a man who was somehow appointed Chairman of the Texas State Board of Education, shames the Lone Star state yet again by first explaining he 'believes that Earth’s appearance is a recent geologic event — thousands of years old, not 4.5 billion.' Followed by saying, "The most incredible thing I believe is the Christmas story. That little baby born in the manger was the god that created the universe." And then concludes -- and this is the fucking hilarious part -- his refusal to accept natural science and his focus on teaching young earth creationism in Texas K-12 public school science classes is not based on his fundamentalist beliefs.

There was a time not long ago when cranks like this sounded pretty scary. Back then, in the darkest days of the Bush Administration, assorted delusional nuts and self promoting liars like Doc McLeroy and Company looked poised to take over the nation and place it under an antiscience, neoconservative, quasi-theocratic rule that was, as anyone with half a brain knew, destined to promptly collapse in ruin. But thankfully that threat now seems abated. Although they still have some power left, these poor deluded creationist bastards resemble little more than a few rancid leftovers from an era in which red America grew to grotesque proportions feeding on the politics of raw fear, dominionism, and division.

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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/7...7147/125/527716