Re: Promoting Ignorance


"Rick N. Backer" <ken.wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message
news:cja2f1db3gj5mjc17h73cc0rdg1vf57jit@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 13:12:21 -0500, "Elvis
Kabong"
> <ampscience@xxxxxxxxxxxx> did courageously avow:
>
> >
> >"playon" <playon2005@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
>news:vimve1d2lc8evfjl127kft7hct2jvvbl6s@xxxxxxxxx
..
> >>
> >> Maybe they will also be teaching the Hindu
> >theory that the earth is
> >> supported on the backs of large turtles....
> >>
>
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> >-------
> >> Bush Endorses 'Intelligent Design'
> >> By Ron Hutcheson
> >> Knight Ridder
> >>
> >> Tuesday 02 August 2005
> >>
> >> Contends theory should be taught with
evolution.
> >> Washington - President Bush waded into
the
> >debate over evolution and
> >> "intelligent design" yesterday, saying
schools
> >should teach both theories
> >> on the creation and complexity of life.
> >>
> >> In a wide-ranging question-and-answer
> >session with a small group of
> >> reporters, Bush essentially endorsed efforts
by
> >Christian conservatives to
> >> give intelligent design equal standing with
the
> >theory of evolution in the
> >> nation's schools.
> >>
> >> On other topics, Bush said he has no idea
> >how Supreme Court nominee
> >> John G. Roberts Jr. would vote in a case
> >challenging the legality of
> >> abortion because he never asked him about it.
He
> >also defended Baltimore
> >> Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro, who
was
> >suspended yesterday for
> >> using performance-enhancing steroids.
> >>
> >> Bush declined to state his personal views
on
> >"intelligent design," the
> >> belief that life forms are so complex that
their
> >creation cannot be
> >> explained by Darwinian evolutionary theory
> >alone, but rather points to
> >> intentional creation, presumably divine.
> >>
> >> The theory of evolution, first
articulated
> >by British naturalist
> >> Charles Darwin in 1859, is based on the idea
> >that life organisms developed
> >> over time through random mutations and
factors
> >in nature that favored
> >> certain traits that helped species survive.
> >>
> >> Scientists concede that evolution does
not
> >answer every question about
> >> the creation of life, but most consider
> >intelligent design an attempt to
> >> inject religion into science courses.
> >>
> >> Bush compared the current debate to
earlier
> >disputes over
> >> "creationism," a related view that adheres
more
> >closely to biblical
> >> explanations. As governor of Texas, Bush said
> >students should be exposed to
> >> both creationism and evolution.
> >>
> >> The president said yesterday that he
favors
> >the same approach for
> >> intelligent design "so people can understand
> >what the debate is about."
> >>
> >> The Kansas Board of Education is
considering
> >changes to encourage the
> >> teaching of intelligent design in Kansas
> >schools, and Christian
> >> conservatives are pushing for similar changes
in
> >other school districts
> >> across the country.
> >>
> >> "I think that part of education is to
expose
> >people to different
> >> schools of thought," Bush said. "You're
asking
> >me whether or not people
> >> ought to be exposed to different ideas, the
> >answer is yes."
> >>
> >> The National Academy of Sciences and the
> >American Association for the
> >> Advancement of Science have both concluded
that
> >there is no scientific
> >> basis for intelligent design and oppose its
> >inclusion in school science
> >> classes.
> >>
> >> "The claim that equity demands balanced
> >treatment of evolutionary
> >> theory and special creation in science
> >classrooms reflects a
> >> misunderstanding of what science is and how
it
> >is conducted," the academy
> >> said in a 1999 assessment. "Creationism,
> >intelligent design, and other
> >> claims of supernatural intervention in the
> >origin of life or of species are
> >> not science because they are not testable by
the
> >methods of science."
> >>
> >> Some scientists have declined to join the
> >debate, fearing that
> >> amplifying the discussion only gives
intelligent
> >design more legitimacy.
> >
> >Animals without backbones hid from
> >each other or fell down. Clamasaurs
> >and oysterettes appeared as appetizers.
> >Then came the sponges, which sucked up
> >about ten percent of all life. Hundreds of
> >years later, in the Late Devouring period,
> >fish became obnoxious. Trailerbikes,
> >chiggerbites and mosquitoes collided
> >aimlessly in the dense gas. Finally,
> >tiny edible plants sprang up in rows,
> >giving birth to generations of insecticides
> >and other small, dying creatures.
> >~ Firesign Theater
> >
> >
> I'm disappointed. I was expecting an exposé on
how George W got to be
> Presidink.

You'll have to ask Bill Kahle who lives in Ohio.
Turns out that not only is that the state where
the Liebold [sic] voting machines are made and
the CEO of the company, a rabid repug claimed
he was going to make sure Duhbya became the
prez., Bill also provided to me some interesting
info: In Nov. 2004 all around the state the
("liberal")
university campuses were only provided with
just ONE voting machine each. Lines of students
a few miles long stood there in nighttime cold,
stormy weather waiting for so frickin' long,
eventually half of them simply gave up and
went home. Rove and Team Chimpy were
fully aware of this because in the predominately
conservative counties, PLENTY of voting machines
were provided and waiting was a maximum of a few
minutes. Even though it was still a close vote,
Duhbya scored ALL of the electorial college
votes of Ohio as if the *entire* population
of the state was stupid enough to vote for
the sleazy ***.

>
> Ken Wilson
> Proud Owner of Lord Valve, PMG, John Wheaton,
Claude Lucas,
> Freep the Xenophobe, and the rest of the
> Union of Rightwing Idiots Needing Explanations
(URINE)
> And at his own request, Lars GotShanked
> Supporting the Troops at http://www.resisters.ca

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