Seriously, Dr. Oz? How Could You Be So Stupid?

OffHisMeds has written sundry times about the panic-stricken demagoguery of Lefties when it comes to American business, American agriculture and conservative American values.   Most Democrats, unfortunately, react to these subjects with all the reserve of Chicken Little.  They are, respectively, exploitative, toxic and fascist.  And all of them are evil.

These truisms are so woven into the thought processes of the vast majority of Democrats that they are virtually stupefied by anything they hear.  Case in point, the Dr. Oz show this past Nov. 5th.  You'll have to watch it first to truly appreciate how alarming the disconnect is between the ability to think rationally and what is actually happening in the brainpans of the vast majority of Dems.

We all joke about when the Idiocracy will descend upon us.  I maintain it's already here.  This is the text of a comment I put on the Dr. Oz website immediately after it had finished.  Suffice to say, the gutless bastards did not publish it.  In fact, virtually all of the comments published are fluffy compliments to the brave Dr. Oz. 

"Dr. Oz - I'm watching this so-called "expose" of pesticide overuse and am shocked at the deception.  You imply that GM (Genetically Modified) crops require SIXTY TIMES as much pesticide as non-GM crops, based on "statistics" which show an increase in pesticides on GM crops from 1.5 million pounds in 1999 to 90 million pounds in 2011.  What you don't make clear is that GM crops represented only a small fraction of crops in 1999 and are now the majority of crops today.  You then cite an un-named shill for the Organic food industry to leave your audience with the false impression that compared to GM crops, so-called "organic" foods allow you to reduce exposure to pesticides by 94%.   

This is so intellectually dishonest.  All of the increase in application of pesticides to GM crops since 1999 can be explained by their increase as a percentage of our total agricultural output since that time.  You provide no citations as to the origin of any of the claims that you make, and entirely ignore the fact that GM crops are engineered to reduce the need for pesticides.  On top of that, your statistics are incoherent.  According to the EPA, U.S. farmers used over 5 BILLION pounds of pesticides last year, and the EPA trumpeted the fact that safer pesticides are in use due to government initiatives.  Don't take my word for it; here is the relevant information:  http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/securty.htm.

I don't often get a chance to watch your show, but if this is your idea of science, I very much fear for your regular viewers."

The lack of commentary critical of this air-headed publicity hound is instructive.  He gets away with it because his audience is as incapable of critical thinking as he is. 

Amazing.