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A Master of Science in Creationism?!

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 [...]

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She calls that bacon?!?

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 [...]

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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 gearing [...]

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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 meeting. [...]

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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:

And help of [...]

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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 and [...]

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What’s a former president to do?

October 27, 2008

Come what may on January 20, 2008 George Bush will no longer be president of the United States and will need to find other ways to occupy his time since he will no longer be capable of bombing the countries of Muslims in order to prove his manliness.
He could follow the path of Clinton, [...]

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