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the_ignored
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 Posted - 11/30/2007 : 06:35:16
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Halfmooner had said here that:
Indeed, Filthy, they got nothing. Nothing but millions of dollars to spend in crude mockery and propaganda.
Unfortunately, that's not true. What they do have is political power. With that, they don't need anything else. The ID people in power in Texas forced out the Texas Education Agency Director of Science because she dared support a talk by Barbara Forrest about ID.
Check it out.
Phil has more here, as do the Texas Citizens for Science people, Panda's Thumb, etc!
The Texas Citizens for Science people seem to have the reason pegged:
The real reason she was forced to resign is because the top TEA administrators and some SBOE members wanted her out of the picture before the state science standards--the science TEKS--were reviewed, revised, and rewritten next year. Plans are underway by some SBOE members and TEA administrators to diminish the requirement to teach about evolutionary biology in the Biology TEKS and to require instead that biology instructors "Teach the Controversy" about the "weaknesses" of evolution, that is, teach the Creationist-inspired and -created bogus controversy about evolution that doesn't exist within legitimate science. There are no scientific weaknesses with biological evolution as the natural process is understood by scientists. At the level at which it is taught in high school, evolutionary biology has no weaknesses, gaps, or problems. Therefore, it is duplicitous to pretend such "weaknesses" and "controversy" exist.
PS: Here's a T-Shirt idea:
In which war the are the Republicans in are they actually winning?
a) the war on drugs -- X
b) the war on terrorism -- X
c) the war in Iraq -- X
d) the war on Science -- <check mark>
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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chaloobi
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Posted - 11/30/2007 : 07:03:02 [Permalink]
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You left out some key victories of the current administration:
e) war on freedom
f) war on competance
g) war on accountability
h) war on democracy |
-Chaloobi
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the_ignored
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 Posted - 11/30/2007 : 07:28:23 [Permalink]
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True, true.
I could also have included
i) the war on the Separation of Church and State.
I guess the question would have to have more than one answer now, eh? |
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 11/30/2007 : 07:44:57 [Permalink]
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Starman also mentioned this in the Expelled thread.
People all over the blogosphere are wondering when Ben Stein will be showing up on Chris Comer's doorstep. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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Starman
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 Posted - 11/30/2007 : 08:40:05 [Permalink]
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As can be found in many of the regular blogs, this isn't just an issue of one little backwards state firing one individual. This is about a sneak take over of the science standards of the second largest US state.
It wont even stop there. The state of Texas is a major buyer of text books in the US.
Stupidity is contagious. |
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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 11/30/2007 : 09:00:01 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Starman
It wont even stop there. The state of Texas is a major buyer of text books in the US.
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For those who dont know, since Texas is so huge and pissing them off would impact profits, textbook authors tailor thier books to meet Texas's standards, those books are then used in other states. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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chaloobi
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Posted - 11/30/2007 : 13:02:42 [Permalink]
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Almost forgot:
J) War on the working poor
K) War on the middle class
L) War on international cooperation
Also - now why does backward Texas get away with revising history in science for our children and progressive California can't counter it? Oh, that's right, part of being progressive is you don't consider revising history and science. |
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Dude
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Posted - 12/02/2007 : 01:37:43 [Permalink]
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| For those who dont know, since Texas is so huge and pissing them off would impact profits, textbook authors tailor thier books to meet Texas's standards, those books are then used in other states. |
With the ease of publishing books these days it shouldn't still be a problem. They can print specific numbers of books, and can very easily edit content for any number of books to be printed, from 1 to whatever. Publishers could sell one highly edited edition to the morons, and one accurate and complete edition to states who don't have their heads up their asses.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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Dave W.
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Randy
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Posted - 12/03/2007 : 17:34:36 [Permalink]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/us/03evolution.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Here's a New York Times article on the whole mess. Hopefully, one doesn't have to log on to view the article. I'm glad to see this injustice get some national attention. The more, the better. Texas governor Perry is a sack of shit to help this whole embarrassment along. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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the_ignored
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Posted - 12/05/2007 : 18:09:43 [Permalink]
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PZ Myers has posted a link to Dr. Forrest's statement on the whole deal.
She's a little ticked, but her point is proven: they do fear her. |
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Archereon
New Member
New Zealand
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Posted - 12/05/2007 : 18:49:22 [Permalink]
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to get around unnessecary signing up for accounts, try www.bugmenot.com
[Edited to fix link - Dave W.] |
West Ham Claret and Blue Army NZ div |
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Randy
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Dave W.
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Randy
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Posted - 12/09/2007 : 20:47:19 [Permalink]
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| I swear these religious wingnuts behave like crackheads doing anything for their drugs. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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HalfMooner
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Posted - 12/09/2007 : 23:26:09 [Permalink]
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So what we basically have is an escalating Culture War, with most of it going on out of sight of the general public. We have casualties, they have casualties. At least there are few physical injuries or deaths so far, but one wonders how far this stuff will escalate.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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TEA Science Director Forced to Resign
