cross-posted from a Facebook rant that hasn't cooled yet.

Bachmann: Schools should teach intelligent design

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann explained her skepticism of evolution on Friday and said students should be taught the theory of intelligent design.

Rant begins:

Put succinctly, "ohHELLno!" I'll no more approve of ID in schools than I would abstinancy-only sex ed (parenthood prep), showings of "the Handmaid's Tale" or field trips to the "Intelligent Design Museaum." Religion should be private, in one's home or house of worship. SCIENCE trumps Creationism in that it provides a chain of evidence and teaches scientific method, which works in the real world.

I do not mean to be seen as attacking the Creation story as an assault on Christian heritage or upon those who practice their faith in a Christ-like way. One faith's traditions are as valid as any other's. I _DO_, however, stand opposed to the use of a government-maintained, taxpayer-funded institution -public schools- as an indoctrination machine for those for whom their faith is something that must be inflicted upon others. That didn't work when it was practiced on the American Indians, or the Australian Aboriginies... let's take a lesson from history. School = school. Church = church N'er the twain shall meet.

We have faith-based schools as an alternative to public schools for a reason.

Rant ends. 

I would have liked to hear of this...

...the day it happened!!!

http://www.businessinsider.com/faa-closes-airspace-over-flooded-nebraska-nuclear-power-plant-2011-6

Not Safe for Work language in a statement by a New York State Senator:

I know that much isn't unusual, but what he's saying is interesting enough to point y'all at it.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/republican-new-york-senator-comes-out-for-gay-marr

My position on the issue?  Let non-heterosexuals marry if they want to.  They are citizens and taxpayers and people, and should be allowed to practice milestone rituals like marriage.  To those who are against non-traditional marriage, I say: "Don't have one."

This issue is not about protecting a tradition so that it may be passed down to our descendants intact and somehow sacred.  Marriage in this country has already been dragged down a lot of harsh road long enough to be scraps and tatters of what it could be... for those who actually honour the institution.

This fight is about preserving the illusion of control over this nation's evolution, and the threat changes trigger in some sectors of the populace.

To those who say "God" says gays shouldn't get married, I suggest a return to all the "do" exhortations from Diety and Prophets -via your sacred texts- instead of a lifetime spent raging against one of the "don't" concepts.  I won't say whether that specific article of faith is valid or not, because I'm not in charge of those religions.  I speak only for myself.

Besides, this is America.  Your fellow citizens are honour-bounbd to respect your freedom of religion, so maybe you should honour their freedom from your religion.

Disappointing those hard-workin' youngsters that way? Boot to the Head.*

http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2011/05/12/local_news/doc4dc8c8e0a76f2219524721.txt

WASILLA:  When members of Wasilla High School's symphonic jazz choir heard Friday it wouldn't be singing the popular Queen hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" at this year's graduation ceremony after working on it all year, the students couldn't get their heads around it.

WHS Principal Dwight Probasco reportedly had received complaints from at least one parent that the 1975 hit written by Freddie Mercury wasn't appropriate for the ceremony simply because Mercury was gay.

Say WHAT?!?

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*may require multiple cycles for the thicker skulled

Unforgettable word for today:

VolksWaffe!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjVE1XLNDJI&feature=player_embedded

Link found through FARK:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/boast-busters-those-who-hunt-and-expose-fake-navy-seals-are-busier-than-ever/2011/06/08/AGQnsbTH_story.html?hpid=z3

Meet the Boast Busters, a dedicated core of men and women committed to exposing Navy SEAL imposters


Public humilliation is only the beginning, hopefully, for the imposters.  I have similar -if more intense- loathing for those who decide to falsly claim having received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Yikes...

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/9c8f67f3-0da6-42d5-9342-4e5188772d28.jpg