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“Your Science Doesn’t Count!” they say.

May 9th, 2012

OOPS, you didn’t say the secret evolution password…
Your science doesn’t count!!

Here are some rhetorical questions I have today.

  • What ever happened to “thinking outside the box?”
  • Since when have we become so controlling when it comes to knowledge, learning, and science?
  • Why does one have to belong to a certain ideology or religion to be considered “scientific”?
  • Why is it that evolution is considered the “bedrock” of science these days?  It’s a shaky theory at best, but seems to be a prerequisite for doing anything even remotely scientific in public.

 

Take a look at this unbelievable story.  Seriously, where has the pursuit of honest discourse gone?

Emory Commencement Speaker Sparks Evolution Controversy

“… also consider the enormous positive impact of science on our lives and how that science rests squarely on the shoulders of evolution… “

Really? Isn’t this a form of religious bullying?

It seems like MATH should be a prerequisite, not evolution. Strange.

 

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Record High Ice? Can that be true?

May 8th, 2012

So, we’re finally admitting that global warming is false…?

The record ice numbers were fueled by two main factors: low temperatures and strong winds from the north. (Yahoo News: Bering Sea Sees Surprising Record Ice Cover )

After what seems like a lifetime of fighting, stress, oppressive legislation, meaningless photo-ops by officials and social ridicule, I’m almost too upset to say “I told you so!”

…low temperatures and record-high snowfalls, the result of cyclical climate conditions…  (Yahoo News: Bering Sea Sees Surprising Record Ice Cover )

Wait…  was that the word “cyclical”?  (Please pardon the sarcasm)

Having lived in the religiously environmental city of Portland, Oregon, I know first hand how the “Global Warming” cult mentality has trapped our society and hindered us from true economic and technological forward progression.  While we should be making huge advancements in business, sciences and technology, we’re instead wasting years and billions of dollars on frivolous bunny trail “Green” regulations.

But now, to see news like this that vividly displays how global warming is a huge farce (which most thinking people have known for a long time) are a resounding confirmation that we’ve been correct all along.

So why doesn’t it feel as good to be right as I think it should? I should feel very relieved, as if “the war is over! People are finally getting it.”  But somehow, I feel like this truth, as many others have in the past, is going to be swallowed up by the whatever the next wave of social engineering propaganda is looming.

The Global warming scandal has affected literally millions of people’s lives and yet this story likely isn’t even going to make the front page. The entire world has all but abandoned the virtual Titanic called Global Warming years ago.  But hopefully, American people might soon be able to start seeing some truth.

My primary unresolved question is… When is Al Gore going to give back the $100M+ (Million) he scored for pushing this global con?

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A Commercial Free Existence – Almost

May 7th, 2012

My wife just told my about a conversation she had with my daughter the other day.

When our TV comes on in the living room, the channel that immediately shows defaults to the last one watched. Then from there we can choose which HDMI input or Netflix show to watch. Usually we have some external device, like an XBOX or DVD player hooked up so the screen typically comes up black prior to selecting our viewing destination.

However, one of the days last week, my daughter turned on the TV and it so happened that our ‘basic cable’ programming was on and was in the middle of showing a commercial for something. She watched several commercials and then switched it to Netflix. Some time later she asked Christy about those “short movies” she saw on the TV. They were apparently pretty interesting to her and she wanted to see some more. Christy had to explain… “No, they aren’t short (funny) movies. They are advertizing so that you will want to buy their products.”

I guess that satisfied her curiosity enough to go on to something else. But I got to thinking about it and realized that it’s true, my kids are growing up in a very different world than I did. In her case, my daughter gets nearly 100% of her entertainment from either Netflix or a few select internet sites, neither of which have commercials or advertizing. She has rarely, if ever, seen an on-screen video commercial and didn’t even know what it was.

Granted, the rest of the family are seeing ads in other places like Youtube, Hulu, and TV (still), but by the time my kids turn 10 or 12 I’m guessing they will have only seen probably 15% to 20% of the commercials that I saw growing up. I remember Saturday morning cartoons being about 50% commercials. Then again, when I was young NONE of the ads were click-able.

This reality struck me funny so I thought I would put it out there to see if anyone else had any thoughts on this trend. Are kids seeing less advertizing these days?

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