<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for ‘Drill now’ Newt on <em>The Daily Show</em>]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:49:55 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/1 excellent point

about Bristol's "decision," i.e. her choice.

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

]]> excellent point

about Bristol's "decision," i.e. her choice.

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

]]> Comment #2 by mreinbold http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:42:15 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/2 Chickens deserve our true friendship.

Fetuses do not.

]]> Chickens deserve our true friendship.

Fetuses do not.

]]> Comment #3 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:01:12 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/3 "Defending infanticide ..."

(4:50 into video) Newt will profit handsomely from book sales thanks to this appearance but I think it came at a price for the Republican party.

Infanticide: The killing of an infant.

Infant: A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk.

Abortion: The premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and placenta) from the uterus.

Note that infanticide is not a synonym of abortion.

Cases of infanticide declined with the advent of Roe v Wade. Forcing the 40 million or so abortions worldwide to produce infants would result in the deaths of uncounted millions of infants from infanticide.

Twisting and pounding a square word into a round hole is a form of deception. Many religionists are masters of deception. Witness televangelists strutting and crying on stage between calls for donations.

There is no such thing as an abortion doctor. It is medical procedure that millions of doctors have been trained to do along with millions of other procedures.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world


]]> "Defending infanticide ..."

(4:50 into video) Newt will profit handsomely from book sales thanks to this appearance but I think it came at a price for the Republican party.

Infanticide: The killing of an infant.

Infant: A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk.

Abortion: The premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and placenta) from the uterus.

Note that infanticide is not a synonym of abortion.

Cases of infanticide declined with the advent of Roe v Wade. Forcing the 40 million or so abortions worldwide to produce infants would result in the deaths of uncounted millions of infants from infanticide.

Twisting and pounding a square word into a round hole is a form of deception. Many religionists are masters of deception. Witness televangelists strutting and crying on stage between calls for donations.

There is no such thing as an abortion doctor. It is medical procedure that millions of doctors have been trained to do along with millions of other procedures.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world


]]> Comment #4 by Bob Wallace http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:12:19 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/4 Newt...

Every time he surfaces we should remind ourselves that this is the person who brought us a Congress full o individuals like Tom Delay, Duke Cunningham, and Bob Ney.

Newt led the way to George W. Bush.

And we want to continue to listen to him why?

 

]]> Newt...

Every time he surfaces we should remind ourselves that this is the person who brought us a Congress full o individuals like Tom Delay, Duke Cunningham, and Bob Ney.

Newt led the way to George W. Bush.

And we want to continue to listen to him why?

 

]]> Comment #5 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:47:19 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/5 "Why listen to him?"

Good question, Bob Wallace.  Newt has genuine scientific curiosity, e.g. in paleontology, which makes me wonder if he is genuinely a creationist.  But this "Drill Now" book makes me doubt that, after all.

Notice that Newt received a very courteous applause, before and after he spoke, from presumably a hostile audience.

If, say, Al Gore had been a guest on an analogous right-leaning show, e.g. a Fox show, or something hosted by a Rush Limbaugh clone, would the audience have been so gracious?  Would they not have feared the disapproval of their pastors, had they clapped?

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

]]> "Why listen to him?"

Good question, Bob Wallace.  Newt has genuine scientific curiosity, e.g. in paleontology, which makes me wonder if he is genuinely a creationist.  But this "Drill Now" book makes me doubt that, after all.

Notice that Newt received a very courteous applause, before and after he spoke, from presumably a hostile audience.

If, say, Al Gore had been a guest on an analogous right-leaning show, e.g. a Fox show, or something hosted by a Rush Limbaugh clone, would the audience have been so gracious?  Would they not have feared the disapproval of their pastors, had they clapped?

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

]]> Comment #6 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:41:24 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/6 Grist Suppresses H2drogen News

On 3 September the European Parliament committed to building a hydrogen highway across all Europe!

But the H28rs here have refused to tell the American public!  WH2Y Grist?  WH2Y??

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/sep2008/gb2 ...

Europe Signs Up for Hydrogen Cars

The European Parliament has called for a rollout of a EU filling-station network for hydrogen-powered cars

]]> Grist Suppresses H2drogen News

On 3 September the European Parliament committed to building a hydrogen highway across all Europe!

But the H28rs here have refused to tell the American public!  WH2Y Grist?  WH2Y??

