The art of the Weekend Open Thread in part involves picking up ideas that would have made good posts had one decided to put the effort into them — and then not putting the effort into them and using them in a Weekend Open Thread instead. This is one of the stories I really regret not writing about — but then again, what can one really say? It’s not that I want to scream from the rooftops that Republicans are buffoons — we have many that aren’t right here — but, well, some things demand to be noted with goggle-eyes followed by ridicule.
The prospect of appointing Dana Rohrabacher as the head of the House Science Committee is among them.
And the worst thing about it is that, among the three generally presumed candidate for the position, he may actually be the least anti-science — although more likely that’s a three-way tie between people intent on scoring last.
Rohrabacher’s advantage in the competition with Jim Senenbrenner and Lamar Smith — now that former Rep. Todd Akin is out of the picture (and no I am not making that up), is his personal experience with the way that technology can improve people’s lives. Check out, for existence, this 2005 New York Times story on stem cell research:
Among them is Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Republican of California, whose wife gave birth last year to triplets conceived through in vitro fertilization. Mr. Rohrabacher said in an interview that while he had a “very strict pro-life voting record,” his experience convinced him it would not be immoral to conduct experiments on leftover embryos.
“Those leftover eggs will have no potential ever of becoming a human being unless they are implanted in a woman’s body, so I don’t believe that experimenting on those fertilized eggs is the equivalent of an abortion at all,” he said. “I think that is wrong thinking.”
Good for Dana, I say, along with the dope and the surfing and the no longer supporting the Taliban (I think). Then again, there’s this on climate change: “We don’t know what those other cycles were caused by in the past. Could be dinosaur flatulence, you know, or who knows?” But, again, the other guys are no better!
As you contemplate dinosaur flatulence and Dana Rohrabacher and turkey trimmings and whatever else grabs you this holiday week, we hope that you’ll start things off with a very happy Weekend Open Thread. Talk about what you will.
Have you ever tried that new Budweiser “Platinum” light beer? It tastes god awful. Natural light and Miller light taste a million times better. I have to mix it all together just to stomach this “Platinum” crap.
Uh-oh — Rohrabacher’s campaign may have hit a snag:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/16/anderson-cooper-rips-rohrabacher-on-benghazi-youre-factually-not-correct/
On the other hand, Republicans may be more interested than ever in keeping him from gaining more influence within the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
*Dana…..stepped into the wrong rec room….again? He comes out on Benghazi and then Petraeus comes out and exonerates Rice and Obama in closed session. The good news…he did this Fozberry Flop on one of the first days after he was re-elected. He still has time to “dummy up” before the next election. Rhonda….talk to the boy!
Our pals, Dana and Darrell should follow the playbook of Ed Royce and now
even John Campbell and just shut up for a while. This is not the time to be a target of the next Whack-A-Mole game along with Lindsay Graham and John McCain…………. Why does “Statemanship” never come to mind when you mention those folks? We love Dana and Darrell but they are shooting at the wrong targets…..go after the dirty Bankers, Hedge Fund Managers and Big Pharma and Insurance that has just doubled our Healthcare Premiums for next year …..three days before the election. What about Big Oil manipulating the cost of gasoline expressly for California. Call Downtown Jerry Brown….get on board….
Just Sunday to Wednesday left for veteran’s to enjoy Knott’s berry Farm with 2 free tickets and 6 more at 19 dollars each.
And stop by the Independence hall and get the story on the sold out W’s first hand.
*Miss the old silversmith. Got a great Army Silver Commemorative Money Clip.
Heard he had some health problems. The great old people at
Knott’s…..getting less and less….darn it.
The volcano model in the old shopping area fascinated me as a kid. Too bad they took it out to increase the chargeable square footage.