thanks for the clarification
cec

One thing: those existing marriages aren’t dissolved, at least not yet. The California Supreme Court has agreed to decide the fate of the Prop. 8 same-sex marriage ban. True, no new weddings for gay and lesbian couples until they do, probably in June. The Court is also expected to rule on the legal status of couples who wed before the vote.

Here’s a recent 5 minute GenJones video which features many top pundits specifically talking about Obama’s membership in Generation Jones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ta_Du5K0jk

I’m sorry to hear about those trees, though. They were a significant feature of your folks’ yard.

As an example, the other night I was watching a special on the History channel called ‘Ancient Ink’ where some guy went around the world visiting tattoo artists who use techniques that are more or less ancient. Some of the comments were real gems, such as (paraphrased):

“Everywhere I traveled people were practicing ancient tattooing techniques” (to which I responded ‘Because those are the only places you went’)

“He’s using living flesh as a canvas” (”Yes, its a tattoo!”)

If people are constantly given comments like that that assume they’re stupid, they’re going to be lazy and stop trying to think and become stupid.

http://yahoorezinr.com/

The link to this item from Google news is
http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2008/LA/204_louisiana_creationism_
bill_is__6_17_2008.asp. I get the list updates in digest form, so if
someone has already posted this, forgive the duplication. -Cal

—–Original Message—–

We need your help. Please contact Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and
ask him to veto the Creationism Bill passed by the Legislature this
week, SB 733. Faxes may be best, but telephone calls, snail mail, and
e-mail can also be effective.

Folks who are out of state, we need your help too. Part of the message
the Governor should hear is what a bad image of Louisiana this
legislation will present to the rest of the country.

Contact information to send your message to the Governor, and more
information about SB 733 can be found here:
http://lasciencecoalition.org/ . To see what others are saying, go to
Google News and search –Louisiana evolution–.

Time is very short. The bill could literally be signed at any moment.
The Governor has until July 8, 2008 to sign or to veto. Unless he
affirmatively vetoes by July 8, the bill will become law, with or
without the Governor’s signature.

Please forward this message to all recipients you think appropriate. As

a courtesy, please put all e-mail addresses in the “bcc” field, to
protect others from viruses and spam.

Thank you for your help.

John Runnels

I remember in my 9th grade Biology class we were told that we had to skip the chapter on Darwinian evolution, but we could be told by our teacher that there was some interesting stuff in that chapter. I’m pretty sure we talked about the Lamarkian evolutionary theory in class, though.

I’ve been guilty of violating this maxim on more than one occasion. Difficult not to, in our connected and deadline-driven world.

Excellent post. I’ll be sure to mention it to our readership. Thanks.

Wow. That’s a truism if ever I heard one. That’s what my whole past month has been about.

that and i’d love not to have to drag my laptop everywhere to read my nytimes. let me know if you still love it or find other great uses for it.

fwiw, Squirrel Nut Zippers was (is?) a local swing band that I listened to in the late 90s, early 2000s