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Pat Flannery
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 Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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Harrison Schmitt jumps ship over new Mars/asteroids agenda:
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2008/11/former_nac_chai.html
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mholt@ohiohills.com
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:07 am Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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On Nov 18, 8:27 pm, "jonathan" <H...@write.instead.net> wrote:
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I love this line....
"You know as well as I, the "global warming scare" is being used
as a political tool to increase government control over American
lives, incomes and decision making. It has no place in the
Society>s activities."
Studying the climate of Earth from space has no business in our
space policy???
[/quote]
No, politicians shouldn>t use an emotional bullet point to increase
government control.
[quote]A person like this shouldn>t be given the responsibility of running
an ice cream stand. Why should we care about his opinion?
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I>ve always said that about politicians. |
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jonathan
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:27 am Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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"Pat Flannery" <flanner@daktel.com> wrote in message
news:KrudnUVTY9BZKr_UnZ2dnUVZ_s_inZ2d@posted.northdakotatelephone...
[quote]Harrison Schmitt jumps ship over new Mars/asteroids agenda:
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2008/11/former_nac_chai.html
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I love this line....
"You know as well as I, the "global warming scare" is being used
as a political tool to increase government control over American
lives, incomes and decision making. It has no place in the
Society>s activities."
Studying the climate of Earth from space has no business in our
space policy???
A person like this shouldn>t be given the responsibility of running
an ice cream stand. Why should we care about his opinion?
[quote]
Pat[/quote] |
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Eric Chomko
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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On Nov 18, 8:27 pm, "jonathan" <H...@write.instead.net> wrote:
[quote]"Pat Flannery" <flan...@daktel.com> wrote in message
news:KrudnUVTY9BZKr_UnZ2dnUVZ_s_inZ2d@posted.northdakotatelephone...
Harrison Schmitt jumps ship over new Mars/asteroids agenda:
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2008/11/former_nac_chai.html
I love this line....
"You know as well as I, the "global warming scare" is being used
as a political tool to increase government control over American
lives, incomes and decision making. It has no place in the
Society>s activities."
Studying the climate of Earth from space has no business in our
space policy???
A person like this shouldn>t be given the responsibility of running
an ice cream stand. Why should we care about his opinion?
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It is almost as if he is jealous that spacecraft are being used for
Earth observation and that Global Warming is simply an excuse use to
take dollars away from his more lofty goal of other planetary
exploration.
Yep people like that are more than irresponsible. |
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Eric Chomko
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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On Nov 18, 9:07 pm, "mh...@ohiohills.com" <mh...@ohiohills.com> wrote:
[quote]On Nov 18, 8:27 pm, "jonathan" <H...@write.instead.net> wrote:
I love this line....
"You know as well as I, the "global warming scare" is being used
as a political tool to increase government control over American
lives, incomes and decision making. It has no place in the
Society>s activities."
Studying the climate of Earth from space has no business in our
space policy???
No, politicians shouldn>t use an emotional bullet point to increase
government control.
[/quote]
Only problem is is that other politicians counter 180 degrees and do
nothing where something (not hysteria) should be done.
[quote]
A person like this shouldn>t be given the responsibility of running
an ice cream stand. Why should we care about his opinion?
I>ve always said that about politicians.
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Politicians should NOT make scientific decisions. |
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Damien Valentine
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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On Nov 19, 12:25 pm, simberg.interglo...@org.trash (Rand Simberg)
wrote:
[quote]Based on the Texas legislature, who once passed a law that Pi equaled 3.0.
That never happened.
[/quote]
Mr. Simberg is right, and it never happened in Alabama or Tennesee
either. See Snopes for details. |
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Pat Flannery
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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Eric Chomko wrote:
[quote]I>ve always said that about politicians.
Politicians should NOT make scientific decisions.
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Based on the Texas legislature, who once passed a law that Pi equaled 3.0.
