Fruit Fly Research!

[Cry Havoc]

:lmao

And Palin officially has no credibility. At all. Period. Zero.

I will never, ever support a platform this lady is a part of. She is a complete disgrace, and she is fucking STUPID. There's no other way to put it.

[ChumpDumper]

Damn, whottt has to be against autism research now.

His imaginary girlfriend sure isn't making it easy for him.

[Anti.Hero]

What happened!?

[Cry Havoc]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/24/palin-fruit-flies/

This morning, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) gave her first policy speech urging the federal government to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), “a law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation.” In the speech, Palin cited the need to do more for children with disabilities such as autism:

For many parents of children with disabilities, the most valuable thing of all is information. Early identification of a cognitive or other disorder, especially autism, can make a life-changing difference.

Palin claimed that the amount that Congress spends on earmarks “is more than the shortfall to fully fund IDEA.” She then ridiculed some of the projects — such as “fruit fly research” — saying they have little or no value:

Where does a lot of that earmark money end up anyway? […] You’ve heard about some of these pet projects they really don’t make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.

Watch it:

Palin did not specify what fruit fly research earmark she was referring to (presumably a grant for olive fruit fly research), but she is apparently unaware that scientific research with fruit flies has led to valuable discoveries that have boosted autism research, as a study at the University of North Carolina demonstrated last year:

[S]cientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown that a protein called neurexin is required for..nerve cell connections to form and function correctly.

The discovery, made in Drosophila fruit flies may lead to advances in understanding autism spectrum disorders, as recently, human neurexins have been identified as a genetic risk factor for autism.

[LnGrrrR]

She's a walking, talking joke, donchaknow-youbetcha-goshdarnit-geewillikers-shucksaroonie!

[Cry Havoc]

Fortunately for Sarah, she didn't stick her foot in her mouth.

Unfortunately for her, she continued pushing, sucking, and managed to wind up with a Nike in her fucking stomach.

[ChumpDumper]

Don't quote this: whottt will now declare that the McCain campaign is now intentionally trying to sabotage Palin's political future.

[MaryAnnKilledGinger]

No wonder they won't let her talk to the press. She is a nightmare. Is she even aware that we have an international bee crisis and studying the pollination effects of other insects is of extreme importance? Even barring the autism element here (which is damning) there should have been a red flag in the back of her head that something like this could have to do with pollination research and kept her mouth shut.

[only1wwff]

Don't quote this: whottt will now declare that the McCain campaign is now intentionally trying to sabotage Palin's political future.


That's a bold statement...

[ChumpDumper]

:lol

I told you not to quote it. Now he'll see it

Ah, who am I kidding? He reads them all.

[Cry Havoc]

:lol

I told you not to quote it. Now he'll see it.

Pfff. Like he doesn't read every comment you make anyway. Clicking "show" about 50 times per day is well worth the self-assurance to Whottt that he is superior in every aspect and can prove it by not paying attention to you.

[Cry Havoc]

Don't quote this: whottt will now declare that the McCain campaign is now intentionally trying to sabotage Palin's political future.

Quick! Predict BRHornet's take on it, before he comes storming in here!

[ChumpDumper]

BR's take will consist of some non sequitur YouTube with a black person using racial epithets for black people.

[Oh, Gee!!]

sons (followed by childish, racist, and homoerotic nonsense a la his alter ego gtown).

god bless sons

[only1wwff]

No wonder they won't let her talk to the press. She is a nightmare. Is she even aware that we have an international bee crisis and studying the pollination effects of other insects is of extreme importance? Even barring the autism element here (which is damning) there should have been a red flag in the back of her head that something like this could have to do with pollination research and kept her mouth shut.

...it might be that she hasn't read it in one of the papers or magazines she reads...

[ElNono]

Damn you guys are stupid... she was talking about fruits not flies
:rolleyes

[MaryAnnKilledGinger]

...it might be that she hasn't read it in one of the papers or magazines she reads...

Yeah. She was probably tired after finding all the hidden objects in the most recent edition of Highlights.

[only1wwff]

...the silly woman talks about elitests and then takes a shopping trip worth more than my house...fuck

[Cry Havoc]

Wow... where are the Palin supporters rushing to her defense!?

[Findog]

She'll say whatever shit they tell her to, but which speechwriter vetted this?

[only1wwff]

She'll say whatever shit they tell her to, but which speechwriter vetted this?



