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Texas Science Director Forced To Resign Over ID Statements
jeffporcaro writes "Texas' Director of Science Curriculum was 'forced to step down' for favoring evolution over intelligent design (ID). She apparently circulated an e-mail that was critical of ID — although state regulations require her not to have any opinion 'on a subject on which the agency must remain neutral.' 'The agency documents say that officials recommended firing Ms. Comer for repeated acts of misconduct and insubordination. The officials said forwarding the e-mail message conflicted with her job responsibilities and violated a directive that she not communicate with anyone outside the agency regarding a pending science curriculum review.'"
How is that possible? Next we'll be hearing that someone has been fired for favouring gravitational theory over the possibility that apples fall to the ground merely because they love the ground, want to be near it, cherish it, and make friends with it...
What a stupid bunch of primitives...l
...just as important as the Theory of Intelligent Falling.
It's called "The Texas Education Agency."
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Subject: NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE
To the citizens of the United States of America,
In the light of your failure to distinguish between the scientific method and imaginary invisible friends in the sky, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Except Utah, which she does not fancy. Your new prime minister (The rt. hon. Gordon Brown, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium". Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.
Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels.
Look up "vocabulary". Using the same twenty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. Look up "interspersed".
2. There is no such thing as "US English". We will let Microsoft know on your behalf.
3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard.
4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys.
5. You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through.
6. You should stop playing American "football". There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a very good game.
The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football. You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football.
Initially, it would be best if you played with the girls. It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like nancies). We are hoping to get together at least a US rugby sevens side by 2011.
7. You should declare war on Quebec and France, using nuclear weapons if they give you any merde. The 98.85% of you who were not aware that there is a world outside your borders should count yourselves lucky. The Russians have never been the bad guys. "Merde" is French for "sh*t".
8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. December 1st will be a new national holiday, but only in England. It will be called "Indecisive Day".
9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and it is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.
10. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Homer said it best when whe decided NOT to go to church anymore every week:
And what if we picked the wrong religion? Every week, we're just making God madder and madder!
-- Homer, ``Homer the Heretic''
Because God is getting pissed for being bothered by every single piece of crap that happens down here.
He obviously worked in tech support before achiving divine status.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Texas, it's the new Kansas.
But don't worry, the Flying Spaghetti Monster will soon caress that state with His Noodly Appendage also. RAmen.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
ooh, I know the answer to this. It's because he loved those people so much he wanted them to join him in heaven!
We all have to take days off, on my days off I don't work, on his days off he's an evil sadistic psychopath.
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"Unfortunately all the information about the one true god was lost 1000s of years ago"
Cthulhu disagrees.
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
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So, must I treat you as a victim because genetics made you stupid from birth?
Is that why he keeps sending tornadoes to the Midwest?
Nah, he's been sending tornados there for eons. He's as confused as everyone else why people keep moving there and setting up trailer parks in the way.
does one perform a scientific review of religion?
The crazy Christians behind this aren't interested in whacky things like "science" and "education," you silly, silly man.
Doesn't this pretty much come to down to a popular saying, "Never argue with an idiot, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference".