Republicans and Science
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National Public Radio has a ridiculously biased piece on the Republican presidential candidates and science:

the message is clear — Bachmann believes something other than physical and biological processes drives events on planet Earth.

Perry does too.

At a campaign stop last month, a child asked Perry what he thinks about evolution. He told the boy, "it's a theory out there that has some gaps in it."

At a voter breakfast in New Hampshire, Perry was asked about the overwhelming scientific evidence that shows human actions are a substantial cause of global warming. While he did agree that the climate was changing, he said that it's been changing since the Earth began.

"Scientists are coming forward and questioning the original idea that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change," Perry said.

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NPR on Ayn Rand
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NPR has a big piece on Ayn Rand. It quotes her from a 1959 interview complaining about the similarities between Democrats and Republicans:

"Both parties today are for socialism, in effect — for controls. And there is no party, there are no voices, to offer an actual pro-capitalist, laissez-faire, economic freedom and individualism," she said. "That is what this country needs today."

And then NPR opines: "If Rand were alive today, she might be pleased to see that, more and more, Americans do have that choice. And her ideas are alive and well-represented in the U.S. Capitol."

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NPR on Ayn Rand
futureofcapitalism.com

NPR has a big piece on Ayn Rand. It quotes her from a 1959 interview complaining about the similarities between Democrats and Republicans:

"Both parties today are for socialism, in effect — for controls. And there is no party, there are no voices, to offer an actual pro-capitalist, laissez-faire, economic freedom and individualism," she said. "That is what this country needs today."

And then NPR opines: "If Rand were alive today, she might be pleased to see that, more and more, Americans do have that choice. And her ideas are alive and well-represented in the U.S. Capitol."

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Republicans and Science
futureofcapitalism.com

National Public Radio has a ridiculously biased piece on the Republican presidential candidates and science:

the message is clear — Bachmann believes something other than physical and biological processes drives events on planet Earth.

Perry does too.

At a campaign stop last month, a child asked Perry what he thinks about evolution. He told the boy, "it's a theory out there that has some gaps in it."

At a voter breakfast in New Hampshire, Perry was asked about the overwhelming scientific evidence that shows human actions are a substantial cause of global warming. While he did agree that the climate was changing, he said that it's been changing since the Earth began.

"Scientists are coming forward and questioning the original idea that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change," Perry said.

Read More...