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I can picture Santorum actually talking to a plant Marky Mark-style. | |
Remember, kids, if you ever catch yourself thinking that the GOP might be a worthwhile entity, just remember that this man has won a few primaries. | |
Are you surprised? | |
Frequently they're one and the same! Creationism springs to mind. | |
More than a few. Gallup has Romney at 32% support and Santorum and 27%. Third is Gingrich at 17%. | |
I honestly don't know what's worse; the shit Santorum says or the fact anyone would even consider voting for him. | |
Oh Lord, I pray that "The dangers of [...]? Tell that to a [...], how dangerous [...] is." becomes an internet meme. Your ever faithful and heathen servant. Captcha: act of god. ... yep, that's pretty much what I'm asking for. | |
The Dangers of Memes?, Tell that to a Mod, How Dangerous Memes is | |
The dangers of planting your child in the ground, watering them, and leaving them out in the sun? Tell that to a plant, how dangerous that is. Logic is a foreign language to Santorum and his supporters it seems. | |
"The dangers of Tide Goes In, Tide Goes Out? Tell that to Bill O'Reilly. You can't explain that." | |
The dangers of Long periods of time underwater? Tell that too a fish, how dangerous long periods of time underwater is. I suggest santorum hold his head underwater to prove this point. Until the last bubble comes up. | |
The dangers of drinking gasoline? Tell that to your car, how dangerous gasoline is. | |
The danger of being buried underground with no air? Tell that to a seed, how dangerous being buried underground with no air is. The only thing left now is for Santorum to be sealed into an air-tight chamber and have it filled with carbon dioxide. See how well his theory holds up... | |
The dangers of accidentally formed babby? Tell that to a Palin, how dangerous accidentally formed babby is. | |
............Wat? umm...correct me if I'm wrong, but don't plants intake carbon dioxide and output oxygen? Is Santorum completely insa-.....Wait, why am I even asking that question? The dangers of oxygen? Tell that to a human, how dangerous oxygen is! | |
The dangers of low taxes on the wealthy? Tell that to a Mitt Romney, how dangerous low taxes on the wealthy is. | |
So, playing devil's advocate here, plants need carbon dioxide to produce oxygen. Now given that I have done exactly 0 research on this (so it should be extremely easy to prove me wrong) would a high carbon dioxide environment not promote plant growth/oxygen production? I think that's what Santorum was getting at. Pffft. Okay, I'm sorry I was this close to posting that as was. Would someone explain to Mr. Santorum that though we need oxygen to breathe, there is such a thing as too much oxygen and ergo too much CO2 whether you're a plant or not? I think what I'm going to do come election day is walk into the booth and cast a vote for no one. Chrissake. | |
The danger of rapid-fire weapons? Tell that to a bulletproof vest, how dangerous rapid-fire weapons are. The danger of enormous heat and pressure? Tell that to igneous rock, how dangerous enormous heat and pressure are. The danger of lack of oxygen? Tell that to a space satellite, how dangerous lack of oxygen is. | |
"The dangers of running strong electrical currents throughout your body? Tell that to a wire, how dangerous running strong electrical currents throughout your body is." "The dangers of getting shot? Tell that to Superman, how dangerous getting shot is." "The dangers of being gay? Tell that to an actual homosexual, how dangerous being gay is." And so on until the universe implodes. Incidentally, 'danger' no longer looks like a word to me anymore after reading this thread. | |
I hardly think Santorum operates with that much nuance. He was clearly saying "carbon dioxide can't be poisonous, because it's good for plants." | |
The danger of noise pollution? Tell that to Manowar, how dangerous noise pollution is. The danger of sharp objects? Tell that to a whetstone, how dangerous sharp objects are. The danger of getting hit by a car? Tell that to a brick wall, how dangerous getting hit by a car is. The danger of being struck by lightning? Tell that to a lightning rod, how dangerous getting struck by lightning is.
You might recall that Michelle Bachmann once said that carbon dioxide can't possibly be dangerous because it occurs in nature. You know, just like arsenic, uranium, and rattlesnakes. | |
It's stuff like this that makes me want to drop everything and move to Norway or Finland or something. At times it just seems like this nation cannot be fixed. I keep finding parallels to George Orwell's vision of 1984's doublethink, destruction of privacy, and economic class freezing. The idea that science and education have become dirty words... well the powers that be must have worked long and hard to seep their influence into the minds of this many Americans. It seems like time has only made their methods more practiced and potent. Ignorance is strength. /tinfoil hat off | |
I know it's not very politically correct to say, but can't someone just stuff a plastic bag over Santorum's head, tape it shut and tell him to breathe all that delicious Co2 in there because it's not in any way dangerous? I mean, even rabbid evangelicals will admit they're wrong if they're literally choking on their lies. | |
The dangers of appealing to an ultra-conservative voter base? Tell that to a Putin, how dangerous ultra-conservative voter bases is. | |
The dangers of being braindead? Tell that to a zombie! | |
You mean Santorum? Pretty sure he isn't a zombie. Yet. | |
Wow America. This is the best you can do? But seriously, we're measuring substances by using plants as benchmarks now? How about we all switch to a nitrogen and phosphorous rich diet and give up alcohol. Since, you know, alcohol is extremely poisonous to plants and all. | |
To a degree, yes, but in the process it would become much harder for people and animal life. It's why if you managed to travel back in time to say the Jurassic period you'd have to stop and take a breather every few minutes from simple walking because of how hot it is and how thin the air is. Then there was a volcanic eruption at Lake Nyos that released millions of tonnes of CO2 in the air that killed thousands livestock for miles around it. And after reading the second part of the post I realise this was an unnecessary reply, but just take the fun-fact information as is. | |
The dangers of crappy forced memes? Tell that to an escapist poster how dangerous crappy forced memes are. :D OT: Bit silly. We need oxygen to breath, not carbon dioxide, silly! Captcha: Gray Skies. Looks like captcha sides with santorum on this one. You win again santorum! *shakes fist* | |
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This man has no business talking about anything that has any remote connection to science for obvious reasons. | |
I think we have a new meme on our hands. | |
The dangers of drinking battery acid? Tell that to a battery. Capcta: Go berserk Tbh, this guy could well push me over the edge... | |
I'm only reading this thread to comment on how hilarious all the comments are. Because really, it's just so stupid. I don't even have the words... | |
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Rick Santorum told attendees at the Gulf Coast Energy Summit in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Monday to trust his judgment on the environment, highlighting his position on climate change-that is, that it's a liberal myth.
"The dangers of carbon dioxide? Tell that to a plant, how dangerous carbon dioxide is," Santorum said, according to the Associated Press.
Santorum sharpened his tone on the energy issue as the country's surging gas prices have come into focus.
"I didn't change as the climate changed," Santorum said. "I stood tall. Now the climate has changed and everyone's for drilling now. But understand that when times were tough, they were not and I was."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/rick-santorum-dangers-carbon-dioxide-tell-plant-152230291.html Full story.
And Santorum has gone from religious insanity to not understanding how biology works in the slightest. Maybe he should prove how safe carbon dioxide is by standing in a sealed chamber for a couple hours.