That's what Keith Cowing says that Bill Nye is.

I disagree. He's a lot confused. But what do you expect when you get a "science guy" commenting on general policy?

Friday, October 20, 2006
Quote for the Day
20 Oct 2006 12:43 pm

It's an open letter by Kevin Tillman, Pat Tillman's brother (both pictured above in a family photo). It's brutal and honest and there is so much in it that speaks to our moment. Money quote:

Somehow those afraid to fight an illegal invasion decades ago are allowed to send soldiers to die for an illegal invasion they started.

Somehow faking character, virtue and strength is tolerated.

Somehow profiting from tragedy and horror is tolerated.

Somehow the death of tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people is tolerated.

Somehow subversion of the Bill of Rights and The Constitution is tolerated.

Somehow suspension of Habeas Corpus is supposed to keep this country safe.

Somehow torture is tolerated.

Somehow lying is tolerated.

Somehow reason is being discarded for faith, dogma, and nonsense.

Somehow American leadership managed to create a more dangerous world.

Somehow a narrative is more important than reality.

Somehow America has become a country that projects everything that it is not and condemns everything that it is.

Somehow the most reasonable, trusted and respected country in the world has become one of the most irrational, belligerent, feared, and distrusted countries in the world.

Somehow being politically informed, diligent, and skeptical has been replaced by apathy through active ignorance.

Somehow the same incompetent, narcissistic, virtueless, vacuous, malicious criminals are still in charge of this country.

Somehow this is tolerated.

Somehow nobody is accountable for this.

Well, the founding fathers ensured that every two years someone can be held accountable for this. So you now know what to do.

May be the Planetary Society can get Nye to work on their next solar sail project.

Somehow, AnonIraq is tolerated even as he hijacks thread after thread. Dude, get your own blog and your own readers.

Can you not delete troll postings Rand?

"Well, the founding fathers ensured that every two years someone can be held accountable for this. So you now know what to do."

Yes, the Founding Fathers would want us adults to make sure a bunch of whiny, petulant, delusional, spoiled, childish phucks like you don't achieve any measure of political power. I know exactly how they would have me vote. I know what to do.

.....and I agree with Ed. No one will object if you delete the DU retard. Let his lazy, worthless ass get its own blog instead of taking one Elishitz after another in yours.

Actually I see great value in what AnonIraq is doing here. The more this kind of spew gets posted around where clear thinking people will see it, the more the clear thinking people will be convinced that it is imperative that everything and everyone he supports must be opposed. Like the Hollywood left did such a good job of getting out the Republican vote last time, amateur simpletons like this will remind us that we can never let our guard down.
Keep it up loonies! Every little bit helps!

I love that Bill is "skeptical that North Korea, China, and India" may have ASAT or orbital EMP capability.
Because if it's only RUSSIA, that'd be okay with Bill.
And if those other nations don't have those capabilities NOW, it means they never will.

Sort of a little window into how his mind works.

Bill Nye is a scientist. All scientists are liberal. Liberals hate freedom and hate America.

Mark, relax. Bill Nye is not a scientist, he is an entertainer.

Many scientists are not even Democrats, never mind "liberals". Enrico Fermi voted Reupblican. Heck, I have friends on the science faculty at Harvard who vote Republican.

Scientists, by and large, are reliable defenders of freedom.In my experience, better defenders than almost any other group.

The Republican party was an entirely different beast back in Fermi's day.

That said, my policy (and I suspect this view is shared with most scientists) is to vote for the candidate, not the party.