Democrats smear smart successful people who should be running gov

[_bcspace]

A Ph.D. research scientist of international stature, Robinson co-founded, with Nobel-winner Linus Pauling, the Linus Pauling Institute in Menlo Park, Calif. Then in 1980, with the help of his chemist wife Laurelee, Robinson, famed biochemist Martin Kamen and Nobel Laureate Bruce Merrifield founded the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine. While carrying out influential research, Art and Laurelee also raised and homeschooled their six children on 350 idyllic acres in southern Oregon.

Then tragedy struck. In 1988, Laurelee died suddenly from hemorrhagic pancreatitis, leaving Art alone to care for all those children ranging from 18 months up to 12 years of age. What did he do in such a terrible, crushing circumstance?

Art restructured their homeschooling curriculum in such a way that his children could, to a considerable extent, teach themselves. He also eventually packaged the curriculum and offered it to the homeschooling world. “The Robinson Curriculum” apparently works pretty well, as today all six of Art’s children either have doctorate degrees or will shortly. One has a chemistry Ph.D., two have doctorates in veterinary medicine, and one just received his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering, while the last two are in the Oregon State University graduate program working toward their own nuclear engineering Ph.D.s.

Oh, and how’d they pay for all that expensive college and postgraduate schooling – six times? Sales of “The Robinson Curriculum,” which remains very popular among homeschoolers and is used as a supplement by many public schoolers. It currently has 60,000 users.

Talk about the American can-do spirit!

More important, at least as it pertains to the upcoming election, Art Robinson is a straight-shooting, problem-solving Reagan conservative who not only loves this country, he understands this country – what makes it work – and is willing to fight the good fight to restore it to greatness and prosperity.

One example of his can-do attitude: Robinson has single-handedly documented the utter lack of unanimity in the scientific community on manmade global warming through a petition he started – not an online petition, mind you, but an actual document physically signed – that to date has been signed by more than 31,000 scientists, including more than 9,000 Ph.D.s. All 31,000 agree “there is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate.”

So that’s my view of Art Robinson. And while DeFazio’s view is that Robinson is – and I quote – a “pathological nut-job,” some of the nation’s most credible people think otherwise:
•“Dr. Robinson is one of the most gifted scientists I have ever met.” – Martin Kamen, Fermi Prize recipient and discoverer of Carbon 14
•“Arthur Robinson has the respect of a very significant portion of the scientific community.” – Frederic Seitz, former president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
•“I strongly endorse Art Robinson for election to the U.S. Congress. In the 15 years I have known Art, I have found him to be an outstanding scientist, a man of uncompromising integrity. Art’s depth of knowledge of the economic, scientific, energy, and industrial challenges that face our nation is unparalleled. Men of his ability are urgently needed in Washington.” – Steve Forbes, publisher and entrepreneur
•“In my experience with space flight, I have come to know many men of excellence. Art Robinson is the best can-do guy I know. He’s what we need in Washington, and I think Oregon voters should elect Art Robinson. He’s a treasure.” – Scott Carpenter, Mercury astronaut
•“Art Robinson’s philosophy is that the government is far too intrusive in our lives. He understands we have to stop the spending in Washington, the growth of the national debt, and allow the Constitution to function. I strongly recommend the 4th congressional district of Oregon put Art Robinson in the Congress of the United States.” – Harrison Schmitt, Apollo astronaut and former U.S. senator


http://www.wnd.com/2012/09/here-comes-worst-pre-election-smear-campaign-yet/

[_The Mighty Builder]

Yep, I agree. Just like in the fictitious Book of Mormon, the US Government should be run by Tommy "Let's All Eat Some Pie" Monson. After all who better than the pretend Profit of a Evil Empire Corporation.

[_EAllusion]

For those curious, Arthur Robinson is a notorious crank. The list of absurd pseudoscience he is into, creationism, HIV denialism, etc. is long. He is a flat-out Christian Dominionist, which is why WND loves him. That people like him can even get a major party nomination suggests something deeply broken in our democracy.

