UTAH Rep- very unprofessional!

[mzteris]

I posted this earlier after adding my signature . . . .

"Last week, in response to your efforts, the Ohio Board of Education voted 11-4, barring intelligent design from Ohio's classrooms.

Now, Utah's students need your help.

A bill is pending in the state legislature that would require teachers to present alternatives to evolution, such as intelligent design, as part of their life science lesson plans. Utah legislators are expected to vote on this measure, the House version of SB 96, within the next 10 days.

Take action now! Tell Utah's legislators to defend science and vote "no" on the House version of SB.

http://ga3.org/campaign/utah_id?rk=X1%5fGizS1fz4lE "



And THIS is the response I received from BRAD DEE Utah Rep (Dist. 11):

"I will vote for this bill only because of all the mass emails I have received from your group. Thanks for helping me to make my decision."


Is it just me, or does this strike you as a very childish response?

[Lerkfish]

1. seems to be a petulant response, yes.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. Yeah, he basically said "fuck off".

And sadly, he can probably get away with it.

[mzteris]

7. I forwarded the reply

to a reporter at the Salt Lake Trib - maybe it'll get some play.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

8. In Salt Lake?

I wouldn't hold my breath. You definitely did the right thing though. Maybe send it on to Daily Kos?

[mzteris]

10. Good idea -

are there other news outlets that would be better than the Trib? I'm flying blind from here.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

14. No one that would probably care.

I doubt anyone locally will pick it up, because quite frankly, they're mostly Good Ol' 'Pukes themselves and won't want to hurt the guy. And I doubt anyone nationally is going to care much about what a State Senator does, but it never hurts to try. Maybe send it to Keith Olbermann? DU for their Top 10 Conservative Idiots?

[mzteris]

16. I like that even better . . .

done. So we'll see if he picks it up.

[scarface2004]

3. he s lying!

he was going to vote for regardless. all republicans are liars. brad dee is a republican. therefore brad dee is a liar.

[MuseRider]

4. Yes

Gee, a well reasoned response. Good grief, so sad.

YOUR group?

[NoPasaran]

5. Keep sending him emails

See if you can get him to claim he hates ice cream!

[mzteris]

11. rofl

Maybe I should ask him if he's stopped beating his wife - er wives(?) . . .

[MaryBear]

6. To avoid this in the future,

Cut the URL and then

paste it in a new browser window

that does not lead from DU

so they won't know it is a DU response.

[mzteris]

9. It wasn't from DU

it was from DEFCON . . .

Though you have a point, maybe instead of doing the click, sign, and send thing - I should take the time to write an individual email . . .

[astonamous]

13. If it wasn't such a waste of paper...

I'd send a million faxes.

Utah: All repubes all the time and all of them are assholes. What do you expect with Hatch as your teacher?

Trudy-
Utah resident proud liberal

[MaryBear]

17. I don't do individual email.

I copy the link, as in the link to freerepublic, and then paste it in a different browser window -- e.g., if DU is on one, I go to mozilla to open another -- then I paste the freerepublic link and open it. Then I respond on that site, with no link back to DU which they would have if I simply clicked on the link at DU.

a flow chart would look like

See post on DU including link to original article
------> copy link to clipboard
------> open new search window from mozilla
------> paste the link from clipboard in new search
------> Go to original post on that site
------> post a response with no visible connection to DU.

Otherwise, the site of original article sees that my response is through DU.

[Punkingal]

12. These arrogant freaks just kill me.....

Acting like Cheney, as if they don't have to answer to the voters. Disgusting.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

15. send it to the local newspaper.

let the idiot hang himself

[ToeBot]

18. It's kinda funny, I studied Biology when I went to a Utah High School...

preparing for a biology major in college, I took every relevant course they offered. In all that time the word "Evolution" never passed any of the teachers lips. So forcing exposure to both creationism and evolution may be a step up for many Utah school districts; where the Mormons are allowed to teach four years of seminary during school hours. (it's optional, don't get all excited.)

[neverforget]

19. He surely lacks critical thinking skills as his response shows. I guess

that why he believes in ID.

[mzteris]

20. UPDATE

I received a response from the Salt Lake Tribune, they intend to do a story, but wanted more information about DefCon. They also asked what *I* did for a living. . .

I wonder what they'll make of the fact that I'm a stay-at-home Mom who homeschools.

:rofl: