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Common sense Ping!

[bondserv]

Important read!

One thing that I have done that helps me not miss potentially good threads is (These instructions are for Microsoft Internet Explorer similar procedures can be used for other browsers):

In the right column on the latests post screen there is an option to choose "All of the Above" topics. Rather than having Freerepublic's home page, or the latest topic page as my bookmark, I have bookmarked the "All of the Above" page.

One can do this by clicking "All of the Above", then copy the url from the address bar, then going to favorites, hover over Freerepublic right clicking to access the properties category on the drop down, then paste the "All of the Above" URL into the URL box.

If you want to make the "All of the Above" topics page as your homepage, you can then choose Tools, Internet Options and paste the URL in the address box in the Home page section on the General tab.

I am not quite sure why Latest Post doesn't include the Latest Posts, but that is the way it is if you are not set up like I have described above. One good thing is after making the "All of the Above" page as your home page, one can quickly refresh to the true Latest Post page.

One other thing is to insure you have the most recent page when you browse, make sure you have the "every visit to this page" button checked. To do this go to Tools, Internet options, General tab, Temporary Internet files section, click the Settings button. under Check for newer versions of stored pages check "every visit to this page".

Happy Freeping!

[ohioGOP]

Anyone who has taken even a few classes at (almost) any college/university knows the frustrating truth of this story.
Though it seems a daunting task, I think conservatives can "take back" the academic world...think of how we've come to dominate the new media, and how impossible that would have seemed 15-20 years ago.

[MEGoody]

They had to perform a study to determine this? We've known this for a long time.

[SunkenCiv]

Ping!

[SunkenCiv]

Outgoing Armey says liberals don't have sci-IQ
Popular Science
Dec 2002

Science, according to Armey, is the stomping ground of conservatives. "Conservatives," said the Texas Republican, "have a deeper intellect and tend to have occupations of the brain in fields like engineering, science and economics. Liberals, on the other hand, tend to flock to occupations of the heart."

...[I]t's not hard to find blue chip scientists who take issue with Armey—including some of the 53 Nobel laureates on the board of the Federation of American Scientists, a social policy organization often described as a "liberal think tank."

"Armey is just completely wrong," says Nobel physicist Steven Weinberg of the University of Texas at Austin. "I have lots of political conversations with other physicists and my impression is that, on average, physicists are extremely liberal in their politics. I certainly am."

Add Steven Weinberg to the enemies lists.

[jennyp]

This is hardly surprising. What is the face that conservatism shows to the scientific community? "Godless, eeeeevilooooooshunistsssssss!!!! Bad, bad Darwinists! Keep your kind away from the children!!!"

This drive has found fertile ground in this part of Pennsylvania, where billboards reading, "Many books inform but only the Bible transforms" line the road, and family restaurants offer free booklets titled "What the Bible says about moral purity" and "The Bible is God's word" at the door.

"These brochures give you an idea where some people in this community are coming from," said Jeff Brown, 54, who, along with his wife Carol, 57, resigned from the school board after they voted against changing the biology curriculum.

Yingling, who voted in favor, said she believes God created the world in six days and doesn't believe in evolution "at all." Another board member who supported the measure, William Buckingham, refused to say what he believes but has identified himself as a born-again Christian.

...

"A guy came up to me and said, 'Wait a minute, you believe in God and evolution at the same time? Evolution isn't in the Bible!' " said Brown, nibbling on a deep-fried mozzarella stick at the Shiloh Family Restaurant on Route 74. As he became more agitated, his voice grew louder, and other customers -- mostly gray-haired women and elderly men in baseball hats -- turned their heads to look at the couple. Carol Brown kept putting her index finger to her lips, gesturing for her husband to be quieter.

After the Browns left the restaurant, a waitress in her 30s slipped a note to a Chronicle reporter.

"Beware," it read. "God wrote over 2,000 years ago that there would be false prophets and teachers. If you would like to know the truth read the Bible."
- Anti-evolution teachings gain foothold in U.S. schools

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Most "scientists" are bottle washers and button sorters.

Robert Heinlein