Bill Nye Boo'd In Texas For Saying The Moon Reflects The Sun

[Mika]

Bill Nye Boo'd In Texas For Saying The Moon Reflects The Sun

Bill Nye, the harmless children's edu-tainer known as "The Science Guy," managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun.

As even most elementary-school graduates know, the moon reflects the light of the sun but produces no light of its own.

But don't tell that to the good people of Waco ....

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[villager]

1. Bring back tests for voting. Apply it to the entire Republican base.

nt

[yeoman6987]

5. Never. And it would be for everyone and it would be terrible.

Talk about the 1 percent picking our president. That really would happen.

[villager]

6. Oy. Take a joke now and then.

It might help things go a bit easier...

[yeoman6987]

7. True....lol.

[csziggy]

2. That story is from 2009!

"Posted by Morgan Matthew on February 21, 2009 at 4:30am"

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. Thank you

I was going to say:

"Bill Nye Booed SIX FUCKING YEARS AGO!!!!"


This story is reposted here every so often as if it was news.

[Katashi_itto]

9. You mean things have changed in Texas?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. There's more lunacy.

[Iggo]

4. Again?

[Snobblevitch]

8. Old story.

It appears he was baiting the crowd in order to create news.

[Gothmog]

10. It is tough living in Texas at times

[Journeyman]

11. Reminds me Professor Irwin Corey, comedian in the '50s to '70s . . .

Billed as "the World's Foremost Authority," part of his schtick was to ask the audience for help resolving complex scientific quandaries.

One that I especially remember was his asking the audience, "Which do we need more: the Sun or the Moon?"

And the answer, of course, was the Moon, for during the day it is was very bright out doors and the Sun is truly unnecessary, but at night the Moon provides some of the only useful light in the night sky, so it's obvious it's needed more than the Sun.

I'm sure there's an audience in Waco that would agree with the good Professor.

[bigmonkey]

23. Amazingly, he's still alive!

Over 100 now, and a very interesting radical leftist person. Here's his website.

[Johonny]

24. +1

[malaise]

12. Fugging morons

The stupid burns

[Warpy]

13. Preachers and Republicans both like to keep 'em stupid

People in Texas never had a chance.

[GummyBearz]

14. Here is another oldy but goody

[jalan48]

16. I love it.

Give em back to Mexico and see how they make out with that.

[2naSalit]

15. I'm guessing that

they don't call it waco for nothing.

[davidn3600]

17. You'd probably get booed suggesting the Earth revolves around the Sun

[Archae]

18. Bill Nye would get booed here at DU.

He visited Monsanto's labs, and guess what?
They weren't a bunch of crazed "mad scientists."

Or corporate greedheads lighting cigars with $100 bills.

http://ecowatch.com/2015/07/14/was-bill-nye-paid-by-monsanto-gmos/

[Maedhros]

29. GMOs may or may not be safe,

but Monsanto are definitely corporate greed-heads.

[MrWendel]

20. Just...

secede already.

[lpbk2713]

21. I feel so sorry for Texas DUers.

They must be mortified.

[LanternWaste]

27. What really, really mortifies me is our pronunciation of the name 'Montague' as 'Mon-tayg.'

I take it in stride. Texas, like all geographic regions, has its share of buffoons and half-wits, along with its share of progressives and liberals... the difference between one region and another being merely in degrees.

What really, really mortifies me is our pronunciation of the name 'Montague' as 'Mon-tayg.'

[Rex]

22. Light is a conspiracy invented by those aliens in area 51.

We will build a wall around them.

[KamaAina]

25. Damn moon! It's sucking up all the sunlight!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017314413

[mgmaggiemg]

26. Galileo, Galileo,Galileo let me GO....

Maggie

[liberal N proud]

28. I think there are a lot of wackos in Waco