Unintelligent Design

"Judge Jones agreed that Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect. "However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation of every point should not be used as a pretext to thrust an untestable hypothesis grounded in religion into the science classroom or to misrepresent well-established scientific propositions.""

Judge Jones is saying that one "untestable" hypothesis, Intelligent Design, is less provable than the theory of evolution? To date, evolution still hasn't been proven, and many of it's attempts have been exposed as hoaxes. Yet he'd rather thrust this "scientific" falsehood on our school kids! Why don't we also go back to teaching that the world is flat ---- oh yeah, we've proven that's not true.

"U.S. District Court Judge John Jones said the decision of the Dover School Board to introduce intelligent design into the classroom violated the constitutional protection of the separation of church and state."

Again, the judge has mis-spoke. Remember your history? The Pilgrims came to North America to escape religious persecution from the government run churches in Europe. They determined that the government would no longer control the church. There is absolutely nothing that says that the church cannot be involved in government, though. This is a misconception that's been passed down, and accepted by nearly everyone. And admittedly, it's a very convenient method of excluding moralty and conscience from everyday life.

Evolution is a powerful belief. Yes, I said belief. Or religion. Many people place their faith in the possibility that it's true. Without a deity to impose morality, people are free to do as they want. How far do you think AIDs would spread if promiscuity and homosexuality weren't socially acceptable today? Morality. It can stop a lot, yet few want it.

Faith (sometimes called 'religion'), is defined as "believing in something unseen." Or "Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence." Sounds like intelligent design, right? Well, geuss what, it also applies to evolution. Judge Jones has made the decision as to what faith will be taught in public schools -- one unproven and demeaning -- evolution.

The author Frank Peretti once said "Our kids sit in a class learning that they came goo for no apparent purpose, then when the bell rings, they head down the hall to a class on self-esteem."
Enough said.

The Big Bang theory. But what about....?

The Big Bang. It all started there. Maybe.

Scientists have a desire to believe the Big Bang theory of how our universe, and ultimately us, came into being. But, as NASA says in it's Big Bang website,

"Although the Big Bang Theory is widely accepted, it probably will never be proved; consequentially, leaving a number of tough, unanswered questions."

According to a UC Berkeley website on the Big Bang,

" .... the presence of incredibly large amounts of energy, in the form of photons."

So, it all started from a large amount of energy, or photons. Okay, where did the photons come from? Well, that's a mystery in it's self. They preface the previous statement with the comment " It is hard to imagine the very beginning of the Universe. " Yep, I would agree. Especially when your explanation has to provide a way for evolution.

The truth is, the universe, and all that is in it, was created. From nothing, to a fully functioning earth in seven days.

Is that so much harder to believe, than saying "incredibly large amounts of energy came from somewhere, then for some reason started to change into other forms of energy, which then resulted in a large explosion, that ended up forming suns, and planets, and nebulae, and then a sun of the appropriate size formed, along with planets that orbited it, and one planet happened to be just the right distance from it, and happened to have all the right material on it to allow a goo to form, which eventually became people."

Nope. It makes more sense to me that someone planned this whole thing, than to believe it was all just luck.

Socialized Medicine in the US, aka HillaryCare

"Scampering rats and stray cats and dogs sharing bed space with patients are not uncommon sights at India's overcrowded state-run hospitals that are used by millions of poor and middle-class people."

Think that this only happens in third world countries? Think again. In 1980, after leaving the military and starting college, I worked as a phlebotomist in a county hospital in So. California. Beginning at 5:00 AM, I would start on a floor of the hospital, then move on to other floors to help my co-workers, until all requests were completed.

It was not unusual, while drawing blood at bedside, to watch large, healthy cockroaches scurry across the floor. Occasionally, mouse droppings could be seen on ledges and corners.

So, it's not just in other countries. The county hospitals are where uninsured people go for medical care. They are supported by taxes. They are socialized medical care facilities.

Phil Angelides

Phil Angelides wants to be the next Governator of Kalifornyah. So who is Phil Angelides?

