How Bush is trying to make the new generations even less intelligent than he
is...
Bush is working on raising a new generation of unquestioning
indoctrinated sheep by endorsing Intelligent Design Creationism.
But we know Bush was always for this...they Designed the Intelligence
on Iraq after all. Ah, that would be "Intelligence Design"... sorry.
Of course, statements about "teaching the controversy", "presenting
both sides of the issue" and letting the kids with no background
"decide" are the cornerstones of the Intelligent Design Creationism
strategy since their more overt mentions of God got them kicked out of
courts.
By repeating these statements, Bush did exactly the same thing as when
he invoked Dred Scott during the debate last year - a signal to his
base that they can count on him. He is using the evangelical language
that many of us are not aware of - we think it is English and do not
see the subtext between the lines.
PZ Myers has a good post and a collection of responses from the
blogosphere.
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Plugged in the computer again...
We're back. It was great fun. The digital camera decided to
malfunction so, sorry, there will be no pictures posted here.
It was also great spending five days with no TV, no radio, no
newspapers and no Internet, though the latest Harpers and the last
three New Yorkers were excellent beach reading.
I have finished "Good Father" by Mark O'Conell almost a month ago and
still have not posted a review - I promise I will soon. But now I have
also finished "Marriage - A History" by Stephanie Coonthz and will
definitely write a review soon. I am midway through "Brazzaville
Beach", a novel by William Boyd - a story of science and intrigue.
So, what's been going on in the world while I was gone?
So far, over the last few minutes, I have learned that...
...the rain we had over the weekend at the beach were remnants of
Tropical Strom Franklin.
...Frist supported the new stem-cell research legislation knowing full
well it would pass by a narrowest of margins just to be vetoed by
Bush. I guess Frist will not be the GOP nominee in 2008, as he will
not get a stamp of approval from the final arbiter - James Dobson.
...Bush had the gall to call the astronauts on the Space Station and
tell them to "get back to work". That is the phrase Slobodan Milosevic
used to use when farmers and factory workers came to Belgrade to ask
him some pointed questions....
...the new Carnival of the Godless is up.
...Melinama liked my post on becoming a biologist.
...Rove/Plame affair is still in the news a lot.
...more papers were released about John Roberts. I still have not read
what is in them, but I see that John Edwards is going around the
country telling everybody who will listen not to trust Roberts. Does
he, as a lawyer, know something about Roberts that we don't?
...the new Tar Heel Tavern is up on Snort A Sprocket. The next one
will be on Anonymoses. You can also submit your entries through the
Universal Carnival Submission Form.
...there is an interesting local race going on in Ohio...
...Bush is working on raising a new generation of unquestioning
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