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chat_noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:48 PM Original message |
DeVos says he wants intelligent design taught in science classes |
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pinerow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. The dumbing down of America... |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Tell him to teach..... |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yep the dumber they are the more they vote Republican |
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Wretched Refuse (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
78. Its not that |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Blantant pandering for the Stupid vote. nt |
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joemurphy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:51 PM Original message |
Deleted - Inadvertent Duplication n/t |
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joemurphy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Devos should have "unintelligent design" taught as well. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well then the theory can be presented for peer review |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah, that plan worked well for the Dover School Board |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. he wants to further dumb down America to make them buy more Amway crap |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
60. Yeah, teach kids to aspire to be an Amway Double Diamond |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. Maybe we can let kids take pig-latin for their language requirement too |
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pinerow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Now, thats funny....!!! |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. No, it's unnyfay. |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Intelligent Design, circular argument? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. It just ain't science. |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I know... |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. Any "theory" that automatically accredits God to something |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. The Less FundiCrowd knows about something |
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Wretched Refuse (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
79. Shhhh |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
72. No, it's religious dogma. You DID know that |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. And Mr. DeVos' credentials for saying this are . . . ? |
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Wretched Refuse (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
80. Just remember to spell it |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. While I believe in a creator |
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Rude Horner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. I saw a bumper sticker Monday night that said |
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rexcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. The names you will see are... |
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B3Nut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
62. I saw that sticker a couple months ago... |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Vote Granholm! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. He is pandering to the West Michigan voter base. I am so sick of the |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sure. Why not just make the state a complete joke. |
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pinerow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. MLM's in every state... |
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Charlie Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. I really want to know about "The Scientific Theory of Intelligent Design" |
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Freedom_from_Chains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why do these people even get a podium to put forth their dumb |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. He Literally Paid for the Microphone |
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Freedom_from_Chains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Demeter, one of my favs in the parthenon. n/t |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You Are Too Kind! |
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Freedom_from_Chains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. LOL |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. I seriously doubt his Amway training qualifies him to weigh in |
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Wretched Refuse (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
81. Why not don' t that Amway shit have all sorts of scientifically sounding |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. I suppose he's unfamiliar with instances where that was tried... |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. So.... |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Only if they ALSO teach intelligent falling... |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
76. That is super funny! thanks. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. What is their proved hypothesis they use to advance their theory? |
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MaineYooper (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Intelligent design makes exactly one prediction: |
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jayctravis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Isn't that basically Godel's incompleteness theorem? (n/t) |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. I agree, children should be taught that ID is a fraud. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. ridiculous. science is not religion. let them go to church to learn so- |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. It just doesn't belong in a science class |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. the primary 'fact' about 'intelligent design': it is entirely fiction |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Trivia question: from which religion does this fucked-up view emanate? n/t |
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jljamison (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. Intelligent Design easily debunked |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 04:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Yeah well ... |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. So who created the higher force? |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
40. Reason number 6,872 not to vote for this a$$h#le. nt |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. The Republican candidate in Maine has said that, too |
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OregonDem (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. Yeah we should abandon the single greatest discovery in the field |
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OregonDem (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. I wonder sometimes if all republicans politicians who support this are |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Definitely the latter. Politicians are not stupid. |
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toughboy (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
47. Learned it in Sunday School |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. Well, if Intelligent Design were presented in the right way it would be OK |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. Given the state of the world, Idiotic Design would be appropriate. n/t |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. How does running the world's most successful pyramid scheme . . . |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
75. Money! Given enough money even a monkey could be President. nt |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
53. WTF? |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
54. If they're gonna teach ID |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
55. How do you "teach" ID in school? Do you make HS students read Genesis? |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
57. I hope this doesn't need to be said in this forum... |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
58. Intelligent design OK for science class, DeVos (Amway) says |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
59. The FSM is not amused. |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
61. Dear God in the Heavens |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
63. Intelligent design should be taught in Sunday school or parochial school |
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HeardOnTheHill (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
64. DeVos' Record on Schools |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
65. This will help us defeat him |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
66. Yeah, yeah Devos probably wants to set-up Amway |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
68. Please teach I.D. Make sure the curriculum states that aliens impregnated |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
69. IDiot n/t |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
70. No more Science text books in School. The Bible will be all these FOOLS |
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Josh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
71. Well he just lost the election |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
73. Fucking idiot |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
74. Evil Politicians Feeding America Shit |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
77. In other words, he doesn't want Michigan students accepted to college |
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