I for one am glad that Bobby Jindal is finally getting the attention he deserves. Bobby has spent a lot of time courting out of state interests while neglecting radioactive parish gobbling sinkholes, perpetual budget crises created the same exact way every year (failing to accurately account for revenue, failing to budget based on actual […]
March 13, 2013
Reblogged from CenLamar: Superintendent John White Qualifies Six More Creationist Voucher Schools for 2012-2013 School Year, Bringing the Total to 26. On Tuesday, March 19, the Louisiana State Supreme Court will finally consider whether Bobby Jindal's school vouchers scheme violates the Louisiana State Constitution. Things aren't shaping up too well for Team Jindal. Surprisingly (at […]
March 6, 2013
Reblogged from The Last Of The Millenniums: Remember MAD Magazine? 'Under Gov. Bobby Jindal’s voucher program, considered the most sweeping in the country, Louisiana is poised to spend tens of millions of dollars to help poor and middle-class students from the state’s notoriously terrible public schools receive a private education'. 'While the governor’s plan sounds […]
January 24, 2013
Reblogged from CONTRARY BRIN: Part of a series of re-issues of my most-popular online postings. This one about the deep illogic underlying the claims by the fundamentalist community that they "just want students to be exposed to all sides and make up their own minds." ================== THERE IS RICH IRONY in how the present battle over Creationism […]
September 16, 2012
The current story is that an ex-felon using multiple assumed names such as Sam Bacile, on probation with a restriction against using the internet, produced an offensive film that has been used to stir up revolt and as a possible cover for Al Qaeda to attack embassies. Random horrible actors were used, and many lines were dubbed over […]
August 26, 2012
THE CHALLENGE Can we clearly and politely determine which or which combination of these three theories should be taught in a Science class and why some theories would not belong? It think it’s time someone addressed this topic rationally and maturely, and explained why Creationism and Intelligent Design don’t belong in Science classes. Until someone responsible […]
August 24, 2012
I think I am begining to understand why Republican’s started worshipping Ayn Rand instead of Jesus. Cheers! Photo stolen from Father Kane ‘Paul Ryan on Ayn Rand’. Dear Koch Brothers. . . The Rich and the Kingdom of God 17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his […]
July 30, 2012
Reblogged from The Last Of The Millenniums: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLW1vFO-2Q&feature=player_embedded To me, this represents very much what will happen if Mitt Romney is elected President, the House remains in Republican control and the Senate swings to the Republicans. The Grover Norquist agenda : "All we have to do is replace Obama. ... We are not auditioning for […]
July 26, 2012
Reblogged from The Last Of The Millenniums: Every Republican should be so proud of their party. There 'have been no investigations or prosecutions of in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania' so the GOP pass legislation that will make it hard for college students, the poor and elderly to obtain a voter ID that there seems to […]
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