Oh American darlings …

[blamebrampton]

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.

Comments

[samena.livejournal.com]

Seriously?! I'm assuming this woman has lived in California for a while, which is a state that uses a LOT of water for irrigation and all sorts of things, and yet she's NEVER seen an effect like this before? I knew about this stuff when I was a toddler (though not in scientific terms, of course). It's really odd.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Some people are just stupid. Which would be fine, except that US governments have a history of pandering to them.

I'll say one thing for Kevin Rudd, he just talks to them earnestly about why they're a bit misguided until they begin to fall asleep ...