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Dr. John Marburger To Answer Your Questions

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Posted on: June 6, 2006 11:01 PM, by afarensis, FCD

The form for asking questions is here. My question for Dr. Marburger was "Do you feel Kitzmiller v. Dover was properly decided?" We will see if I get an answer!

Added Latter: Apparently, I screwed up the link, which is fixed now.

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What form? The page in question is so seriously fucked up most broadband connections would have trouble. Whoever wrote the code should be forced to read the U. S. tax code straight through.

Posted by: Alan Kellogg | June 7, 2006 11:28 AM

Try here.

Posted by: Glenn Branch | June 7, 2006 12:06 PM

See above - I messed up the link.

Posted by: afarensis, FCD | June 7, 2006 12:13 PM

Hmmmm... where do I start? Should I focus on the outright censorship of science at NASA via administration appointees or the relatively tamer, but ongoing, hostility toward embryonic stem cell funding, including promises to veto HR 810?

Posted by: Nick Anthis | June 7, 2006 8:46 PM

Now it goes to the right page. Unfortunately, MSNBC's infamously incompetent coders are still on the job, displaying a talent for screwing up simple html that is amazing. Must be NBC's doing, Microsoft could never hope to be that godawful.

Posted by: Alan Kellogg | June 8, 2006 11:18 PM

Much as I would like to blame NBC or Microsoft, it was entirely my fault. I posted a link to the wrong page...

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