re: #66 garhighway

OT: Henry Waxman (who can be a pain in the ass, I readily admit) calls it right regarding the Congressional GOP and science:

[Link: green.blogs.nytimes.com…]

Sample quote:

“But I have never been in a Congress where there was such an overwhelming disconnect between science and policy,” he said. “The Republicans in Congress have become the party of science deniers, and that is profoundly dangerous.”

Same way under Bush with stemcell. Articles of faith hinder their comprehension.

The bulk of these GOPers are operating from a view that God created the world in 7 days, the bible is literally true and it’s all His doing. Man is not warming the planet and they didn’t come from no monkey either.