Comments on: Two items for your To Do list https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/ Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:57:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527877 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:57:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527877 Ah, burning a ship with mirrors. I did write to the MythBusters way back then to tell them about all the things they did wrong. I explained the mirror technology of the era and why it would in fact work – but that it was unlikely that it was ever done because it simply isn’t a sensible thing to do. You’d do an awful lot more damage and quicker using flaming arrows.

@Phillip IV: I have no substantial doubts about Obama being a decent guy, but being an effective president is a different matter. Dubbyah’s puppet masters knew how to play the games, so as awful a president as Dubbyah was, he’ll be in the books as one of the most effective because many of the policies his masters wanted were pushed through. Obama on the other hand had been blocked by his own goddamned party and now the GOP have a majority in the House and have sworn they will destroy America if necessary to make the White House White again.

]]> By: Phillip IV https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527876 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:38:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527876 Would be interesting if they tackled some of the myths surrounding Obama himself – he did a very good job of busting the “Obama is a progressive” myth all by himself, but the jury’s still out on the “Obama is a somewhat decent human being” claim. I would be interested to know whether there’s anything to it. I’m increasingly doubtful.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527875 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:49:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527875 Wow! I’m going to love watching these!

]]> By: feralboy12 https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527874 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:27:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527874 No, this episode explored the ability of bitter people to cling to guns and religion, as well as discussing seances in the White House during the Reagan years.

]]> By: HP https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527873 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:15:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527873 Is that the episode where Adam and Jamie tackle “Never wage a land war in Asia”?

]]> By: Jared https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527872 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:53:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/12/09/two-items-for-your-to-do-list/#comment-527872 That was last night….

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