Just like Loathe, I think you and I must relegate ourselves to never being represented by the white house. :)
Remember, we're the most distrusted group of people according to the poles. On 9/5/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody else see this? > > Basically Ben Stein is doing a documentary (not yet released) in which he > posits that Intelligent Design is not being defeated because it's > scientifically invalid but rather do a concerted, organized conspiracy > against "new ideas" in science - he actually calls it "Big Science". > > http://www.expelledthemovie.com/home.php > > What most upsets me about this is that he actually trying to wrap this in > the flag: he's claiming that NOT teaching intelligent design is a freedom of > speech issue! Separation of Church and State? That's inconvenient so he > ignores it. > > He actually has the gall to claim that entrenched scientific ideas are > eliminating free inquiry! As if "Intelligent Design" is playing by the same > rules and a petulant science is just bullying it. (For what it's worth > nothing about intelligent design meets and sort of scientific rigor - it > just doesn't.) > > The whole damn thing just shows such a horrendous disrespect for the ideals > of this country and for the vast, open and vibrant and truly diverse > scientific community. Furthermore he parrots the same tired old clichés and > misconceptions about science and the scientific method that have been used > for that past 80 years and more. > > Almost more worrisome are the reports that participants were interviewed > under false pretenses and are being blatantly misrepresented: > > http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2007/08/im_gonna_be_a_m.html#comment-198 > 565 > > http://lots-o-thoughts.blogspot.com/2007/08/ben-steins-expelled-part-i.html > > > I'm getting so sick of this hugely powerful, overwhelmingly vocal and truly > invasive majority playing the wounded, persecuted minority. When we see a > friggin' atheist in the White House you can start whining - how about that? > > > I can't say I've ever really agreed with him on any major issues... but > dammit I used to LIKE Ben Stein. I thought he had least had integrity. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241986 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
