Palin believes humans + dinosaurs were on earth at the same time

[shecky]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-palinreligion28-2008sep28,0,3643718.story?track=rss

Palin told him that "dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth at the same time," Munger said. When he asked her about prehistoric fossils and tracks dating back millions of years, Palin said "she had seen pictures of human footprints inside the tracks," recalled Munger, who teaches music at the University of Alaska in Anchorage and has regularly criticized Palin in recent years on his liberal political blog, called Progressive Alaska.

http://codebloo.net/stuff/picard-headesk.jpg

[iJon]

Always worth a laugh.

jon

[Iscariot]

http://www.frools.net/lolz/sisko-facepalm.jpg

[TwinCities Dan]

Always worth a laugh.

jon

That's hilarious! :D

[.Andy]

But he probably did!

[takao]

... sometimes i wonder what would happen if a candiadte around here screws it up like that .. it sure would be raptor-like rampage

[Big-TDI-Guy]

I laughed so hard, I think I peed a little. Thanks!

[Mike Teezie]

I laughed so hard, I think I peed a little. Thanks!

Funny, I peed from pure fear of this woman being so close to the White House.

[és:]

Funny, I peed from pure fear of this woman being so close to the White House.

Not just the White House, but the presidency. Should McCain win the election in November there is a one in three chance that McCain will die in his first term, leaving Palin to run the country.

Scared.

[Sesshi]

"Palin believes humans + dinosaurs were on earth at the same time"

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/7578/30veepspanzs8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

How is it news?

[.Andy]

^^^ *Boom-Ching* :D

[nanofrog]

Not just the White House, but the presidency. Should McCain win the election in November there is a one in three chance that McCain will die in his first term, leaving Palin to run the country.

Scared.
Major +1 here. :eek:

Next Weeks News:
Palin wants another bonfire lit. McCain's holding the match.[When talking about the US Consititution]. :rolleyes: :p

[rdowns]

Why is this so hard to believe? We have photographic evidence.


http://bygonetv.com/shows/the_flintstones/images/family.jpg

[Cleverboy]

PALIN SUPPORTED: That's just a smear!
OBAMA SUPPORTER: Sorry... its a quote.
PALIN SUPPORTED: It's a smear!
OBAMA SUPPORTER: Its a quote.
PALIN SUPPORTED: Come on! It's a smear!
OBAMA SUPPORTER: Really, its actually a quote.
PALIN SUPPORTED: :: sniff :: It HAS to be a smear!
OBAMA SUPPORTER: I'm sorry, but your candidate is an idiot.
Results are still inconclusive.

~ CB

[BoyBach]

It's time for some Bill Hicks! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mrZcztxRquo) (Not Safe For Work)

"And lo Jesus and the disciples walked to Nazareth. But the trail was blocked by a giant brontosaurus...with a splinter in his paw. And O the disciples did run a shriekin': 'What a big ********** lizard, Lord!' But Jesus was unafraid and he took the splinter from the brontosaurus's paw and the big lizard became his friend."

[freeny]

Not just the White House, but the presidency. Should McCain win the election in November there is a one in three chance that McCain will die in his first term, leaving Palin to run the country.

Scared.

I heard the odds are not as bad, a 1 in 5 chance...

[Mindflux]

Palin must be using the Flintstones as her source.

http://iron.lcc.gatech.edu/~shrivas/flintstones.jpg

[és:]

I heard the odds are not as bad, a 1 in 5 chance...

I'm not sure if that was supposed to be humorous or not, but it tickled me. Sarcastically brilliant.

[freeny]

I'm not sure if that was supposed to be humorous or not, but it tickled me. Sarcastically brilliant.

;)

[nick9191]

"Palin believes humans + dinosaurs were on earth at the same time"

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/7578/30veepspanzs8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

How is it news?
Oh snap :D

[IJ Reilly]

"Palin believes humans + dinosaurs were on earth at the same time"

Post of the week, and it's only Wednesday!

[Motley]

Post of the week, and it's only Wednesday!

Generally I don't care for the "McCain is old, hur, hur" jokes, but considering the topic, that one gets my approval.

[GorillaPaws]

I just wish we could hear Palin either confirm or deny this directly instead of her prancing around issues such as these. The people have a right to know if she truly believes this or not, and she has a responsibility as a potential commander in chief to answer questions like these directly and truthfully. If this is true than I am completely horrified about what this could potentially mean for the future of science in our country.

[IJ Reilly]

Generally I don't care for the "McCain is old, hur, hur" jokes, but considering the topic, that one gets my approval.

I didn't take it so much as a joke about McCain's age as his antediluvian views.

