[Cincinatus' Wife]

"It's not good business to present one-sided or biased instructional materials," he said.

It is when you know your buyer's biases.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

It is important to have the proper materials when brainwashing people, especially children

[HHFi]

So why does demanding that a science book contain scientific facts instead of junk science and leftist propaganda mean you are a member of the religious right who doesn't respect the Earth? Jeremy Rifkin and Robert Tilton are all the same to me: Fundamentalist con artist or Earth-worshiping pseudoscientist, a fraud is a fraud is a fraud.

[HiTech RedNeck]

"I think we've found the alternative fuel source that everyone is looking for and that is burning these," Franks said.

ROFLOL!!!

[medved]

Has anybody ever tried to answer the question of whether all of the bombing and targeting of oil facilities in WW-II ever had any effect on the weather? I mean, you see all those films of smoke roiling up over Ploesti, Hanoi, and all those other sites and all those oil tankers being torpedoed and what not and you'd figure if global warming had any chance at all, that would have to have been it.

[Orual]

Next targets: history, reading (including spelling, grammar, writing, comprehension and literature appreciation), and math text books. Terminate with extreme prejudice.

[WyldKard]

Geez guys. This is a no-brainer. If the science and the facts back up your assertions, there shouldn't be ANY NEED to slant things in your favor. By thy own actions be damned.

Statistics, unfortunately, is the most slippery and mercurial of all mathematics. You can make them say whatever you like, as long as no one ever takes a good, hard look at your sources or methodology. *heh*

[AppyPappy]

"These religious right groups are using the platform of fixing textbook errors to rant about a global conspiracy to indoctrinate students and accuse textbook publishers of pushing a political agenda by incorporating such radical notions as respecting the Earth," McIlvain said.

The 1930's Germany, it was common to blame the Jews for everything.

[wattsmag2]

We can only address errors. All we can do is give our moral indignation to the publishers over bias," Shore said.

No, you can refuse to purchase this tripe. Just say no. I'm sure the publishers will get the message.

[lafroste]

pushing a political agenda by incorporating such radical notions as respecting the Earth," McIlvain said.

Opps, should be: respecting = worshiping

Must have been a typo < /sarasm>