Ah young Earth creationists, always surprise you by setting the bar lower and lower.

she probably doesn't have either... which says more about her campaign than about her.
This videos' gonna be big, alas

Oh she clearly has someone telling her what to say... which is why it's such a train wreck every time she departs from her ridiculously evident talking points.... entertaining... but train wreck just the same...

If anything it just illustrates she isn't a 'tough mouse hunting independent hockey mom'... in fact she is a drone willing to do or say anything she is told to win... and when her programing doesn't apply or she forgets, this is what we see... A woman who i wouldln't trust to educate pre-schoolers.

Yeah its the equivilent of her saying 'Research using MICROSCOPES in France'. The fly is just another tool for research.

france gave you liberty, bitch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_melanogaster#Similarity_to_humans

About 75% of known human disease genes have a recognizable match in the genetic code of fruit flies (Reiter et al (2001) Genome Research: 11(6):1114-25), and 50% of fly protein sequences have mammalian analogues. An online database called Homophila [1] is available to search for human disease gene homologues in flies and vice versa. Drosophila is being used as a genetic model for several human diseases including the neurodegenerative disorders Parkinson's, Huntington's, spinocerebellar ataxia and Alzheimer's disease. The fly is also being used to study mechanisms underlying aging and oxidative stress, immunity, diabetes, and cancer, as well as drug abuse.

I'm going to smack her with the *wtf bat, now.

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You caught us! Never thought anyone would figure out that the secret purpose of the scientific community is to waste as much of the country's money as possible.


Honestly.

Stunning. My research has been insulted by Palin herself thus putting my field in one line with the Big Bang Theory and Evolution. It`s like a dream come true.

what a foul den of scientific skatosanct idiotry!

The bloody greeks new somethin'
scio me nihil scire
I hope to god Sarah Palin wins
at least with her I know ehere i'm standing

Research is the asshole of philosophy (science) anyway

^bluecliff
I'm proud to be the first to downvote this comment.
If only I could downvote McCain/Palin!

>> ^bluecliff:
what a foul den of scientific skatosanct idiotry!
The bloody greeks new somethin'
scio me nihil scire
I hope to god Sarah Palin wins
at least with her I know ehere i'm standing
Research is the asshole of philosophy (science) anyway


Choggie?

There are plenty of successful intellectuals who are religious. Christianity needs to realign its path so that its no longer a synonym for ignorance and anti-intellectualism.

nope just channeling some of his power, and it IS terrific!

And as for being proud, you could do something else to feel that way. Bake yourself a cookie, and contemplate the absolutely ridiculous meaninglessness of the democratic process (as it now stands)

Richard Wolffe WTF!

"This is the most mindless, ignorant, uniformed comment that we have seen from Gov. Palin so far. And there's been a lot of competition for that prize."

That was awesome!

>> ^brycewi19:
Richard Wolffe WTF!
"This is the most mindless, ignorant, uniformed comment that we have seen from Gov. Palin so far. And there's been a lot of competition for that prize."
That was awesome!


You forgot the best part: he said he was going to try to be as "restraint and measured" as possible.

LOL

Tell us how you REALLY feel about it.

Back on topic though: Palin is just downright dangerous. Ignorant and bigoted. Seriously, I really hope she disappears after this election.

I've got my voter pamphlet right here in front of me. Sometimes it's hard deciding who to vote for. But this year it's been remarkably easy who NOT to vote for. Thanks Palin!

Just imagine if fruit fly research could one day cure Down Syndrome? She'd be all over that shit.

just imagine if fruit fly research proved the existence of noah's ark.

>> ^thinker247:
Just imagine if fruit fly research could one day cure Down Syndrome? She'd be all over that shit.


Great and obvious call

In 10 days if i never hear from or of this woman again... it will be to soon...

Whats a choggie?... wait... don't want to know.

The base ignorance of this woman is mind boggling. It even manages to surpass the ignorance of her audience at times. Either those at that press conference simply didn't know or they were to afraid to speak up and slap her upside the head.

Notice also that ever since the $150k in clothing and makeup scandal, she wears her hair down and has average jewelry and wears cheaper suits and even is wearing different glasses. I normally wouldn't notice such things but it's just such a striking difference from the glitz and glamor of a week ago.

Gotta love Olbermann, he's often the only guy who puts this stuff on the air. The kind of stuff that SHOULD be on the air. Faux or CNN wouldn't touch this stuff with a 10' poll. Sad really that this is one of the few news guys anymore who actually gives two shits about anything but good ratings and having hot women falling over themselves to tell you 'the news.'

Her speech writer/adviser may be a dumbass for putting that in there, but she's a dumbass for keeping it in.

Anyone who took biology in highschool should know fruit flies have been a staple of biological research for decades. Easy to obtain, easy to care for, nobody cares what happens to fruit flies, and probably most importantly, they're prolific breeders.

It's an appeal to the anti-intellectuals, it's Bush's 'fuzzy math', it's go with the gut, and it's a large part of what's wrong in this country.

disgusting comment.....thats all i am going to say

>> ^ponceleon:
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Back on topic though: Palin is just downright dangerous. Ignorant and bigoted. Seriously, I really hope she disappears after this election.


According to some recent opinions, she's already given up on 2008 and may be positioning for 2012.

Bailin' Palin???

After reviewing comments from this site and many others over the past few days bashing Sarah Palin for her "anti-science" stance, I must say that I am truly impressed with the realization among our citizens of the importance of scientific research and progress, especially from those of the far-left political persuasion. I have just one question for these individuals, however. WHERE WAS YOUR OUTCRY AGAINST ANTI-SCIENCE POLITICIANS AT THE TIME MY SCIENTIFIC CAREER WAS DESTROYED? I am (or should I say WAS) a scientist during the days of Ronald Reagan and SDI. I received a Ph.D. in physics in 1984 with an extensive background in mathematics, and was laid-off in 1992 despite an excellent performance rating for "lack of contract support". My career as a scientist began and ended with SDI.