[Anuba]

"Palin believes humans + dinosaurs were on earth at the same time"

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/7578/30veepspanzs8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

How is it news?
Priceless! :)

In that picture he actually looks like one of the velociraptors in Jurassic Park. He wants to devour her, but the other two McCainoraptors are missing.

[Mike Teezie]

Oh, how I wish this would be brought up at the debate tomorrow night.....

[mactastic]

Gwen Ifil: "Can I get a show of hands from the candidates that believe humans and dinosaurs co-existed on earth less than 10,000 years ago?" :D

[Jaffa Cake]

In that picture he actually looks like one of the velociraptors in Jurassic Park. He wants to devour her, but the other two McCainoraptors are missing.They've been scared off by her impressive shadow puppet of a brontosaurus.

[Dagless]

TBH I came here to see the Palin supporters but now I'll leave, unhappy.

[Beric]

I believe this as well. But apparently its not going to be worth it to defend it in this thread.

[63dot]

Humans and dinosaurs do exist together right now. They even are on the same ticket together. Just look at Palin and McCain.

McCain is the living fossil and I guess somebody had to replace Senator Bob Dole in that role.

[arkitect]

I believe this as well. But apparently its not going to be worth it to defend it in this thread.

You're joking, right?
Right?
:eek:

McCain is the living fossil and I guess somebody had to replace Senator Bob Dole in that role.

Well if he doesn't make it to the White House Coelacanth McCain can always get onto the Viagra/Cialis ad bandwagon… ;)

[63dot]

Well if he doesn't make it to the White House Coelacanth McCain can always get onto the Viagra/Cialis ad bandwagon… ;)

I think that Viagra has actually made Dole younger.

[Tosser]

I believe this as well. But apparently its not going to be worth it to defend it in this thread.

As it's indefensible, it's sure won't be worth defending at any time or place ;)

[rdowns]

I believe this as well. But apparently its not going to be worth it to defend it in this thread.

Surely, you jest. Please post your evidence. (Note- The Flintstones don't count)

[odinsride]

Humans and dinosaurs do exist together right now. They even are on the same ticket together. Just look at Palin and McCain.

McCain is the living fossil and I guess somebody had to replace Senator Bob Dole in that role.

*facepalm*

[63dot]

As it's indefensible, it's sure won't be worth defending at any time or place ;)

OK, I will try. Show me where today's reptiles stopped being dinosaurs, at what point were there only reptiles and no more dinosaurs? It's a human designation. Most dinosaurs were very small, just like today's reptiles.

That being said, the world is not 5,000 years old, or 10,000 years old, it's thousands of millions of years old. Man has been around for nearly a million years alone in a somewhat human form. I don't know for sure but I will have to ask Ringo Starr on that one. :)

[Tosser]

OK, I will try. Show me where today's reptiles stopped being dinosaurs, at what point were there only reptiles and no more dinosaurs? It's a human designation. Most dinosaurs were very small, just like today's reptiles.

That being said, the world is not 5,000 years old, or 10,000 years old, it's thousands of millions of years old. Man has been around for nearly a million years alone in a somewhat human form. I don't know for sure but I will have to ask Ringo Starr on that one. :)

I'm sorry, but that's like saying that birds are still dinosaurs, unless one can pinpoint a specific speciment.

[63dot]

I'm sorry, but that's like saying that birds are still dinosaurs, unless one can pinpoint a specific speciment.

When did the last dinosaur exist?

[aquajet]

I believe this as well. But apparently its not going to be worth it to defend it in this thread.

Believe anything you want to your heart's desire, but the preponderance of evidence that scientists have collected, observed and analyzed for many years suggests that what you believe is not true.

If you have new scientific evidence to bring to the table, then by all means present it along with your analysis. But if it's merely your gut feeling or something you've read by someone else, then you're right -- don't waste our or your time.

[Tosser]

When did the last dinosaur exist?

65 million years ago. Millions of years before the first human sat foot on earth. I see what you're doing though, you're confusing descendants and ancestry with actual beings.

[Sdashiki]

And Dinosaurs were not reptiles. Well, not exactly.

Thanks, moving on.

No wait, Ill come back.

The SOLE reason anyone of todays intellectual crowd can, with a straight face, claim man and dinosaurs were together is:

The Paluxy Tracks!

http://www.paleo.cc/paluxy/paluxy.htm
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/paluxy.html

and a favorite PRO site:
http://www.bible.ca/tracks/tracks.htm


Now, most likely you know OF this thing, or of something like this. In any case, its no proof or anything other than dinosaurs walked here a long time ago. No proof of "man prints" or anything, just ambiguous, 65million year old eroded rock.

