November 9, 2005

• Well, that was easy....

  
  

  Even though civil rights took an expected hit here in Texas, but elsewhere....

  
  

  
  
  • in Dover (home of the "Intelligent Design" controversy), "Intelligent designers on the Dover school board were swept out en masse by the city's voters. Eight sane Dems swept out eight crazy fundamentalists." 

  
  

  
  

  Now I've looked at this Inteligent Design issue quite a bit and I have had mixed feelings.  I personally don't believe in evolution from one species to another species, and prefer to believe that we were created as we are - with the built in genetic ability to "evolve" within our genetic pool (not outside it).  However, all the "Intelligent Design" proponents have proposed so far is that the "missing evidence" of evolution prove their theory.  That isn't how the scientific method that we all learned in school works.  But that's not the real reason that I don't support ID.  The proponents of ID are using "textbooks" with a huge religious leaning - talks of worldwide floods without any proof, and other Biblical stories are thrown in.  That's what Sunday School (protestants) and Religious Education (Catholic) classes are for.  If they really want religion taught (probably badly by non-religious teachers) in our classrooms, most people would support adding it to a philosophy class along with other religious beliefs (like in college).

  
  

  
  
  • In Maine, "an anti-gay ballot initiative actually failed. That's something you don't see every day. An anti-gay marriage amendment in Texas passed easily (even though it may hilariously invalidate every marriage)." 
    
  • "In both New Jersey and Virginia Democrats gained seats in the state legislatures...California is a disaster of epic proportions for Arnold." (All four of California's Terminator-inspired proposals failed, despite him spending $60 million (in tax-payer's money?) for this...)
    
  • "[Republicans] soundly defeated reform efforts in Ohio and they held on to the NYC mayorship."
    [Quotes from Daily Kos]

  
  

  Most importantly, almost every Republican that Bush campained for (and even one Democrat that supported Bush last year) have lost by staggering numbers.

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