PillsHere: I'm sure most people won't know what I'm talking about, but I can't help but think about the episode Distant Origin on Voyager where they encounter those lizard people who were ancestors of humans who left Earth millions of years prior and ended up in the Delta Quadrant. There was a scientist who worked with the Voyager crew to prove that their species had almost identical DNA, but the lizard people council wouldn't hear of it as they were perfectly content with their belief that they were created by their God - I think they named him Darwin lol. Anyway, it's a painfully stupid episode, but it runs through my mind every time I see these people spouting their anti-evolution nonsense.

Huh. Sounds kind of like Galileo's trial told with bootlegged Silurians.

abb3w:

Nobodyn0se: But yes, my mother is running again, as is Rebecca Bell-Metereau.

Probably worth plugging in any further Texas education green lights.

Yes, it is. But unfortunately, I'm a late sleeper. I don't wake up until early afternoon, when most of the good threads for the day are already winding down (Like this one). If I was awake earlier, I could plug their websites as one of the Boobiess, which would really drive discussion. Being the 125th person in a thread means fewer people pay attention :(

Please, please, please don't tell me he's one of those people who believes man and dinosaurs coexisted.

F@#k!!!

How...

I mean...

...

Not only ignorant, but PROUD of being a provincial, insulated mouth-breather who spouts nonsense and stupidity like a jackpot slot machine.

This man has been failed by his family, friends and by society at large. Clearly, despite the global network of information, over a century of public schooling and one of the most well organized, easily accessible library systems in the world this man has fallen through the cracks. I suggest we form a new federal agency to do something about these tragic losses of humanity.

OK, I'm late to this thread but I have to ask:

How do "conservatives" want people like this on their side?

Seriously, how do you red2's (yes, you're all farkied as "red 2". Deal with it) reconcile this people of this ilk? Is it for votes? You guys KNOW that people like this are poisonous, but you still cater to them! WHY? Why do you feel OK partnering with these morons? Are you so mad about paying (lower than ever) taxes that you'll get in bed with the fundies? What's the deal?

verbaltoxin: Based on how Texas is governed, the legislature is literally part time and only convenes once EVERY TWO years. So most state power is in the hands of the governor, his appointees, and state boards like the one on which McElroy served. If you want to see the Republican dream of a supreme executive with a rubber stamp Congress, look no further than Texas.
FTFY

But your point stands and is correct in my estimation.

theknuckler_33: The "behemoth" and the "leviathan" are dinosaurs.

No, seriously, that's what they believe.

I dated a woman who gave that explanation but also felt strongly that the Bible should be taken absolutely literally and never interpreted. She also believed it was a sin to play a guitar or any other musical instrument in church because the Bible didn't say that you could. But she didn't have a problem with electric lights or air conditioning in the church even though they weren't in the Bible either. Yeah, the relationship didn't last long.

PapaChester: propasaurus: Actually, it's mostly all Texas. California is a large state, yes, but it does not have a statewide school system like Texas. There are municipal school systems across the state. The reason Texas gets to decide what's included in textbooks nationwide is that their statewide standards give them the leverage of bulk pricing. They order so damn many books that it's not feasible for a textbook publisher to put out a gazillion books to the TX standard an also another gazillion with a gazillion different standards.


Um, we have state standards in California. It fact, the students in my district are being tested on their retention of said standards RIGHT NOW. STAR tests are this week and very few teachers seem to be prepared for it, even though they absolutely knew it was coming (just like every year). Slowest substitute days of the year were last week and this week as teachers cram like high school students to force the more difficult academic patterns to last just a few more days as if they were temporary tattoos for your brain.

I never really understood criticism of teachers in this regard, after all if the state and local governments are going to hold them accountable for the results of standardized testing, then obviously they have to act on that accountability.

If my boss holds me accountable for an outcome, I'm going to use the most effective methods I have at my disposal to ensure that outcome. You're just bound by the expectation.

Really, the accountability ought to be on the students for their own results. Unfortunately it seems that no one (okay, let's be honest - it's the parents) is holding the majority of them accountable. Hence the teachers shape their practices around this fact to ensure the testing outcome.

I'm sure most teachers would be really happy to show up to a classroom where the students were actually interested or eager to learn.

Gyrfalcon: LockeOak: 3 G's: Trivia Jockey: Also, after Orly Taitz and this guy, I am getting seriously worried for the dental profession.

Well, duh, they're always working with Mercury (amalgam) fillings and sodium fluoride products, so of course they're a bit loony.*

I find fault in your hypothesis, as it fails to explain how one can become batshiat nutballs through virtual, internet dentistry.

I've got to know--how do you practice internet dentistry?

From a bunker in Oregon with your roommate Gary?

EngineerAU: I dated a woman who gave that explanation but also felt strongly that the Bible should be taken absolutely literally and never interpreted.

How do you even get two chapters into Genesis without that breaking down?

Which came first, man or birds?

Starry Heavens: EngineerAU: I dated a woman who gave that explanation but also felt strongly that the Bible should be taken absolutely literally and never interpreted.

How do you even get two chapters into Genesis without that breaking down?

Which came first, man or birds?

How did Noah live for 900 years? What about Adam and Eve's other children? Abel was dead. Cain was cast out. How did they go forth and multiply? Sibling incest?

I just watched the show on Hulu. When Colbert makes contact, he hits it out of the park.

Trivia Jockey: Also, after Orly Taitz and this guy, I am getting seriously worried for the dental profession.

I think we can tell which ones are huffing the nitrous...

Corvus: Trivia Jockey: Also, after Orly Taitz and this guy, I am getting seriously worried for the dental profession.

For some reason I have noticed many dentist are crazy right wing nut balls. I got one recently who was telling my Obamacare was going to take over the dental industry. It was a real crazy rant and he didn't know I knew all of his stupid talking points.

