Texas

Creationists concede defeat

by Karen on September 3, 2010

The ICR has conceded defeat and given up its quest to issue MS degrees here in Texas:

Now, with the federal ruling against ICR, the Texas government may mandate that any private sector college, even those that accept no government funding, may be regulated by the THECB,

However, please know that, while ICR’s legal battle is over, we will not retreat from other public efforts to fight the “Dragon” and his minions.

Sorry, but I had to snip out all the crap about how not letting them piss on the furniture is discrimination. You can read the whole thing here.

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A Master of Science in Creationism?!

by Karen on March 19, 2009

The loons are determined to take over Texas with State Rep. Berman of Tyler introducing a bill that would allow The Institute of Creation Research to grant a Master of Science degree in creationism:

State Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) proposed House Bill 2800 when he learned that The Institute for Creation Research (ICR), a private institution that specializes in the education and research of biblical creationism, was not able to receive a certificate of authority from Texas’ Higher Education Coordinating Board to grant Master of Science degrees.

Berman’s bill would allow private, non-profit educational institutions to be exempt from the board’s authority.

And no, Berman does not accept evolution:

I don’t believe I came from a salamander that crawled out of a swamp millions of years ago,” Berman told FOXNews.com. "I do believe in creationism. I do believe there are gaps in evolution.

What the fuck is next? A masters in intelligent falling?

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She calls that bacon?!?

by Karen on March 19, 2009

My morning ritual consists of getting a big cup of coffee, going outside to have a smoke & reading the editorial page in the Chronicle.  More often than not, the letters frustrate me.

Such was not the case this morning thanks to John Grothues who wrote in about the principled stands our esteemed politicians such as Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison have been taking over ‘pork’ here lately.

Grothues writes:

Sounds like Kay Bailey Hutchison’s got some ’splainin’ to do! Oh, I don’t mean the part about speaking out and voting against the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, but then taking credit for millions of dollars in pork that came to Texas. We Texans expect our senators to take a principled stance against pork while they bring home the bacon! Shoot, that ain’t hypocrisy, that’s good politics.

The part that bothers me is how little she got — only $54 million for the entire Houston area. That bacon’s so small you can’t even smell it. Yes, it is better than nothing, and yes the very few who got something do appreciate it; but, I’m sorry, we expect better than that from our senators.

If that’s the best she’s got, I suggest that she give up her chair in the Senate, and do something she can’t mess up, something really useless, something where the expectations are so low as to be non-existent. Hmmm. Let’s see — I got it! She ought to run for governor of Texas.

It brought a grin to my face, especially the bolded part. It’s nice to be reminded that it’s alright to grin over the hypocrisy.

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One for the history books

March 3, 2009

An epic war is brewing in Texas. Kay Bailey Hutchison is considering leaving the Senate and fighting Perry in the primary and from what’s already going on, it’s going to be a primary that’s spoken about for years. Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison hasn’t formally announced she’s running for governor, but Texas Republicans are nevertheless [...]

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Lock up your Mastercard, the atheists are coming!

February 18, 2009

We atheists get accused of a lot of things. Usually it’s just the same tripe repeated over and over again ad nauseum.  Every now and then though a religious group has an original thought.  It’s a stupid thought, but it is original. The religious group this time is the Free Market Foundation here in Texas. [...]

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You’re doing it wrong, Texas

February 13, 2009

When a man admits that he did in fact use his position as county sheriff to rape a woman, you put them in jail ASAP. You do not let them enjoy a three month break between admitting guilt and being imprisoned just as he threatened his victim with if she didn’t comply!!  I don’t care [...]

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Teacher suspended after accusation of atheism

February 6, 2009

I’ve been in a rotten mood the last few days and reading this post over at PZ Myer’s has not changed my disposition.  It appears that a teacher by the name of Richard Mullens of Brookeland, Texas was suspended after a parent accused him of being an atheist. On January 15th, there was a board [...]

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Here yesterday, gone today

December 11, 2008

Houston got a surprise yesterday. It snowed.  I thought I was imagining it at first. Then I expected it to disappear as quickly as it came down, but it didn’t.  By 9PM everything in our area had a fine layer of snow on it. Our daughter had a blast running around making snowballs: With instructions: [...]

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Why is Cynthia Dunbar still on the SBOE?

December 8, 2008

She is, first of all, a bloody idiot who stands by her statements about Obama being a terrorist who’s going to declare martial law within the first six months of his administration. Second of all, She has written a book where in she refers to public education as a “tool of perversion” that is unconstitutional [...]

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Cheney & Gonzales indicted in South Texas

November 19, 2008

It’s probably going to go no where as the prosecutor will be out of a job soon, but still, I got a bit of thrill when the hubby showed me the story on the Chron’s site last night a few hours after it broke: A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney [...]

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