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    Great article on Perry and Global Warming

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    Progressives like to cloak their policy preferences in the mantle of science, but they do not in fact give a fig about science, which for them is only a vehicle to be ridden to the precise extent that it is convenient. This is why they will ask what makes Rick Perry qualified to disagree with the scientific establishment, but never ask the equally relevant question of what makes Jon Huntsman qualified to agree with it. So long as they are getting the policies they want, they don’t care. If you want to see how dedicated a progressive is to dispassionate science, spend two minutes talking about the heritability of intelligence. You’ll be up to your neck in witchcraft and superstition and evasion in no time at all. (If you want to test a progressive’s faith in rigorous scholarship more broadly, ask him about gains from trade and comparative advantage, realities that are as solid as anything social science has to offer.)

    Perry is making an error by approaching these questions as though they were scientific disputes and not political ones. The real question about global warming isn’t whether one computer simulation or another is the better indicator of what our climate will be like a century hence, it is whether such policies as envisioned by the environmentalist-anti-capitalist green coalition are wise. They are not. Evolution is a public question not because politicians have anything intelligent to say about the science, but because the question provides a handy cudgel to those who wish to beat the Judeo-Christian moral tradition into submission in the service of managerial progressivism. Perry should talk about that, not about alleged “gaps” in the scientific evidence, about which neither he nor his questioners nor the great majority of his critics nor the great majority of his supporters knows the first thing.


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    Re: Great article on Perry and Global Warming

    It is silly and more than a bit transparent when Pols try to discuss scientific concepts they know little about. But to most people, they don't know the difference so I suspect it's all part of the strategy. That would be an interesting tact, to just point out that the science is unknown but the political angles are very clear.

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    Re: Great article on Perry and Global Warming

    Quote Originally Posted by Conlette View Post
    It is silly and more than a bit transparent when Pols try to discuss scientific concepts they know little about. But to most people, they don't know the difference so I suspect it's all part of the strategy. That would be an interesting tact, to just point out that the science is unknown but the political angles are very clear.

    That and economics too.....except for the fact that they should know how to count.
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    Re: Great article on Perry and Global Warming

    I agree that Perry should be quiet regarding economics and science. It is clear he doesn't know much of anything about those subjects. He's the product of a poor education and panders to those who are similarly ignorant.
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    Re: Great article on Perry and Global Warming

    Quote Originally Posted by Pendragon View Post
    I agree that Perry should be quiet regarding economics and science. It is clear he doesn't know much of anything about those subjects. He's the product of a poor education and panders to those who are similarly ignorant.
    No one is surprised that you missed the point by a mile.
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    Re: Great article on Perry and Global Warming

    The point is what you make of it.

    What is your point?

    Don't tell me your point is the tip of your dunce cap either.

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    Re: Great article on Perry and Global Warming

    Quote Originally Posted by Pendragon View Post
    The point is what you make of it.

    What is your point?

    Don't tell me your point is the tip of your dunce cap either.

    Yeah, the point is whatever you want it to be. Great point!
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    Re: Great article on Perry and Global Warming

    I choose to read quotes and interpret them myself rather than regurgitate talking points from such biased journals as the National Review.

    That seems to be the only thing you read.
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    Re: Great article on Perry and Global Warming

    Quote Originally Posted by Pendragon View Post
    I choose to read quotes and interpret them myself rather than regurgitate talking points from such biased journals as the National Review.

    That seems to be the only thing you read.
    I read the AD&D Players Handbook! And the Dungeon Master's Guide. > : ;D

    What quotes have you interpreted yourself? Please be specific. Secondly, NR is far superior to thinkprogress in every respect.

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    Re: Great article on Perry and Global Warming

    Quote Originally Posted by Pendragon View Post
    I agree that Perry should be quiet regarding economics and science. It is clear he doesn't know much of anything about those subjects. He's the product of a poor education and panders to those who are similarly ignorant.
    after reading a few dozen of your posts.. all I can say is.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

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