Sometimes I feel like I moved to Canada and you guys became America. As most of you have probably heard:
(From Norm Park) CANADA: ELECTION DID NOT GO WELL ABOVE THE 49TH PARALLEL.
Stephen Harper, newly elected Conservative-Party Prime Minister, named Gary Goodyear, an obscure Member of Parliament, to be Minister of Science and Technology. Already this year Goodyear oversaw a series of massive science funding cuts, including zeroing out the Genome program. A chiropractor and acupuncturist with no science background, he is known for opposing same-sex marriage and favoring full legal rights for fertilized eggs. Asked in an interview if he believed in evolution, he objected to being questioned about religion. Later that day he said he believed in evolution. He should have stopped there, but expanded with an example from chiropractic about women’s shoes and the spine. He clearly confused genetic inheritance with adaptation of an individual, or perhaps he believes in Lamarckian evolution.
Contrast this with Obama's recent steps toward progress by lifting bans on stem cell research, making findings from studies available to the public, and naming his science advisors.
Sorry dudes.
Friday, March 20, 2009
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Well, at least noted Creationist and former Alliance head Stockwell "Don't Call Me Doris" Day isn't in a position of power in Steve's government!
...oh, wait.
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