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"Jason Spaceman" |
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11 Feb 2005 06:30:55 AM |
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Columnist: Creationists still fighting evolution |
From the article:
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Slightly more than half of the American people reject evolution. During
the last decade, the General Social Survey conducted by National Opinion
Research Center (and directed by my colleague Dr. Tom M. Smith) has asked
whether a respondent thinks that humans are descended from animals.
Fifty-two percent said that either this was definitely not true or
probably not true.
Ever since they won the battle but lost the war in the Scopes trial of
1925, conservative Christians have waged an intensive war against
evolution. Despite repeated court decisions insisting that evolution must
be taught in high school classes, the conservative Christians have managed
to keep one form or another of "creationism" alive and well as an
alternative in the minds of many Americans -- including 62 percent of
African-American Christians, 52 percent of mainline Protestants, 42
percent of Catholics and 26 percent of Jews. (Seventy-eight percent of
Conservative Christians reject evolution).
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Read it at http://www.suntimes.com/output/greeley/cst-edt-greel11.html
J. Spaceman
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| User: "stoney" |
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14 Feb 2005 04:31:54 PM |
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:42:09 -0500, (Victor Eijkhout)
wrote:
Christopher A. Lee <calee@optonline.net> wrote:
Alistair Cooke once told a story on BBC's Letter From America of a
politician who was voted out because of things like "and his wife is a
thespian". All of which were true but the morons who voted him out
didn't know the words.
Like this?
http://gis.washington.edu/~phurvitz/outgoing/bustagut/Non-SlanderousPoli
ticalSmearSpeech.htm
LOL.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: Columnist: Creationists still fighting evolution |
12 Feb 2005 05:17:50 PM |
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:42:09 -0500, (Victor Eijkhout)
wrote:
Christopher A. Lee <calee@optonline.net> wrote:
Alistair Cooke once told a story on BBC's Letter From America of a
politician who was voted out because of things like "and his wife is a
thespian". All of which were true but the morons who voted him out
didn't know the words.
Like this?
http://gis.washington.edu/~phurvitz/outgoing/bustagut/Non-SlanderousPoli
ticalSmearSpeech.htm
Something like that - but he claimed to be talking about a real
politician. And I'm not sure whether it was before or after the Mad
article was published.
I tried to find it on the web but I couldn't. It was definitely
Alistair Cooke in Letter From America.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Columnist: Creationists still fighting evolution |
11 Feb 2005 08:00:54 PM |
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:12:42 -0500, "Christopher A. Lee"
<calee@optonline.net> said in alt.atheism:
Alistair Cooke once told a story on BBC's Letter From America of a
politician who was voted out because of things like "and his wife is a
thespian". All of which were true but the morons who voted him out
didn't know the words.
You're one to talk. You masticate in public.
--
"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived."
- Isaac Asimov
(random sig, produced by SigChanger)
rukbat at verizon dot net
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| User: "John M Price PhD" |
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19 Feb 2005 08:33:55 PM |
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In article <1qoq01l95obiui5iudilf0hthqk849mp7o@4ax.com> from sci.skeptic Al Klein wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:12:42 -0500, "Christopher A. Lee"
<calee@optonline.net> said in alt.atheism:
Alistair Cooke once told a story on BBC's Letter From America of a
politician who was voted out because of things like "and his wife is a
thespian". All of which were true but the morons who voted him out
didn't know the words.
You're one to talk. You masticate in public.
And if he's raising a family, might even be a niggardly guy!
(c) 2004. Copyright, John M. Price, PhD. All Rights Reserved.
Contents may not be republished in any form or medium without prior
written consent of the author with the express and only exception of
followup postings limited to and within usenet.
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John M. Price, PhD
Life: Chemistry, but with feeling! | PGP Key on request or FTP!
Email responses to my Usenet articles will be posted at my discretion.
Comoderator: sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated Atheist# 683
Therapist to patient:
"First, we'll look for repressed memories of malpractice suits."
- Frank Cotham, p 77, Dec 1, The New Yorker
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| User: "Andrew Arensburger" |
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14 Feb 2005 05:53:03 PM |
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In talk.origins Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
You're one to talk. You masticate in public.
Oh, yeah?! Well, you matriculated!
--
Andrew Arensburger, Systems guy University of Maryland
arensb.no-bloody-spam@umd.edu Office of Information Technology
We totally deny the allegations, and we are trying to identify the allegators.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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14 Feb 2005 07:39:43 PM |
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:53:03 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Arensburger
<arensb.no-bloody-spam@umd.edu> said in alt.atheism:
In talk.origins Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
You're one to talk. You masticate in public.
