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May 17, 2005
Kansas Lernin'
Among red staters' favorite whines is how blue state folk are elitist and look down upon them. Well kids, if you want to know a big reason why we do this, you might consider that you choose to bend proven science to fit your primitive, cro-magnon beliefs -- and then force feed this so-called edjumucation to your children. Like in Kansas, for example.
The Kansas school board's hearings on evolution were not limited to how the theory should be taught in public schools. The board is considering redefining science itself.Advocates of "intelligent design" are pushing the board to reject a definition limiting science to natural explanations for what's observed in the world
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Redefining science in order to contort it to their religious beliefs. Yeah, Columbus could have really freaked Kansans out if he showed up with knowledge of a solar eclipse... Kansans would believe that it was a vengeful and angry God was swallowing the moon to punish them for their sins.
Now that I am getting into a position in my career where I have influence over who gets hired and who does not, I can honestly say that wherever I have any say in th
Now that I am getting into a position in my career where I have influence over who gets hired and who does not, I can honestly say that wherever I have any say in the decision, no potential employee who grew up in Kansas will ever get my thumbs up. This isn't out of some blue-state vendetta, but simply because scientific understanding, critical thinking ability, and knowledge are key factors to success in today's business world. You need these things to compete.
And the Kansas school system is frankly inferior, thanks to these cretinous ostriches who would rather brainwash than teach. Their students will no longer receive a sufficient education to be successful in the modern world. No American business can expect to remain competitive if forced to hire unprepared workers. And Kansas, at this point, is a liability.
Below is a list of further suggested topics for the Kansas school board to force into the curriculum:
-- The world is flat. Asia is simply a mass conspiracy by liberal cartographers.
-- The sun revolves around the earth; Copernicus was a sinner and a blasphemer. Any suggestion otherwise is a blatant attempt by homosexuals to intoxicate our kids with their perverse agenda.
-- Medical attention is to be limited to diagnosing patients by measuring the bumps on their head (phrenology), the use of leeches for treatment of illness, and prayer for the treatment of injury. Physicians and RNs are servants of the devil, and it is an abomination that they practice their satanic magic while clothed in white.
-- DNA does not exist. It is simply one more example of how the liberal establishment chooses to subvert God's majesty and power with the hubris of man. Accordingly, Kansans will continue to suffer from any disease or condition that these so-called healers might otherwise treat, alleviate or cure.
-- Fluoride in water is a conspiracy by the Communists to rob us of our precious bodily fluids.e decision, no potential employee who grew up in Kansas will ever get my thumbs up. This isn't out of some blue-state vendetta, but simply because scientific understanding, critical thinking ability, and knowledge are key factors to success in today's business world. You need these things to compete.
And the Kansas school system is frankly inferior, thanks to these cretinous ostriches who would rather brainwash than teach. Their students will no longer receive a sufficient education to be successful in the modern world. No American business can expect to remain competitive if forced to hire unprepared workers. And Kansas, at this point, is a liability.
Below is a list of further suggested topics for the Kansas school board to force into the curriculum:
-- The world is flat. Asia is simply a mass conspiracy by liberal cartographers.
-- The sun revolves around the earth; Copernicus was a sinner and a blasphemer. Any suggestion otherwise is a blatant attempt by homosexuals to intoxicate our kids with their perverse agenda.
-- Medical attention is to be limited to diagnosing patients by measuring the bumps on their head (phrenology), the use of leeches for treatment of illness, and prayer for the treatment of injury. Physicians and RNs are servants of the devil, and it is an abomination that they practice their satanic magic while clothed in white.
-- DNA does not exist. It is simply one more example of how the liberal establishment chooses to subvert God's majesty and power with the hubris of man. Accordingly, Kansans will continue to suffer from any disease or condition that these so-called healers might otherwise treat, alleviate or cure.
-- Fluoride in water is a conspiracy by the Communists to rob us of our precious bodily fluids.
