The Austin American-Statesman gets it

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The editorial board of the Texas newspaper The Austin American-Statesman wrote a wonderful and wondrous editorial lambasting the Texas Education Agency. The TEA administration is a bunch of craven cowards who forced Chris Comer to resign recently because she sent out an email promoting a talk that would focus on the deception of Intelligent Design.

The money shot (emphasis mine):

Politicizing the Texas Education Agency, which oversees the education of children in public schools, would be a monumental mistake.

This isn’t the space to explore the debate over creationism, intelligent design and evolution. Each approach should be fair game for critical analysis, so terminating someone for just mentioning a critic of intelligent design smacks of the dogma and purges in the Soviet era.

This is pretty much on the money. Irony factor: many fundamentalists like to mention that Stalin was an atheist, which is why he could be so evil. What is TEA’s excuse?

Oh, and here is another fun tidbit:

The person who called for Comer to be fired is Lizzette Reynolds, a former deputy legislative director for Gov. George Bush. She joined the state education agency this year as an adviser after a stint in the U.S. Department of Education.

Shocker.

The more this story sees the light of day, the more that light will cause the noisome and repellent methodologies of the religious right to wither and die. I sometimes fear that publicizing their evil ways will force them to be sneakier about it, but from stories like this it becomes apparent they aren’t intelligent enough (or they are simply too arrogant) to operate in such a manner. It’s almost as if they are doing the rational-based community a service by being so spectacularly ham-fisted in their censorship and McCarthyism.

It does make it obvious what hypocrites they are. Educators, indeed.

December 2nd, 2007 4:48 PM by Phil Plait in Antiscience, Piece of mind, Politics, Religion, Science, Skepticism | 48 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

48 Responses to “The Austin American-Statesman gets it”

  1. 1.   Calvino Says:

    FYI, Lizzette Reynolds, the real “loose-cannon” in this sad affair is now the number two person at TEA. Her title is Deputy Commissioner of Statewide Policy and Programs. She now oversees state standards and programs, accountability, data, and health and safety. Check the TEA website organization chart:

    http://www.tea.state.tx.us/org_chart.pdf

    All Texans should be aware that the person responsible for this offense to science is in fact in charge of the education agency. I encourage reasonable people everywhere to write your papers and Robert Scott directly or through the TEA site, http://www.tea.state.tx.us/tea/contact.html with your concerns over the current leadership.

  2. 2.   Sergeant Zim Says:

    Careful, Dr. Plait, you may be targeted by a bunch of ‘Cdesign proponentsists’.

    That’s from the transcript of “Judgement Day”, and it illustrates just how inept the creos really tend to be.

  3. 3.   Peter Foley Says:

    Is it possible that Evolution occours in intelligent design memes? And if so does it disprove their theory? The sneaky comment reminded me of discussions about sneaky “fornicators”in primate groups.

  4. 4.   Darth Robo Says:

    “you may be targeted by a bunch of ‘Cdesign proponentsists’. ”

    Cue Mike J within the next 30 posts! ;)

  5. 5.   tacitus Says:

    Bravo to my hometown daily newspaper!

    Now, if they would only stop littering my yard with unwanted (and unread) newspapers two weeks a year…

  6. 6.   Crux Australis Says:

    Good call, Darth Robo. We watch with anticipation.

  7. 7.   CleveDan Says:

    I am going to make a movie about this injustice! I am going to call it expelled staring Mr Belding from ’saved by the bell’
    I am glad to see constant blog coverage of this but i’d like to see more national media

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  9. 9.   Lugosi Says:

    HA!!!! I was just kidding a few days ago when I mentioned Bush was from Texas. Now it turns out that there REALLY is a Bush connection in this fiasco!!

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  11. 11.   Revmonkeyboy Says:

    They will use underhanded tactics and even break the law to get what they want. That is how they did it in Pennsylvania, and they were busted for it, and humiliated in a court of law. Let us hope that when this goes to court, there will be an honest judge. Let us also hope, or better yet ensure that the legal team for truth’s side is well prepared. We should not see it as a setback, but as an opportunity to educate. We should also not forget that the educational system has been crippled for at least a generation, and that a major fraction of the population does not understand or believe evolution. It is time to wake up and do our part, each and every one of us. We especially need public educators and spokesmen/spokeswomen to lead the charge. Phil is a prime example! Science should never hold the education of the general public beneath them. Look where that attitude has led us.

