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Old 10-02-2002, 06:08 AM   #1
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<a href="http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/4116_evolving_banners_at_the_discov_8_29_2002.asp" target="_blank">Evolving Banners at the Discovery Institute</a>

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This was also in a news blurb in Science a week ago...
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...because the proponents of "intelligent design" have still not published anything in the peer-reviewed scientific literature that supports their claims, there is still a superfluous word in the Center's name: "Science."
Ooh! Burn!

But what the hell is this thing supposed to be?

"As our funding, the red line, goes down, the numbers of school boards adopting creationist curricula, the blue line, goes up. So donate freely!"
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Ooh! Burn!

But what the hell is this thing supposed to be?

"As our funding, the red line, goes down, the numbers of school boards adopting creationist curricula, the blue line, goes up. So donate freely!"</strong>

It represents crossover.
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Voters.
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school boards in suburbs of atlanta
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basically, anyone who's ignorant enough to believe those arguments, then use one of the many faults in democracy to push those invalid arguemmtns through to the education system
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Hey, watch it! Or else you're next. Today Iraq, tomorrow Australia.

Syria, Sudan, and North Korea maybe next year. Depending on how the elections turn out.
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Hey, watch it! Or else you're next. Today Iraq, tomorrow Australia.

Syria, Sudan, and North Korea maybe next year. Depending on how the elections turn out.
I don't understand why Bush doesn't just take his shirt off, do that Mr. Universe pose, and yell "ALL YOUR REGIMES ARE BELONG TO US!" like you know he wants to.

*sigh*

And people wonder why I'm not enamored with this country.
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Hey, watch it! Or else you're next. Today Iraq, tomorrow Australia.

Syria, Sudan, and North Korea maybe next year. Depending on how the elections turn out.</strong>
I don't know about this. How much oil do those countries have?
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