The Republicans have already pre-programmed the Diebold voting machines (No paper audit trail), like they did in Ohio last time, and are disenfranchising minorities (Democrats) as fast as humanly and machines can process.
There is an excellant book The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney that explains how this began in the mid nineties with Newt Gingrich and his Contract for America. He and his ilk destroyed the Office of Technology Assessment and began the use of the term junk science to describe anything the Republican big business interests (Tobacco, Oil, etc.) disagreed with.
Also in this months Skeptic magezine, there is a great article debunking the psuedoscince in ID. I recommend both the book and article to anyone who is interested in this topic. BTW. Bill Maer on HBO last night said that only 16% of Americans believe in evolution. Is that even close?
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The Republicans have already pre-programmed the Diebold voting machines (No paper audit trail), like they did in Ohio last time, and are disenfranchising minorities (Democrats) as fast as humanly and machines can process.
There is an excellant book The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney that explains how this began in the mid nineties with Newt Gingrich and his Contract for America. He and his ilk destroyed the Office of Technology Assessment and began the use of the term junk science to describe anything the Republican big business interests (Tobacco, Oil, etc.) disagreed with. Also in this months Skeptic magezine, there is a great article debunking the psuedoscince in ID. I recommend both the book and article to anyone who is interested in this topic. BTW. Bill Maer on HBO last night said that only 16% of Americans believe in evolution. Is that even close?