Comments on: They Might Be Giants: The New Republican Climate Change Argument http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/ Politics in Iowa from a progressive viewpoint. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:34:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: desmoinesdem http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-11198 desmoinesdem Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:27:09 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-11198 I read that Alons quote out to my husband, who responded with a classic Simpsons quote: "I've said it before and I'll say it again, democracy does not work." Seriously, is that the best the Republicans can come up with these days? Warm temperatures will breed a superior race? I read that Alons quote out to my husband, who responded with a classic Simpsons quote: “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, democracy does not work.”

Seriously, is that the best the Republicans can come up with these days? Warm temperatures will breed a superior race?

]]> By: Cathy http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-11207 Cathy Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:39:28 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-11207 Does this make sense? In terms of respiration, wouldn't bigger people need more oxygen and less carbon dioxide? Does this make sense? In terms of respiration, wouldn’t bigger people need more oxygen and less carbon dioxide?

]]> By: stogoe http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-11212 stogoe Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:49:33 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-11212 Oh, Cathy. You ask that as if they were actually interested in the science of the question. If you doubt that [Mayan Giants] are possible, how is it there are PYGMIES + DWARFS? Oh, Cathy. You ask that as if they were actually interested in the science of the question.

If you doubt that [Mayan Giants] are possible, how is it there are PYGMIES + DWARFS?

]]> By: John Deeth http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-11222 John Deeth Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:47:53 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-11222 Ancient Mayans may have been giants but they were smaller than: Universe man, universe man Size of the entire universe man Usually kind to smaller man Universe man Hes got a watch with a minute hand, Millenium hand and an eon hand When they meet its a happy land Powerful man, universe man Sorry. You set it up, I just kicked it. Ancient Mayans may have been giants but they were smaller than:

Universe man, universe man
Size of the entire universe man
Usually kind to smaller man
Universe man

Hes got a watch with a minute hand,
Millenium hand and an eon hand
When they meet its a happy land
Powerful man, universe man

Sorry. You set it up, I just kicked it.

]]> By: Iowa Progress » Air Conditioning Will Keep The Polar Icecaps From Melting http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-24416 Iowa Progress » Air Conditioning Will Keep The Polar Icecaps From Melting Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:07:21 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-24416 [...] Alons, Iowa’s resident climate change expert, pronounced today that global warming isn’t a problem because we have air conditioning. Alons [...] […] Alons, Iowa’s resident climate change expert, pronounced today that global warming isn’t a problem because we have air conditioning. Alons […]

]]> By: Iowa Progress » Interesting Trends In Candidate Filings http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-24713 Iowa Progress » Interesting Trends In Candidate Filings Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:59:41 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2007/04/18/they-might-be-giants-the-new-republican-climate-change-argument/#comment-24713 [...] Progress has commented numerous times on Alons’s frequent inane statements. These include claiming that the ancient Maya were a race of giants due to warmer temperatures and that the invention of [...] […] Progress has commented numerous times on Alons’s frequent inane statements. These include claiming that the ancient Maya were a race of giants due to warmer temperatures and that the invention of […]

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