I’m a little burned out by all the Expelled inanity and from watching stupid local government access feeds. My eyes now have a permanent faraway look, and my brain just isn’t working on all cylinders anymore. That may explain this next video; but it certainly doesn’t excuse it. You have my apologies beforehand.
Yeah, we all heard what Ben Stein said about science. Turns out, he may be right.
I never thought I would say this, but we can all learn something from NASCAR: A race team’s major sponsors are honored with decals affixed to the car, advertising their support. That’s a great idea, and I think legislators should also wear decals so we know who their sponsors are.
That would take some major campaign finance reform. Meanwhile, I would like to take this opportunity to thank a few organizations for making this blog possible.
As promised, I’ve made an edit of the Florida House of Representatives debate on the so-called “Evolution Academic Freedom Act.” This is what happens in your Congress and Senate when you aren’t looking. Seriously, how often have you sat and watched local government TV? On purpose? And sober?
I’ve hit all the high and low points, and a couple of the clips are “oh shit!” moments (culled from nearly two-hours of footage). I left out all the Expelled crap because I covered it previously in this post. It’s definitely worth a look and shows the insidiousness of ID and The Discovery Institute’s Wedge Strategy.
Here’s just a taste of what happened today in Florida’s House of Representatives during the debate of the “Evolution Academic Freedom Act.” Rep. Alan Hays sure likes to cite Expelled as “proof” this travesty of a legislation is needed to protect our public school children and teachers from censure. Watch for the long pause before he answers the question from Rep. Keith Fitzgerald asking, “Is this [Expelled] not about trying to teach intelligent design in schools?” Priceless.
An amended version of Florida state Senator Ronda Storm’s “Evolution Academic Freedom Act” just passed through the House by a 71-43 vote. The amended bill, sponsored by Rep. Alan Hays, now has to travel back to the Senate in this continuing ping-pong match of idiocy.
Sen. Storms, for her part, does not appear inclined to accept the bill as amended:
“We are about to our destination, and then the House goes out and jumps in an all-terrain vehicle and says ‘Follow us,’” she said. “Do we go off in their all-terrain vehicle over the rocky beaten path, or the way we want to go. … We’re at the destination.”
-From the Orlando Sentinel
The debate on the House floor lasted well over an hour. Time permitting, I will post some video of the debate later this evening.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
Rocky Twyman has a radical solution for surging gasoline prices: prayer.
Twyman - a community organizer, church choir director and public relations consultant from the Washington, D.C., suburbs - staged a pray-in at a San Francisco Chevron station on Friday, asking God for cheaper gas. He did the same thing in the nation’s Capitol on Wednesday, with volunteers from a soup kitchen joining in. Today he will lead members of an Oakland church in prayer.
Let’s go ahead and add that to God’s honey-do list. Oh, wait, it’s already there between #27 Order more locusts and #29 Help move Gabriel’s sofa.
Read entire article here.
Mark Mathis, the associate producer and, along with Ben Stein, mouthpiece of the intelligent design movie Expelled has written a column for TCPalm called “Will Florida Decision on Evolution Curriculum Set National Precedent?“ It’s ten pounds of crazy in a five pound bag. I now know why Mathis is a former news journalist (okay, I knew five-minutes into his Sci-Am interview). He spends the entire article whining about the so-called atheistic, neo-Darwinist dogma that is quashing his precious intelligent design.
One of his main complaints is, and I quote: “Darwinists [the Florida Board of Education] avoid specifically defining evolution because doing so would reveal that they are actually teaching an atheistic form of the theory.”
Jackass. You, Mark Mathis, are a proponent of intelligent design, which you’ve said, again and again, is not about religion; but now you want the theistic form of the theory taught, which is, I presume, intelligent design. Again, you’re a jackass.
And, for your information, since you totally screwed it up in your article:
Difference between a theory, a hypothesis, and a fact
“Dr.” ‘Abd Al-Baset Sayyid describes the “scientific proof” behind Mecca being the center of the world:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ixfk4LsKWnw
Is it just me, or does the good doctor look like he’s about to pitch Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know About?
Just in case you missed it, Florida, here’s what happened in your Senate while you were watching reruns of “Blossom”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtkgEQ7xQ_M
That’s right, your Senate passed the Evolution Academic Freedom Act 21-17! You guys so rock! Now if the House passes this idiocy, you will officially be the backward hillbillies I know you aspire to be.
Squeal like a pig!
