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When do we get the hi-res movies? I'm still confused....

And this is what's truly so frustrating about creationists. In their efforts to distort and mislead people about things like radio-active dating, they basically spread ignorance about subjects that are very complicated and fascinating: where someone could have learned something new, they just...

Groan. The same old "Gish Gallop" whereby so many different misunderstood and misrepresented subjects are tossed out on the table, all generally full of jargon and concepts that laypeople are unfamiliar with (and usually the creationist is totally unfamiliar with and just copy-pasting) that...

Which are? Can you list them please? Do you even know what you are talking about or are you simply parroting some conservative talking point you heard somewhere? I repeat my standing challenge to any creationist: I'll debate you anywhere, anywhen on the overwhelming scientific evidence for...

The issue is much bigger anyway. We've spent billions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of personell, and four years supposedly preparing for how to deal with massive disasters: many of which assume not only the failure of local systems, but the _destruction_ of local systems. We were supposed...

Still waiting to hear who said the blame was entirely on Bush and his people... Oh wait, that isn't what happened at all. It was Bush apologists insisting that he bore NO blame whatsoever and was instead some sort of hero and that anyone who said different was a Bush-hater. But now...

That screeching liberal: Bob Novak: The Democrats on the ground, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, have done little to commend themselves. But that does not excuse the federal performance, in the candid opinion of many Republicans. To start with, these Republicans...

Olberman is an extreme leftist now? How about Michelle Malkin? Andrew Sullivan? You're really stretching here. Where did I claim that all the problems in the world, let alone in NO, were Bush's fault? I in fact claimed the opposite: that there was blame for all levels. To characterize my...

Wow, free republic. That's like going to the Klan for an unbiased account of black people. Both pieces completely ignore the fact that no one is claiming that the state or local officials are blameless or even competant. But their incompetance hardly excuses the federal government. 180,000...

The major destruction wasn't caused just by the winds and hurricane directly, but by the leeves bearking afterwards, flooding the city. That could have been prevented. FEMA listed this EXACT situation as the third most likely major disaster: in 2001. Instead of dealing with the problem...

It's the exact same situation. Just because your sister marries someone and has kids doesn't mean that you cease to exist. We ARE apes. Modern chimps and humans both share a common ancestor: one is not descended from the other.

Good grief: do people really not understand how statistics works? Sure, polls aren't accurate to within tenths of a percent. But they are almost never inaccurate much past a few percent if the survey size is larger than 1000.

Many Americans are descended from the English. Isn't it weird how there are still English people in England?

There is nothing more bone-headedly insane than caring about the well-being of a clump of cells that has no nervous system, no feelings, no concerns, no prior existence, no hopes, etc. There's no sensible argument to be made. It's just pure madness. You might as well care about the well being...

"Its really the same justification used for the separation of church and state." SoCas means that libraries have to deny that churches exist?

You're under the mistaken impression that judges pass laws. They don't. They rule on what the existing case law leads. The fact that you and ghost and others are ignorant of both this AND the relevant case law demonstrates that you aren't equipped to have an informed opinion on whether it was...

What a fascinating post that... again never manages to quote any relevant law or reasoning whatsoever besides "I heard on tv that I don't like this!" It's too bad that they don't hold contests for being the biggest loser. Though, if they did, I'm sure you'd still find some way to lose. You...

The reason you're such a worm is that you say things like this without even a clue as to what the law is. Again: you have no ability to judge whether his reading is right or wrong, and yet you for some reason feel qualified to blather on about it. That has to be about the silliest thing a...

Look. It's nice that you have an opinion, but the law is far more complicated than "how I personally think things should work." What is the definition of public good? Is blight a public bad? Again, what is the legal argument here? Keep in mind that what the ruling in the case did was not...

So, let me get this straight: a judge decides a case based on his reading of case law and precedent, and some people that don't like it decide to be asses and use the law to attack him. How does that make him "owned" again? The sheer ignorance about cases like this is just painful to watch...