What people claim by looking at these from a biblical/creationist standpoint is that man, walked RIGHT NEXT TO a freaking 30ft tall carnivore...on a leash!

[63dot]

And Dinosaurs were not reptiles. Well, not exactly.



I stand corrected. The main grouping is reptiles, and depending on what scientific researcher you ask, some groupings that stem from the bigger umbrella group of reptiles are 1) today's reptiles, 2) today's birds, and then 3) dinosaurs of which only the existing crocodilians qualify as.

But some scientists see those three groupings as two which would be dinosaurs/birds and modern reptiles.

The main designation is in the specific skull structure, and in leg structure.

So in one way dinosaurs are only reptiles in that they stem from them, but the skull structure of modern reptiles, besides the crocodilians, are a different type of reptile.

That's a gross oversimplification since there are crossover traits and species which do not fit neatly into any one of the three groups of reptiles mentioned, or the two groups, as it relates to this conversation.

To be more specific, there are other groupings of reptiles, and psuedo dinosaurs that flew or were in the ocean in the past, and may have a saurus surname, but were actually never dinosaur reptiles as many believe from elementary school. But then again, how many kids would want to memorize many different designations of reptiles with very long names.

Anyway, I enjoyed cruising through websites and some vetrinarian sites on the subject. Now I know way more than I ever wanted to know about reptiles, dinosaurs, crocs, and birds.

If the experts can't agree as to if the dinosaurs of millions of years ago are related to the birds of today or not, we certainly won't solve it here on a macintosh fan site.

The only place we humans ever came in contact with T-Rex, for example, was on the set of some B-movie in hollywood. :)

[7on]

http://www.angelfire.com/mi/dinosaurs/carbondating.html

Where do you think Loch Ness, dragons, and other large lizard legend comes from? Sea monster legends have been around for ages. No I do not believe medieval man had dinosaurs with him, but I do believe maybe some Homo erectus may have had existence at the same time as the last of the giant lizards died out. And there had to be enough of them for the stories to last as long as they do.

and just for kicks,
http://dinosaurfanfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/raptor-jesus.jpg

[63dot]

http://www.angelfire.com/mi/dinosaurs/carbondating.html

Where do you think Loch Ness, dragons, and other large lizard legend comes from? Sea monster legends have been around for ages. No I do not believe medieval man had dinosaurs with him, but I do believe maybe some Homo erectus may have had existence at the same time as the last of the giant lizards died out. And there had to be enough of them for the stories to last as long as they do.

and just for kicks,
http://dinosaurfanfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/raptor-jesus.jpg

Let's say Loch Ness does exist, and it is a throwback sea reptile. It's still, believe it or not, not a dinosaur. They would have their own reptile sub-grouping. But nonetheless, a Loch Ness find would still be huge.

But if Loch Ness were found alive today, it would not automatically mean T-Rex and his wife had a seat on Noah's Ark. :)

As to your other point, anybody who has walked near a crocodile has walked next to a dinosaur, technically. Until modern biologists completely separate the two, which they still can't seem to do, crocs and alligators are the closest descendent of the branch of reptiles that constitute the dinosaurs. Again, this does not go one inch toward proving man walked around with T-rex, because there are millions of years that separate the two.

[freeny]

I don't know for sure but I will have to ask Ringo Starr on that one. :)

"Atouk zugzug Lana" Ringo?

[Counterfit]

Let's say Loch Ness does exist,

ZOMG PROOF (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=57.279043,-4.5401&spn=0.436491,1.049194&z=10)!




And I think I found Palin's evidence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Years_B.C.).

[Prof.]

What a ****ing dumb ass!!!

[63dot]

And I think I found Palin's evidence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Years_B.C.).


now she was around a million years ago :)

i have to go rent that movie

[solvs]

I believe this as well. But apparently its not going to be worth it to defend it in this thread.
Really!?! :confused:

You know, if you really believed this and had a rational explanation that could stand up to scrutiny, you would. Since you won't, I'm guessing you probably don't. At least nothing we haven't already discounted many a time before. Explains a lot though.

Where do you think Loch Ness, dragons, and other large lizard legend comes from? Sea monster legends have been around for ages. No I do not believe medieval man had dinosaurs with him, but I do believe maybe some Homo erectus may have had existence at the same time as the last of the giant lizards died out. And there had to be enough of them for the stories to last as long as they do.
Or they simply found fossils. Would explain a lot actually. Add in crocs, gators, and larger snakes and lizards, and there you go.

Also, unicorns are just rhinos. :o

What a ****ing dumb ass!!!
I know, right.