Legislature wants polar bear study:
The state Legislature is looking to hire a few good polar bear scientists. The conclusions have already been agreed upon -- researchers just have to fill in the science part.
That's how little Johnny Alaska lawmakers think science works, I guess...
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The South Dakota senate has been wrestling over an important resolution, HCR 1009. Here's the original text. It will look rather familiar to anyone who has seen creationist bills roll through a legislature.
The Dawkins @ Oklahoma debacle continues. As Greg Lukianoff correctly notes:
The Massachusetts legislature overrode Mitt Romney's veto of a bill that cleared up state roadblocks on stem cell research yesterday.
David Bass, in another of those famous Worldnutdaily "exclusives" - which means an article so mind-numbingly moronic that only WND would even consider publishing it - has written an absolutely hilarious column about the
They also seem to presume not wanting to spend money now means no money needs to be spent.
Huh?
Not spending money now doesn't mean you won't have to spend money later. And a desire to not spend money now doesn't mean AGW isn't happening. And spening money isn't necessarily a loss; ask anyone who invests (spends) in the expectation of future rewards (profits) or a better life.
It sounds like AK lawmakers learned 'science' from a shampoo commercial.
'"You know as well as I do that scientists are like lawyers," Harris said.'
Cool! That means I'm getting a raise.
I guessing these legislators got through their science classes in school by getting copies of the Teacher's Edition of their textbooks and looking up the answers in the back. To them, that's the scientific method.