Bah. Religion Scores A Punch On Intellect.... Makes America A Little Stupider....

[BlooInBloo]

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/06/bad_news_from_louisiana.php

The Louisiana house of representatives has approved a bill that would allow science teachers to "supplement" classes with wackaloonery. Remember that crazy teacher with the weird ideas you had back in 8th grade? Now he would be encouraged to bring in bible tracts, anti-abortion screeds, and puff-pieces by right wing editorialists decrying climate change as a communist plot, all in order to balance the teaching of that darned evidence-based biology and earth science stuff.

Note also that this bill, the "Louisiana Science Education Act", was introduced by a Democrat (Ben Nevers, the ignorant pissant) and was approved 94-3.

All I can think is that "Louisiana Science" must be some kind of polite euphemism for "bugfuck crazy stupidity".

[givemebackmycountry]

1. 94 to 3

'nuff said

[Aristus]

2. I lived in Louisiana for a little under a year as a kid . To this day, my parents

talk about how awful the state's schools were then, and still are, apparently; corrupt, dilapidated, sub-moronic. Boy, I'm glad I don't live in Looseyanna.

[ulysses]

3. who were the three, and can we send them something nice?

Flowers, cans of Cretin-B-Gone, something.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Indeed.

[DrDan]

6. you might first want to confirm that they were not holding out for a complete

ban on the teaching of evolution.

[ulysses]

7. because behind every silver lining is another goddamned cloud.

:)

[Indenturedebtor]

4. What a shame :( I call people nationally and try to sell them stuff

The people in Loisianna are almost always among the nicest, most polite folks.