11.16.2006

Excellence in wingnut science

Third place, Ace, commenting on this New York Times article about a possible miscalculation in the frequency of comet impacts on earth:
A little perspective, then. Does it really matter if Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House when the human race will be either extinct or reduced to stone-age primativism in short order anyway?
Personally I'd be happy if Democrats could hold on to their majority for 10 years or so but as long as you're offering thousands of years, I'll take it!

Second place, Mary Katherine Ham commenting on Kofi Annan's plea to devote more attention to climate change:
In that same vein, the man who would guard us from this idiocy is in danger of losing his post. ...

John Bolton at the U.N. is truly a great achievement for the Bush administration. Nothing has pleased me more at Turtle Bay than this guy. But his recess appointment is up in January, and the Dems want to strong arm his strong voice right outta there.
Indeed, John Bolton saving humanity from science! Hey, if that don't convince the conniving Dems., nothing will.

Gold medal winner, Jonah Goldberg:
It seems to me that if A) we believe that man is responsible for the dire plight of polar bears (or even if he's not) and B) we think the polar bears are worth saving and C) we think that doing so won't have outsized negative consequences elsewhere in the ecosystem, Why not intervene to save polar bears? Would building big, free floating docks help? Would moving polar bears and their families to different areas do the trick?
Jonah has a cunning plan here. Maybe we could teach them to drive little boats around and then they could learn to waterski and if they're still too warm maybe they could cool down with a refreshing bottle of Coke just like they do on the teevee.



Update: A late entry at Blue Crab Boulevard for co-first-prize:
Alaskan seals are cheering wildly and walruses are heaving sighs of relief! Fewer and stupider predators is a good thing for them. ...

the story can just as easily be spun the other way. Fewer polar bears, more baby seals.
Maybe the seals can celebrate with an ice-cold bottle of coke.