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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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14 Nov 2005 04:26:07 AM |
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Heeere's Pat! |
washingtonpost.com
Heeere's Pat!
Saturday, November 12, 2005; A24
LOOK OUT, JAY Leno and David Letterman: Pat Robertson is at it again.
The television evangelist and former Republican presidential candidate
has a way of coming up with some real thigh-slappers. This one must have
the people of Dover, Pa., rolling in the aisles. On Thursday Mr.
Robertson said on his daily television show, "The 700 Club," that
because all eight Dover school board members up for reelection on
Tuesday were voted out of office after trying to impose "intelligent
design" on high school students as an alternative to the theory of
evolution, God is not going to show up if there's a disaster in Dover.
They'd voted God out of the city, Mr. Robertson said. How Mr. Robertson
managed to deliver that line with a straight face is beyond us. But we
suppose that when you have his comedic touch, anything's possible.
In truth, Mr. Robertson's sense of humor is a bit off for our taste.
Yes, the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and the Christian
Coalition does have pretty good timing, and his delivery isn't bad. What
does strike us as odd, however, is that while making something funny at
another person's expense is a well-known trait of comedy, Mr.
Robertson's choices of God and the citizens of Dover as the butts of his
joke seems a little over the top.
After all, what took place at the ballot box in Dover had nothing to do
with the acceptance or rejection of a deity. Candidates on the ballot
happened to be school board members who ordered a statement read in
school informing students that the theory of evolution is not
established fact and that intelligent design is an alternative theory
that students can pursue through reading a book. Dover citizens, hearing
that, decided to vote the school board out of office. God, as far as we
know, was not on the ballot.
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http://www.ElmerFudd.US/ http://www.rightard.org/ http://www.thedarkwind.org/
"Sex is only perverted if it implants voracious alien parasites in your
bladder or rectum." -- nu-monet v8.0
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| User: "Desertphile" |
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| Title: Re: Heeere's Pat! |
14 Nov 2005 04:59:43 PM |
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Candidates on the ballot
happened to be school board members who ordered a statement read in
school informing students that the theory of evolution is not
established fact
Washington Post has once again confused the issue. The theory of
evolution IS NOT a fact, never has been, and never will be. Evolution
is a fact: evolutionary theory is not.
and that intelligent design is an alternative theory
that students can pursue through reading a book
A book parts of which its own author (Behe) has consistantly refuted,
under oath!
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Heeere's Pat! |
14 Nov 2005 07:15:26 PM |
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On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 04:26:07 GMT, (Fredric L.
Rice) wrote:
washingtonpost.com
Heeere's Pat!
Saturday, November 12, 2005; A24
LOOK OUT, JAY Leno and David Letterman: Pat Robertson is at it again.
The television evangelist and former Republican presidential candidate
has a way of coming up with some real thigh-slappers. This one must have
the people of Dover, Pa., rolling in the aisles. On Thursday Mr.
Robertson said on his daily television show, "The 700 Club," that
because all eight Dover school board members up for reelection on
Tuesday were voted out of office after trying to impose "intelligent
design" on high school students as an alternative to the theory of
evolution, God is not going to show up if there's a disaster in Dover.
They'd voted God out of the city, Mr. Robertson said. How Mr. Robertson
managed to deliver that line with a straight face is beyond us. But we
suppose that when you have his comedic touch, anything's possible.
In truth, Mr. Robertson's sense of humor is a bit off for our taste.
Yes, the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and the Christian
Coalition does have pretty good timing, and his delivery isn't bad. What
does strike us as odd, however, is that while making something funny at
another person's expense is a well-known trait of comedy, Mr.
Robertson's choices of God and the citizens of Dover as the butts of his
joke seems a little over the top.
After all, what took place at the ballot box in Dover had nothing to do
with the acceptance or rejection of a deity. Candidates on the ballot
happened to be school board members who ordered a statement read in
school informing students that the theory of evolution is not
established fact and that intelligent design is an alternative theory
that students can pursue through reading a book. Dover citizens, hearing
that, decided to vote the school board out of office. God, as far as we
know, was not on the ballot.
'God' isn't eligible for anything.
--
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
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Desertphile" |
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| Title: Re: Heeere's Pat! |
14 Nov 2005 05:02:14 PM |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111101586.html
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