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In the discussion thread: Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA): Evolution, Big Bang ‘Lies Straight From The Pit Of Hell’ [View all]

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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 02:30 PM

ladjf (13,182 posts)

18. Broun's ignorance is stunning. With his total lack of understanding about science, it is the

epitome of arrogance that he would feel that he is in the position to lecture us on Science.

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Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA): Evolution, Big Bang ‘Lies Straight From The Pit Of Hell’ [View all]	highplainsdem	Oct 2012	OP
I'm also guessing he thinks gravity and germs are BS too.	sakabatou	Oct 2012	#1
If he does think germs are BS, he should lose his medical license.	GoCubsGo	Oct 2012	#7
There are several MD congressmen from Georgia -- and they all are just as backwards/ignorant.	Hoyt	Oct 2012	#20
Med school doesn't educate you	pscot	Oct 2012	#94
Where did you go to med school?	volstork	Oct 2012	#103
Here's what Michigan State University proposes for undergrads	pscot	Oct 2012	#108
Good post.	ronnie624	Oct 2012	#122
My doc is the same.	dixiegrrrrl	Oct 2012	#126
Not mine.	Tracer	Oct 2012	#129
You have to pass Biology to get into med school.	GoCubsGo	Oct 2012	#131
But apparently you can pass it without understanding it	pscot	Oct 2012	#134
He's a physician with an MD and a BSc in chemistry.	Lucy Goosey	Oct 2012	#9
that's even worse.	barbtries	Oct 2012	#27
He ain't much of a physician. His practice is "housecalls only" and is based from his home address.	Erose999	Oct 2012	#32
sounds like some "school" needs to lose its accreditation	central scrutinizer	Oct 2012	#33
A physician who rejects evolution, and a chemist who rejects basic geology,	muriel_volestrangler	Oct 2012	#50
Did he get either from a grown-up school? (nt)	Posteritatis	Oct 2012	#76
These are the Republicans on the Science Committee	atreides1	Oct 2012	#59
A little more about them:	Bernardo de La Paz	Oct 2012	#78
I'm speechless.....	BlancheSplanchnik	Oct 2012	#115
That's my primary question as well!	Plucketeer	Oct 2012	#143
pre-Scopes? More like pre-Enlightenment!	BlancheSplanchnik	Oct 2012	#145
Dana Rohrabacher has certainly benefited from modern chemistry	DBoon	Oct 2012	#117
How very frightening	Scairp	Oct 2012	#125
People like this clown are proof that evolution not only works but	Vietnameravet	Oct 2012	#2
K&R	airplaneman	Oct 2012	#15
Evolution is not a teleology.	JackRiddler	Oct 2012	#91
The stupid people multiply faster. nt	awoke_in_2003	Oct 2012	#98
Evolution has no direction.	boppers	Oct 2012	#116
"Are we not men!"	DBoon	Oct 2012	#118
What qualifications does one require to serve on the House Science Committee?	Bosonic	Oct 2012	#3
You sacrifice one sheep a month to the weather gods... n/t	jtuck004	Oct 2012	#13
There are no required qualifications to sit on any Congressional Committee......	Swede Atlanta	Oct 2012	#29
Same qualifications as the Intelligence committee	Angry Dragon	Oct 2012	#44
It's that old "Fair and ballanced" Antis must have equal time. /nt	TheMadMonk	Oct 2012	#97
What. An. Idiot.	Raster	Oct 2012	#4
They refuse to produce evidence	TrogL	Oct 2012	#38
It's all a matter of faith...	Raster	Oct 2012	#42
And religious faith is nothing more and nothing less	FiveGoodMen	Oct 2012	#56
Knowing what to think	Bernardo de La Paz	Oct 2012	#61
This, this, this.	Daemonaquila	Oct 2012	#67
religious faith = "truthiness"	DBoon	Oct 2012	#119
Bravo!	hifiguy	Oct 2012	#89
I think these will be my new	defacto7	Oct 2012	#107
+1	sarcasmo	Oct 2012	#81
Well, ok then, mr. crazy cuckoo pants	Politicub	Oct 2012	#5
Oh my goodness. What a powerfully stupid person.	reflection	Oct 2012	#6
we have relatives that we visit in Georgia - if you read the newspapers there,	Native	Oct 2012	#8
The "Athens Banner Herald" is really just arrest reports and skin pics of sorority girls. Not much	Erose999	Oct 2012	#35
So true, ABH is only fit for the bottom of bird cages.	bench scientist	Oct 2012	#163
Its unsuited even for that purpose. Better newspapers can be had for free, LOL.	Erose999	Oct 2012	#164
Really now,	rvt1000rr	Oct 2012	#10