Nah....she's such a maverick she just shoots from the hip...right to her foot...

[Findog]

John the Desperate, Sarah the Moron, Joe the Plumber and Ashley the Liar. Grand Ol' Party indeed.

[Cry Havoc]

Bump.

Still nothing? I thought Palin was the best thing to happen to the RNC? Where are you guys to defend her?

[timvp]

Bump.

Still nothing? I thought Palin was the best thing to happen to the RNC? Where are you guys to defend her?Is this directed at anyone not named whottt?

[JoeChalupa]

Someone needs to break out that 3million dollar Overhead projector and show her the facts.

[boutons_]

Just another dumbfuck, greedy, vicious Repug campaigning to her equally dumbfuck choir to line her own pockets.

Her autism research will be expanded to include Down's, so taxpayers subsidize her own rich kid's care, while McBottomGun's health care leaves millions of poor kids without basic health care.

[TheProfessor]

Shamefully ignorant. It's should be shocking, but then again, has this campaign done anything right? What an embarrassment.

[Cry Havoc]

Is this directed at anyone not named whottt?

Well it's mainly directed at Whottt, since he seems to think she's the best candidate out of the four. But really, how can ANYONE support Palin in full knowing that she thinks stuff like this? It would be fine if she didn't bandy about her ignorance for all to see... the way she displays it is horrible.

[only1wwff]

Well it's mainly directed at Whottt, since he seems to think she's the best candidate out of the four. But really, how can ANYONE support Palin in full knowing that she thinks stuff like this? It would be fine if she didn't bandy about her ignorance for all to see... the way she displays it is horrible.

The "let's sit down at the kitchen table" crap gets on my nerves....she uses her ignorance like it's a good thing

[Anti.Hero]

Well it's mainly directed at Whottt, since he seems to think she's the best candidate out of the four. But really, how can ANYONE support Palin in full knowing that she thinks stuff like this? It would be fine if she didn't bandy about her ignorance for all to see... the way she displays it is horrible.

How much intelligence does it take to know you will not increase tax revenue by increasing capital gains tax but doing it anyways?

Obama could be Einstein but if people don't like what he stands for they will support the other side.

[Cry Havoc]

How much intelligence does it take to know you will not increase tax revenue by increasing capital gains tax but doing it anyways?

Obama could be Einstein but if people don't like what he stands for they will support the other side.

And of course, rather than addressing the thread topic, you have to change the subject. Because that's how impossible it is to defend Palin.

[Tully365]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/24/palin-fruit-flies/

Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.

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Any mention of anything French by many on the Right is xenophobic code for
"crazy wine-drinking, beret-wearing, art-film commies."

During that whole ridiculous Boycott-French-wine/ eat Freedom Fries time in our country a few years ago, one of my dumber co-workers let the rest of know that when Americans speak French, they are just being pretentious. Later that week, two guys from France were visiting our workplace, and she started on a rant about how ridiculous they were to speak French in America. When informed that they were themselves French and were simply talking to one another in their native language, she paused for a second, and then said... "well, I don't care-- it's still pretentious!"

It's unfortunate that for way too many people in this country, learning foreign languages, traveling to foreign countries for vacation (rather than Disneyland), or even reading books by non-Americans , is seen not as a good thing, but rather as a character flaw. Thomas Jefferson would be horrified.

[Cry Havoc]

Any mention of anything French by many on the Right is xenophobic code for
"crazy wine-drinking, beret-wearing, art-film commies."

During that whole ridiculous Boycott-French-wine/ eat Freedom Fries time in our country a few years ago, one of my dumber co-workers let the rest of know that when Americans speak French, they are just being pretentious. Later that week, two guys from France were visiting our workplace, and she started on a rant about how ridiculous they were to speak French in America. When informed that they were themselves French and were simply talking to one another in their native language, she paused for a second, and then said... "well, I don't care-- it's still pretentious!"

It's unfortunate that for way too many people in this country, learning foreign languages, traveling to foreign countries for vacation (rather than Disneyland), or even reading books by non-Americans , is seen not as a good thing, but rather as a character flaw. Thomas Jefferson would be horrified.

Indeed (uh oh! That's a pretentious word! :lol). It's so sad that so many Americans are xenophobic to this extent.

In other news, Kenny Maine is on horse racing right now. Man, did that guy age fast. :wow