Greetings From Idiot America
 

http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0207GREETINGS

Greetings From Idiot America

Oh Please think of it as another point of view, are we supposed to honor other points of view. No wait this one is not PC.

Did you read the whole article?

Not indiscriminately. The point of view in which knowledge, expertise, education, and intellectualism are viewed as a danger should not be honored. The point of view in which "the gut" trumps evidence should not be honored.

I see this wasn't the issue with Edwards on the cover. Anyway, we have more important things than dinosaurs and stem cells to think about, like the NFL, American Idol and floating interest mortgages

I love this from it:

Another point brought up elsewhere, that is not a creationist museum, it is a Christian museum.
If it were a creationist museum it would show creation stories from many cultures and backgrounds, not just one.

That's backwards fargon. The scenario here is that it's the newest in PC. Some of us "old-school" thinkers prefer the old "lame" methods of reproducible results.

I'm hoping that, in the future, we'll look back on history and see a clear reason why the US began taking steps backwards and revolted against sound methodologies in an attempt to push complex problems to the side as the rest of the modern world continued to make progress. Maybe we'll identify some reason for culture backlash, some generational gap, some error in education.

Dare I take the political route and blame this on 9/11?

It's funny really how Americans keep yakking about freedom of speech and freedom of thought, when some at least would like to put people in jail for not being Christian (Jewish is okay, other religions less so), militaristic and unquestioning in their support of a certain view of the "American Way". Proper education which teaches critical thought is the ultimate antidote to that sort of world-view, and that's why they're attempting to subvert education to their own ends. Seen from Europe it's scary. Nehemiah Scudder can't be far away.

That was one of the funniest posts I've seen in a while, thanks!

Regan and the moral majority coinciding with the death of journalism.

Who's being jailed?

None yet, but it can't be far behind. Not when people are barred from peaceful protests when there's a chance the prez might see it.

I must be coming on board late here - What the heck are you talking about?

He's telling us the sky is falling, yesman!! RUN!!

Furthermore, he's pointed out that not every single American is in agreement with every single other American! (Unlike Europe, of course, where everyone always concurs and the BNP is representative of the population as a whole.) I, for one, am really relieved to have this insight. Now I know who I have to put in jail first.

Here. Happily the backup system, the courts, worked in this case, but it's been happening everywhere for years. Maybe more protesters will be able to get $80,000 after this precedent.

:bolt:

The manual[pdf] for how to handle "demonstrators" wherever Bush appears.

I've seen the manual implemented. Draconian comes to mind.

Yup.
Miami.

Here's a new movie from Idiot America.

I was at a demonstration of this sort once. That's when they choose to use new technology that you've never seen before- it's highly informative and painful of course.

Yeah, "science" that does not require any evidence sure would be "new science".