Immaculate conception	Politicalboi	Oct 2012	#11
words fail....	mike_c	Oct 2012	#12
Is that old devil down in Georgia again???	lunasun	Oct 2012	#14
Why is those that profess to know the Bible/thoughts of God	Smilo	Oct 2012	#16
Well, Mr. Broun...	jmowreader	Oct 2012	#74
He's captured the racist, uneducated vote in Georgia with such BS.	Hoyt	Oct 2012	#17
Broun's ignorance is stunning. With his total lack of understanding about science, it is the	ladjf	Oct 2012	#18
Of COURSE he's on the Science Committee...	truebrit71	Oct 2012	#19
What amazes me is that there are otherwise intelligent people that vote for asshats like this.	bluesbassman	Oct 2012	#21
How do all of these anti-science nutbag teabaggers get on the congressional science committees?	bulloney	Oct 2012	#22
Prehistoric	Bernardo de La Paz	Oct 2012	#64
Religion is rearing its ugly head again.	JRLeft	Oct 2012	#23
+1	sarcasmo	Oct 2012	#82
And ugly it is!	defacto7	Oct 2012	#109
Of course he also believes that Noah rode to church on a dinosaur.	yellowcanine	Oct 2012	#24
And that dinosaur was towing an ark full of two of every animal in the world!	NICO9000	Oct 2012	#39
How insects and other invertebrates survived is what always boggled my mind.	yellowcanine	Oct 2012	#41
Satan's creatures. Same for the bugs. Also neatly solves the...	TheMadMonk	Oct 2012	#100
There wouldn't have been much of a reason to take crocs or snakes on the Ark...	jmowreader	Oct 2012	#160
Must protect	Bernardo de La Paz	Oct 2012	#60
How can people	Delphinus	Oct 2012	#25
Because they ARE NOT that uneducated. They simply want YOU & ME...	TheMadMonk	Oct 2012	#101
damn	barbtries	Oct 2012	#26
This man combines two atributes that together are a very dangerous combination:	ladjf	Oct 2012	#28
Ignorance and arrogance usually go together!	LongTomH	Oct 2012	#46
Brouns a fucking creep. Never seen him on the streets of his supposed "hometown". His House office	Erose999	Oct 2012	#30
Hartwell, GA	cordelia	Oct 2012	#106
"Broun serves on the House Science Committee"	arcane1	Oct 2012	#31
Let me guess: he's a fundie tea bagger or...	Javaman	Oct 2012	#34
I wish the whole world could know about this	NICO9000	Oct 2012	#36
Hate to break it to him	formercia	Oct 2012	#37
Perhaps 5 supernova's contributed to the gas and dust cloud...	TheMadMonk	Oct 2012	#102
Sounds like a pretty fresh start, with no decay left to detect.	Loudly	Oct 2012	#127
IOW a clean slate	pscot	Oct 2012	#136
Yes, at least 5 Big Bangs	formercia	Oct 2012	#137
This is why the Republican party fracturing; idiots like this one	LeftinOH	Oct 2012	#40
So Much for that Vatican Pontifical Academy of Sciences job...	Blue State Bandit	Oct 2012	#43
Obviously the Big Bang does not conflict with the biblical creation myth.	JackRiddler	Oct 2012	#92
I thought the Big Bang theory has actual science behind it.	mwooldri	Oct 2012	#123
Big Bang	SamKnause	Oct 2012	#45
if dr. church had a conversation with him, it would literally blow his mind	newspeak	Oct 2012	#140
This man has no business being on the Health sciences committe and should be removed.	kimbutgar	Oct 2012	#47
I wonder if realizes that gravity is just a theory too. nt	MrScorpio	Oct 2012	#48
he needs to be taken off of that committeeq	SemperEadem	Oct 2012	#49
Kick him off, here's the info on the committee with his name listed	Sunlei	Oct 2012	#53
On the SCIENCE Committee? For reals the Republicans put him there with Akin? Gosh.	Bernardo de La Paz	Oct 2012	#51
It's a test!	Bernardo de La Paz	Oct 2012	#52
Pandering to the ignorant. He knows exactly what he's doing. It's all a facade.	truthisfreedom	Oct 2012	#54
Too bad Gagarin happened 12 April 1961	Bernardo de La Paz	Oct 2012	#55
Ha... Yes...	defacto7	Oct 2012	#110
Science for uber-christian schools:	Bernardo de La Paz	Oct 2012	#57
ROFL! Try this, Science 4 Christian Schools!	longship	Oct 2012	#73
Come on over to the house, kids! We're gonna have an electricity party!	Mopar151	Oct 2012	#130
Some of the funny reviews from amazon.	Manifestor_of_Light	Oct 2012	#141
HOW do these 'types' of people get voted into office?!?!?	benld74	Oct 2012	#58
Their constituents are threatened with eternity in Hell if they don't vote for these types	FiveGoodMen	Oct 2012	#66
A Scientific Plot	Axiomat	Oct 2012	#62
Wait a minute - he's an MD?	mahatmakanejeeves	Oct 2012	#63
