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September 28, 2008 at 18:33:49
by W. Christopher Epler (Bill) (Posted by W. Christopher Epler (Bill)) |
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In balance, she's probably about 15 times more dangerous than McCain, who seems to be a sort of Alzheimer’s God of War, but Palin is like a creature from the other side of the universe sent to the Earth to destroy our (one and only) planet. Many of us simply don't realize the limitless danger of this mindless and scientifically illiterate woman.
Look, here's Sarah Palin's bottom line (which she has reinforced over and over again): She REALLY believes the Earth is a Motel 6 she's just "passing through" on her way to comic book salvation or damnation.
Wow! Is that retarded, or what? I guess this means quasars are part of the wallpaper and quantum mechanics is somewhere down there in the rug. I think it also explains why religious fanatics are always stealing the towels (e.g., the intrinsic wealth of the planet) and why they always leave it to the human grown ups to clean up the mess after they "beam up" (?) to la la land.
In a word, she's criminally stupid (if only we could get our hands on her IQ, I'd bet big bucks it's beneath 100). And having a criminally stupid and scientifically illiterate VP in the 21st Century is like drinking ground glass.
God in heaven, even the pugs and moderates must realize that such a thing MUST NEVER, NEVER HAPPEN.
To make a point, may I be personal? I feel a little embarrassed to be so frank, but like many of you I have a PhD. It happens to be in mathematics, but you can take it to the bank that I had to work my you know what off to obtain it.
MD's, PhD's, hey this is killer challenge stuff, but the light at the end of the tunnel is that you (hopefully) acquire the skill and confidence (the confidence is almost more important than the skill)
to stand up and be counted as a highly functional adult Homo sapien child of the universe (whew! that was a mouthful).
I mention all this because for those of us (and this CERTAINLY isn’t limited to the academic and medical worlds) who know what it feels like to achieve some kind of mastery, we have a very, VERY short fuse with life's pretentious airheads.
In short, we see Sarah Palin as basically a different life form -- you know, she didn't just "get stuck" in the 4th grade, she got stuck in the Paleolithic Era. Just a tad too many reptilian vibes in this quasi human.
Still on the personal theme, I'd like to get Palin in a conversation about, say, Einstein's Special Relativity, since it turns out it really isn't that hard to fairly quickly get a sense of inertial motion (or inertial reference systems) and from that to get a sense that since apparently nothing is absolutely stationary in the universe (Palin's Motel), you can never say that a given inertial system is absolutely moving or stationary. And from this follows much.
And my point is? Well, I just don't think I would get even a dollop of interest or understanding from such a conversation with Sarah.
OK, the big idea here is that if you crank up the intelligence level past a certain point (probably, not very high) all indications are that Palin would get glassy eyed.
And a glassy-eyed VP would do EVERYTHING WRONG about the escalating and exceptionally demanding challenges of being stewards of this planet (which, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, is NOT a "model").
I threw in the Einstein thing as just one of thousands of examples a reasonably literate and disciplined mind would have no great trouble genuinely understanding.
But what do you think? I think Palin would fade out after the "science" word, and if she got though that, she would think I was talking about the Devil (capital "D" for Palin, lower case "d" for me) when I started talking about Einstein's Special Relativity.
Hell, if I had her on the run, I would probably start talking about GENERAL relativity (and the relevant equations), just to see if her arms would fall off.
Sorry, but this subject is so INFINITELY dangerous, I've got to have a little fun to keep from despair.
Because to think this person who McCain can't keep his eyes off of when she's walking off the stage (give it up John, that's just male menopause), could be in a decision making position which would be grounded in her religious "Motelism", that should be studied by a small army of scientific professionals from diverse disciplines, is, frankly, horrifying.
I mean, what's she going to do about the ozone holes -- cover them up with curtains? And global warming? Well, for openers she doesn't even think fossil fuels (for example) have ANYTHING TO DO with global warming. But even barnyard animals know global warming is grounded in the combustion of fossil fuels! Maybe her governmental fiat will be for all of us to keep our refrigerator doors open.
Lastly, I guess for me the Palin braindeadism is the most dangerous and plausible scenario we all face. Not to be unkind, but it seems most Americans (of any political persuasion) sense that McCain is on the dementia skids and some people are probably already forming betting pools about when he drops out of the debates.
And when McCain has shuffled off this mortal coil (assuming the pugs succeed in stealing their 3rd Presidential election), it will be total insanity time for America. Palin will be worse than our first crazy King George. She will be three standard deviations to the left of the mean of mature, rationally functioning adult Homo sapiens.
Thus, this individual human being, Sarah Palin, would literally be the worst thing that ever happened to the Earth.
Lastly, please note that if (God forbid!) she became President it would almost certainly catalyze America's second Civil War and/or America would be declared war on by most of the international community (who, after all, are living on the same planet as we are!).
Would we or the world realistically have any other alternative when dealing with such a duh-brained. religioso psychopath?
