A right-wing conservative and creationist talking about intellectual honesty.
Wow. HW On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob, > > Do you really expect a lucid answer to your questions below. The > 'in-the-know' left leaning Democrat is dishonest these days and the rank > and file democrat is not being told the entire story (several of my > friends are democrats, particularly old style southern democrats). > > v/r > > > //SIGNED// > > Stephen S. Wolfe, YA2, DAF > 6th MDG Data Services Manager > 6th MDG Information System Security Officer > Comm (813) 827-9994 DSN 651-9994 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bob Calco > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 5:55 PM > To: 'ProFox Email List' > Subject: RE: [OT] Countdown: Palin Wants To Help Special Needs Kids > ByDoing Away With Science > > I enjoy the > quote-taken-out-of-context-to-make-the-opposition-look-stupid > tactic as much as the next partisan--indeed, who doesn't?--but to put > your > critique in context, consider: > > 1. The context of Palin's remark was budget discipline, and it was > clearly > intended to be a crowd laugh-maker regarding Obama's proposed spending > increases rather than a serious statement of her beliefs about the value > of > scientific research. I could find hundreds of examples at Obama rallies > of > silly things he says to make the crowd chuckle at republican expense, > things > which, if we take them too seriously, would lead us to conclude he's > dumber > than he really is. On the other hand I could find things he says in all > seriousness that ought to make us very afraid -- things like his comment > that we need a civilian national security apparatus as strong and well > funded as our military. Egads, ever here of the KGB? > > 2. At a time when the economy is struggling because of federal > negligence > and meddling in the housing market, the fruit fly budget line item was > not > picked because she is stupidly against "science", but because it sure > sounds > like a stupid thing for the federal government to be spending money on > right > now. Even Mccain proposes curtailing military spending--but so far Obama > has > not indicated a single program his "scalpel" will target outside of the > military. We all (those of us who know what he's really planning to do) > know > that he plans to put the hatchet down on our armed services--but wither > the > scalpel? Why not here, in a Parisian fruit-fly paradise of academe? If > not > here, what do we mean by "sacrifice"? > > 3. If you want to argue in a time of war that the fruit fly research is > more > urgently a top spending priority of the federal government than winning > the > war and shoring up the capital markets, then by all means, come out and > say > so. Obama has wandered far and wide in his public promises from his > earlier > private claims to more radical constituencies to want to gut military > spending, so that he might sound more palatable to a center-right > electorate > primed for "change". But we all know he wants to pay for most of his > robbing-peter-to-pay-pedro-and-tupac social programs at the expense of > our > national security infrastructure and capital markets. Who is the stupid > one? > Well it looks like we'll find out the hard way, if the polls are right. > > - Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Ed Leafe > > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 1:38 PM > > To: ProFox Email List > > Subject: Re: [OT] Countdown: Palin Wants To Help Special Needs Kids By > > Doing Away With Science > > > > On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:22 PM, Helio Wakasugui wrote: > > > > > What an ignorant person Sarah Palin is. Her level of stupidity is > > > astonishing. > > > > > > I especially like the comments to that article, claiming that > > criticizing Palin for her actual words and deeds is somehow > > "prejudice". Obviously ignorants attract. > > > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
