Daily Topics - Thursday September 8th, 2011
By shawnt56
The Big Picture "On Air" Questions or Comments for Thom?
Hour One: GOP debate analysis - Thom talks with Bill Press, The Bill Press Show
Hour Two: "Registering the Poor to Vote is Un-American"...?! Matthew Vadum, Capital Research
Hour Three: Could "Big Oil" cause an "uncontrollable disaster" in the Arctic? Professor Peter Wadhams / Plus, Geeky Science Rocks - yogurt...brain food?
Comments
#2
Promote purple thumbs abroad but cut off the thumbs here? Does Matthew Vadum also believe that corporate welfare queens shouldn't be able to vote (donate money) either?
#3
People get to vote because they all have the ability to suffer (which is one reason why corporations shouldn't get to vote). Vadum says that including the poor in the electorate gives them power to vote themselves money, but not letting them vote would allow others to drive them into destitution without their permission. Which is worse?
#4
It's been determined recently that there are three archetypes of gut flora, and doctors are starting to recognize that medical conditions can be cured by rectifying a lack or overabundance of some bacteria. One person was actually cured of a bowel disorder by a fecal transplant. You read that right. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20048681
#5
Sen. David Vitter would have trouble rendezvousing with the DC madam at this point, since she killed herself a few years ago. But he might be able to find some other prostitute willing to diaper him.
#6
Pres. Obama's speech starts at 7:00 EST, and NBC's pre-game show starts at 7:45 EST.
#7
Am I commenting too much? ;)
#8
How many people that really want to tune into the Football game really wants to watch a Presidential speech anyway? On top of that, who really watches the pre-game show for the sake of watching the pre-game show, most viewers are just killing time until the game starts. I think the way Obama timed his speech is perfect. Those that want to hear him will tune in, and if they like what their hearing they'll stay tuned in, if not, they'll switch to the pre-game. The Republican'ts aren't even going to bother with a counter argument, they're actually going to let his speech gel for a night before refuting this or that. The average uninformed voter isn't going to bother to listen to the punditry after show, so Obama is going to get a speech out to the public with little push back.
Tis a pity Obama is not likely to say anything that's the least bit controversial, what a prefect time to make a speech that would really challenge the right.
N
#9
No Mathboy you're not commenting too much, trouble is, there are so few making comments here in the first place. What happened to all the people that were on here a few years ago? Hope the new campaign season brings back some of the commentators this blog used to have.
N
#10
Maxrot, I think a lot of people make blog posts, thinking that they're commenting on the day's show.
#11
Re: Not allowing the poor to vote: I think we should not allow rich people to vote. If we let them vote they will elect people who are going to give them more money and we can't afford that.
#12
I would love to read the study that Thom referred to about the rats' reaction to probiotics. Does anyone know where to find it?
#13
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/08/29/from-guts-...
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