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/sep2008/gb2 ...

Europe Signs Up for Hydrogen Cars

The European Parliament has called for a rollout of a EU filling-station network for hydrogen-powered cars

]]> Comment #7 by vakibs http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:31:06 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/7 got reminded of eric cartman

@jabailo

wh2y ?

There was an episode of south park where eric cartman gets HIV. Then for everything he says, he adds, "I am not just sure. I am HIV positive".

Beating cartman is quite hard, but you are right up there, my friend.

Let's think in terms of eco-dollars.

]]> got reminded of eric cartman

@jabailo

wh2y ?

There was an episode of south park where eric cartman gets HIV. Then for everything he says, he adds, "I am not just sure. I am HIV positive".

Beating cartman is quite hard, but you are right up there, my friend.

Let's think in terms of eco-dollars.

]]> Comment #8 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:40:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/8 Wellllll, You Remind Me of That Episode Where...

...like, they play guitar hero and make lots of points but then stop being friends and then they make up or something.

Anyway, enough of infantile adult argumentation, where 38 year olds quote South Park.

How about:

Welcome to the European Hydrogen Association
http://www.h2euro.org/

]]> Wellllll, You Remind Me of That Episode Where...

...like, they play guitar hero and make lots of points but then stop being friends and then they make up or something.

Anyway, enough of infantile adult argumentation, where 38 year olds quote South Park.

How about:

Welcome to the European Hydrogen Association
http://www.h2euro.org/

]]> Comment #9 by 314159265 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:14:24 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/9 Forget H2

Its just BS to please the technophile dreamer and just BS to attract funding for high tech tinkering corporations. A placebo research program.

Want a private Saturn rocket? I, Siemens (etc.), promise to deliver in 10y. Just gimme some research bucks...

Mars J. Pictor Florifulgurator, Western Bavarian Forest.

]]> Forget H2

Its just BS to please the technophile dreamer and just BS to attract funding for high tech tinkering corporations. A placebo research program.

Want a private Saturn rocket? I, Siemens (etc.), promise to deliver in 10y. Just gimme some research bucks...

Mars J. Pictor Florifulgurator, Western Bavarian Forest.

]]> Comment #10 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:50:24 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/10 Demand reduction

Drilling won't save our economy. Newt is asleep ar the wheel again, gas guzzling us all towards economic disaster.

And as gas goes to 10 bucks per gallon, demand reduction will in fact occur.  But that will absolutely kill our economy.

Why not pursue demand reduction now?  And save our economy by delaying that ramp up to 10 dollar gas.  It's simple really.

The GOP, "drill, drill, drill, now, baby, drill" plan is just a slogan.  A slogan that will kill our economy by delaying real demand reduction.

The time to act is now to head off energy price induced stagflation, inflation and stagnation at the same time.  Obama has proposed a real energy plan that will do this, featuring a 4% increase in mileage standards per year, for one thing.

And a whole other list of policies to reduce oil demand.  These are the only policies that can get us off of our addiction to ever more scarce, ever more expensive supplies of oil, imported mainly from oil kleptocracies opposed to nearly every principle our nation has been built on.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

]]> Demand reduction

Drilling won't save our economy. Newt is asleep ar the wheel again, gas guzzling us all towards economic disaster.

And as gas goes to 10 bucks per gallon, demand reduction will in fact occur.  But that will absolutely kill our economy.

Why not pursue demand reduction now?  And save our economy by delaying that ramp up to 10 dollar gas.  It's simple really.

The GOP, "drill, drill, drill, now, baby, drill" plan is just a slogan.  A slogan that will kill our economy by delaying real demand reduction.

The time to act is now to head off energy price induced stagflation, inflation and stagnation at the same time.  Obama has proposed a real energy plan that will do this, featuring a 4% increase in mileage standards per year, for one thing.

And a whole other list of policies to reduce oil demand.  These are the only policies that can get us off of our addiction to ever more scarce, ever more expensive supplies of oil, imported mainly from oil kleptocracies opposed to nearly every principle our nation has been built on.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

]]> Comment #11 by mreinbold http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:13:32 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/drill-now-newt-on-the-daily-show/11 Here's a slogan for you

Change we can believe in. Come to think of it, I like "drill, baby, drill."

]]> Here's a slogan for you

Change we can believe in. Come to think of it, I like "drill, baby, drill."

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