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Somehow, I just don't get the point of the decision by the Georgia State Superintendent of Schools to eliminate the word "evolution" from science curricula in Georgia schools.
Superintendent Kathy Cox said the concept of evolution would still be taught under the proposal, but the word would not be used in the curriculum. The proposal would not require schools to buy new textbooks omitting the word evolution and would not prevent teachers from using it.
Cox, a Republican elected to the post in 2002, repeatedly referred to evolution as a “buzzword” Thursday and said the ban was proposed, in part, to alleviate pressure on teachers in socially conservative areas where parents object to evolution being taught.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4107285/
It doesn't surprise me, though. The Republican party of today has abandoned all sense of its former self so it's no great shock to see this. Kathy Cox is only following her party's leader, after all. Back before 9/11, there was an issue burning that I'm sure GWB is most happy got buried by his wars. Remember his decision on stem cell research? That was an equally ambivalent ethical sidestep. In it, George said that it was okay to use stem cell lines already in labs, but not okay to create any new ones.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/08/20010809-2.html
Like this decision in Georgia, it was an attempt to appease the religious right without really addressing the issue at hand. Either stem cells and evolution are wrong, and should be banned altogether, or they are not wrong and should be fully allowed. If evil they are, then eradicate them. If not, don't try to sweep them under the rug by tossing your fanatical followers a bone. For God's sake, at least have the conviction to choose, one way or the other.
What kills me is that so many of GWBs followers portray him as a man with true moral conviction, who makes decisions based on what's right because he knows in his heart the right path to follow. Bullshit. The man has all the moral character of cocaine fiend...er...well, maybe that shouldn’t be a surprise either.
Republicans today are abandoning their roots faster than fleas hopping off a dying dog. Finding themselves in power, they suddenly have begun doing all the things they've bitched about liberals doing for decades. The flip-flop of the right-wingers goes something like this:
*Republicans are big spenders (where oh where did that balanced budget go?).
*Republicans want the federal government tell us how to teach our children in schools (does anyone really believe no child will be left behind?).
*Republicans believe the federal government should take control of marriage laws away from the states (so much for their time-honored notion of self-determination at the local level).
*Republicans say something is bad, but then abandon their moral high ground by giving it their (backhanded) blessing to continue (stems cells and evolution).
Hypocrisy. If I had to choose a singe word to describe why I dislike our current administration (and the party it represents) so much, that would be it.
Superintendent Kathy Cox said the concept of evolution would still be taught under the proposal, but the word would not be used in the curriculum. The proposal would not require schools to buy new textbooks omitting the word evolution and would not prevent teachers from using it.
Cox, a Republican elected to the post in 2002, repeatedly referred to evolution as a “buzzword” Thursday and said the ban was proposed, in part, to alleviate pressure on teachers in socially conservative areas where parents object to evolution being taught.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4107285/
It doesn't surprise me, though. The Republican party of today has abandoned all sense of its former self so it's no great shock to see this. Kathy Cox is only following her party's leader, after all. Back before 9/11, there was an issue burning that I'm sure GWB is most happy got buried by his wars. Remember his decision on stem cell research? That was an equally ambivalent ethical sidestep. In it, George said that it was okay to use stem cell lines already in labs, but not okay to create any new ones.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/08/20010809-2.html
Like this decision in Georgia, it was an attempt to appease the religious right without really addressing the issue at hand. Either stem cells and evolution are wrong, and should be banned altogether, or they are not wrong and should be fully allowed. If evil they are, then eradicate them. If not, don't try to sweep them under the rug by tossing your fanatical followers a bone. For God's sake, at least have the conviction to choose, one way or the other.
What kills me is that so many of GWBs followers portray him as a man with true moral conviction, who makes decisions based on what's right because he knows in his heart the right path to follow. Bullshit. The man has all the moral character of cocaine fiend...er...well, maybe that shouldn’t be a surprise either.
Republicans today are abandoning their roots faster than fleas hopping off a dying dog. Finding themselves in power, they suddenly have begun doing all the things they've bitched about liberals doing for decades. The flip-flop of the right-wingers goes something like this:
*Republicans are big spenders (where oh where did that balanced budget go?).
*Republicans want the federal government tell us how to teach our children in schools (does anyone really believe no child will be left behind?).
*Republicans believe the federal government should take control of marriage laws away from the states (so much for their time-honored notion of self-determination at the local level).
*Republicans say something is bad, but then abandon their moral high ground by giving it their (backhanded) blessing to continue (stems cells and evolution).
Hypocrisy. If I had to choose a singe word to describe why I dislike our current administration (and the party it represents) so much, that would be it.
