Thanks Ross, you're always here with good stuff!

 RS> "We does not want science, only da Bible is fact!"
 RS> No wonder so many schools in Florida have failing grades...

I'd suspect that it's that Florida has lots of Jews (that "hide
out"...not interested in "Goyem" bullshit) and lots of old
rich retired fucks (that don't care about anything but the noise upstairs)
and college kids that only care about tits or butts. And then there are the
Cubans that are Republican only because they hate Cuba.

I'm amazed that their are Democrats in Florida.
Save for the N.Y. ex patriots.

Go on! 

 RS> Posted on Sun, Feb. 17, 2008

 RS> Our reputation for flakiness is at stake

 RS> By CARL HIAASEN

 RS> In a move that could endanger Florida's flaky backwater reputation, the
 RS> state Board of Education is poised to endorse the teaching of evolution
 RS> as a science. This is a dangerous idea -- not the presentation of
 RS> Darwinism in schools, but the presentation of Florida as a place of
 RS> progressive scientific thought.

 RS> Over the years the Legislature has worked tirelessly to keep our kids
 RS> academically stuck in the mid-1950s. This has been achieved by
 RS> overcrowding their classrooms, underpaying their teachers and letting
 RS> their school buildings fall apart.

Shit, that's the Republican plan!
Destroy the infrastructure from within!

That's what Bush 2 has done! And on purpose!
It's amazing that the "left wing media" didn't report it. HORK!

 RS> Florida's plucky refusal to embrace 21st century education is one reason
 RS> that prestigious tech industries have avoided the state, allowing so
 RS> many of our high-school graduates (and those who come close) to launch
 RS> prosperous careers in the fast-food, bartending and service sectors of
 RS> the economy.

This guy's good!

 RS> By accepting evolution as a proven science, our top educators would be
 RS> sending a loud message to the rest of the nation: Stop making fun of us.

 RS> Is that what we really want?

 RS> On Tuesday, , the Board of Education is scheduled to vote on a proposed
 RS> set of new standards that describe evolution as the ''fundamental
 RS> concept underlying all of biology'' and ``supported by multiple forms of
 RS> scientific evidence.''

 RS> Certainly that's the position of every reputable academic group on the
 RS> planet, including the National Academy of Sciences, the American
 RS> Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Science
 RS> Teachers Association.

 RS> But forget the fossil record, OK? Forget DNA tracing. Forget the
 RS> exhaustively documented diversification of species.

After all...Godly "truth" is better than mere facts!

 RS> This battle is about pride and independence; about boldly going against
 RS> the flow, in defiance of reason and all known facts.

 RS> In recent weeks, the Board of Education has been swamped by e-mails and
 RS> letters from religious conservatives who advocate teaching creationism
 RS> or intelligent design, and who believe evolution should be discussed
 RS> strictly as a ``theory.''

 RS> For those who wish to see Florida standing still, if not sinking, this
 RS> is a fantastic strategy. In fact, it could be expanded to revise other
 RS> educational doctrines.

 RS> Let's start teaching gravity as a ''theory,'' too.

Until then we'll be left floating. ;)

 RS> And don't forget the
 RS> solar system -- what proof do we really have, besides a bunch of fuzzy,
 RS> fake-looking photos, that Mars really exists?

 RS> At a recent public hearing in Orlando, opponents of evolutionary
 RS> teaching rose one by one to assail the proposed curriculum standards.
 RS> Some had traveled all the way from the Panhandle, and were, like
 RS> presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, exclusive believers in the Bible's
 RS> version of creation.

 RS> According to The St. Petersburg Times, one speaker compared Charles
 RS> Darwin, the father of evolutionary science, to Adolf Hitler and Josef
 RS> Stalin, well-known tyrants and mass murderers. Such loony gibberish is
 RS> actually good for the anti-evolution crusade, providing the best
 RS> evidence that the human species has not advanced one iota in the last
 RS> 100,000 years.

 RS> With this in mind, several school boards in North Florida have passed
 RS> resolutions opposing the teaching of evolution as fact. True, students
 RS> in those same districts have produced some of the worst science scores
 RS> on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, but who needs Newton or
 RS> Copernicus when you've got the Corinthians?

 RS> The notion that humans descended from apes has never been popular among
 RS> fundamentalists, but what of the apes themselves? Given the gory history
 RS> of Homo sapiens on Earth, no self-respecting chimp or gorilla would
 RS> claim a genetic connection to us.

 RS> The outcry against evolutionary instruction has been so heated that 40
 RS> members of the committee responsible for the new science standards felt
 RS> compelled to sign a letter stating, ``There is no longer any valid
 RS> scientific criticism of the theory of evolution.''

 RS> Caving in to groups that question the soundness of science, the letter
 RS> warned, ``would not only seriously impede the education of our children
 RS> but also create the image of a backward state, raising the risk of
 RS> Florida's being snubbed by biotechnology companies and other
 RS> science-based businesses.''

 RS> Nice try, pinheads, but there's no sin in being a slightly backward
 RS> state with extremely modest expectations for its young people. That's
 RS> been the guiding philosophy of our tightwad lawmakers for years, and the
 RS> degree to which they've succeeded is illuminated annually in the FCAT
 RS> charade.

 RS> If snubbing is to be done, Florida should be the snubber, not the
 RS> snubee. Keep your elite biotech payrolls up North and out West -- we've
 RS> got hundreds of thousands of low-paying, go-nowhere jobs that require
 RS> little training and minimal education.

 RS> Should state officials vote this week to put evolution on the teaching
 RS> agenda, it will be a small yet radical step out of Florida's
 RS> backwarding-thinking past.

 RS> Resistance is not futile. We've worked hard to keep ourselves so far
 RS> behind in education, and we must stay the course.

 RS> {at} 2008 Miami Herald Media Company.

HORK!

I'm overloaded, is all I can say.

That was GREAT!

That fucker is GOOD!
Thanx!


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