Oh, yeah?! Well, you matriculated!
Oops. I didn't think anyone saw.
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rukbat at verizon dot net
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
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| User: "John Wilkins" |
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14 Feb 2005 08:06:13 PM |
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Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:53:03 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Arensburger
<arensb.no-bloody-spam@umd.edu> said in alt.atheism:
In talk.origins Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
You're one to talk. You masticate in public.
Oh, yeah?! Well, you matriculated!
Oops. I didn't think anyone saw.
Once, when I was very young, I gastrulated. And involuted, but we don't
talk about that.
--
John S. Wilkins AA#2207
web: www.wilkins.id.au blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
Fiat lunch!
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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11 Feb 2005 08:27:49 PM |
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:00:54 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:12:42 -0500, "Christopher A. Lee"
<calee@optonline.net> said in alt.atheism:
Alistair Cooke once told a story on BBC's Letter From America of a
politician who was voted out because of things like "and his wife is a
thespian". All of which were true but the morons who voted him out
didn't know the words.
You're one to talk. You masticate in public.
I think that was one of them :-)
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| User: "Walter Bushell" |
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12 Feb 2005 11:37:24 AM |
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In article <icqq01tdvhcuf709ut48kof0omu8qevaa2@4ax.com>,
"Christopher A. Lee" <calee@optonline.net> wrote:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:00:54 GMT, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:12:42 -0500, "Christopher A. Lee"
<calee@optonline.net> said in alt.atheism:
Alistair Cooke once told a story on BBC's Letter From America of a
politician who was voted out because of things like "and his wife is a
thespian". All of which were true but the morons who voted him out
didn't know the words.
You're one to talk. You masticate in public.
I think that was one of them :-)
Horrors, nearly all our politicians have matriculated in college.
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Guns don't kill people; automobiles kill people.
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14 Feb 2005 02:05:13 PM |
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On 11 Feb 2005 04:41:30 -0800, "Richard Forrest"
<richard@plesiosaur.com> wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
What 'educational system?'
[]
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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| User: "stew dean" |
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| Title: Re: Columnist: Creationists still fighting evolution |
11 Feb 2005 11:14:23 AM |
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Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Stew Dean
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| User: "Ian H Spedding" |
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| Title: Re: Columnist: Creationists still fighting evolution |
11 Feb 2005 03:06:03 PM |
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"stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108142063.003015.274500@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
With all the university science departments being closed down here I
wouldn't get too cocky.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Didn't someone just mention a Frederic Pohl/C M Kornbluth novel called The
Marching Morans?
Ian
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Ian H Spedding
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11 Feb 2005 05:14:17 PM |
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In talk.origins Ian H Spedding <harry@spedding53.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
Didn't someone just mention a Frederic Pohl/C M Kornbluth novel called The
Marching Morans?
Does it involve this guy?:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-moran.htm
--
Andrew Arensburger, Systems guy University of Maryland
arensb.no-bloody-spam@umd.edu Office of Information Technology
"Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers."
-- T.S. Eliot
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13 Feb 2005 05:33:41 AM |
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"Andrew Arensburger" <arensb.no-bloody-spam@umd.edu> wrote in message
news:cuje89$dq1$1@grapevine.wam.umd.edu...
In talk.origins Ian H Spedding <harry@spedding53.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
Didn't someone just mention a Frederic Pohl/C M Kornbluth novel called
The
Marching Morans?
Does it involve this guy?:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-moran.htm
Somehow that's not how I pictured our esteemed Professor Moran.
Ian
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| User: "Dubh Ghall" |
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11 Feb 2005 04:32:01 PM |
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:06:03 -0000, "Ian H Spedding"
<harry@spedding53.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
"stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108142063.003015.274500@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
With all the university science departments being closed down here I
wouldn't get too cocky.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Didn't someone just mention a Frederic Pohl/C M Kornbluth novel called The
Marching Morans?
I think there have been two or three books on the theme. Always in the
background, cleaning public toilets, or stashed away in camps for the
untrainable, were the brains that actually ran the world.
--
Puck Greenman
The spelling Like any opinion stated here
purely my own
#162 BAAWA Knight.