Too bad the Kodiak bear he shot,killed,stuffed,mounted didnt get a shot a HIM!	benld74	Oct 2012	#65
How can we get this person OFF the house science committee?	Ash_F	Oct 2012	#68
I don't need a savior. Never have. Never will.	AtheistCrusader	Oct 2012	#69
Ever notice the ones who are complete bastards are the ones that are frantic about being "saved"?	Spitfire of ATJ	Oct 2012	#70
Pray for me, Dr. Broun, Republican on the Science Committee	Bernardo de La Paz	Oct 2012	#71
Descended from Neanderthals	donqpublic	Oct 2012	#72
And Christians	rvt1000rr	Oct 2012	#75
Robot Devil.............	kooljerk666	Oct 2012	#77
I'm having a moment. Follow me, here ...	Akoto	Oct 2012	#79
These nutty wingers want to take us back to the dark ages. American Taliban.	sarcasmo	Oct 2012	#80
Speaking of Lying and Going To Hell	itssimplestupid	Oct 2012	#83
Too bad they can never channel that righteous indignation into, oh, I don't know.	raouldukelives	Oct 2012	#84
"...clothing the naked..."	RC	Oct 2012	#113
KRAAAAAAAAAAAA-ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE	blkmusclmachine	Oct 2012	#85
Today's mainstream GOP. They're not just nuts - they're dangerous.	Faygo Kid	Oct 2012	#86
Putting 'Doctor' Broun in perspective	coldwaterintheface	Oct 2012	#87
Rep. Paul Broun is a doctor?	Botany	Oct 2012	#88
Jesus H. Christ! I have shoes with higher IQ's than this idiot.	smirkymonkey	Oct 2012	#93
in the late 70s or early 80s somebody won a nobel prize for showing that the White Noise ......	Botany	Oct 2012	#105
The 4 degree Kelvin background radiation?	Manifestor_of_Light	Oct 2012	#121
I live in one of the bluest towns in GA and Broun is my congressman.	CottonBear	Oct 2012	#135
Crude Oil? My science course said they formed Chert, see:	AnotherDreamWeaver	Oct 2012	#144
it has been years but I think some of those "critters" had a bead of oil in them .......	Botany	Oct 2012	#152
There is a hilltop here that is Chert and the Natives used it for arrowheads.	AnotherDreamWeaver	Oct 2012	#157
The Big Bang Theory is not straight from the pits of anything	KamaAina	Oct 2012	#90
A science test for Christian students...	dobleremolque	Oct 2012	#95
What an auspicious entrance to DU! Welcome.	Loudly	Oct 2012	#128
This guy is on the science commitee? This should be a damed joke but it's not!	Third Doctor	Oct 2012	#96
And the Lord saith	The Wizard	Oct 2012	#99
Did the Devil spread those lies when he showed up for the fiddle contest?	Ken Burch	Oct 2012	#104
It all comes down to this....	defacto7	Oct 2012	#111
Well, I know Big Bang Theory exists because I watch it on Thursdays.	24601	Oct 2012	#112
They disdain government, and they care for neither the methods nor the conclusions of science....	xocet	Oct 2012	#114
Just plain fuck'n nutso.	SoapBox	Oct 2012	#120
Big Bang	SamKnause	Oct 2012	#124
Yes, and these cave dwellers are not content to sit in the darkness drinking their stupid soup...	Raster	Oct 2012	#133
Evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory are taught in Catholic schools	jsr	Oct 2012	#132
The American Taliban.	Odin2005	Oct 2012	#138
reality check: most "religious" people accept evolution	Nine	Oct 2012	#139
Lewis Black on creationism:	Manifestor_of_Light	Oct 2012	#142
Unreal!! & the afirmations from the audience...a bunch of nutters!!	hue	Oct 2012	#146
Don't let this one go unchallenged.	Shiningthrough	Oct 2012	#147
What is wrong with a country that gives medical degrees to people who are bat**** crazy?	spiderpig	Oct 2012	#148
Good grief.	okasha	Oct 2012	#149
Obvious, BOEHNER does not take science very seriously to appoint these clowns. bad judgment!	CarmanK	Oct 2012	#150
sadly ironic	Trenton	Oct 2012	#151
Bible ?????	rebuke	Oct 2012	#153
Nice! Well said.	Indpndnt	Oct 2012	#154
Welcome to DU. Great post.	Curmudgeoness	Oct 2012	#155
I am an immigrant and a naturalized US citizen...	JackN415	Oct 2012	#156
Paul Broun has joined the Dumbfuck delegation	47of74	Oct 2012	#158
Rudoplh no longer part of the gene pool	spike91nz	Oct 2012	#159
Off the subject: Is orange the new color of the GOP?	jmowreader	Oct 2012	#161
As a Georgian, I wouldn't think this district could elect such an idiot, but..	aikoaiko	Oct 2012	#162
Idiot!	sarcasmo	Oct 2012	#165

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