tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post1519716915134657373..comments2024-03-17T08:07:12.695-05:00Comments on Between The Lines: Saving Obama rather than LA behind EPA oppositionJeff Sadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03972004592729833310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-1658542147616888052010-09-18T07:53:59.305-05:002010-09-18T07:53:59.305-05:00Dude, those berms won't be there in a decade, ...Dude, those berms won't be there in a decade, let alone next summer. Stick to what you know, which doesn't seem to be much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-29277634438629647812010-09-14T23:05:01.726-05:002010-09-14T23:05:01.726-05:00I've never seen such starry-eyed cheerleading....I've never seen such starry-eyed cheerleading. I think our professor is getting moist starbursts. How can you write something like this and keep a straight face? "Always a stickler for efficient government action"? Even his press people wouldn't believe that. You are a True Believer, Jeff. Jindal's Useful Idiot. The fact that the post contains alleged scientific content should give you pause. Must I remind you that you teach a course in science informing public policy? Jeff: NEARLY ALL of the Louisiana scientists with any remote connection to the Louisiana coast are unconditionally against the waste of money. At the VERY LEAST you should evaluate some of their arguments, if only to dismiss them as the reflexively partisan hack you are. Here is a good link to a series of blog posts that take an actual scientific view of the project (rather than you regurgitating Jindal press releases with the thinnest of veils of science-like substance - such as your reference to "more exacting and detailed analyses", whatever the hell that means).<br /><br />http://lacoastpost.com/blog/?p=26479<br /><br />I don't expect you would ever address any of the substantive points raised by a scientist who was the go-to scientist for several (even conservative) La governors. It is also hilarious to see you write that Obama was "quickly faulted by the scientific community". Rarely has the scientific community ever rallied so uniformly against the anti-science strains of the modern neocon that you personify. From your global warming denial to sand berm adventures to anti-evolution crusades to EPA savaging, almost no modern political movement has generated such a stern rejection as the scientific community has to you morons. Perhaps if you thump your bible a little harder and clutch your guns a little tighter than everything will just magically work itself out.<br /><br />Bonus hilarious note: Jeff writes that Jindal was "applauded by many" for his spill response, to which he contains a single link to his own article. A perfect moment illustrating the epistemic closure he lives in.Mr. Harris Plutocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14272042050207617611noreply@blogger.com