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2007-08-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-
High College Costs Driven by Global Warming, Researchers Say
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Posted by Mike 2007-08-14 11:15|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top

#1 Must be the fat research grants. How can I git mah fair share?
Posted by ed 2007-08-14 11:24||   2007-08-14 11:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Some of you are not old enough to recall in the early 70s the big scare run by the MSM was a new cancer agent 'discovered' every week by some university/institute study. It began with a red dye used in food [that's why the red M&M disappeared for a while]. Like GW today, it was a relentless screed every week, every day on another substance in our food, clothes, etc that caused cancer in lab rats [ignoring the isolated nature of rats and the incredible amount of the particular matter being stuffed into the animal]. It wasn't science when the objective was to 'induce' cancer. Anyway the silliness went on for months, till some college researchers decided to have fun with the media and the pols trying to exploit the induced panic. Using the same methodology of the prior researchers, they were able to induce cancer in lab rats by implanting bits of coin and paper money. They then released the study with the 'recommendation' that all money be recalled. Shortly after that one hit the fan, the panic journalism significantly dropped. Of course, back then, some journalists and senior managers had some sense of responsibility. I think that is required to be removed prior to any employment today.
Posted by Procopius2k 2007-08-14 12:08||   2007-08-14 12:08|| Front Page Top

#3 The three-week-long multiple-perspective study was undertaken by assistants for the Senior-Level Sub-Dean of Diversity Quotas in Environmental Studies at CSUVN and four tenured members of the Alternative Literacies [sic] Program at MCTCF.

Priceless.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2007-08-14 12:11||   2007-08-14 12:11|| Front Page Top

#4 P2K, wasn't there a study that said that studying rats gave them cancer? If not, there should have been.
Posted by Rambler">Rambler  2007-08-14 13:01||   2007-08-14 13:01|| Front Page Top

#5 I think I remember that one, Rambler, but on closer examination it was determined that the study rats developed cancer at the same rate as the rats in the placebo study. ;-)

Separately, I do hope you've recovered from asking trailing daughter #1 what I'd told her not to talk about. She wasn't sure you understood her explanations.
Posted by trailing wife 2007-08-14 13:17||   2007-08-14 13:17|| Front Page Top

#6 I remember when I was growing up and it was always "...causes cancer in rats". And I'd be like "Good. They're rats. Give them more of it. Who cares about giving cancer to rats?"
Posted by tu3031 2007-08-14 14:07||   2007-08-14 14:07|| Front Page Top

#7 High College Costs Causes Global Warming ?
I'm not so sure I believe that.

Posted by wxjames 2007-08-14 14:34||   2007-08-14 14:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Senior-Level Sub-Dean of Diversity Quotas?

I'm calling "bullshit" based on that alone.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2007-08-14 17:07||   2007-08-14 17:07|| Front Page Top

#9 And the other thing that was big in the 70s was global COOLING. All the same articles, all the same doomsaying, all the same things to blame except we were going to have an ice age instead of all be on Miami beach.

So round 2 cuts no ice with me.
Posted by Oldcat 2007-08-14 18:03||   2007-08-14 18:03|| Front Page Top

#10 CSU Van Nuys is a parody in itself, doesn't exist :-)
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-08-14 19:44||   2007-08-14 19:44|| Front Page Top

#11 employed during our strenuous three weeks of research,

lol! This must be a parody.
Posted by AT 2007-08-14 21:46||   2007-08-14 21:46|| Front Page Top

#12 1990's redux > SAVE/HELP THE EARTH - Suppor your local Gulag and Death Camp! D *** ng it, the Sun will surrender iff only we Earth-icans will kill ourselves unto self-oblivion-extinction!
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-08-14 23:31||   2007-08-14 23:31|| Front Page Top

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