The Oregon Petition is a popular canard in climate change skeptic circles. The problems with it are legion. Most of the people on it aren't scientists and almost no one is in a field related to climatology. Of those that are (~40), it's difficult to verify almost any of them. There are many names on it that are obviously faked. The statement they are signing refers to catastrophic change which doesn't mean a person who signs is what is they are portrayed as. The petition, like the dissent from Darwinism one the DI puts out, attempts to create the illusion of a significant level of dissent in the field, but only offers enough names to reach an small anecdotal level while all actual evidence indicates that the prevailing view is the overwhelming consensus of the field.

Here's his energy policy proposal by the way:

"Every tax, regulation, law or other impediment that currently inhibits any energy-producing industry should immediately be abolished and no new such tax, law, or regulation should be created until the total flow of useful energy across the borders of the United States is strongly outward...Simultaneously, and for the same period of time, all local, state, and federal taxes should be waived for all persons employed in the energy industries, and these industries should operate with no government oversight whatsoever."

[_EAllusion]

Incidentally the dominionist movement that Robinson is wrapped up in advocates that BCSpace, along with all other Mormons, be systematically executed. That's not an exaggeration. That's their position. As an atheist, I'd be dead too, but I'm not sure if BCSpace disagrees with that policy proposal.

The homeschool material in question, that BCSpace happily praises, is a hardcore evangelical fundamentalist product that is in no way friendly to Mormons. That's how thoroughly BCSpace worships his real God, the Republican party, that even that doesn't deter him from heaping generous praise by proxy.

[_Tarski]

Incidentally the dominionist movement that Robinson is wrapped up in advocates that BCSpace, along with all other Mormons, be systematically executed. That's not an exaggeration. That's their position.

Ya, as BCSapce says, these are the "smart successful people who should be running gov"
LOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOL


Kinda tells you a lot about BCSpace.

[_moksha]

I'm hoping that Paul Ryan and Forrest Gump can show those Democrats a thing or two.

[_Sophocles]

Once again, bspace, please enlighten us as to why Romans 1:32 applies to Democrats but not to Republicans.

[_krose]

The Oregon Petition is a popular canard in climate change skeptic circles. The problems with it are legion. Most of the people on it aren't scientists and almost no one is in a field related to climatology.

My retired math teacher from college is on the list. I was happy to see that.

[_Droopy]

The Oregon Petition is a popular canard in climate change skeptic circles. The problems with it are legion.

Actually...no.

Most of the people on it aren't scientists

False (depending upon what one means here). Almost all have been trained in the sciences and/or in disciplines required by them.

and almost no one is in a field related to climatology.

1. Correct, but irrelevant (the substantial majority are trained in mathematics, logical thought, scientific method, statistics, computer science etc.).

2. Correct, but neither does is the IPCC composed of anything but a small minority of actual research scientists, and only a small fraction of that minority are qualified in "climate science" or any closely allied fields.

There are many names on it that are obviously faked.

Yes, names planted in most, if not all cases, by environmental activists. This was all exposed many years ago.

The statement they are signing refers to catastrophic change which doesn't mean a person who signs is what is they are portrayed as.

Didn't quite get this part.

The petition, like the dissent from Darwinism one the DI puts out, attempts to create the illusion of a significant level of dissent in the field, but only offers enough names to reach an small anecdotal level while all actual evidence indicates that the prevailing view is the overwhelming consensus of the field.

1. CAGW (DAGW) is dead as a serious scientific theory, which is saying a great deal because it never made it, empirically speaking, out of the hypothesis stage.

2. Dissent to DAGW has been substantial for well over 20 years, and has now reached intense levels, given the overwhelming lack of empirical support for the concept and in spite of the continuing of the buying of influence within American science through the saturation of it with oceans of government grant money.

3. Science is not done by consensus.

[_krose]

Droops, how much of an expert on climate do you think my old math teacher was?

Dr. Jones definitely knew calculus and differential equations really well, but if you think his 1960s mathematics education put him in a better position to judge the reality of climate change than any other old guy who watches Fox Nooz, you are grasping at straws. As is your wont, of course.