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,
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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.
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?
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.