    Many thanks to Phil for his efforts

  12. 12.   Bad Albert Says:

    Goes good with that recent op-ed piece in a major Kentucky newspaper criticising Ken Ham’s creation museum as reported on the “bad biologist” blog:

    http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/12/what_is_this_a_trend.php

  13. 13.   autumn Says:

    Let’s not forget that these windbags and criminals are just as feted by the democrats as they are by the republicans. In fact, Bush the Lesser’s elections (fraudulent as they were) have convinced the democrats that they too must be sub-humanly ignorant in order to get votes. And boy, have they ever put effort into appearing stupid.

    I am not the “radical atheist” who wonders when a candidate will be able to say “there is no god, and I don’t care if you yokels think that there is”, I’m waiting, simply, hopefully, and forlornely, for a candidate to simply say “my religious beliefs have nothing at all to do with my theories of government”.

    In America, at least, this is impossible, because only a few Americans can actually parse a sentence containing more than one adjective.
    And those who can risk imprisonment by our current “if they are allowed to read they might read the Constitution, and that would thwart our plans” overlords.

    As a completely unrelated aside, the Bolsheviks were really onto something in the “getting rid of the oppressors” department.
    I’m just sayin’.
    Autumn

  14. 14.   Sergeant Zim Says:

    I have to wonder…. If Ken Ham and his crew of happy IDiots are so “Christian”, why is the creation museum open on the Sabbath?

    “Hypocricy” A new game from Parker Brothers! The whole family can play!

  15. 15.   PK Says:

    I’m waiting, simply, hopefully, and forlornely, for a candidate to simply say “my religious beliefs have nothing at all to do with my theories of government”.

    John Kerry did that.

  16. 16.   spurge Says:

    FYI

    The “museum” is not open on Sunday.

  17. 17.   StevoR Says:

    Australia has just woken up from its long politico-social ice age under our far-less-bad equivalent of America’s Neo-cons the ironically named Liberal Coalition of ex-PM (& how good it sounds to say that!) John Howard.

    He was decisively beaten and the Australian Labour (moderate “right”wing) Party of new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and deputy Julia Gillard have just come into power – and just ratified Kyoto.

    We’re moving in the right direction – ire towarsd the politico-social Left!;-)

    Blair has gone too – & again good riddance to bad leaders.

    Americia, its not too late to follow this example.

    IMPEACH Presiking BUSH The MAD before its too late!

    Kick out the Neo-Cons and see that their errors (the same mistakes as Vietnam and Bay of Pigs & even Gallipoli and WWI too) are NEVER repeated. Adopt that clause you forced into Japan’s post-war constitution :

    NO INVADING OTHER COUNTRIES EXCEPT IN VERY STRICTLY DEFINED SELF-DEFENCE!

    (Ie not “lets hit them back first”, not “we don’t like ‘em & they tried to kill my daddy so lets bash ‘em” – just if they ain’t invading you then leave ‘em the heck alone!!)

    Call off Bush Juniors unwinnable-by-very-definition so-called “war of terror.” OBL probably died of typhoid last year – & even if he didn’t he and AQ are just pathetic criminal whacko no-hopers -take away their glory as super-villains coz their not. They are just pathetic murdering fundamentalist crooks -a bit like Bush really! ;-)

    Accept the Palestineans right to a real state and self-defence of their own – provided they agree in return to respects Israel’s rights to same. Then use political and social and economic means to enforce that – and call on global disarmament – esp. there in the heart of South-West Asia (aka the “Middle East” or Muslim world.)

    But accept Iran’s right to have the same nuclear deterrent arsenal as you – and Israel and Russia, Pakistan,India, China and, well, too many other nations – already have. Just sign a non-aggression treaty with ‘em to ensure that none of you ever use those Bombs.

    Lets see this 21st century really start going forward.

    For once I actually feel optimistic about the future.

    We’ve all been going the wrong direction for so long but the wheels now turning and we’re starting to get back towards the right path – heading left – again! :-)

  18. 18.   StevoR Says:

    # PK said on 03 Dec 2007 at 5:38 am :

    “‘I’m waiting, simply, hopefully, and forlornely, for a candidate to simply say “my religious beliefs have nothing at all to do with my theories of government”.

    John Kerry did that.”

    Did’nt Dennis Kucinch (spelling?) also say that even more strongly?

    I gather he’s got very little chance but be great to see him do better from what I’ve read / heard.

    I’d also love to see Al Gore win your President~cy -again – and get to take ofice this time unlike last! (Although the Retards .. er ..Repubs”ll probably try and use the two terms excuse to chuck him out of another legitimate term next election won’t they? ;-) ) As I gather his views on that question are also reasonable – yet sadly I don’t think he’s running is he? Is it too late now?

    Not sure of Hiliary Clinton or Barack Obama but sure the Democratic party generally is far more moderate and rational on this area than the Retardickins .. er ..republicans.

    # spurgeon 03 Dec 2007 at 7:15 am
    FYI

    The [Creationist-IDiot] “museum” is not open on Sunday.

    SCR : Here’s hoping it closes and stays closed for good! ;-)

  19. 19.   The Centipede Says:

    Boy, ideology sure makes life a lot easier, isn’t it? It must be really so much easier to paint by numbers when the numbers are limited to “1″ and “2.”

  20. 20.   Doc Says:

    “Sabbath” does not necessarily equal “Sunday”

    Considering the mess during the switch from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, added to the fact that Archbishop James Ussher’s “determination” that the first day of creation was a Sunday (which would mean that the seventh day on which the lord rested was a Saturday), I think the odds are quite good that the creation museum is open on the Sabbath.

    Therefore they should be put to death, in accordance with Exodus 31:15 and Numbers 15:32-36.

  21. 21.   aiabx Says:

    So are there any procedures in place for getting these clowns out of the chain of command, or is it all “appointed at the pleasure of the Governor”?

  22. 22.   spurge Says:

    @ StevoR

    Unfortunately there are way too many credulous and ignorant people. They will happily fork over their money and keep it open.

    How did you know my full name was Spurgeon?

    Not too many people have ever heard of it.

  23. 23.   Ad Hominid Says:

    I have been fighting Texas creationists off and on for over 30 years. During that time, I regret to report, creationist influence has grown by leaps and bounds. Perhaps not coincidentally, the socio-economics of creationism seem to have changed as well.

    Contrary to what some here may want to believe, today’s Texas creationists are typically not slack-jawed illiterates but middle-class people whose status and income might lead them to over-estimate the breadth and quality of their own knowledge, ie smug know-nothings.

    Whatever his other faults, Governor Rick Perry did not just fall off the turnip truck and there is little chance that he seriously believes in ID.
    Instead, the real incentive for this attack on science is probably economic, a deeply rooted perception that there is an economic need to discredit science in general and environmental science in particular. Many Texas industries are less than benign in environmental terms, to say the least. The Republican masses in their Mcmansion suburbs are convinced that Texas industry will lose billions if the Kyoto protocols are ratified, for example.

    The attack on evolutionary science is therefore a very clever, if diabolical, example of the indirect approach. If the public can be convinced that natural science is the realm of agenda-driven pinkos and flakes, it will be easy to convince them that global warming and any number of other environmental concerns are part of some vast conspiracy of deception.

    Evolution is the chosen target because of its central importance in scientific education, and because religious authority can be invoked to support the assault.

  24. 24.   Ken B Says:

    “… but from stories like this it becomes apparent they aren’t intelligent enough … to operate in such a manner.”

    So much for ID. :-)

  25. 25.   Laurie Mann Says:

    Good to see at least one rational newspaper left in Texas.

  26. 26.   Quiet_Desperation Says:

    “We’re moving in the right direction – ire towarsd the politico-social Left!;-)”

    Why is that any better? Why is going toward ANY ideological singularity a good thing? Why can’t intelligent people see that the “Left” does not have all the answers any more than the “Right” does?

    In a sane, rational society, there is no movement toward any part of the political spectrum. Every issue is handled on its own with no preconceived notions other than, perhaps, what has an hasn’t worked before.

    Everyone I meet who claims to be “Left” or “Right” shares a common thing: an distinct absence of creativity and critical thinking.

    Faithful adherence to a particular ideology is no better than religion in my book. Political fundamentalism is just as big a problem as religious fundamentalism.

    “But accept Iran’s right to have the same nuclear deterrent arsenal as you – and Israel and Russia, Pakistan,India, China and, well, too many other nations – already have. Just sign a non-aggression treaty with ‘em to ensure that none of you ever use those Bombs.”

