Posted on 12/04/2008 7:05:01 PM PST by Wegotsarah.com
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's recent trip to Iowa, where they hold those presidential caucuses every four years, leads me to suspect he may share the media speculation that he could be the Next Great Thing in the Republican Party.
It also reminded me how Jindal signed a dumb and devious bit of legislation last summer, allowing local school districts to promote alternative (i.e., religious) doctrines in their science curriculums when it comes to evolution.
Jindal is obviously one bright guy. How can he equate ancient creation myths with the hard facts of physics and biology?
One might think that the Republicans learned something from the drubbing they took in the 2006 and 2008 elections. But like Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee (and John McCain in 2008), Jindal is apparently happy to cater to the religious right, even if it means teaching superstition in the classroom
“It’s pretty easy to “trap” a pro-choicer.” [excerpt]I think you mean pro-infanticide.
“I try to keep my mind as open as possible.” [excerpt]Only bad thing about doing that, all sorts of nefarious people will come along and try to fill it with crazy ideas.
I am aware that virtually all evolutionists are "small earthers" ~ they really don't believe the laws of chemistry and physics we have on Earth really work elsewhere in the universe.
If they did, given the vast age of the universe (or at least the part we know about), life would have arisen numerous times all over the place, and probably been transplanted to Earth more than once, and quite likely been custom designed to survive here.
I've been trying to pry the "Intelligent Design" phrase out of his hot little hands for years ~ he wants to ascribe all such ideas to the Fundies and Creationists. Nasty little bugger eh!
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