Comments on: How Did This Guy Get Elected? http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/ Reasonable Thoughts on Religion, Science, Skepticism, and Atheism Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:47:52 -0400 hourly 1 By: omichron http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-35443 omichron Mon, 04 May 2009 01:46:13 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-35443 I particularly enjoy the part in the video where Mr. Shimkis begins to read from Genesis, and the girl behind him just smirks. I particularly enjoy the part in the video where Mr. Shimkis begins to read from Genesis, and the girl behind him just smirks.

]]> By: texan http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28096 texan Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:56:27 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28096 I'm a firm believer in global cooling. We need more SUV's on the road because apparently we aren't putting enough carbon in the air to keep it hot enough. It actually snowed in Houston this year, and it stuck! IT STUCK! FOR A WHOLE DAY! That's not right! It has never snowed more than a mm and even then it only stayed around for 10 minutes, and that was like 15 years ago! I’m a firm believer in global cooling. We need more SUV’s on the road because apparently we aren’t putting enough carbon in the air to keep it hot enough. It actually snowed in Houston this year, and it stuck! IT STUCK! FOR A WHOLE DAY! That’s not right! It has never snowed more than a mm and even then it only stayed around for 10 minutes, and that was like 15 years ago!

]]> By: A.Ou http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28095 A.Ou Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:23:58 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28095 If you are demanding a purely utilitarian reason for preserving biodiversity, how about considering your own health? Needless to say, agriculture depends heavily on insects to pollinate crops. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Alarm_sounded_over_US_honey_bee_die-off http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126954.600-honeybees-under-attack-on-all-fronts.html About 25% of prescription medicines is derived from plants. About half of all plant species reside in tropical rain forests. Every day, an estimated 80,000 acres of forest is lost, along with all the habitats of animals. http://rainforests.mongabay.com/1007.htm http://www.globalissues.org/article/170/why-is-biodiversity-important-who-cares This isn't just due to global warming. Even if it is a complete sham (unlikely), humans are already doing a great job of eviscerating the planet. You don't need to be a hardcore Greenpeace member to care about the facts. If you are demanding a purely utilitarian reason for preserving biodiversity, how about considering your own health?

Needless to say, agriculture depends heavily on insects to pollinate crops.

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Alarm_sounded_over_US_honey_bee_die-off

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126954.600-honeybees-under-attack-on-all-fronts.html

About 25% of prescription medicines is derived from plants. About half of all plant species reside in tropical rain forests. Every day, an estimated 80,000 acres of forest is lost, along with all the habitats of animals.

http://rainforests.mongabay.com/1007.htm

http://www.globalissues.org/article/170/why-is-biodiversity-important-who-cares

This isn’t just due to global warming. Even if it is a complete sham (unlikely), humans are already doing a great job of eviscerating the planet.

You don’t need to be a hardcore Greenpeace member to care about the facts.

]]> By: Gravity’s Rainbow » Blog Archive » What I’ve Noticed http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28094 Gravity’s Rainbow » Blog Archive » What I’ve Noticed Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:05:05 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28094 [...] Things like this make me embarrassed for our country.  No wonder the British Ecological Society is worried about opposition in the US to action on climate change. [...] [...] Things like this make me embarrassed for our country.  No wonder the British Ecological Society is worried about opposition in the US to action on climate change. [...]

]]> By: custador http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28093 custador Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:42:05 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28093 This is why people of strong religious conviction should not be allowed to serve in government. Ever. This is why people of strong religious conviction should not be allowed to serve in government. Ever.

]]> By: No Easy Answers http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28092 No Easy Answers Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:50:18 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28092 This guy reminds me of that politician in "Religulous" who made the statement, paraphrased, "You don't need to take an IQ test to get into congress." Yah, you don't, but sometimes I wonder if you should... This guy reminds me of that politician in “Religulous” who made the statement, paraphrased, “You don’t need to take an IQ test to get into congress.” Yah, you don’t, but sometimes I wonder if you should…

]]> By: LRA http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28091 LRA Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:15:20 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28091 Please tell me you're joking! As a fellow Texan, please tell me you're not a global warmer denier... cuz that would suck! Please tell me you’re joking! As a fellow Texan, please tell me you’re not a global warmer denier… cuz that would suck!

