair > weather conditions” after several destructive tornadoes and droughts. > - *Dana Rohrabacher* - “We don’t know what those other cycles [of global > warming] were caused by in the past. Could be dinosaur flatulence, you > know, or who knows?” > - *Jim Sensenbrenner* - railed against "scientific fascism" and called > climate change research an "international conspiracy". > - *Sandy Adams* - voted in favor of a bill to teach theories that > contradict the theory of evolution. > > Rohrabacher and Sensenbrenner are now in the running to take the gavel of > the Committee in the 113th Congress! > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Chan Mahanta <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> He is still a Congressman you know, lame duck as he is. But it is > appalling to see the pea-brained people that are in the Science > Subcommittee. It is a pathetic joke. >> >> >> On Nov 13, 2012, at 7:02 PM, "Alpana B. Sarangapani" < > [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I meant - if it were a hot topic, then!. : ) >>> >>>>>> I can see why Bobby Jindal is urging HIS people to “stop being the > stupid party” . >>> >>> What about him, in spite of being Rhodes Scholar being a gung-ho > supporter of the NRA? >>> >>> I thought Todd Akin lost. Can he still serve at a (any) Congressional > Committee? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> >>> On Nov 13, 2012, at 3:20 PM, "Chan Mahanta" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I didn't get that, A. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 13, 2012, at 3:14 PM, "Alpana B. Sarangapani" < > [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> But that would have made India's cases similar to that, stronger, > don't you think, C-da? : ) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 13, 2012, at 2:58 PM, "Chan Mahanta" <[email protected]> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Oh, darn A! >>>>>> >>>>>> Looks like I had been losing sleep over nothing. >>>>>> >>>>>> But anyway, it was fun reading about it. Where else can we get such > interesting news from? I mean >>>>>> other than Missouri. Did you know our very own Todd Akin serves at > the Congressional Science Sub-committee? >>>>>> I can see why Bobby Jindal is urging HIS people to “stop being the > stupid party” . >>>>>> >>>>>> Used to think that India had problems, you know? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 13, 2012, at 2:44 PM, "Alpana B. Sarangapani" < > [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> It has (or is) never been a hot topic even to think or discuss > about it, let alone be tensed about it. : ) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Nov 13, 2012, at 12:29 PM, "Chan Mahanta" <[email protected]> > wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Folks, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am greatly relieved to share a terrific piece of news that many > of us Markhowas have been sweating under since November 6: That the leader > of the Secessionist movement from Texas is a real Gandhian, says "---We > walk in the same vein as Gandhi and those guys" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For more on it, look up: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Read more: > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83776.html#ixzz2C8161Xxo >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Now my question to our friends from Texas is if they too are > equally relieved. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> cm :-) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> PS: I understand that Texas Governor 'Oops' Perry, once a > secessionist himself, will not back the new freedom seekers. >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> assam mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> assam mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> assam mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> assam mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> assam mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> assam mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