Meanwhile, back in Texas:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9PvQtj8plxTnRZS7hHmJap_Rt2AD94HNPAG0
Yup, what goes around comes around, doesn>t it? :-D
Pat |
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Rand Simberg
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:25 am Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:59:14 -0600, in a place far, far away, Pat
Flannery <flanner@daktel.com> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:
[quote]
Eric Chomko wrote:
I>ve always said that about politicians.
Politicians should NOT make scientific decisions.
Based on the Texas legislature, who once passed a law that Pi equaled 3.0.
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That never happened. |
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OM
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:52 am Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:25:31 GMT, simberg.interglobal@org.trash (Rand
Simberg) wrote:
[quote]Based on the Texas legislature, who once passed a law that Pi equaled 3.0.
That never happened.
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....Have to agree with baldy here, Patrick. That>s an urban myth, sorta
along the lines that North Dakota was a myth created by South Dakota
as part of a federal aid scam.
OM
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mholt@ohiohills.com
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:11 am Post subject: Re: Rand Simberg : American Fascist |
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On Nov 19, 3:40 pm, kT <cos...@lifeform.org> wrote:
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My theory is that you are an American fascist, and your ridiculous blog
and usenet statements used as evidence appear to support my theory.
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I>ll be back in a couple of weeks. The adults have left the building. |
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kT
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:20 am Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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Damien Valentine wrote:
[quote]On Nov 19, 12:25 pm, simberg.interglo...@org.trash (Rand Simberg)
wrote:
Based on the Texas legislature, who once passed a law that Pi equaled 3.0.
That never happened.
Mr. Simberg is right, and it never happened in Alabama or Tennesee
either. See Snopes for details.
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Clearly 3.0 is too low. 3.2 is a better approximation :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill |
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Rand Simberg
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:23 am Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:15:16 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
Damien Valentine <valends3@gmail.com> made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:
[quote]On Nov 19, 12:25 pm, simberg.interglo...@org.trash (Rand Simberg)
wrote:
Based on the Texas legislature, who once passed a law that Pi equaled 3.0.
That never happened.
Mr. Simberg is right, and it never happened in Alabama or Tennesee
either. See Snopes for details.
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I think that the closest any state ever came to it was Indiana.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill
But as it points out, even then it wasn>t as simple as declaring pi
three. |
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Philip
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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Pat Flannery wrote:
[quote]
Eric Chomko wrote:
I>ve always said that about politicians.
Politicians should NOT make scientific decisions.
Based on the Texas legislature, who once passed a law that Pi equaled 3.0.
Meanwhile, back in Texas:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9PvQtj8plxTnRZS7hHmJap_Rt2AD94HNPAG0
Yup, what goes around comes around, doesn>t it? :-D
Pat
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And evolution is "just a theory". |
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kT
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:39 am Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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Philip wrote:
[quote]Pat Flannery wrote:
Eric Chomko wrote:
I>ve always said that about politicians.
Politicians should NOT make scientific decisions.
Based on the Texas legislature, who once passed a law that Pi equaled
3.0.
Meanwhile, back in Texas:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9PvQtj8plxTnRZS7hHmJap_Rt2AD94HNPAG0
Yup, what goes around comes around, doesn>t it? :-D
Pat
And evolution is "just a theory".
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Don>t forget the George Deutsch NASA 'the big bang is just a theory'. |
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Rand Simberg
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:40 am Post subject: Re: Squabbles at The Planetary Society |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:26:25 -0800, in a place far, far away, Philip
<none@nospam.net> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:
[quote]Pat Flannery wrote:
Eric Chomko wrote:
I>ve always said that about politicians.
Politicians should NOT make scientific decisions.
Based on the Texas legislature, who once passed a law that Pi equaled 3.0.
Meanwhile, back in Texas:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9PvQtj8plxTnRZS7hHmJap_Rt2AD94HNPAG0
Yup, what goes around comes around, doesn>t it? :-D
Pat
And evolution is "just a theory".
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What>s wrong with theories? |
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