    It’s so clean and simple in the ideo-verse, isn’t it? That’s what makes it so attractive… like religion. Geopolitics reduced to a game of Risk.

    Here’s Cato’s take:
    http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/html/pa578/pa578index.html

    And before you try to paint them as some sort of “neocon” think tank, trust me, they HATE Bush. They heavily opposed the Iraq war *before* it happened, not like a lot of the self-revisionists in this country. I don’t always agree with them, but they do seem to have a lot of good analysts that are able to cut to the core.

    Their conclusion: “The best option, though, is to try to strike a grand bargain with Iran. Washington should offer to normalize diplomatic and economic relations with Iran in exchange for Tehran’s agreement to open its nuclear program to rigorous, on-demand international inspections to guarantee that there is no diversion of nuclear material from peaceful purposes to building weapons.”

    Accept the Palestineans right to a real state and self-defence of their own – provided they agree in return to respects Israel’s rights to same.

    You really think that will happen? You really thinks it’s all that simple? You really think StevoR of Oz has the golden answer where decades of diplomats and statesmen have failed?

    That’s what I love the most about political debates: ordinary people possessing 1/1000 the total information available thinking they have all the answers of all the conundrums of international diplomacy and relationships. It is just a massive hoot. :)

  27. 27.   Ad Hominid Says:

    Get a load of this, from the North Texas Skeptics website::
    Texas Creationist Teacher Guide

  28. 28.   Quiet_Desperation Says:

    The Republican masses in their Mcmansion suburbs are convinced that Texas industry will lose billions if the Kyoto protocols are ratified, for example.

    People really need to let go of Kyoto. It’s useless. It’s dead. It’s no more than a political stick now, and clinging to it is no better than religion. Even Al Gore has woken up, and is working with venture capitalists to fund the development of cleaner powers sources. That’s the way to do it: keep pushing the envelope of science and technology.

    We will *NOT* succeed against GW by implementing “feel good” treaties that do more harm than good. I dunno… sometimes I feel like I’m arguing with the tide on one side and them lemmings on the other. And, yes, I know the lemming marching into the sea is a myth. :)

  29. 29.   Rob Says:

    Doc: It wasn’t Ussher who determined that the first day of creation was a Sunday, it goes way back and was merely used by Ussher. That’s why the Jewish Sabbath is a Saturday (the day on which God rested).

  30. 30.   PK Says:

    QD, I think you are throwing the baby out with the bath water. Considering that we typically have incomplete information about the effects of legislation, there is room for interpretation, and hence we can look how proposed legislation measures up to some guiding principle we like to adhere to (whether it be conservative, progressive, libertarian, religious, isolationist, or whatever).

    Of course there are a lot of nutters on the left as well as on the right. But that does not imply that every nuance in the political spectrum is irrational. The key here is incomplete information.

    Everyone I meet who claims to be “Left” or “Right” shares a common thing: an distinct absence of creativity and critical thinking.”

    I am sure you have the right credentials to make that judgement…

  31. 31.   Ad Hominid Says:

    I know, I know, Quiet. I was talking about the perceptions of creationists or, rather, their political base, among whom Kyoto remains an imminent threat. At least it is one of the first things they mention when anything remotely related to GW is discussed.
    They see it, or some similar measure, as the principal goal of evil scientific hoaxers and their leftist co-conspirators.

  32. 32.   John Paradox Says:

    StevoRon 03 Dec 2007 at 7:31 am
    in response to
    # PK said on 03 Dec 2007 at 5:38 am :
    “‘I’m waiting, simply, hopefully, and forlornely, for a candidate to simply say “my religious beliefs have nothing at all to do with my theories of government”.
    John Kerry did that.”
    Did’nt Dennis Kucinch (spelling?) also say that even more strongly?

    Actually, goes back to 1960, when John F. Kennedy was considered ‘unelectable’ because he was Catholic. [ergo, a 'pawn of the Pope']

    J/P=?

  33. 33.   Doc Says:

    @John Paradox

    Yeah, but just look at how that whole Kennedy thing turned out. The Church had withdrawn all claims of geocentrism by 1835, so it was an implicit threat to the doctrine of Papal Infallibility when Kennedy went against the Pope’s orders and threatened to reveal the Moon-Landing Hoax. This lead to the alliance of the Catholic Church and NASA, who hired the AT&T strike force to assassinate Kennedy in 1963 using technology developed at Area 51.

