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Answer: Because his answer is what an actual scientist would say

Posted: March 6, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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Q: How do we know DaScienceGuy really is into science?

Take a look at the money quote from this post about traveling…

I have one word. VIDEO CONFERENCING! Has to be cheaper than this……But I guess there is something to being in the same room as some folks for a meeting.

By an odd coincidence in a later post he has this to say about former Vice President Al Gore:

Ok now to my main point of this rant. I heard on the news that Al Gore is getting an honorary degree from University of Tennessee…

Normally who cares, he is an alumni, a famous one and if it makes them feel better have fun with it.

I think the timing is interesting. Its in some kind of climate science (I don’t remember how they are phrasing it but you get the point). Given the current debate not only on the news but what I am sure is about to be in the open scientific literature given the news is this a good thing?

The posts seem unrelated but I think not.

One of the things that really get me about the Global Warming debate and the people that beat their breasts about it is how they manage to schedule conferences at the best hotels in the finest locations with the largest entourages with the best food and wines available all at public expense.

If these people actually believed that Global warming was an issue they could video conference for a fraction of the price, in fact the equipment once purchased would be permanently available (minus the cost of maintenance) for a double economy.

Why don’t you see this? As I’ve said before because it is a gravy train for NGO’s civil servants and the people who are buying into this nonsense. It’s all about the party and the dollars, it has nothing to do with the planet.

You want to give an honorary degree to someone, I nominate DaScienceGuy!

DaTechGuy’s field guide to CPAC Bloggers: Jillian Bandes of Townhall

Posted: March 6, 2010 by datechguy in short films/interviews, special events
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Townhall sent quite a few bloggers to CPAC and I interviewed several of them. Jillian Bandes was one of them:

You know one of these days the MSM will not paint democratic Bush Hating 9/11 truthers…

Posted: March 5, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…as right wing.

But that day will be when they decide that actual fact is more important than the narrative.

The problem with this type of tactic by the left is that with the invention and propagation of the internet the facts become available to the average American with very little effort and more importantly via blogs and e-mail they can be distributed with very little effort. Thus an attempt to play dupe the public fails under scrutiny.

Until the media actually starts to understand that they will continue to hemorrhage readership until like MSNBC they are left with a leftist core to sustain themselves. At that point their bias like MSNBC will simply serve to support and reinforce their niche market that remains as they fight for those few viewers willing to pay.

Until and unless they choose to leave their echo chamber they are doomed.

It would be a bit of a Haul for me to attend…

Posted: March 5, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/news
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…a tea party in South Carolina but Katherine Jenerette was there and provided a few photos via her facebook account.

All images are courtesy of Katherine Jenerette and are reprinted with permission.

Local coverage is provided here:

Seven of the Republican candidates vying for the 1st Congressional District seat being vacated by Henry Brown spoke at the event, including Mark Lutz, S.C. Rep. Tim Scott, Carroll Campbell III, Stovall Witte, Katherine Jenerette, Larry Kobrovsky, and Clark Parker. Each repeated core principals of the tea party throughout the event, including smaller government, less spending, Christian values and a stronger national defense, often to a crowd-wide positive response.

As for Jenerette:

North Myrtle Beach resident Jenerette, a military officer who has run for Republican office several times, said she was running for Congress to stand up against big spending, complicated legislation, and to repeal the 16th and 17th Amendments to the Constitution.

She also argued against firearms registration and conceal and carry permits.

It’s hard to stand out in such a crowded field, I think Jenerette’s decision to attend CPAC and to rub elbows with bloggers like myself was a very good move in that respect. That is a question of showing initiative. It would certainly have been worth the while of the other potential candidates to do so.

Of course being on the right side of the tea party groups never hurts either.

If you missed our initial interview on with Katherine Jenerette it is available here, Smitty’s interview is here.

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