]]> By: texan http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28090 texan Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:18:13 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28090 And wow! Its actually April now and its colder today than it was last week when it was March! By now it ought to be 105 degrees outside! Stupid Al Gore and his stupid plans to freeze the world! And wow! Its actually April now and its colder today than it was last week when it was March! By now it ought to be 105 degrees outside! Stupid Al Gore and his stupid plans to freeze the world!

]]> By: texan http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28089 texan Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:16:17 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28089 I know its a hoax because its cold in Texas in March. We need more global warming, not less. I know its a hoax because its cold in Texas in March. We need more global warming, not less.

]]> By: StewMeat http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28088 StewMeat Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:19:44 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28088 It looked to me like she was texting, probably to a friend saying "You wont believe what this tool is saying right now" It looked to me like she was texting, probably to a friend saying “You wont believe what this tool is saying right now”

]]> By: xian-x http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28087 xian-x Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:33:09 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28087 Oops. The drunken defilement of the Virgin Mary took place in Tennessee, not Kentucky. A friend passed this news item along, and I didn't pay close attention to the source. Oops. The drunken defilement of the Virgin Mary took place in Tennessee, not Kentucky. A friend passed this news item along, and I didn’t pay close attention to the source.

]]> By: xian-x http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28086 xian-x Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:20:55 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28086 Shh. We're not supposed to know about the constitution here in Kentucky. The author of the homeland security provision requiring that God be recognized is a Democrat from the state's largest city (Louisville). Now imagine what you'll find if you stray too far from the big city. To be fair, not everyone in small town Kentucky is enthusiastic about organized religion: http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9012873 Shh. We’re not supposed to know about the constitution here in Kentucky. The author of the homeland security provision requiring that God be recognized is a Democrat from the state’s largest city (Louisville). Now imagine what you’ll find if you stray too far from the big city. To be fair, not everyone in small town Kentucky is enthusiastic about organized religion:

http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9012873

]]> By: Megan! http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28085 Megan! Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:30:02 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28085 i was going to say the exact thing! if i would have been that girl, i would have whipped my head up as soon as i heard genesis, and proceeded to make silly faces behind him into the camera, pointing and laughing. i kept waiting for her to do something, but no, just put her head down and took it. i was going to say the exact thing! if i would have been that girl, i would have whipped my head up as soon as i heard genesis, and proceeded to make silly faces behind him into the camera, pointing and laughing. i kept waiting for her to do something, but no, just put her head down and took it.

]]> By: David Cowan http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28084 David Cowan Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:56:00 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28084 Join me in prayer for the Days of the Rapture, when Shimkus and his ilk will rise to Heaven and leave us the Hell alone. Join me in prayer for the Days of the Rapture, when Shimkus and his ilk will rise to Heaven and leave us the Hell alone.

]]> By: Elliott http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/04/02/how-did-this-guy-get-elected/#comment-28083 Elliott Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:34:54 +0000 http://unreasonablefaith.com/?p=3425#comment-28083 For the most part I agree with you, but I think you could work around the policy proposals issue. You could still have representatives who are legal professionals, and who are accountable to the people, and <i>they</i> would make proposals. They just wouldn't give them the final vote. As for deliberation, hell, you can't get people to weigh the merits of a different toilet paper brand, let alone complex legislation. For the most part I agree with you, but I think you could work around the policy proposals issue. You could still have representatives who are legal professionals, and who are accountable to the people, and they would make proposals. They just wouldn’t give them the final vote.

As for deliberation, hell, you can’t get people to weigh the merits of a different toilet paper brand, let alone complex legislation.

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