After calling him out on his points he did the "Well no one knows what's in Obamacare, no one has read it" - He was strill trying this BS after a year it was passed. It's like "Umm it's been about a year I think someone has read it by now".

One funny bit was he said "When the government gets involved a little bit they take over 100%". So I asked him if he needed a license to be a dentists. At first he tried to pretend he didn't need or have a license to be a dentist and I totally called BS and then he just said that was somehow different and changed the topic.

You have balls.

Not sure I'd've called somebody on their BS, got them worked up, then let them put sharp and pointy stuff in my mouth.

foo monkey: How did Noah live for 900 years? What about Adam and Eve's other children? Abel was dead. Cain was cast out.

No, he just suspended his campaign, that's all.

And this is why I get "looks" from people when I say I'm from Texas.

/sigh

IronOcelot: And this is why I get "looks" from people when I say I'm from Texas.

/sigh

I'm keeping an eye on you, cowboy.

Just watched the interview. It did not live up to the hype. Dude was a moran, but.. well it wasn't what I'd call an evisceration.

I thought the Anne Rice interview was more of what was described.

Me likey some Colbert interviews. When he's quick and on his toes, it's a joy to watch.

Did anyone pick up on Colbert's rather subtle reference to the Council of Nicaea?

Kittypie070: Did anyone pick up on Colbert's rather subtle reference to the Council of Nicaea?

You mean where The Emperor outlawed psykers and belief in the Chaos gods?

Jiggatron69: Kittypie070: Did anyone pick up on Colbert's rather subtle reference to the Council of Nicaea?

You mean where The Emperor outlawed psykers and belief in the Chaos gods?

I thought he meant the hot lava on lava action.

A lot of people in this thread commented that they don't care to see someone get totally mocked to their faces on TV as in this clip. I can understand that.

And if homeboy was on his porch, hanging with his friends saying all this stuff, I would totally agree. That is his right, and he should be allowed to say whatever crazy, sane, or in-between stuff he wants.

But when you bring your crazy into the public forum, and use it to make decisions that cripple our citizens' intellectual capacity, ability to think critically, and ultimately undermine our economy (gotta have science people for the sciencey jobs), you absolutely deserve to be mocked, ridiculed, shamed, and made fun of.

This isn't a joke. I used to humor these people, because I have a live and let live attitude and I believe in free speech. But I am starting to come to the point of view that we who see things rationally have a responsibility to call these people out on their bullshiat -- vocally, actively, and aggressively. Not saying anything is tacit approval. Their words are actively hurting society as a whole.

I don't think that they should be silenced. But they definitely should be called out. And Stephen does it in the most entertaining way.

quatchi: So half of Americas textbooks come from California and the other half come from Texas and are double checked for truthiness by that dipshiat?

Charming.

That noted, funny interview. Particularly liked the way Colbert's "evolving Devil lying about evolution" thing flew right over the guys head while the audience totally got it on the DL.

The audience didn't get it at all. They make noise when the "Applause" light comes on, like a bunch of trained libtards do when you set down a poster board, a stapler, a magic marker, and a chant book in front of a group of them.

T-Bone42: A lot of people in this thread commented that they don't care to see someone get totally mocked to their faces on TV as in this clip. I can understand that.

And if homeboy was on his porch, hanging with his friends saying all this stuff, I would totally agree. That is his right, and he should be allowed to say whatever crazy, sane, or in-between stuff he wants.

But when you bring your crazy into the public forum, and use it to make decisions that cripple our citizens' intellectual capacity, ability to think critically, and ultimately undermine our economy (gotta have science people for the sciencey jobs), you absolutely deserve to be mocked, ridiculed, shamed, and made fun of drug out to the street and shot.


That's better...

Tumunga: quatchi: So half of Americas textbooks come from California and the other half come from Texas and are double checked for truthiness by that dipshiat?

Charming.

That noted, funny interview. Particularly liked the way Colbert's "evolving Devil lying about evolution" thing flew right over the guys head while the audience totally got it on the DL.

The audience didn't get it at all. They make noise when the "Applause" light comes on, like a bunch of trained libtards do when you set down a poster board, a stapler, a magic marker, and a chant book in front of a group of them.

Show me on the doll where the nasty liberal touched you.

dramboxf: Trivia Jockey: If he doesn't recognize that the Earth isn't 3,000 years old, he's not going to recognize satire.

You'd think someone in his camp would say, "Hey, waitaminute... this guy is a comedian..."

Plus, the zingers were just flying by. The one about majority-vote-reality was hysterical.

No, he saw. His facial expressions had a few points where hurt or anger just flashed across, tiny one-second or so intervals. He just couldn't get out of it.

I'd imagine the reason the average dumbass goes on there is because they're convinced they're the Chosen One who will defeat the Mighty Snake Colbert. It's part of their mythos--an unknown Chosen One defeats a great evil. Unfortunately, as Colbert kindly pointed out, reality is not subject to personal opinion.

Heh. Reality by majority vote-not the first time Christians have done that, now is it?

Next time...
"You're a dentist, right? So...you need to improve on God's creation, then?"
"Huh?"
"Well, yes, I'm assuming that you do things such as straighten crooked teeth, remove wisdom teeth, whiten teeth...those important parts that are smack dab on our faces?"
"...Yes, what's your point?"
"Well, if humans are God's creation and made in his own image, why would we have so many faults that you would need to intervene?"
"Well I..."
"Look at me."
"I am looking at you."
"Take those glasses off and look at me. I'll keep my glasses on, though, since I can accept that humans are imperfect since we are just animals at heart, and what sets us apart is our grasp of science..."

ecmoRandomNumbers: Colbert was far too kind.

agreed. i was disappointed after watching.