Posted on 07/14/2006 10:52:22 AM PDT by PatrickHenry
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This, believe it not, is not my top issue, but elections these days are decided by fractions of percentages. It is shameful of so-called conservatives to throw away votes on a lose-lose issue.
"It's hard to know whether to laugh or cry about the doings of the Kansas State Board of Education. A faction of far-right conservatives has turned the state board into its own ideological hobbyhorse, drawing widespread condemnation from the academic community, not to mention international ridicule. ... The board's ideological and ill-informed approach to evolution and science standards has been nothing short of a fiasco."
Now there's a fine example of "fair and balanced reportig." Or ... could it be a case of "the pot calling the kettle black?" The reader must decide for himself.
There's a post on another thread that sheds some light on these issues, if anyone wants to go look, here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1062357/posts?page=107#107
It's relatively unimportant how crazy things get in Kansas. The importance of this issue is what it does to the national image of conservatism. The more these people lose, as they did in Dover -- Dover boots board -- the more the rest of the Republican party will learn to get these people under control. We want their votes, but not their lunatic leadership.
For me, in a school board election, they'd have to search rather a bit to find a more significant issue.
OK, it would be a top issue in a school board election if anyone in my neighborhood was suicidal enough to propose teaching ID.
Our school system simply allows kids to opt out of any controversial subjects. The rest of the kids do not get dumbed down classes. The short bus kids are on their own on standardized tests.
"For me, in a school board election, they'd have to search rather a bit to find a more significant issue."
Really? For me, a more significant issue would be how they planned to actually teach kids to read, write, and do basic math. That seems to be the big problem these days.
If someone were to make that an issue I'd sort of wonder which approach they hadnd why it was better than the current one.
I could see in some low performing districts it might be a major issue, granted.
It's the whole party's fault that we turned control over to the Taliban-wing of the GOP. Let's get it right, folks. We do NOT want a theocracy in this country, and if you continue to impose your religious values in politics and education you're going to find yourselves on the outside looking in.
Your selected quote was from an editorial.
Follow the money!!! Some people will not share the government take.... the Supreme Court said they did not have to.
All belongs to the Heavenly Father and He will use and choose whomever He so chooses, even nobodies in the world of science.
The board members should have voted by raising their tails and throwing coconuts at the vote counter.
Evolution is the biggest lie EVER perpetrated upon the human race (from the pit of Hell)! And... the Evolutionists know it... that's why they get SOOO upset when anyone dares question their religion! Without facts you do anger, ask Valarie Plame.
You forgot the /sarcasm tag.
The war among Republicans is why Johnson County, which voted for Goldwater in 1964, now has a Democrat congressman.
"Evolution is the biggest lie EVER perpetrated upon the human race (from the pit of Hell)! And... the Evolutionists know it... that's why they get SOOO upset when anyone dares question their religion!"
An evolution supporter couldn't do a better job or posting a parody of creationism. Thanks for doing our work for us.
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