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Theories and such
In a word, she's criminally stupid (if only we could get our hands on her IQ, I'd bet big bucks it's beneath 100). And having a criminally stupid and scientifically illiterate VP in the 21st Century is like drinking ground glass. And after eight years of the above, we already have really sore throats.====== Sarah's views on: String theory...what holds up bikinis and keeps the little red ball attached to the paddle. Don't mention that it's elastic string theory, she'll get confused. Quantum mechanics...how they put the TV show Quantum Leap together. Screws, wrenches and bolts, ya know. Theory of Relativity...family trees Physics...a medication for constipation Square root...oddball plant systems Quarks...noises a duck makes Protons...stuff in food that's good for ya Atom...misspelling of the first man in the bible Thanks, WChris for making such nice spaces 'tween the graphs. Makes it so much easier for us old eyes to read. ( : by Sandy Sand (198 articles, 0 quicklinks, 227 diaries, 1548 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 28, 2008 at 7:53:58 PM  (0+)
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Reply: hope
Sandy, Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. It made my day -- and I'll definitely pass it around. Take care my friend. Are we actually going to come out of this with America's salvation? Obama's OK, and I certainly want him for president, but I'm just as focused on the congressional elections and many of them have MUCH more liberal candidates than Obama -- who hopefully will keep him from regressing into a 2004 Congressional Democrat (ugh!) by W. Christopher Epler (Bill) (291 articles, 59 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 767 comments [44 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:11:34 PM (0+)
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The twilight zone theme is playing
At the risk of making what may appear to be a sexist remark about the potential republican vice president, she is the single best example of a stuffed shirt that I have yet encountered on the national scene. "Like, uh, we need to get more freedom for America and democracy for everyone - and um, we need to watch those nasty Russians like I do every time I wake up in the morning, I can see them from my house, don't ya' know, which gives me unique foreign policy experience, and the terrorists have to be crushed over there before they come over here again and isn't Senator McCain the greatest and did you just see a moose run by the window - could you eat a moose burger?" by Michael McCoy (7 articles, 1 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 488 comments [28 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:28:29 AM (0+)
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I have to laugh.............
You folks writing about Christians is akin to chickens writing about card tricks. About the same level of understanding. Ha! by larry booth (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 303 comments) on Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:51:38 AM (0+)
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Reply: Well put
You could have also said they are like fish describing the desert. by Gallaher (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 990 comments [34 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:18:36 PM (0+)
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However Bill I must dissent on several of your points about
Rant concerning IQ and religious belief. First IQ is simply numbers made from a test. How the test is created, the questions asked and answered can alter how you do on it. Why bias of culture was called against the tests in the 1940's onward. What is more important is what I call the "Threshold of Belief" which is where your intelligence (of all types) can come into play after you have crossed it. Whether to some form of Christianity or to Atheism or Buddhism et al and the fundamental points that led you to this new or different paradigm of world view is no longer questioned even with new data comes to light after your crossing. It is a gradient that becomes harder to cross again without much thought and emotional work. Like crossing a membrane into and out of a cell. Which is why you can have a G. K. Chesterton or Thomas Aquinus who write eloquently and with great deliberation and intelligence about things some of us would consider magic or myth but they believe it. I agree with your points about govenor Sara Palin though it won't be a 'rapture' it will be more like the Inquisition and Crusades writ large on the world with the latest weapondry and surveillance apparatus in use to monitor and target near anyone on the planet. Then they will send a 'Reaper' [QV-9] to kill you within two hours flight time of the entire globe. They will also not be constrained about using nuclear 'theater' weapons and neutron warheads to sanitize or 'cleans' areas of 'demonic' habitation. Authoritarians have shown a tendency to be paranoid and not understand the outcomes of their actions. We are all in great danger the longer these types have control over us. by nightgaunt (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 449 comments [27 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:27:58 PM (0+)
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the political power position is the issue
Nightgaunt, The IQ business is really a sideshow. I agree that such numbers are highly suspect, but her behavior in public is not that of a rocket scientist. The woman is slow, to say it very kindly. Her religiou fanatism is proof positive that she's wildly out of touch with reality. However, your second paragraph touches on my real concerns. Not all stupid people are dangerous, but a religious fanatic who thinks the planet Earth is a salvantion/damnation motel is simply a psychopath. I could care less if she thinks the moon is made out of green cheese, so long as she's not in a position to project that stupidity into the national/international policies of out country. All the "Christianity" business is beyond irrelevant. Who give as rat's derriere WHAT someone belives. The point is that this woman is clinically nuts and stupid to boot and her possible contamination of scientific strategies to save our planet is horrifying. by W. Christopher Epler (Bill) (291 articles, 59 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 767 comments [44 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Sep 29, 2008 at 6:21:04 PM (0+)
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Unfortunately
A great number of Americans are quite like dear Sarah, and intend to vote for her. When large portions of the populace are systematically under-educated by design it isn't any wonder that candidates like Sarah can aquire media attention and popular approval. She's a turnip, a crazed psycopath, but look, we allowed George Bush to preside too. Do we deserve it? No. Can we stop it? Not likely. The Neo-Cons have a Perpetual Rule and Dynastic ideology and it's not likely they'll relinquish their power to another party so McCain/Palin will probably win whether legally or illegally. Hold On To Your Hats Folks, It's All You'll Have Left Anyway. by jeff prager (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 188 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:36:49 PM (0+)
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Reply: bull's eye
"undereducated by design" Boy, is THAT a bull's eye. As you imply, this process is massive and has been going on for years and years. But it's all from a sort of "think tank" (not just one) which we could MORE than counter with a similar committment. The pugs beat the dems in thinking long term, but that can easily be remedied. Bill by W. Christopher Epler (Bill) (291 articles, 59 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 767 comments [44 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:45:06 PM (0+)
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