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Achilleaze

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26. Why do republicans always piss on truth and facts?

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2018, 11:48 AM

Sep 2018

Don't they see how their determined ignorance causes them Great Grief that they could otherwise avert.

Truth and facts are good. Willful ignorance is, when you come right down to it, bad.

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North Carolina didn't like science on sea levels ... so passed a law against it [View all] turbinetree Sep 2018 OP

American Dream?----it's all about profiteering. spanone Sep 2018 #1

Didn't a Medieval King try to hold back the sea? marylandblue Sep 2018 #2

No, he was demonstrating to his fawning courtiers that he COULDN'T hold back the sea. DavidDvorkin Sep 2018 #5

Maybe he has some descendants who could run for the NC legislature? marylandblue Sep 2018 #8

He has descendants all over Great Britain DavidDvorkin Sep 2018 #14

I thought this HAD to be a joke leftynyc Sep 2018 #3

The joke is on those who bought coast property. Smart realtors steered NCjack Sep 2018 #32

Well, SCIENCE, CLIMATE & WEATHER are about to kick f...king GOP ass in NC! N/T CottonBear Sep 2018 #4

Maybe those politicians Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2018 #6

So, re-insurance companies will take a hit and then pass those losses onto all Americans. TheBlackAdder Sep 2018 #7

I didn't have to read the post to know who authored this report. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 #9

Wado------------Thank you turbinetree Sep 2018 #11

Awful Johnny2X2X Sep 2018 #10

Potential new geographic place names for North Carolina Zambero Sep 2018 #12

Moonrise over Chattanooga Bay is sure to be memorable Achilleaze Sep 2018 #30

Think of all of the lawsuits that will hit the state(s) that ignored this problem... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #13

Vulnerable coastline, stripped FEMA budget, Category 4 hurricane -- the perfect storm. Auggie Sep 2018 #15

Why do I get the feeing this law isn't going to work out well? world wide wally Sep 2018 #16

"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature." (margarine tv commercial from the 70s! LOL!) n/t CottonBear Sep 2018 #18

Disaster Capitalist model: penny pinch on the ounce of prevention, then pound foolish on the cure. ancianita Sep 2018 #17

And things are definitely about to get catastrophic! (nt) B Stieg Sep 2018 #19

Our brilliant GOP legislature also passed other stupid laws neohippie Sep 2018 #20

And not to be snide............... turbinetree Sep 2018 #22

Oh yes neohippie Sep 2018 #27

Wado------------Thank you....................good luck................... turbinetree Sep 2018 #29

Nature is the Ultimate Arbiter Stainless Sep 2018 #21

Let's see how that works out in the next few days..Pat McElraft. But you too are quite "stupid" Stuart G Sep 2018 #23

That is the year hardline Repub whackjobs gained a majority in the legislature. octoberlib Sep 2018 #24

The traditional punishments for scientists are, for the moment, considered cruel and unusual. Marcuse Sep 2018 #25

Why do republicans always piss on truth and facts? Achilleaze Sep 2018 #26

$$$ Iggo Sep 2018 #31

The models are predicting 13 FEET of storm surge. Volaris Sep 2018 #28

Can they quickly pass a law denying hurricanes? dem4decades Sep 2018 #33

K & R Duppers Sep 2018 #34