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To: longnshort who wrote (855137)5/8/2015 6:44:46 AM
From: Mongo2116  Respond to of 1574261
 
Alabama lawmaker: My bill protects kids from learning ‘they came from a monkey’


JOAN SHIPPS
07 MAY 2015 AT 16:16 ET

April 30, 2015, an Alabama Republican introduced legislation to allow the state’s public school teachers to substitute lessons in the assigned science curriculum with religious teachings.

The bill’s sponsor is Mack Butler, who represents the interests of Alabama’s 30th District at the state Capitol. Formally titled H.B. 592, the bill would see approved science surrounding “biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, and human cloning” subject to religious scrutiny by teachers in Alabama’s public schools

Butler is now squarely in the sights of free speech and science policy advocates nationwide.

“This is a thinly-veiled attempt to open the door to religious fanatics who don’t believe in evolution, climate change or other scientifically-based teaching in our schools,” Susan Watson, executive director of the ACLU of Alabama, tells AL.com. “It also opens Alabama to costly litigation that it just cannot afford.”



To: longnshort who wrote (855137)5/8/2015 6:51:39 AM
From: Mongo2116  Respond to of 1574261
 
GOP Head Of Environment Committee Argues Pollution Is GREAT! (VIDEO)
Not at all pressured by the big manufacturers that line his pockets, head of the Senate Environment Committee, Republican Sen. James Inhofe, tries to convince us that pollution is a good thing, and we need it around.

Yes, this is the same Sen. Inhofe that not long ago brought a snowball onto the floor of the Senate to prove climate change isn’t real. Because, you know, if it’s snowing that means there is no warming of the climate due to increased carbon emissions.

Now, Inhofe is trying to make us believe all those carbon emissions and pollution are actually good for us, saying:

“Counter to the doomsday predictions of climate alarmists, increasing observations suggest a much reduced and practically harmless climate response to increased amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Also missing from the climate alarmists’ doomsday scenarios and well-scripted talking points are the benefits from increased carbon that has led to a greening of the planet and contributed to increased agricultural productivity.

People do not realize that you cannot grow things without CO2. CO2 is a fertilizer. It is something you cannot do without. No one ever talks about the benefits that people are inducing that as a fertilizer on a daily basis. Despite admitted gaps to the scientific understanding of climate change and a track record of climate modeling failures, President Obama and his environmental allies are holding fast to their bedrock beliefs. They are intent on selling the president’s so-called Climate Action Plan to the American people that is less about protecting the environment and more about expanding the role of the government.”

[iframe width="640" height="340" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EouVaeFivPA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 616.65625px; height: 346.859375px; border-style: none !important;"][/iframe]Never mind the fact that Inhofe has received campaign contributions from BP’s Political Action Committee. I’m sure that’s neither here nor there, right?According to Scientific American:“The Worst Climate Pollution is Carbon Dioxide”“CO2 sticks around in the atmosphere for decades to centuries, wreaking climate havoc.”
But what do they know, really? I mean, it snowed last winter, so obviously Climate Change isn’t real. And CO2 makes all the things wonderful, right? I mean… right? Because I said it, it makes it true — not so much.

Inhofe isn’t even disguising his idiocy. He just sounds like a used cars salesman trying to sell you the worst car on the lot, but claiming, “but look how shiny!”

If only we had a Lemon Law for bad Senators.