  34. 34.   Quiet_Desperation Says:

    They see it, or some similar measure, as the principal goal of evil scientific hoaxers and their leftist co-conspirators.

    Dunno about the evil mad scientists :) but it *IS* a political tool used by those of the left side. You see, I’m fair. I’m willing to admit even when neocons hit the correct time once a day. :D

    But, really, give up the Kyoto thing. It’s dead. Push for a vibrant economy and heavy tax incentives for clean tech R&D. *USE* the free market systems for what it’s best at instead of monkeywrenching it.

    I am sure you have the right credentials to make that judgement…

    *shrug* Just reporting my observations. Those folks tend to favor certain solutions strictly because they meet some sort of ideological litmus test. The problem with the modern American political spectrum is that there is very little nuance remaining.

    Social Security is a prime example. Think what you will of Bush, but he was right when he said SS as it is currently implemented is an anachronism really needs to be addressed, possibly even reworked.

    1. On the sane, rational Earth, various methods and ideas are discussed. Privatize some? Privatize all? Leave it government only? The Monty Python Option (something completely different)? Maybe the decision is reached to leave well enough alone for now and address it later after some ancillary studies and models are done. Fine. At least it is calmly discussed because no one is tied to a particular ideological outcome.

    2. On the bat**** insane Earth, the debate is instantly ideologicalized and the debate is between the LIBERALS SUCK! PRIVATIZE IT! and NEOCONS SUCK AND WANT TO KILL YOUR GRANDMOTHER! camps.

    Guess which Earth we are? :D Yes, I recognize the false dichotomy, but you see my point, I hope.

    The adherence to a so called guiding principle is far too often not based on rationality and reason. In any issue, there is a problem, and ways to fix it or at least mitigate it as much as humanly possible. There are things that work and things that don’t. Anything else is ideological faith.

    This lead to the alliance of the Catholic Church and NASA, who hired the AT&T strike force to assassinate Kennedy in 1963 using technology developed at Area 51.

    I *totally* believe that. :) Although my sources indicate that it was MacDonalds instead of AT&T. Ronald McDonald is a 33rd level Mason.

  35. 35.   The Centipede Says:

    > 33rd level Mason.

    Which implies Scottish Rite and, even then, 33rd degree is an honorary one, if I understand correctly.

  36. 36.   PK Says:

    “There are things that work and things that don’t.”

    The entire point is that what works for some does not work for others.

  37. 37.   Quiet_Desperation Says:

    Which implies Scottish Rite and, even then, 33rd degree is an honorary one, if I understand correctly.

    Scottish! MacDonald! It’s right before you, people! You have eyes, but you cannot see! Oh, woe is us! We am teh doomed! :)

  38. 38.   Tom Says:

    You are more patient than I, QD. Keep going with a voice of reason.

  39. 39.   Quiet_Desperation Says:

    The entire point is that what works for some does not work for others.

    Well, sweet zombie Jesus, that’s my whole point as well! :) The other major part of the concept of avoiding “one size fits all” ideologies is avoiding legislation at too high a level, because what works in Akron may not work in Oakland or Miami or Blueballs, Pennsylvania. That’s some of the reasoning behind the various state’s rights arguments.

    But, please, do keep up with the current system. Please do have senators from North Dakota voting on what’s best for inner city kids in Los Angeles. As a hard core misanthrope, it’s all just a giggle to me.

    And, yes, there is a Blueballs, Pennsylvania. There’s also an Intercourse, Pennsylvania. Those two towns really ought to get together. :)

  40. 40.   Quiet_Desperation Says:

    You are more patient than I, QD.

    It’s not patience. It’s an utter, misanthropic lack of caring. I don;t give a damn if anyone believes me or listens to me or not. To be honest, if everyone suddenly abandoned religious and political ideologies, the world would be a really boring place. :)

    But is it the misanthropy that drive the lack of religion and ideology, or is it the lack of ideology and religion that feeds the misanthropy? Hmmm.

  41. 41.   Doc Says:

    “Although my sources indicate that it was MacDonalds instead of AT&T. Ronald McDonald is a 33rd level Mason.”

