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Politics and 'An Inconvenient Truth'
Frogbeater writes "The producer of 'An Inconvenient Truth' is accusing the National Science Teachers Association of being in the pocket of Big Oil because she can't get preferential treatment for her film. The entire situation is turning into a 'if you're not with us, you're against us' yelling match. Regardless of the viewpoint, is it even possible that science can remain apolitical? Has it ever been?" The Washington Post makes things out to be less than above board: "In the past year alone, according to its Web site, Exxon Mobil's foundation gave $42 million to key organizations that influence the way children learn about science, from kindergarten until they graduate from high school ... NSTA's list of corporate donors also includes Shell Oil and the American Petroleum Institute (API), which funds NSTA's Web site on the science of energy. There, students can find a section called 'Running on Oil' and read a page that touts the industry's environmental track record -- citing improvements mostly attributable to laws that the companies fought tooth and nail, by the way -- but makes only vague references to spills or pollution. NSTA has distributed a video produced by API called 'You Can't Be Cool Without Fuel,' a shameless pitch for oil dependence."
But the range of politics is isomorphic to three sixteen-year-old girls catfighting at a slumber party.
Make a documentary about it!
> in other news NSTA rejects KKK film for fear of angering everyone. whats the difference?
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No you hayseed retard, Algore's movie is the TRITH, says so right there in the title. Rejecting it means science teachers are against the Truth. My god (little G, don't send me to the camps) if one of the Democratic Party's core groups are rejecting Global Warming Theology what is the world coming to. What the hell was the point of taking Congress.
I'm off to pout on DU.
Democrat delenda est
You'll have to remind me what science the KKK deals with.
Genetics.
Most science videos shown in schools have some celeb host who is irrelevant to the field.
Hello, I'm Troy MacLure.
You may remember me from such science film classics as:
Don't eat that Uranium!
And:
Honey, I shrunk the Amazon.
Summary of discussion:
Blah blah blah Global Warming is true and you're stupid blah blah blah
Blah blah blah Global Warming is not true and you're stupid blah blah blah
www.joshferguson.org
The producer wants everyone to know that she is SUPER SERIAL about her film. No matter what she tries, no one is taking her SERIALLY!
I don't know about the rest of you, but this is a SERIAL matter.
Chums up, let's do this!
And what scientific field is Al Gore in again?
That's easy. Political Science.
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