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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 03:57 PM Original message |
Author Michael Crichton says environmentalism is religion, not science |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh he is RW alright |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. "just a windbag trying to cause a scandal to make him more $$?" |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Who cares what a pulp writer thinks? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Unfortunately, Congress cares... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. That is absolutely disgusting |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Not just disgusting... horrifying. |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Sickening |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Scientologists could never make the distinction |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. That's just fucking nuts. |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. He's not even a real sci fi writer. In true science fiction, there is a |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
49. Fiction = False |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 06:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
56. You mean that chrichton writes science fiction |
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adarling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. It doesn't matter, he is a hack |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Big time RW'er |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. And who would know science fiction better than a RWer? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. A 10th rate writer who thinks he has something to say. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Educated men the world over point out that Crichton is a novelist, not a |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Actually, he is a scientist- |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. An MD is a doctor, having an MD does not certify |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Of course having an M.D. doesn't |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Just like Tom Clancy |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. This man writes childrens Dinosaur movies, right? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. LOL!!! |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. Him 'n L. Ron |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. How about- |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. I Say Crichton is an overblown hack, not an author |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. And as an author.... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I concur |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. Michael Chrighton isn't known for his scientific knowledge |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. As always, Dobson cherry picks for a headline. Read the speech cited. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. The book isn't new; it was published more than a year ago |
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eggman67 (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. I think so too |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. What does Jackie Collins think of environmentalism? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. LMAO!!! |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. I was never a fan of his "writings", if that's what you call them. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Wikipedia... "I meant to do that." |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. put him out in the arctic ice and have him swim for his life like the |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Michael Crichton doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. You have to wonder if Big Oil don't the mother nature as in competition |
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SammyBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. Hell, if it weren't from Jurassic Park and the Andromeda Strain |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Actually, if it weren't for those *movies*, I wouldn't know |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. What scares me is... |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. I Used to Read His Books |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. You know, I have officially now HAD IT UP TO HERE with this guy. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. If he's half as good a "doctor" as he is an "author" I'd go to a Shaman |
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ragin_acadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. i read the book, about two weeks ago, |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
43. State Of Fear Is New? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. The wingnuts are on a roll using his book |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-12-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
46. the book has been out for awhile now |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
47. He implies one point I agree with... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. "don't have much tolerance for skepticism " . . . |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 01:35 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Well said |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:38 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. You made my point... if what you say is true, then... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 06:12 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. the problem with needing proof is that you can't prove the causes . . . |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
52. science says religion is more believable than Michael Crichton |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
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