Ted Cruz, Longtime Foe Of NASA And Science, Will Oversee NASA And Science In New Congress

[Trik'Stari]

im fine with conservatives. i just dont like the way most conservatives support policies and ideas which can be shown to not help people or have no basis in reality, eg education spending, most conservatives of the past would see this as an investment in the future but many today do everything they can to avoid spending more on it. and even make cuts where they can.

Well, there are reasons for that. A lot of the new policies seem to be well...not that good for education. Focusing on trivial "sensitivity and tolerance" bullshit that doesn't matter as much as say....mathematics, science, reading, and writing. Not to mention the massive waste of money that is gym classes. I care more about the advancement of technology and intelligence than I do about "tolerance". As for the anti bullying crap, need to teach people what my dad taught me, Someone bullying you? ignore it, they throw a punch? fight back. Schools need to stop turning people into chicken shits and teach people to stand up for themselves.

 

While I do not believe that any one group should have control of anything, saying this guy is a bad choice simply because he is a republican is obsurd.

And although I do not agree with all of Cruze's policies, he is about balancing the budget. And like it or not if you want to balance the budget there are going to be cuts that people don't agree with. That is how he got a reputation for being anti science unjustly, he is anti debt.

As far as republicans should stay away from science, what about Rand Paul who holds a medical phd?

As far as I'm concerned, NASA should be the 1 thing in the budget that gets the most money, even more so than the military. All other concerns are secondary.

[Faceman]

sigh..

[zacRupnow]

How is this "Tech News and Reviews"? This probably belongs in Off-Topic thread.

Well its news and NASA and science relate to technology. 'Tech News' is not limeted to new motherboards or GPUs.

[MoonSpot]

Oh great. Now The tea party Republican is positioned to make his damage felt for generations, instead of a decade or two. Brilliant.

How does this even happen? Are bad Hollywood screenwriters assigning the roles here?

[patrickjp93]

Both would probably get shot within seconds of taking the podium.

 

 

As much as I consider myself a conservative, they have no business having anything to do with science. (the republicans that is)

 

You trying to give me a heart attack by making me contemplate horrific situations?

That would only give credence to the idea that the NRA is a radical hotbed.

[Trik'Stari]

That would only give credence to the idea that the NRA is a radical hotbed.

No more so than those two lol.

[Cheddle]

GG murica. lel

[Zeruel]

Politics is another adversary to Science, who thought in this day and age we would still have set backs.

[Biggerisbetter]

How can someone who believes in creationism be on a scientific panel. This is beyond crazy to me

[kacper]

Like cordless tools. Or IR thermometers. Or memory foam.

I still remember when my friend dropped that space exploration is pointless .He was driving a car and using GPS at that time.

[beebskadoo]

Anyone that believes that the earth is 6000 years old shouldn't be the head of any scientific establishment!

[KungPaoChino]

In other news. Republicans disagrees with Obama's plan for 1000Mbps internet because it makes people smarter by gaining access to information.

[Albatross]

REPUBLICANS, litterally can be described as either evil or stupid, i mean the party has pretty much been taken over by extreme groups and has pretty much no normal republicans left.

 

Oh yes, Republicans are soooo evil.   <_< 

 

And at least they weren't so stupid as to cut a ten billion dollar budget project mission midway (what a waste of ten billion dollars), or to pass bills they didn't even facking read.

[KungPaoChino]

Oh yes, Republicans are soooo evil.   <_<

 

And at least they weren't so stupid as to cut a ten billion dollar budget project mission midway (what a waste of ten billion dollars), or to pass bills they didn't even facking read.

Bible + Greedy businessmen + Tendency to disagree with scientific facts = Republicans

[Albatross]

Bible + Greedy businessmen + Tendency to disagree with scientific facts = Republicans

 

Ignorance at its finest.

[Admiral Naismith]

Why the absolute f*ck can't some of you see that this has absolutely NOTHING to do with Republicans or Democrats? Elected officials are supposed to represent THEIR people. NOT JUST THE ONES THAT VOTED FOR THEM. These people (most of them anyway) in congress are nothing but corrupted, stupid, and for the most part racist, ageist, sexist, and all around sc*mbags that play to the highest bidder, whether it be a religious organization or Monsanto.

 

They should be doing what is best for the people, not what is best for the republicans or democrats.

 

Can't remember who said it, but basically this system is ****ing over a large percentage of people just to benefit a slightly larger percentage.

 

-Edited to reduce amount of rage.

-Edited to expand argument.

[KungPaoChino]

Ignorance at its finest.

"You don't understand jokes" at its finest.

[Albatross]

"You don't understand jokes" at its finest.

 

Considering your prior posts, how is that a joke?

[Bensemus]

Goodbye Mars by 2030...

Elon Musk is the gabeN of science and will see us explore the stars

[Albatross]

Goodbye Mars by 2030...

 

By 2030? Obama had it mapped/estimated for 2035 (mids). If it makes it by 2030 now, it will be an improvement.

 

(besides, Elon Musk will probably do it way before then.)

[Valentyn]

Wasn't it Ted Cruz's dad that said his son was the chosen one destined by god or something?

 

Either way this is absolutely terrible news for the scientific community.

[Admiral Naismith]

Wasn't it Ted Cruz's dad that said his son was the chosen one destined by god or something?

 

Either way this is absolutely terrible news for the scientific community.

 

History should always be considered when talking politics.

 

Divine Right is such a great plan, especially in the Democratic Republic known as the U.S.A.. /s

[MrStraightface]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/12/ted-cruz-nasa_n_6456270.html

 

I don't know if any of you have heard about this yet but there is no way that this is a good thing. This is a person who compares Net Neutrality with ObamaCare. 

 

I understand that there is a shift to the private sector but this is going to be the death of NASA. 

How can we have someone who doesn't understand science running the US's biggest investments in science. 

 

I had a dream like this where Dick Cheney was the head of the ACLU....surreal.

[Techteen14]

JSYK, I consider myself to be a "sane person" on the political scale. Let me diagram:

Richard Dawkins..............................Me and most people.......................................Ted Cruz

............V........................................................V...............................................................V

.............-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

.......Far Left.........................................Political Scale................................................Far Right

This is just insane, as is Ted Cruz. He appears to be delusional and to not have a grip on reality.

To all the people using this to bash creationism, in what way does space travel correlate to God? Just because I believe in God doesn't mean I don't believe in science, I just don't believe in macroevolution. Since macroevolution has nothing to do with NASA, I find this just as stupid as the rest of you find it.

Please, please, PLEASE don't think Ted Cruz = a common worldview. This man seems medically insane.

On another note, I wonder what would happen if Elon Musk was put in charg of NASA...

[ThomasD]

Wasn't it the Obama administration who decide that part of the mission of NASA was Islamic outreach?

 

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/07/nasas_muslim_outreach_106214.html

 

Yet somehow Ted Cruz is unfit, and somehow "anti-science?"

 

Yeah, sure, whatever.

 

 

 

Oh, and let me play this game

 

Pol Pot...Richard Dawkins..Techteen14................................................................................Most people..Ted Cruz...Murray Rothbard
.....V.....................V.....................V................................................................................................V.................V........................V...............
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.......Statist Totalitarians...................................................Political Scale.............................................................Libertarian Minarchists

 

 

Easy Peasy.