[VadeRetro]

Relax, Vade, creationists aren't an embarassment or a threat to anybody. Just ignore them, unless you share the nutty belief that they might be complicit in "...drag[ging] us back down into the Dark Ages...".

The controversy exists much more outside of science than within it. The side-issue FR thread of today threatens to be an election issue down the road. That's where all the action in school board meetings is heading. If sometime, say, a creationist plank gets inserted into a Republican Party platform, we're going to get clobbered.

[mista science]

If sometime, say, a creationist plank gets inserted into a Republican Party platform, we're going to get clobbered.

Cheer up, guy. It ain't gonna happen. Not unless the Dems can somehow get control of the GOP and slip in a "knuckle-draggin' gap-toothed slope-browed" Manchurian Candidate for president. Maybe you should consider spending less time on the internet over the holidays. Take a friend to a movie, go for some long walks if your health will permit it, and buy yourself some treats. Steam baths, massages, and Callebaut Chocolates are always nice.

Merry Christmas