Plonked by Rob Duncan
January 27th
Na bister 500,000
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11 Feb 2005 04:16:17 PM |
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:06:03 -0000, "Ian H Spedding"
<harry@spedding53.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
"stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108142063.003015.274500@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
--------------------------------
From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
With all the university science departments being closed down here I
wouldn't get too cocky.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Didn't someone just mention a Frederic Pohl/C M Kornbluth novel called The
Marching Morans?
"The Marching Morons" is a short story by Cyril M. Kornbluth.
However, Pohl and Kornbluth co-authored numerous short stories, as
well as seven novels, of which "Gladiator at Law" and "The Space
Merchants" were the best. But "The Marching Morons" is by Kornbluth
alone. "The Marching Morons" is highly recommended for its
examination of the implications of modern human behavior on human
evolution. And it is a good, fun story as well.
--
¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,
Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta Pip R. Lagenta
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-- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)
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14 Feb 2005 04:40:04 PM |
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:16:17 -0800, "Pip R. Lagenta"
<morbiusatwork@comcast.net> wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:06:03 -0000, "Ian H Spedding"
<harry@spedding53.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
"stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108142063.003015.274500@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
--------------------------------
From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
With all the university science departments being closed down here I
wouldn't get too cocky.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Didn't someone just mention a Frederic Pohl/C M Kornbluth novel called The
Marching Morans?
"The Marching Morons" is a short story by Cyril M. Kornbluth.
However, Pohl and Kornbluth co-authored numerous short stories, as
well as seven novels, of which "Gladiator at Law" and "The Space
Merchants" were the best.
I vaguely remember "The Space Merchants."
But "The Marching Morons" is by Kornbluth
alone. "The Marching Morons" is highly recommended for its
examination of the implications of modern human behavior on human
evolution. And it is a good, fun story as well.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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11 Feb 2005 04:35:11 PM |
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:16:17 -0800, "Pip R. Lagenta"
<morbiusatwork@comcast.net> wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:06:03 -0000, "Ian H Spedding"
<harry@spedding53.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
"stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108142063.003015.274500@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
--------------------------------
From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
With all the university science departments being closed down here I
wouldn't get too cocky.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Didn't someone just mention a Frederic Pohl/C M Kornbluth novel called The
Marching Morans?
"The Marching Morons" is a short story by Cyril M. Kornbluth.
However, Pohl and Kornbluth co-authored numerous short stories, as
well as seven novels, of which "Gladiator at Law" and "The Space
Merchants" were the best. But "The Marching Morons" is by Kornbluth
alone. "The Marching Morons" is highly recommended for its
examination of the implications of modern human behavior on human
evolution. And it is a good, fun story as well.
Pohl did write one on the same theme - it's the last part of Search
The Sky.
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11 Feb 2005 04:42:07 PM |
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Pip R. Lagenta wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:06:03 -0000, "Ian H Spedding"
<harry@spedding53.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
"stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108142063.003015.274500@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
--------------------------------
From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
With all the university science departments being closed down here I
wouldn't get too cocky.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Didn't someone just mention a Frederic Pohl/C M Kornbluth novel called The
Marching Morans?
"The Marching Morons" is a short story by Cyril M. Kornbluth.
You're aware that that probably *wasn't* a typo on Ian's part, right?
--Kizhe
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11 Feb 2005 04:54:11 PM |
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"Lt. Kizhe Catson" <lt.kizhe@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:420D34BF.9070704@gmail.com...
Pip R. Lagenta wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:06:03 -0000, "Ian H Spedding"
<harry@spedding53.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
"stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108142063.003015.274500@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
--------------------------------
From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
With all the university science departments being closed down here I
wouldn't get too cocky.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Didn't someone just mention a Frederic Pohl/C M Kornbluth novel called
The
Marching Morans?
"The Marching Morons" is a short story by Cyril M. Kornbluth.
You're aware that that probably *wasn't* a typo on Ian's part, right?
Right. :)
Ian
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Ian H Spedding
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11 Feb 2005 04:49:00 PM |
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In article <420D34BF.9070704@gmail.com> "Lt. Kizhe Catson" <lt.kizhe@gmail.com> writes:
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Pip R. Lagenta wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:06:03 -0000, "Ian H Spedding"
<harry@spedding53.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
"stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108142063.003015.274500@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
--------------------------------
From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
With all the university science departments being closed down here I
wouldn't get too cocky.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Didn't someone just mention a Frederic Pohl/C M Kornbluth novel called The
Marching Morans?
"The Marching Morons" is a short story by Cyril M. Kornbluth.
You're aware that that probably *wasn't* a typo on Ian's part, right?
Oops. WHOOSH! That one went right by me too.