Well, your first response, after visiting his website, is one of sadness. Sadness that this candidate feels his campaign can benefit from a mocking, slanderous cartoon called "Arnold's Neighborhood." I'm sure he can do just fine without it, but, it does show his character.

Let's look at who's helping him; sen. Barbara Boxer, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and Assemblyman Fabian Nunez.

Sen. Barbara Boxer feels that we should provide welfare to immigrants, yet doesn't want to allow Churches to provide welfare services; Opposes drug enforcement; Supports socialized medicine. She's considered to be anti-business, and anti-family.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is pretty much a clone of Ms. Boxer. She's considered to be anti-family, but has a mixed business voting record.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, well, she's a clone of Sen. Feinstein.

Finally, Fabian Nunez. Well, this picture of the new flag sums Mr. Nunez up --




If these supporters of Mr. Angelides provide any indication of what California will be like when he's elected, then it'll be a sad day for all legal immigrants, past and present. What pride you have at becoming an American will be stripped by this gang of five.

Mr. Angelides should have done better at picking his supporters. So, what it really comes down to for Californians is this, vote for the lesser of two evils, whoever you beleive that to be.

CBS and the New York Times

What does The New York Times and CBS have in common?
Purporting lies and inaccuracies in their reporting, without a shred of conscience. That's what!



The New York Times Lied.......Twice!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3018505.stm
http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001181535

CBS Lied
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4276489

What can we learn from the problems in New Orleans?

So, what can we learn from the Katrina damage to New Orleans, and the response from the Government, at all levels?

It should be obvious. If you depend on the government to meet all your needs, they will let you down.

You can only depend on yourself. Less government in your life is a good thing.

Unfortunately, many people made a decision on their own to stay in the storms path, and now they're causing many folks to risk their lives to save them. So maybe government should be helping them, since they can't make informed decisions on their own.

The Blame Game, and other silly notions

There’s a lot of accusations flying now about who’s at fault for the problems in New Orleans.

Lot’s of folks are jumping right to the top, blaming the President. Didn’t the levee’s need to be updated while Clinton was President? How about Carter?
I suspect it’s because they think Bush is at fault, or they hate him and this is just one more thing they can use to fire people up.

Here’s some proof. The following link is for the New Orleans Emergency action plan. It clearly states that the Mayor is responsible for issuing an evacuation, and the city government is responsible for providing transportation, shelter, and food for evacuees where needed.

http://www.cityofno.com/SystemModules/PrintPage.aspx?portal=46&tabid=26

Did they do their job?

“Nagin and local pols can't say they weren't told. In a watershed article published in Risk & Insurance in December of 2000 by Lori Widmer, Shea Penland, geologist and professor at the University of New Orleans, reveals himself to be a veritable Cassandra: "When we get the big hurricane and there are 10,000 people dead, the city government's been relocated to the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain, refugee camps have been set up and there are $10 billion plus in losses, what then?" he queries. Penland laments the Francophile city's laissez faire attitude, which in the end proved fatal: "These are things I've been preaching for a number of years. This town has never planned ahead. They've always reacted and not pro-acted." Notice what Penland does not do — blame the feds for a localized problem. Ultimately, there's no getting around the fact that New Orleans is responsible for itself.”
(Hurricane Katrina: The Blame Game; By Karen H. Pittman, MichNews.com , Sep 6, 2005)

Well, you read the Plan, and make your own decision.

As far as FEMA? They have to be requested by the state.
The military, those “horrible” folks from Abu Ghraib & Guantanamo lore? They’re restoring order, saving lives, rescuing people, and fixing levees. They are helping even those that complained about them.

New Orleans education

It's amazing how we allow the media to lead us, like sheep. Even intelligent folks fall prey to their emotional prattle, without one honest, intelligent thought about what they are saying.

So, let's step back and take a look at how the media is reclassifying the people in New Orleans, and Mississippi (but mainly New Orleans). The media has labelled these folks as "refugees," when in truth, they are "victims." There's a difference, and the media knows it, but the term "refuge"' carries a more emotional meaning.

Go back to the previous hurricanes, or any tornado, and the media refers to these displaced people as victims, and rightly so. Not once did they call them "refugees."

