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To: RMF who wrote (55475)	10/18/2013 2:24:40 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

You mean giving banks billions prevented a depression? I don't believe it. That's what Bush was told to make him go along with it. They're essentially against immigration. Liberals always leave out the ILLEGAL word. Immigration isn't the same thing as illegal entry. They ARE for things like having everybody carry around an AR15. And you pretend you're not a liberal Democrat. I believe MOST of them want every kid to pray to their CHOSEN religion too, or not pray at all. You're just making that up. Most of them would rather execute gays than let them get married. Another made up lie. The Tea Party is a bit too much like AlQueada for my taste.... Nah, if the tea party were terrorists, your leader would want to negotiate with them.

To: RMF who wrote (55475)	10/18/2013 3:29:43 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

" They're essentially against immigration. " that's a lie, why do you libs lie so much ? is it genetic you ever been to a tea party ? ever talk to people there ? they are doctors, lawyers retired teachers, pre union, small business owners. all the producers in this country....oh wait now I know why you don't like them

To: RMF who wrote (55475)	10/18/2013 3:30:48 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 85487

"They ARE for things like having everybody carry around an AR15." they are for the 2nd amendment why are you against the 2nd amendment ? where do you come up with this nonsense

To: RMF who wrote (55475)

10/18/2013 3:32:55 PM

From: longnshort

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A finding in a study on the relationship between science literacy and political ideology surprised the Yale professor behind it: Tea party members know more science than non-tea partiers.

Yale law professor Dan Kahan posted on his blog this week that he analyzed the responses of more than 2,000 American adults recruited for another study and found that,on average, people who leaned liberal were more science literate than those who leaned conservative.

However, those who identified as part of the tea party movement were actually better versed in science than those who didn’t, Kahan found. The findings met the conventional threshold of statistical significance, the professor said.

Kahan wrote that not only did the findings surprise him, they embarrassed him.

“I’ve got to confess, though, I found this result surprising. As I pushed the button to run the analysis on my computer, I fully expected I’d be shown a modest negative correlation between identifying with the Tea Party and science comprehension,” Kahan wrote.

“But then again, I don’t know a single person who identifies with the tea party,” he continued. “All my impressions come from watching cable tv — & I don’t watch Fox News very often — and reading the ‘paper’ (New York Times daily, plus a variety of politics-focused Internet sites like Huffington Post and POLITICO). I’m a little embarrassed, but mainly, I’m just glad that I no longer hold this particular mistaken view.”

While Kahan cautioned against thinking the results can be used to explain deep ideological fights over climate change and other politically relevant science, and he said the results wouldn’t change his negative views of the tea party, he did say he will no longer make assumptions about the level of knowledge on his opponents’ side.

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To: RMF who wrote (55475)	10/18/2013 3:33:44 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By Broken_Clock Brumar89 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

here's the part that reminds me of you. “But then again, I don’t know a single person who identifies with the tea party,” he continued. “All my impressions come from watching cable tv — & I don’t watch Fox News very often — and reading the ‘paper’ (New York Times daily, plus a variety of politics-focused Internet sites like Huffington Post and POLITICO). I’m a little embarrassed, but mainly, I’m just glad that I no longer hold this particular mistaken view.”