Actually, I'm probably biased to see that as a mistake, ever
since I noticed, in some newsgroup or other, a tragically inept
attempt to start a flamewar:
Subject: YOU PEOPLE HERE ARE ALL MORANS!!!!!!!!
and THAT one, sadly, was not a clever Ianism.
-- cary
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11 Feb 2005 06:37:37 PM |
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:42:07 -0500, "Lt. Kizhe Catson"
<lt.kizhe@gmail.com> wrote:
Pip R. Lagenta wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:06:03 -0000, "Ian H Spedding"
<harry@spedding53.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
"stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108142063.003015.274500@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
With all the university science departments being closed down here I
wouldn't get too cocky.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Didn't someone just mention a Frederic Pohl/C M Kornbluth novel called The
Marching Morans?
"The Marching Morons" is a short story by Cyril M. Kornbluth.
You're aware that that probably *wasn't* a typo on Ian's part, right?
Uhmm... O.K. However, the only reason *I* spelled "Morons" the way I
did was that my Google search on "Marching Morans" did not give me the
information that I was looking for.
--
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-- Pip R. Lagenta
President for Life
International Organization Of People Named Pip R. Lagenta
(If your name is Pip R. Lagenta, ask about our dues!)
<http://home.comcast.net/~galentripp/pip.html>
(For Email: I'm at home, not work.)
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| User: "Josh Hayes" |
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12 Feb 2005 12:16:11 AM |
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"Pip R. Lagenta" <morbiusatwork@comcast.net> wrote in
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Uhmm... O.K. However, the only reason *I* spelled "Morons" the way I
did was that my Google search on "Marching Morans" did not give me the
information that I was looking for.
That's strange; I'm sure I saw the Marching Morans in a recent fife and
drum celebration hereabouts.
And supercilious they looked, to be sure.
-JAH
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| User: "Fred" |
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11 Feb 2005 11:54:19 AM |
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"stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108142063.003015.274500@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
--------------------------------
From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Who is Canada?
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13 Feb 2005 06:06:46 PM |
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"Fred" <hello@there.com> wrote in news:C7ednSKBu4LRbJHfRVn-
pw@comcast.com:
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Who is Canada?
Not a who, it's that village up north.
Marc
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| User: "Ian H Spedding" |
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14 Feb 2005 02:21:50 AM |
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"Marc L." <master.cougar@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns95FCC26ECE37Bmastercougarhotmailc@207.35.177.135...
"Fred" <hello@there.com> wrote in news:C7ednSKBu4LRbJHfRVn-
pw@comcast.com:
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Who is Canada?
Not a who, it's that village up north.
Unless they mean Ron Canada who had a part in a Star Trek; The Next
Generation episode?
Ian
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Ian H Spedding
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| User: "Marc L." |
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15 Feb 2005 08:25:51 PM |
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"Ian H Spedding" <harry@spedding53.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:cupnua
$8pa$3@news8.svr.pol.co.uk:
Unless they mean Ron Canada who had a part in a Star Trek; The Next
Generation episode?
Oh, of course.
Marc
PS: did anyone get my "village" reference?
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13 Feb 2005 07:33:13 PM |
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:06:46 GMT, "Marc L." <master.cougar@gmail.com>
wrote:
"Fred" <hello@there.com> wrote in news:C7ednSKBu4LRbJHfRVn-
pw@comcast.com:
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Who is Canada?
Not a who, it's that village up north.
Reminds me of the US trailer for The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill And
Came Down A Mountain - it was set in village on the outskirts of
Wales. Duh.
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11 Feb 2005 04:14:26 PM |
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"stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108142063.003015.274500@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
--------------------------------
From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
Don't let's rest on our laurels. This week's Newark Advertiser (my local
paper here) contains a letter which could have come straight out of Ohio
(but sadly probably didn't). No online link, unfortunately, but I'm drafting
a reply now.
Danny
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14 Feb 2005 04:37:01 PM |
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On 11 Feb 2005 09:14:23 -0800, "stew dean" <stewdean@gmail.com> wrote:
Richard Forrest wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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From the article: "Slightly more than half of the American people
reject evolution. "
I wish more Americans would see that this as a criticism of their
educational system rather than an argument against evolution.
Same half that think the US is the biggest country in the world (at a
guess).
Us Brits delight at taking the micky out of dumb americans but I, at
least, realise that there is a good percentage of the country that
dispair at all this.
I think the only solution is an invasion by Canada.
Only as long as they bring the good beer......
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
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