Ponderings of a Scientist

moderately useless musings on the World as I see it

The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Category: Ponderings            Friday, October 6, 2006 at 12:24 pm

The Good:  The state of New Hampshire just this week replaced all the lightbulbs in the State House with energy efficient bulbs.  This will save the state $750 a month!  The neatest part is that the bulbs were donated so the savings will begin immediately.

The Bad and Ugly:  I heard this on NPR the other day.  During the afternoon news program Melissa Bloc was interviewing some politician/former politician (didn’t catch the name) about the Foley scandal and the is the conversation:

Politician - ” We all knew for years Foley was gay and everyone knows gay people are sex addicts, so we should have seen this coming..”

Host -” I think many people would take offense to your comment”

Politician - ” We’ll I don’t care what people think, its the truth!”

Host - ” You mean its your opinion”

Politician - ” No fact, everyone believes that including physcologists, etc….”

Is this guy for real?  I need to find out who it was and vote against him if I have the chance.  What an ignorant jerk!

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Comment by KP

October 6, 2006 @ 1:31 pm

ThatGuy heard the same interview on Wednesday and told me about it. It is amazing how far one can travel into one’s own ignorance and believe it.

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Comment by scientist

October 6, 2006 @ 3:48 pm

Did he catch the guy’s name or his affiliation? P.S. Thanks for the house warming gift! I wanted to send a formal thank you card, but I didn’t have your address - then I forgot :(

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Comment by KP

October 6, 2006 @ 9:23 pm

I asked- ThatGuy doesn’t remember who exactly it was but remembers that it wasn’t anyone in any position of power. So there is no need to worry about accidentally voting for him.

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