McCain, Republicans Want Welfare for Anti-Evolutionists?

When Republican governor and possible John McCain Vice Presidential running mate Bobby Jindal came out in favor of teaching "Intelligent Design" in Louisiana's science classrooms on CBS's "Face The Nation" last Sunday, it reminded me of John McCain's similar nonsensical position on teaching "Intelligent Design" which I criticize using clips from biologist Kenneth Miller appearing this last week with Stephen Colbert and on NPR.

You can see Gov. Bobby Jindal's full appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" from which I took a short clip for my video at http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4181783n

You can see the entire May 3, 2007, GOP presidential candidate debate on MSNBC from which I took a short clip for my video at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/18474901#18474901

You can see the full June 16, 2008, episode of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" from which I took short clips of the Kenneth Miller interview for my video at http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?episodeId=173099

You can hear the entire June 13, 2008, interview of Kenneth Miller on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" from which I took a short clip for my video at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91483941

And, you can see the expert witness statement that Kenneth Miller submitted in the ACLU's successful case against the teaching of "Intelligent Design" in Pennsylvania's public school science classes, Kitzmiller v Dover, at http://www.aclu.org/evolution/statements/miller.pdf

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[alianchild]

@knowwaie Of course conservatives say that. They are biased. I live in a more socialist country then you, Canada, and its more atheistic also. I dont remember any communist revolution here. We also have a lower crime rate, better educational system, better standard of living and we are in the top ten of happiest population. The U.S.A. was around # 50. And if the conservatives had their way you would be living in a theocracy. And all theocracies are corrupt.

[21shasiti]

Teach you damn kids creationism in Sunday school , but for god sake keep it out of the class room so the intelligent children have a chance to become scientists and continue to find cures for diseases, and update those cell phones,computers and all other scientific based conviences you have become so accoustomed to.Move into the country and stay there till Jesus comes but don't come to town for those scientific based cures everytme you get sick. Just pray and tell yourself God will cure you.

[Lugh314]

@MetalBru01 Yeah, what jfindo said. Colbert Report is correctly (for the sake of this show anyway) pronounced "coal-bare re-pore". Dropping the 't' is purposeful, and a running gag on the show. Stephen even calls his sports report, "spore repore"

[jfindo884]

@MetalBru01 it is how Stephen Colbert says it, so it is scilent like in his name

[MetalBru01]

Why do you always make the "t" in 'report' silent?

[LoricaLady]

Cont. Compare the real fossil to the replica. The real fossil lhas a conveniently missing back end & tiny frontal fins. The replica has long, strong, muscular frontal fins at least 5X larger than the fossil's, for its supposed amazing transition to land. The artist also added in some kind of leg-fins such as are never seen in nature to further help Tik climb to land. Ken Miller, a major evo-evangelist, uses the fossil & replica & says, Tik "is as good as it gets" for a "transition". So true.

[LoricaLady]

Cont. Since the labs & real world don't back them up, evo is replete with phony art work. This started with Haeckle's admittedly fraudulent "ontology recapitulates phylongy" drawings still being promoted as truth by some today. Bill Nye The Science (?!) Guy shows the usual ape to man "sequence" based on 0 evidence at all. Google Melbourne Museum's Repliaca of Titaalilk. Cont.

[LoricaLady]

Cont. They say the nylon eating bacteria is an ex. of evo. But when placed in normal ponds it goes right back to its former eating habits. Not only that it is still a bacteria! Not only that it never even changed its species! Yet they say it is PROOF of evolution. Gazillions of bacteria, algae & other micro organisms reproduce at rocket rates yet, like the fish & tetrapods, the EVIDENCE shows they stay what they were. They are still bacteria & algae, etc. 100% of tiems. Cont.

[LoricaLady]

1:45 "But labeling that belief as science is not...." Again, it is the evolutionists who are labeling their beliefs as science. Almost never do they rely on actual observations of nature, much less use the scientific method - or if they do the exact opposite is seen. For ex. they say that bacteria are evolving because some become more resistant to disease. But all they really show is an inate ability of life (which they can't really explain) to adapt to a LIMITED extent. Cont.

[LoricaLady]

0:50 Oh what a horrible man. He wants his children to hear both sides & learn

to...gasp!...think for themselves! But evoutionists fight in court

to make sure no one even suggests that - gasp! - there might be something supernatural behind the creation of the universe & life. They haven't got a cuhloo how time, space, matter, energy or life got here - , tho some are now teaching it all came from...nothing! One thing they are sure of - only their side gets to be heard if they can help it. Cont.