Barney, Bikinis, Ballinasloe and Darwin.

[Poor Student]

One of the delegates, Nabil Shaath, who was Palestinian foreign minister at the time, said: "President Bush said to all of us: 'I am driven with a mission from God'. God would tell me, 'George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. And then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did."
Mr Bush went on: "And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East'. And, by God, I'm gonna do it."

Yikes! If only I had known God subcribed to Realist school of international relations theory along with Thucyidides and Machiavelli when I did my exams in the summer.

[pete]

More from the looney right regarding Dover/I.D. - Robertson is the nutter that advocated the "taking out" of Hugo Chavez.
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Yeah bizaree he thinks that town has turned its back on God cos of I.D. rejection yet its ok for him to advocate assassination of Chavez if he won't give America oil.

[REVIP]

Ya wha........? I wonder if he's a Christian Zionist. Those who support the restablishment of Israel as fullfilling biblical prophecies to bring about the Second Coming.

Never quite sure where Dubya stands, but there are loads of people around him who are shaped by Millenarian thinking. Some of them think they can bring the end nearer by bringing about the conditions that they think are prophesied in Revelation. (The Free Presbyterians in the North would agree on most points)

Trying to explain to them that the book of Revelation is a sectarian product of a sectarian community at the end of the 1st Century and that the references are all to a First Century situation is like trying to suggest that Genesis is not historical truth.

Underneath all their stuff there is a very strong extreme right-wing agenda.

[hamish]

I mentioned, above, a word about the dangers with regards to Science graduates from Kansas gaining employment or university places due to the pollution of their Science studies with the pseudo-Science of I.D.
Coincidentally, I received a newsletter e-mail from Air America's Randi Rhodes yesterday which went as follows:

"All we are is dust in the wind" (Kansas)

"Gravity isn't real and dinosaurs are dragons fron Hell" (The other Kansas)


If Katrina and Iraq woke up a politically sleepy nation to the horrors of neocon rule, let us hope what Kansas has done to their children exposes the extreme danger of the Rapture Right.

In a 6-4 ruling on Tuesday, the Kansas School Board has paved the way for Creationism to be taught, not in a comparative religion class, but as hard science.

Science is the study of the Natural World. Creationism is the study of the Supernatural World.

The US is chronically embarrassed by our pathetic math and science ranking in the world. More and more of our postgraduate research slots are being awarded to foreign students for lack of qualified or interested Americans. And as we enter the "century of biology," we are condemning ourselves to myth and magic while other nations simply pass us by.

Although, there are some signs of hope. Also on Tuesday, the people of Pennsylvania sent all the Flat-Earth freaks on their school board packing.

Get involved, stay informed and do the right thing even when no one is looking. We get but one chance to raise our kids.

Thanks for listening!

Love ALLways,
Randi


Now, while Randi, a veteran from one of the U.S. defence forces, would be termed "far-left" in America (i.e. to the left of Genghis Khan) I think she makes a good point here.

Her show can be heard on the web from 8pm to 11pm (our time) on Air America. She's o.k. in small doses.

[REVIP]

Sir Hamish,

There are some interesting analyses of what's happening in America.

Got this link from an evangelical network I subscribe to:

http://www.eleutheria.biz/rnb/article.php?i=25&m=3

Ian

[REVIP]

Could Beeslow be in mortal danger because Sir Hamish has rejected ID?

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/11/10...obertson.reut/

[John83]

Could Beeslow be in mortal danger because Sir Hamish has rejected ID?

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/11/10...obertson.reut/

If anyone listens to Robertson, I have no respect for them. If the man was a poster on a forum, he'd be flamebait, then banned.

[hamish]

Could Beeslow be in mortal danger because Sir Hamish has rejected ID?

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/11/10...obertson.reut/

I've already posted that story.



Beeslow is already Hell - the most boring town in Ireland, except for Tuam and Balbriggan.

[strangeirish]

This is the same guy who says the US should kill a democraticly elected leader of another country and suggusted that a nuke bomb should be set off at the CIA headquarters ....all on TV !
His 700 Club fake news reports is as bogus as what comes out of his mouth... it's mostly militant Christian stuff justifing war and in support of Bush.

[hamish]

Sir Hamish,

There are some interesting analyses of what's happening in America.

Got this link from an evangelical network I subscribe to:

http://www.eleutheria.biz/rnb/article.php?i=25&m=3

Ian

Thanks Ian REVIP - will look it up in a second.

Hamish/Noel