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    Dr. No Terrorizes Senate

    Tom Coburn Hates Political Science

    Horny Evangelical Christian Senator Got Mommy and Daddy to Bribe His Piece on the Side

    'Now, John, This Might Hurt a Little Bit'

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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    10/30/09

    In reply to Dr. No Terrorizes Senate
    Presumably, "Dr. No" went all Sparta by turning down his Socialistical government-paid single-payer health care provided by US taxpayers, and likewise didn't use his staff or his clout to cut through the dozens of denials that everyone else in the country accepts as a "benefit" of "enjoying" the Greatest Health Care System In The World?
    Oh. He didn't. So should we call him "Dr. Maybe"? #politics
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dr. No Terrorizes Senate
    Corollary to #4: Friendship also means saying you can't comment on how you told your friend to have his parents pay off his mistress, on account of doctor-patient confidentiality, even though your friend is a dude and you're a gynecologist that no thinking woman in the world would let near her wrong spot. #politics
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dr. No Terrorizes Senate
    I can deal with the GOP having a Dr. No as long as the Dems grow a pair and don't act all Pussy Galore. #politics
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dr. No Terrorizes Senate
    One other thing you need to know about Dr. No is the allegation that he sterilized a 20 year old woman without consent.

    It is not known if he used the sharp edge of his shovel for this procedure but she says he didn't ask before he snipped her tubes.

    [www.washingtonpost.com]
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    Image of thucyditron thucyditron
    10/30/09

    In reply to Dr. No Terrorizes Senate
    Which Thermopylae are we talking about? The one where Leonidas dies or the one where Glabrio and Cato the Elder (who Tom seems a lot like) defeat Antiochus III? #politics
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    10/30/09

    @thucyditron: The one where Leonidas dies. Who gives a crap about Cato the Elder? #politics
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    10/30/09

    In reply to Dr. No Terrorizes Senate
    He's just a girl who can say "No". #politics
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    Image of BruceGoose BruceGoose
    10/30/09

    In reply to Dr. No Terrorizes Senate
    He tries to stop armadillos from tearing up his lawn. He pulls fat water moccasins from his pool.

    "I kill them," he said with relish, "by slicing their heads off with the sharp edge of a shovel."

    He beheads the snakes, not the armadillos.

    From Tulsa World:

    So, what happens to the armadillos Coburn traps at his home?

    "One of two things," the physican-turned-politician explained.

    "I either put ‘em in the back of my pickup and take 10 or 15 miles away from my property or I shoot ‘em." #politics
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    Image of Amrita Rajan Amrita Rajan
    10/30/09

    @BruceGoose: corrected! #politics
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Dr. No Terrorizes Senate
    He also spoke out against Schindler's List being broadcast, unedited, calling it "irresponsible sexual behavior" to do so. #politics
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    Image of katastic katastic
    10/30/09

    @bens: Because when I see Schindler's List, I think sexxxxxxxy. #politics
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    10/30/09

    @katastic: And that is exactly why you will always be alone. #politics
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    Image of mikesalamone mikesalamone
    10/09/09

    In reply to Tom Coburn Hates Political Science
    Political science is actually considered a social science, like economics or sociology, and not a humanity. Perhaps, as an undergraduate, you don't do the type of technical work that most professional political scientists do, but that does not make their work nonscientific. I see no reason why scientific study of how we govern ourselves is outside the scope of the NSF.
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    10/09/09

    @mikesalamone: Point taken. However, the NSF was still established mainly, if not exclusively, to provide Federal support for hard sciences and engineering. Social scientists do use complex mathematical and statistical analysis in their work (I remember that well...), but that does not make them equivalent to the hard sciences. The basic reason: social sciences do not lend themselves easily (if at all) to the scientific method.

    I think there are two arguments at play here: whether social science research should be funded by the gov't at all, and whether this particular entity should be funding it. I'm saying Coburn is correct on the latter point -- that these aren't really things the NSF should be funding -- regardless of one's stance on the first point.
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    10/09/09

    In reply to Tom Coburn Hates Political Science
    I think he's right.

    The NSF is supposed to be supporting the hard sciences, not humanities. Poli Sci (my major) is one of the humanities. It shouldn't be within the purview of the NSF.

    Politically motivated or not, he's got a valid point.
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    10/09/09

    In reply to Tom Coburn Hates Political Science
    FUCK LARRY SABATO.

    I've always hated his ass, bein' all highly quotable and available to reporters and shit.
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    10/09/09

    In reply to Tom Coburn Hates Political Science
    But that was my major!
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    10/09/09

    In reply to Tom Coburn Hates Political Science
    What exactly do they pour over this data, Tom?

    Seriously, though, you know why he's doing this. It will play well to idiots. I wish I were kidding.
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    10/09/09

    In reply to Tom Coburn Hates Political Science
    Tom Coburn is an idiot. It's "pore over this data." Not "pour over."
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    10/09/09

    @sarrible: Thank you.
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    10/09/09

    @sarrible:
    So I've been totally messing up with the spreadsheets and maple syrup. Damn.
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    10/09/09

    In reply to Tom Coburn Hates Political Science
    No amount of hairstyling can hide that fivehead.
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