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The real question is whether associating with the Huffington Post undermines your credibility. Tactically speaking, being there as a voice for reality is the right thing to do, but strategically it may be a mistake. The Huffington Post s descent into woo having gone so far that they would side with this nonsense over science, and the frankly spotty quality of even their political writing, creates a real credibility issue. Any time I read a political article on HuffPo I have to turn on my full skeptic powers. Even if the article makes sense and I agree with its point of view I can never believe anything on HuffPo without independently verifying the facts involved. And if a name becomes strongly associated with HuffPo, that lack of credibility can transfer to them as well.
PZ Myers has a new post condemning Discovery Institute ideologue David Klinghoffer s recent post connecting Darwin to the eugenic policies of Hitler. He trots out some of the same points that have been refuted time and again.
Darwin elaborated a picture of how the world works, how creatures war with each other for survival thus selecting out the fittest specimens and advancing the species. In this portrait of animal life, man is no exception. Any animal that strives to preserve the weak, as man does, is committing racial suicide. Thus the weak members of civilized societies propagate their kind, Darwin wrote in
tax hike. how will they afford a tax hike? but listen. there s no question. we have put on the table already $120 billion of spending cuts over the last 9 weeks. we can also do some other things. when the republicans resume majority in the house, we have got to go back and understand that the last time that happened in 1994, there were massive slashes in the congressional budget. we ought to add the white house to that, too. do you know that the white house salaries alone since 2008 have gone up by $4 million? that s inexcusable when the rest of the country taking pay cuts or out of work. you know, we have a lot of work to do and areas of the budget to cut. frankly, the democrats in the house have been unwilling and the president s been unwilling to join us in doing that. congressman, get you to react to another critique of the republicans from a conservative. from a republican here. this was david klinghoffer
he is next. willie geist, if it s way too early what time is it? morning joe but now it s the daily rundown. see you tomorrow. the changing mission in iraq. the president makes a major speech today in georgia as the u.s. combat mission ends technically this month. plus, the obama effect. do some democrats want the president to keep the distance in the fall campaign? it is monday, august 2nd, 2010. not keeping my distance, chuck todd. right next to me. good morning. i m savannah guthrie. the top for us, the gulf of mexico. tonight, may mark the beginning of the end for that blown out oil well in the gulf. bp getting ready for the static kill or what some call a lethal injection to get that well sealed once and for all. anne thompson is nbc s chief environmental affairs correspondent live in venice, louisiana. anne, i m sure it s music to ears of so many down there. what exactly is bp planning to do? reporter: well, a lethal injection, savannah, is a great way t