Archive for November 17th, 2006

Friday Cat: I’M the baby!

Friday, November 17th, 2006

I think the cats have realized, since our new baby arrived, that acting all cute and baby-like will get them more attention. I’ll let Rusty illustrate:

[Rusty: I'm the baby!]
Rusty: I’m the baby! Me!

Certified: Science wins in SC … for now

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Well, it’s official. Anti-science candidate Karen Floyd has been defeated by Jim Rex for the post of SC Superintendent of Education.

This, of course, assumes that there aren’t legal challenges to the vote. We shall see.

Updated on 11/21/06: Floyd has conceded.

[Rena: It made me a little happy.  From Star Ocean: The Second Story (Playstation)]

Why only a little happy? Well, the margin of victory was only 455 votes! Rex’s opponent was not only unqualified for the office but also said such mind-bogglingly foolish things as

More and more scientists are publicly coming out in favor of an Intelligent Design Theory because that is what the evidence is telling them is true.

Long gone are the days when God was excluded from scientific circles. If we ignore that reality, we will only limit our children’s scientific knowledge.

Clearly, the theory of the politically-correct minority has been allowed to dominate our classrooms to the point where not only is evolution being taught as a scientific truth, but the public address system cannot be used to say a prayer for the safety of athletes before a football game – this is wrong.

(Source: SC PIE)

455 votes … out of a million. We’ve got a long way to go in South Carolina.