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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

7. He's just selling books to the christian rubes

Reply to bulloney (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 25, 2015, 07:47 AM

Sep 2015

Tell them what they want to hear and make a few million.

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Ben Carson: Science is fairy tales and the devil inspired Darwin [View all] eridani Sep 2015 OP

Obama is a Muslin, and Darwin worships Satin! n/t Kennah Sep 2015 #1

I can't help it: I love the touch of Satin on my skin. DetlefK Sep 2015 #3

Better to be a Satinist or a Linenist than a Muslin, any old day n/t eridani Sep 2015 #25

i'd love me some presidential woollenin...n/t w0nderer Sep 2015 #26

Ha! n/t OneGrassRoot Sep 2015 #34

1. This is high-school-level math, Dr. Carson. 2. ... DetlefK Sep 2015 #2

Makes me wonder how he got into medical school. yardwork Sep 2015 #5

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #21

This was an anecdote. DetlefK Sep 2015 #23

knives at dawn, coffee for one w0nderer Sep 2015 #27

Didn't Carson have to take a number of science, chemistry, math, biology, bulloney Sep 2015 #4

He's just selling books to the christian rubes NightWatcher Sep 2015 #7

That's my assessment. bklyncowgirl Sep 2015 #9

Medical doctors are more like engineers. DetlefK Sep 2015 #8

Surgeons are more like mechanics. Thor_MN Sep 2015 #22

Have to agree exboyfil Sep 2015 #31

Organic Chem was a memorization class, at least when I took it. Thor_MN Sep 2015 #32

For a brain surgeon, he sure is a dumbass . . . . hatrack Sep 2015 #6

I think it's a sad day for America when a leading American Presidential candidate... bklyncowgirl Sep 2015 #10

Does this idiot still practice medicine? eom MohRokTah Sep 2015 #11

"The conspiracy fantasies ... onstitute an alternative reality that is immune from facts." pampango Sep 2015 #12

how is this crazy person a dr? Marrah_G Sep 2015 #13

How did this fugging moron get into Medical School? malaise Sep 2015 #14

LOL that was my very first thought as well! LOL nt Javaman Sep 2015 #15

The same way that Mormons do, according to a friend of mine. pnwmom Sep 2015 #29

Probably malaise Sep 2015 #36

How can he be president when tavernier Sep 2015 #16

Carson is proving that brain surgeons can be stupid people Gothmog Sep 2015 #17

man, I just finished "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell": don't mention combining fairies and science MisterP Sep 2015 #18

Yes Ben, eventually a fully loaded 747 will be there ready to take off. Rex Sep 2015 #19

So I guess he prayed over his patients? alarimer Sep 2015 #20

Is there a quote for the Devil inspired Darwin bit? TipTok Sep 2015 #24

Yes, if you click on the "solid intellectual grasp on reality" link oberliner Sep 2015 #28

"He who must not be named" nt Thor_MN Sep 2015 #33

What a creepy guy. nt valerief Sep 2015 #30

it's truly hard to believe that this man is a brain surgeon.... spanone Sep 2015 #35