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NoNukes Inactive Member |
Congressman Broun sits on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
quote: Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. It's not too late to register to vote. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
I have to wonder if the guy actually believes this or if he is just appealing to the majority of voters. Representative Broun has no immediate need to appeal to voters. He is not facing any opposition from Democrats, and he won the Republican primary back in July. As someone has pointed out, Broun is an MD. Not many people would have bothered or had the knowledge to include a denunciation of embryology in their anti-evolution rant rant. Most people probably think and hope that that the doctors they visit are scientists. When a fundy goes to the doctor for treatment instead of to Wednesday night Bible study, hasn't the fundy already made the call that he wants secular science to be applied to his condition? Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. It's not too late to register to vote. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
Some stats on how Democrats and Republicans view the theory of evolution
Republicans, Democrats Differ on Creationism
Sixty percent of Republicans are Creationists of the Broun strip.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. It's not too late to register to vote. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
He's also Tea Party. Yikes. You are right. Perhaps this wasn't news after all.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. It's not too late to register to vote. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
, he's on the Health Committee and Natural Resources. I didn't know that. But from what I can read about him, he seems to exactly fit every bad generalization of a Tea Party member I've ever heard. Yes, besides being a creationist, Broun a birther, and a global climate change denier, and a hater of all things Muslim, equates Obama with Nazi's, wants to change the 14th amendment and thinks English is an endangered language, hates each of unions, the EPA, gays, and separation of church and state with a passion. And here I am excoriating him for not believing in evolution, embryology and the big bang theory.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. It's not too late to register to vote. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
So based on that link, it appears that the more you go to church, the stupider you get. Let's not confuse mere correlation with causation.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. Well, you may still have time to register to vote. Even North Carolinians can still register for early voting. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
Representative Broun's beliefs may be wacky, but get back to me when he has actually done something that is demonstrably damaging to our country ok? I have to agree with foreveryoung on this. Broun appears to be the single most ineffective member of Congress ever elected. None of his proposed bills ever get anywhere. No harm, no foul.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. Well, you may still have time to register to vote. Even North Carolinians can still register for early voting. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
because he fails to believe in what all the "educated" people believe in. Then Congressman is well beyond any "fails to believe". He says that evolution etc. are lies from the pit of hell designed to convince him he does not need a savior. In my view, that's tin foil hat level paranoia. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. Well, you may still have time to register to vote. Even North Carolinians can still register for early voting. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
n contrast, Paul Broun made no attempt to temper the vitriol of his verbal attack against evolution, embryology, and the Big Bang Theory. His statement makes it clear that he's at least an evangelical and he explicitly identifies himself as a young-earther. While Reagan left some wiggle room about how strongly he actually believed what he had said, Broun leaves no doubt at all. In order to become president, even Reagan had to appeal to some moderate non-evangelicals. True wing-nuts like Bachmann and Santorum, who are unwilling or unable to make such an appeal have no chance to be elected by the general electorate. However, they do quite well within their local electorate. I'm not convinced that Broun's view would not be a net positive thing in a Georgia election. That said, Broun is running uncontested. He has no real need to say anything right now. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. Well, you may still have time to register to vote. Even North Carolinians can still register for early voting. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member
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foreveryoung writes: I am much more educated in the real sense than any of you robots are or will ever hope to be. Percy writes: Let the record show that when you begin complaining about abuse that it started here. Not from me though. It'd be too easy. When the straight line is already funny, there's no need to follow up.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. Well, you may still have time to register to vote. Even North Carolinians can still register for early voting. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
His attack was against a group, rather than against persons. And the group was only vaguely specified with nobody explicitly listed as part of that group. The group was "vaguely" specified as including every participant in this thread up to the time of his post other than himself. In other words, it is not vague at all. Perhaps that still isn't personal, but it is not vague. I take it as an attempt to be personal, but given the clear inaccuracy of the insults, I take it as a failed attack.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. Well, you may still have time to register to vote. Even North Carolinians can still register for early voting. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
So what are the facts you are talking about? Here is a fact for you. The earth is much older than 9,000 years old. There is plenty of evidence backing that up. In fact, I don't believe there to be a single poster to this thread, including you and foreveryoung, who believes otherwise. Accordingly, the earth being older than 9,000 years old is not a lie from the pits of hell. Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. Well, you may still have time to register to vote. Even North Carolinians can still register for early voting. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
The Bible gives evidence that the earth and heavens are much older than 9,000 years. That's great. I am not describing a dispute between the Bible and science. My comments are about a Congressman who is an idiot.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. Well, you may still have time to register to vote. Even North Carolinians can still register for early voting. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
He has believed the lie that he has been taught which makes him a fool. Fair enough. Perhaps the word idiot is not the proper characterization. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. Well, you may still have time to register to vote. Even North Carolinians can still register for early voting. State Registration Deadlines
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
Foreveryoung does not believe the earth is less than 10,000 years old. He doesn't accept that the earth is billions of years old, but he seems comfortable with the possibility that the earth is at least 1 million years old.
I have never seen him state a date for the flood.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Frederick Douglass
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