Pro-science Republican running for TX School Board!

April 30th, 2009 RWA

With the Republican party still in disarray, various individuals, from David Frum to Meghan McCain, have been challenging its base, sagely informing them that unless they change their tune on such issues as the environment and  gay marriage, they’ll be doomed to minority status for many elections to come. So far, none of these would-be reformers have called for an end to the so-called “Republican war on science” or taken on the task of trying to unshackle the creationist deadweight that has crippled the party amongst educated voters, but now, a fresh new face running for the Texas School Board may be the beginning of a sea change in this matter.  Charlie Johnson (keep fighting the kooks, Charles!) has just introduced his readers to Joel Walker, a theoretical physicist and professor at Sam Houston State University. Defying all stereotypes, Joel happens to be a conservative Republican and is active in his family’s church. He’s also very concerned about where science education in Texas is headed, and so should you.

As has frequently been noted, Texas is one of the largest purchasers of textbooks in the nation, and decisions made by the state school board therefore have potentially massive ramifications for textbook standards everywhere. With biology textbooks slated to be up for approval in the state by 2011, it is imperative that pro-science legislators be on board as a majority in order to avert attempts at either approving creationist tracts as part of the curriculum, or watering them down to the point that evolution is barely even mentioned, if it all.  Having an actual scientist on the Board, someone with a full grasp of both the facts and the scientific method itself, would only be a bonus.   But does it matter at all if this board member happened to be a Republican? Should we support Walker’s run not just because of his scientific expertise and teaching experience, but because of his party affiliation?

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An Open Letter to the People of the United States

April 1st, 2009 furball4paws

An Open Letter to the People of the United States

We are closing in on 100 days in the Administration of President Obama and in the Congressional rule of Reid and Pelosi. The mask of what a Democrat is has been ripped from their faces for all to see, even those who blindly put their faith in Hope and Change. Now is the time to open your eyes, people and see what you have put in power. Let’s look a just a few of the ideas already implemented and those being pushed and promised.

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A Republican visits a creation museum…

March 23rd, 2009 RWA

…and he doesn’t like what he sees.  His comments at the end of his photo essay are dead-on and devastating.

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Schumer Knows Porn When He Hears It

March 18th, 2009 Gumlegs

Senator Charles Shumer (D-NY), has never been known as an exemplar of logical thinking. Nevertheless, as Chairman of the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee, he must be taken seriously. The partial transcript below is of a November 2008 Schumer interview aired on Fox television. We address this now because the issue is not going away.

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A Late Review of Expelled

March 10th, 2009 satchmodog

 This  Premise Media production begins with video of the Berlin wall being constructed to the cello and violin sounds of All Along the Watchtower. This song would have been perfect had it been used by the side of the evolutionist. All Along the Watchtower describes  going against the establishment and that is really what Darwin and his followers went against for a century. Now, the ID frauds want to make the scientific community out to be the great evil that has stifled the truth. The truth has evolved because of Darwin and his ideas, not the other way around. The ID crowd also has to personally go after Darwin to destroy the man as well as the message like the nasty propagandists they really are.

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DC PotW, March 1-8th 2009

March 8th, 2009 Black Ops

WHEREIN ELMO ZONEBALL pulls no punches, and spares no feelings, in calling shenanigans on Barney Frank and the rest of the Democrats for their naked opportunism in the face of financial crisis…

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Snopes Defending The Book Burners

March 5th, 2009 midwifetoad

As a follow up to the previous article, I notice the following, supposedly comforting, little note at the end of the Snopes article:

A CPSC announcement issued on 6 February 2009 regarding that agency’s enforcement policy also stated that they would not “impose penalties against anyone for making, importing, distributing, or selling” certain specified items, including any “ordinary children’s book printed after 1985.”

WTF are these idiots thinking about? How many classic books have not been reprinted since 1985 and never will be? This is exactly what was envisioned by Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451. And it’s not theoretical. It’s happening.

As readers are aware, the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday advised thrift stores and other resellers and distributors of used goods to discard (unless they wished to test for lead or take other typically unpractical steps such as contacting manufacturers) children’s books printed before 1985 and a very wide range of other children’s products, including apparel and playthings.

I wasn’t thrilled with the exception stating that we can sell pre-1985 children’s books as long as they are pricey vintage collectibles for adult collectors. Um, great, but most of our children’s books, even our older children’s books, are sold for children to read. And read them, they do.

We ran an audit in our bookstore today. We have about 7000 books catalogued. Of our children’s chapter books, about 65% are pre-1985. Of our children’s picture books, about 35% are pre-1985. Most of these sell for under $10 and are stocked as children’s reading.

As an ethical matter, I really can’t discard our cultural heritage just because the CPSC has decreed that books published through *1984* may or may not still form a legal part of the canon of children’s literature for our culture.

So how’s it going to feel in fifty years when the Democratic administration that replaced the evil George Bush will be known as the book burners? And the mainstream press that looked on in horror at conservative culture warriors sat silent while the flames rose?

Only in America.

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Getting the Lead Out

February 16th, 2009 midwifetoad

The usually trustworthy Snopes.com has screwed the pooch on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2009.

There’s been a lot of talk about it’s effect on flea markets and thrift shops, and Snopes tries to oil the troubled waters.

However, the new regulations are not as restrictive as first feared, nor will they put the thrift shops out of business.
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Sellers of used children’s products, such as thrift stores and consignment stores, are not required to certify that those products meet the new lead limits, phthalates standard or new toy standards.

Oh, is that so? Reading further we find:

In other words, used children’s items offered for resale after 10 February 2009 must still meet the new CPSIA standards regarding lead and phthalate content, but vendors will not have to have such items tested and certified.

Hmmmmmm…

Vendors should therefore “avoid products that are likely to have lead content, unless they have testing or other information to indicate the products being sold have less than the new limit.”

Now what might that include?

How about just about everything? Including, it seems, ALL children’s books made before 1985. By law it will be illegal to sell, give or transfer ownership of any children’s book published before 1985. You don’t have to do any expensive testing. You just can’t do it.

I can’t wait ’till someone tries to burn one of these lead containing books. Or put it in a landfill. Maybe they can be snuck into landfills with fluorescent lamps.

So what if one of these unthreatened thrift shops fails to test their items and sells something that violates the standards of the new law?

“Those resellers that do sell products in violation of the new limits could face civil and/or or criminal penalties,” a reasonable interpretation of that statement as it applies to the sale of used goods would be that the agency will focus its attentions on those retailers who blatantly take a cavalier attitude towards the used childrens’ items in their inventory by continuing to vend merchandise items they have good reason to suspect contain lead.

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DC PotW, February 8-14th 2009

February 15th, 2009 Black Ops

SOME OF OUR CONSTANT READERS may not be familiar with the Darwin Central discussion forums, which is a shame - it’s where all the cool kids hang out.  We’re open to all, and welcome those of a like mind.  We believe you shouldn’t have to choose between self-styled conservatives who reject newfangled ideas like the scientific method, or scientists whose politics make Cynthia McKinney look like a mushy moderate.  Here we strive for rationality in all things, both in the natural world and in human affairs.

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The Dover Beachhead - Part 1

January 29th, 2009 midwifetoad

Reading the latest in Creation Science. So you don’t have to.

I’m not just suggesting, I’m saying that evolution is not science and is of Satan. It has no place in Conservatism.
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Satan has everything to do with this thread, because the thread is about Darwinism and evo-atheism, which are of Satan. It matters not how long one has been posting here, it matters what they have been posting. I have been posting the Word, and evo-atheists have been posting the words of the Deceiver.

Remember, God is the final Admin.
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