    Nah. McDonalds was just trying to take credit for the operation. McD’s had been allied with the Church and had been instrumental in the election-rigging that got Kennedy into office, but a schism opened up between the Rhodes Trust and McD’s when they disagreed about who would be Kennedy’s successor and McD tried to take over the Crane Paper Company in order to sieze control of the source for printed ballots.

    This schism led to a covert war between the operatives of McD and the AT&T mercenaries working on behalf of the NeoFederalist Alliance (sans Masons), which was directly responsable for the development (and disasterous test) of the Teslonic Earthquake Generator in Lybia, the introduction of ZIP codes, and the “elimination” of secret agents Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler.

  42. 42.   Quiet_Desperation Says:

    Dr. Gilbert Bogle

    Ah, the inventor of Boggle.

  43. 43.   The Centipede Says:

    But you’re all forgetting the most important thing!

    The Bohemian Club and its connection to the dark lord Lucifer (yes, it’s a rather counterintuitive name for a dark lord, but that’s how tricksy he is!). See, when Lucifer’s minion Moloch lost his head (the cow skull being found in Texas by George W. as a little boy in an alternate future and then taken back in time by John Titor after the destruction of humanity so he could found the Skull and Bones society and thus prevent the destruction of the Earth) he got transplanted into an owl and assigned to California to increase the spread of Communism. Moloch used the psychotronic energies of the old-growth redwoods, got a bunch of hippie artists together, and, through the power of sacrificing the Virgin Mary via effigy, was able to brainwash major political and business leaders into supporting of the future Communist New World Order.

    And how does this connect to McDonalds and Freemasonry?

    Well, as for the latter, everything is connected to the Masons, who are simply the overt arm of the paleopagan Illuminati run by the ancient Anatolian Emperor of Mankind. Duh.

    As for the former, think about it. Moloch inhabiting an owl in a forest… and then, during the rise of Communist Liberals in the United States… WOODSY THE OWL. Teaching our children to care about trees and nature beyond what God intended (wink wink nudge nudge)–as resources for Jesus-approved capitalist exploitation–in the form of (New) Moloch, who, unlike New Coke, has been much more successful in his reformulated form. Ronald McDonald is not only a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason but another child-targeting corporate mascot! It’s so simple! Moloch-as-Woodsy-the-Owl and McDonalds are in cahoots to get children to eat preprocessed mass-produced hamburgers which are not made of cows, but rather people (the Holocaust WAS a lie, but they needed a way to finally ‘buy off’ everyone they really did buy off) and filled with more psychotropic drugs that artificially reorder the brain towards Satatheism and and Communism!

  44. 44.   Jack Hagerty Says:

    Doc says: “McDonalds was just trying to take credit for the operation. McD’s had been allied with the Church and had been instrumental in the election-rigging that got Kennedy into office, but a schism opened up between the Rhodes Trust and McD’s when they disagreed about who would be Kennedy’s successor and McD tried to take over the Crane Paper Company in order to sieze control of the source for printed ballots.”

    Quiet_Desperation Says: “— Dr. Gilbert Bogle Ah, the inventor of Boggle.”

    You guys scare me.

    - Jack

  45. 45.   Quiet_Desperation Says:

    Communist Liberals

    Well that’s redundant!

    (RIMSHOT)

    Ha haaaaa! :)

    through the power of sacrificing the Virgin Mary via effigy

    I heard Burning Man was going to become Burning Mary.

    (RIMSHOT)

    Hee heeeee! :)

    “You guys scare me.”

    As it should be. :)

    No go back to bed and forget you read any of this. The nightly mind control field transmitted from HAARP should help with that.

  46. 46.   Daffy Says:

    “Social Security is a prime example. Think what you will of Bush, but he was right when he said SS as it is currently implemented is an anachronism really needs to be addressed, possibly even reworked.”

    Stated as inarguable fact. Wow. By all means, let’s turn even more resources over to the global corporations. I mean, we are we even pretending anymore?

  47. 47.   The Centipede Says:

    > I mean, we are we even pretending anymore?

    No, because we freed our mind and took the blue pill.

    Or was it the red pill?

    I keep getting them confused. Oh well. All I know is that I’m cool, I wear leather, I know kung fu, and I wear my sunglasses at night.

  48. 48.   Савва Says:

    Сорри за офф-топик, не подскажете, где мона такой же симпатичный шаблон для блога взять?

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