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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2009-09-03 08:55 am

Oh American darlings …

I do feel for you. I have met so many smart, serious and intellectually curious citizens of the United States, and yet your political climate is so filled with people just like this one:



Suddenly the abject lunacy that surrounds health and science debates in your country has a whole new layer of horror attached. And thanks to Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content for the URL.

I'm off to see whether having a sore knee is a good enough excuse for wagging work now that hideous deadline has passed. A few laps of the hall ought to settle my conscience one way or the other.

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2009-09-03 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
I know! Perhaps we should be worried about what was in the water and the air 20 years ago if it didn't happen then. ;D

I just showed it to my son (okay, he's a science major, starting university next week, so perhaps that's unfair). He was VERY amused.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2009-09-03 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
I'd laugh comfortably, except so many politicians make concessions for people like this, rather than saying 'No ma'am, you're just nuts!'

Go your son, though. Fight the dumbness, young man!