More Dishonesty from Creationists

The creationists in Texas had a Plan B. We already know how it works in the press: If someone says something stupid, dishonest, or both the “R” is always by their name. “D” only shows up for good things. But, sheesh. These dishonest, idiotic Texas Republicans need to be taken to the wood shed.For clarity, I have put every bald-faced lie in bold type.

“There are many, many gaps that don’t link species changing and evolving into another species, so we want our students to get all of the science, and we want them to have great, open discussions and learning to respect each other’s opinions,” said Barbara Cargill, R-The Woodlands, a former science teacher.
She scoffed at claims that social conservatives on the 15-member board were just trying to find another way to expose students to creationism — the belief that life, Earth and the universe were created by a supreme being.
“This isn’t about religion. I don’t know how many times we have to say it before people accept it,” she said. “It’s about science. We want to stick to the science.”
Also added to the proposed standards by board Chairman Don McLeroy, R-Bryan, is an amendment that directs science teachers and students to “describe the sufficiency or insufficiency of common ancestry to explain the sudden appearance, stasis and sequential nature of groups in the fossil record.”

So evolution may be OK, but common ancestry is dubious? Are they kidding? That’s like saying that gravity may be a valid theory, but things don’t fall down.

This is about religion, period. There is absolutely no science being done anywhere which doesn’t comport with evolution, which is just another name for common ancestry. These so-called Christians better bone up on the Ten Commandments – especially that fine print about “bearing false witness”.

The professional liars at the so-called Discovery Institute are rubbing their hands with glee:

“We view this as one step back, two steps forward,” said John West, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, a conservative think-tank based in Seattle that disputes the theory of evolution. “The board unfortunately failed to reinstate specific language requiring coverage of strengths and weaknesses of scientific theories. But, in the area of evolution, it significantly improved the standards by adopting a series of amendments to make sure that students have to analyze and evaluate the major parts of evolutionary theory.”

Poor kids in Texas. And poor conservatives.

The Cliffs of Insanity

Peter Robinson says of this graph:

Note, incidentally, the tiny little wiggle at the year 2000.  That represents the Y2K monetary expansion, judged huge at the time.  There are plenty of people who would argue that the Fed’s efforts to shrink the money supply afterwards—that is, Greenspan’s mopping up operation—burst the high-tech bubble, causing the last downturn.  How will the Fed mop up after this expansion?

Update:

Robinson has a followup.

Below, as Mark Steyn has noted, I provide a link to a chart demonstrating the utterly unprecedented expansion in the monetary base in which Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has engaged over the last few months. Now economist Bruce Bartlett (who is, I should note, an old friend) has written to take me to task.  It’s no good showing what Bernanke has done, Bruce suggests, without showing the problem to which he was responding.

And Bartlett attempts to channel Friedman.

And Teachers Unions Count

California may have hit the tipping point. Here’s a brilliant idea:

No one should be able to vote their own paycheck. Government-employee unions should be legally restricted from engaging in any kind of political activity. If not, it is only a matter of time before civil servants become civil masters.

As long as their members work at public schools, teachers unions are government-employee unions. Of course, now that we’re past the tipping point, it’ll be impossible to pass such a law here. Keep an eye on California. We’re going to crash and burn in the next four years. Leading the country as usual.

The Thin-Skinned Messiah

He hasn’t even had to change bedsheets and towels at the White House yet and He’s already called the tiger by name.

Beyond the absurdity of a Democrat barking orders at his political opposition, he’s especially foolish to air his fear of Limbaugh and talk radio in a public setting. Now, what was long suspected by conservatives has been verified by the man himself.

I like Ann Althouse’s take:

I’m picturing Rush delirious with glee, pacing the cavernous rooms of his mansion, booming out monologues to his kitty cat Pumpkin, as he waits for Monday noon to finally roll around. This will be good.

These next four years are going to be disastrous for our country, but man are they going to be funny.

Update:

Rush didn’t wait for Monday to respond.

One more thing, Byron. Your publication and website have documented Obama’s ties to the teachings of Saul Alinksy while he was community organizing in Chicago. Here is Rule 13 of Alinksy’s Rules for Radicals:

“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”