Most Useful Page on the Web?

Okay so maybe not, but I give it 8/10.

How to use a bidet.

Don’t mess with Texas … it’s not nice to pick on retards.

Just as I was starting to enjoy Texas:

I was notified today that the governor of Texas has appointed an ultra-conservative, non-scientist, creationist as head of the board of education. I bitched a lot when Kansas omitted evolution from their curriculum but didn’t think much of it because, come on, it’s Kansas. Now it’s pseudo-personal, I live here. I’m referring to Dr. Don McElroy who is from Bryan (that’s College Station’s next door neighbor) and his pension for teaching religious myth over scientific fact. I find it asinine that in today’s society we still promote teaching ignorance over conscious thought and factual debate. I’m aware that leading a society of gullible idiots is easier than a society of free-thinking individuals (key word there), but leading is inherently not easy … not to mention: what ever happened to the separation of church and state?

The following is an excerpt from a letter Dr. McElroy wrote to his fellow board members. You can read the full letter here

Evolution science is predominantly historical science; it is not observable or testable empirically, it must be inferred. For example, even the empirical research on embryology and the sequences of proteins and DNA only give rise to historical speculations. Thus, the argument for evolution is not deductive, but inductive; in an inductive argument, scientists weigh evidence to see what is most probable to have occurred. On this basis, most scientists hypothesize that Nothing made a spider out of a rock and that we share a common ancestor with a tree. However, other scientists find serious flaws with those hypotheses.

This is the guy Texans want in charge of their children’s education? I know most Texans are generally religious but shouldn’t their children be able to decide for themselves if they want to follow that path?

As for the title of this post, no I don’t think all Texans are retards. Just those that try to force religious dogma on others by hiding scientific fact. As an educator Dr. McElroy should be dedicated to one thing: EDUCATION; not brainwashing.