Rick Perry leads poll

Now, this is scary. What if this deluded individual becomes president? With tea party movement and anti-intellectual bible thumping industry shills like this guy getting favor, it seems the US is in the perfect position to become a straight-up fascist state. Most of the indicators are there already. I'm kinda getting freaked out. What do y'all think?

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Permalink Reply by mojo5501 on September 8, 2011 at 12:45pm

I think 'god' is trying to tell Rick something very important...I think we should ask him: "Rick, why does god hate your state so much?" 

 

Unfortunately, all kidding aside, he'd probably come up with some reason like "We Christians thrive under suffering circumstances...persecution, plagues, and pestilence just make us STRONGER in our faith.  This is how god tests our faith...what's a little brush fire, now and again...at least we won't be feeling the flames of HELL-fire and damnation into ETERNITY like the liberals. " (It's a bullet-proof argument: suffering makes them stronger, good times are proof that their suffering was 'worth it'.)

Permalink Reply by Craigart14 on September 12, 2011 at 7:02am
No.  God is punishing America for our tolerance toward gays and our acceptance of abortion.  He's burning Texas in order to raise up a judge (Perry) for the nation, just as he raised judges over Israel.  God doesn't punish individuals or states, but entire nations.  His good reason for the Texas fire is to motivate True Believers for a Perry assault on the White House.  You just have to know how to interpret divine omens.
Permalink Reply by booklover on September 12, 2011 at 8:35am
Oh!  My bad Craigart. ;)
Permalink Reply by Doc on September 10, 2011 at 11:34pm

I read an article (sorry about not linking it, here) that basically said, the more Rick Perry has come out to pray and politic for president, the worse Texas has suffered from weather conditions, as though God, himself, is trying to tell us something!  Perry holds a weekend prayer rally, not stopped by the courts despite his using governorship (i.e., political office) to promote it (or, better, to have it promote him), and Texas wild fires go up.  He did something else months ago, and the draught deepened and worsened, and the fires started.

Now, if only we could transmit that bit of superstitious propaganda to the public (or just the reBiblicans), maybe Tea Partiers and others would recognize Perry as being on God's bad list and not vote for him, after all.

Permalink Reply by mojo5501 on September 11, 2011 at 8:51am
Take advantage of a lot of people being blissfully unaware of the adage "correlation is not the same as causation" or however that statement goes!  Correlation does not imply causation....but they don't need to be in on the 'secret'...ha.  Divine intervention? Sure, why not!? Remember, these are some of the same creationists that have no problem insisting that Intelligent Design should be taught in public schools as an equal theory to the Theory of Natural Selection.  As they say, to be 'fair and balanced'....or, as I like to call it a "facts be damned approach"...
Permalink Reply by booklover on September 11, 2011 at 9:08am

"facts be damned approach"...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

lol :)

Permalink Reply by mojo5501 on September 11, 2011 at 7:29pm

@booklover:  You'll like this old Doonesbury quote I bet: 

 

"Situational science is about respecting both sides of a scientific argument, not just the one supported by facts."

 

**During his presidency, somebody criticized President G.W.Bush by saying his approach to global warming was a 'facts be damned' approach...so I like to use that one myself when the situation warrants....I forget who to give credit to unfortunately!


Permalink Reply by annet on September 11, 2011 at 8:15pm

lol. 

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts.

~Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Permalink Reply by booklover on September 12, 2011 at 8:27am
I do like that Mojo!  Doonesbury is great.  Thanks!
Permalink Reply by Rohit Jayawardhan on September 11, 2011 at 12:42am
At this point in 2007 (for the 2008 campaign), Rudy Gulliani was leading the Republican polls...so much for that materializing. There is no way Rick Perry will win the general election, as his anti-science stances and his opposition will scare away voters in the swing states, especially the strongest group of voters, the old
Permalink Reply by mojo5501 on September 11, 2011 at 9:07am

The 'dumbing down' of science is something I keep hoping the Obama administration takes a much stronger stand against in public schools curriculum.  The general public has lost its respect for scientists, scholarship, and research.  Being an intellectual now is something to be ridiculed and held in contempt. Leaders who appear to be 'eggheads' have been encouraged to 'tone it down' and speak the language of the 'common people'....lowest common denominator, if you ask me!  Whenever you hear a politician use the term 'folks'...that's an indicator of this trend.

 

Ignorance about science is a topic for somebody in a leadership position to discuss in front of the American people.  It has consequences.  As Susan Jacoby, author of "The Age of American Unreason" defines the problem:  "Scientific illiteracy provides fertile soil for political appeals based on sheer ignorance."  (Sure sounds like some current appeals from the candidates from the right side of the political spectrum these days.)

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