In times of old, The Furies protected Mother Right. If a mother (or any woman) was harmed, The Furies swooped down and took their vengeance. They were one of the last vestiges of a world that existed before the patriarchy. When we feel righteous anger, it is The Furies who are calling out to us to make what is wrong right again.

Friday, May 06, 2005

The Cruelest Cut 

The Emperor With No Clothes and his lousy tailors have rescinded one of the greatest conservation decisions in the history of our country. Before Clinton left office, he made one third of our nation's federal forest roadless. This REALLY pissed off the conservatives—especially the Bushies who can't imagine a forest that can't be cut or mined or turned into a parking lot. Yesterday, Bush reversed this decision. As early as next week, all the eager beavers waiting to pounce on these pristine lands can start building roads. I wonder if it's time for the Merry Pranksters to make a stand?

The Kansas Board of Education in Topeka is deciding whether they will allow evolution to be taught in schools. Some people want "intelligent design" taught as science. I told you. We are in the dark ages—or else we're traveling back to those times at light speed. I don't care if scientists want to look at the theory of evolution and decide whether it's all the bomb or not. I mean, I've got some problems with the details—but not because I think some god made the world in six days. It's because theories in science change as we learn more about the world. If they want "intelligent design" to be taught, they can have it as part of comparative religion.

What they really want is for Christianity to be taught in public schools. Period. Mike Hendricks, writing in the Kansas City Star, sums (POPUP) it up well: "If the Kansas Board of Education were interested only in the education of the children of Kansas, this debate would never occur. But it's not about the kids, it's about politics. And we have a majority on the Kansas school board who thinks that is acceptable, led by a man who believes the world is only 10,000 years old. They want us to pretend that they are engaged in a search for truth. Instead, this is more like one of those Russian show trials. The object is to build a case against evolution."

Nuff said.
Posted by: Kim Antieau / 5/06/2005 08:19:00 PM
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