A "refugee" is a person fleeing persecution due to religious, political, or war related reasons. None of these people fit that description. They do fit the description of Victim.

This is nothing new for the media, though. For years they've referred to people with bombs attached to themselves as "suicide" bombers. That's just crazy. These folks are homicide bombers. Their intent isn't to just kill themselves, their mission is to take out as many other people as they can -- that's homicide.

So think about what you're being told, and what it really means, before you repeat it.

New Orleans devastation.......

Now that New Orleans has been destroyed, who can we expect to come to their aid?
What countries will help?
Will the Hollywood elites hold a fundraiser, or just criticize the U.S.?

Where's the folks that complained about our "slow" response to aid the tsunami victims? Obviously they aren't falling over themselves to come to OUR aid.

Hypocrites. Whiners.

Maybe we can expect something from the UN? I won't hold my breath.

http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/ngolist.html

Harvard Jumps Into Evolution Debate

"My expectation is that we will be able to reduce this to a very simple series of logical events that could have taken place with no divine intervention," said David R. Liu, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard."
The Associated Press
Sunday, August 14, 2005; 9:33 PM

Wow, that's really open-minded. They're going into this million-dollar-a-year study with a bias from the start. That's science? I call it folly.

And when they find that life really did begin like the Bible said, will they admit it? I doubt it. They still won't be able to accept it.

Could the money be used elsewhere? Of course, there's plenty of people that need help. Evolution doesn't need help, though. It's already being taught in our government schools.

As the author Frank Peretti said: "Our kids sit in one classroom and are taught the 'Goo to you' theory, then walk down the hall to their self-esteem class."

Sad, very sad.

August 6th, 1945. Hiroshima. Nagasaki. WWII, the Pacific

August 6th, 2005. The media was filled with remorse and politically correct attitudes over the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan. Admittedly, this was a horrible thing.

But not one of them addressed the horrors that the allied soldiers, and civilians endured at their hands, or the millions of lives that were spared on both sides, because of the bombing.

You don't know what I'm talking about? Maybe you should read more. Read "Flags of our Fathers," where a Marine on Iwo Jima who disappeared during the fighting is found after the island is taken, inside a cave, dead. His teeth had been smashed out, his penis cut off, and stuck in his mouth. Or maybe "Horror in the East," which talks about the atrocities played out on the occupied Chinese, the Japanese cannibalism that was reported by Australian soldiers.

Yes, dropping the atom bomb was a horrible thing to do, but it was necessary to stop other heinous acts.

Discover had a successful launch! This is a great day for NASA, and the people of the United States.

Although I think the space program has been a boon to our country and the world, not only from the scientific knowledge gained, but also from the technology that has become a part of our daily lives.

I disagree with NASA's underlying reason to go into space, though. There is no life out there, and they will never find any. The only thing they will do is reinforce the belief of intelligent design. So to spend billions of dollars looking for green men is folly. To do it to improve life on earth, is gain.

The Supreme Court Nominee Judge John G. Roberts, seems to be a political candidate.

People need to understand, this isn't a political position -- it's a judicial position. The Supreme court doesn't make law, it interprets the constitution.

So let's stop turning this into politics-as-usual. Let's just get about the business of filling this position, and get on with other matters.

There's been a lot of talk about Bush's exit strategy for Iraq.

Come on. If that was released, then the terrorists would just wait until we left. But really, shouldn't the question be asked: "What's Clinton's exit strategy for Kosovo?" Shouldn't that be first? After all, they didn't help produce terrorists that came to US soil, and killed thousands.

Our military was only sent there because they were commiting genocide.......oh, wait, wasn't Sadam doing that too?

Maybe if Clinton had of taken care of Sadam when he was president......

So, am I the only one that's noticed all the publicized military complaints coming back from Iraq are being made by the Army? Not the Special Forces , I'm talking the regular army.

I can't believe it. This isn't the same Army that fought in WWI, WWII, or Korea. This is the NEW, IMPROVED, Army of ONE! I really wish they'd get rid of that slogan, and get back to turning out soldiers that don't think they are individuals, but part of a team, and realize that the success of the team depends on each person doing they're best, despite the odds.

Just my opinion.