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Go Florida! Mostly
On Tuesday, the Florida State Board of Education voted to mandate the teaching of evilution in public schools. People are understandably and rightly excited. However, the measure only passed after the language was changed to "the scientific theory of evolution." Once again, policymakers demonstrate a complete lack of understanding with regard to scientific terminology and what it really means to call something a theory. While i do consider this sort of a sneaky "booyeah!" moment, i agree that it is an undesirable compromise for the very reason it's ironic, funny, and wide-open for snark- that most people do not understand what "scientific theory" really means, and i doubt that will be properly ingrained in these students.
In other news...y'know, i kinda hate to dip into the "F That Guy Bucket," but this is good...Mike Huckabee, known for running a (necessarily) frugal campaign, does have his limits. According to this week's Washington Whispers, the Huckster took issue with his (airport hotel) accommodations in Houston in a phone conversation with his wife, saying, "If I don't call you at seven in the morning, call Houston police and have them come look for me. We just checked into this hotel and I swear that I'm the only guy in this hotel that has sleeves and is not covered by tattoos. And I'm pretty sure that I might be in a chalk outline by morning." Then to his aide Chip Saltsman, "I don't mind tight budgets, but for God's sake, man, I'd just as soon sleep on a park bench than where we're staying." Hah. Wonder what he would say to Jay Bakker. We can guess what Jay would say to him. Although, perhaps there may be some small chance of us seeing the incredible Huck rock the punx look.
If i can take one more shot, in an interesting US News article this week on changes in the evangelical Christian movement, Liz Halloran quotes Tony Perkins (of the Family Research Council): "If the movement were dead, Mike Huckabee would not be in the race [for the GOP nomination]." To which i can only say, "...?"
On Tuesday, the Florida State Board of Education voted to mandate the teaching of evilution in public schools. People are understandably and rightly excited. However, the measure only passed after the language was changed to "the scientific theory of evolution." Once again, policymakers demonstrate a complete lack of understanding with regard to scientific terminology and what it really means to call something a theory. While i do consider this sort of a sneaky "booyeah!" moment, i agree that it is an undesirable compromise for the very reason it's ironic, funny, and wide-open for snark- that most people do not understand what "scientific theory" really means, and i doubt that will be properly ingrained in these students.
In other news...y'know, i kinda hate to dip into the "F That Guy Bucket," but this is good...Mike Huckabee, known for running a (necessarily) frugal campaign, does have his limits. According to this week's Washington Whispers, the Huckster took issue with his (airport hotel) accommodations in Houston in a phone conversation with his wife, saying, "If I don't call you at seven in the morning, call Houston police and have them come look for me. We just checked into this hotel and I swear that I'm the only guy in this hotel that has sleeves and is not covered by tattoos. And I'm pretty sure that I might be in a chalk outline by morning." Then to his aide Chip Saltsman, "I don't mind tight budgets, but for God's sake, man, I'd just as soon sleep on a park bench than where we're staying." Hah. Wonder what he would say to Jay Bakker. We can guess what Jay would say to him. Although, perhaps there may be some small chance of us seeing the incredible Huck rock the punx look.
If i can take one more shot, in an interesting US News article this week on changes in the evangelical Christian movement, Liz Halloran quotes Tony Perkins (of the Family Research Council): "If the movement were dead, Mike Huckabee would not be in the race [for the GOP nomination]." To which i can only say, "...?"