During this "outbreak of peace", I went to extremes to find work in technology transfer efforts and other non-defense related areas, oftentimes volunteering my time with groups or start-up companies willing to let me work with them in the hopes of securing some grant money someday. These efforts were all in vain, however. Why? Because scientific funding was waning everywhere, not just in defense. Competition for grant money was absolutely fierce and in some cases, merely a lottery. Only those with decades of experience in their special fields had a chance of winning. Our government had taken the "peace dividend" (which resulted in part from my career demise) and used it to prop up the new "social democracies" that resulted from the breakup of the Soviet Union. Once again, WHERE WAS THE OUTCRY AGAINST ANTI-SCIENCE POLITICIANS when all this was happening? Instead, what I saw on the news was euphoria over the "end of the cold war" (euphemism for the greatest one-sided disarmament in history).

From what has happened to other scientists as well as myself, I'm afraid you would have an extremely difficult time convincing me that there ever was much concern about scientific research among our politicians, especially over the last two decades. So why all of this bashing of Sarah Palin for being "anti-science"?

Sorry about that Heatray, but just because you lost your job doesn't mean we should give up on science, does it?

This woman is a joke.

Agreed Mizila...

I'm sorry to hear that Heatray... I really am... I was 2 when that happened to you though... and my outrage took a little while to build up...

But i'm more sorry to hear that you view 'giving up' as somehow the appropriate and a viable standing... Your suggestion seems to be what?... that we abandon it entirely and fail to critizes our would be leaders for their ass-backwards" beleifs?... I really don't see any other suggestions, really just complaining about something that happened to you over fifteen years ago, and frankly it's hard to respect that if you offer up nothing else.

Science is all a lie. I am with Palin on this one. Do you know how much money is waisted funding science, 26 BILLION DOLLARS. And what has science done for you?

You ever ask yourself that?

Science is for noobs.

That's IF you believe in Biology. I already told you science is a lie.

>> ^Crosswords:
Her speech writer/adviser may be a dumbass for putting that in there, but she's a dumbass for keeping it in.
Anyone who took biology in highschool should know fruit flies have been a staple of biological research for decades. Easy to obtain, easy to care for, nobody cares what happens to fruit flies, and probably most importantly, they're prolific breeders.
It's an appeal to the anti-intellectuals, it's Bush's 'fuzzy math', it's go with the gut, and it's a large part of what's wrong in this country.

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>> ^MycroftHomlz:
Science is all a lie. I am with Palin on this one. Do you know how much money is waisted funding science, 26 BILLION DOLLARS. And what has science done for you?


Cars, planes, the atom bomb, hundreds of ways to fuck the planet back to the stoneage in the hands of your corrupt leaders.

Need I go on?



You ever ask yourself that?
Science is for noobs.


Yeah, that makes up a substantial part of your 10+ trillion dollar national debt... 0.26%... Waddya spend the rest on, beer and hookers?

But yeah, good thinking sparkie. Trundle back to the caves and dream about how nice it was to have fire, I'm sure your absence will not in any way diminish mankind... =)

LOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOL

It was a joke Asmo.
Mycroft--as much as I--wish the science budget was upped by ten fold.
Anyway, the vice-president has little power.

She´s obviously scared of fruitflies because they have a bigger brain than her.

Upvote for having more than 200 upvotes!

I thought for sure she'd be smokin the polls by now

I stand by my assertion that science is crap...

My experiments are driving me crazy, ergo all science is bad.

Don't mind me, I'm overfilled with bile with my recent attempts to fight internet censorship over here in Far South China... err, Australia...

From the comments I have read about my previous posting, I feel I need to clarify a few points.

First, I am not advocating that we "give up" on science even though it is probably far too late to salvage my career. From my perspective, however, Congress has been riddled with anti-science politicians for decades. They have weakened the general health of scientific research in this country and cost thousands of scientists their careers, including myself -- and nobody bats an eyelid. Now, a vice-presidential candidate dares to make an utterance that is viewed by some as "anti-science", and there is practically a lynch mob after her. The flip-flop from one extreme to the other has me most baffled. I would sure welcome a posting from someone who could clear up this mystery for me.

Second, I am very much concerned that the attacks I read against Sarah Palin will harm, not help the situation with science in this country. These attacks have gone far beyond criticism of her stand on science issues and have gotten personal. Oftentimes, derogatory language and descriptions are used. There is no place for such abuse in either science, politics, or religion. It will only give us an image of being extreme and unprofessional, which we cannot afford.

Finally, if your definition of science includes an unquestioning acceptance of evolution and global warming, be informed that there are many scientists who would differ with you. Although these theories are generally presented as sacred truth, they are far from being universally accepted in the scientific community. Personally, I have yet to find an evolutionist who can satisfactorily explain the process by which highly complex, self-replicating DNA molecules arise from the "hot thin soup". Nor has it ever been demonstrated in the laboratory. It seems that when faced with the choice between life by intelligent design and life by freak occurrence, they choose the latter. Now who is being unscientific?

^The theory of evolution isn't universally accepted by the scientific community, but there is enough agreement that there's generally considered to be a scientific consensus. The current trend with the steady advances in genetics this decade is that even more evidence has been accumulating for the consensus.

Evolution doesn't need to currently be a perfect and complete theory in order to be the theory with the most evidence for it by a vast margin. Speculation on Shiva, Allah, or whatever doesn't solve anything .

If we had to choose between betting for or against science, the historical record would strongly recommend the former.

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