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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:10 PM
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"Kansas Education Board declared legally insane."
Yes it's true..."Chew Toys" exclusive:
http://blogs.salon.com/0004725/


"School board member Kathy Martin looks to put Kansas public schools on the cutting edge of 16th century science. School nurses will also be taught the art of blood letting. Said board member Janet Waugh, who voted against the new cirriculum, "This is a sad day, not only for Kansas kids, but for Kansas. We're becoming a laughingstock, not only of the nation, but of the world." We at Chew Toys aren't laughing, we're weeping."
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marbuc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:13 PM
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1. I always thought leeches were underrated. nt
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:15 PM
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4. Nah, they really suck
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Nikki Stone 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 10:37 PM
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30. Where is a rimshot machine when you need it?
:)
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:15 PM
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5. No, you put gun powder on the wound and then light it to seal the wound
from any poison. (the bullet is used to bite in order to counter the pain) DUH :eyes:
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 03:09 PM
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14. The good news is
Barbers are automatically classified as surgeons now! No more waiting at the hospital for that trepanning to let the demons out of your head!
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 03:14 PM
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15. Completely redifines the word headache! n/t
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MojoXN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 03:22 PM
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19. Actually, this DOES work to cauterize a wound...
But just the same, fuck these Kansas fundies. They'll quickly find that Kansas isn't just a laughingstock, their students will be behind the rest of the nation, as far as biology goes.

MojoXN
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 04:00 PM
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21. Doesn't a band-aid and firm pressure work just as well
w/out the fear of blowing a body part off? :shrug:
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:13 PM
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2. i guess the question "whats the matter with kansas?"
has officially gone from rhetorical to clinical.
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:15 PM
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6. A few years ago, the board tried this and the Republican Gov
said it would embarass the state. He abolished or threatened to abolish the state school board and it was reversed.

It's time for the will of the people. They'll probably begin teaching earth science according to the Old Testament as well. Now that will be fun.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:53 PM
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13. Actually, the board did remove all refs to evolution.
But that obviously created a worldwide uproar and that board was voted out. The new board then reversed the old board's science standards back to include evolution. However, on the coattails of an antigay referendum, this new board was swept in. And the rest is history.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:14 PM
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3. Next up, Alchemy classes
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:23 PM
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7. And stoning to death those who choose to work on the Sabbath
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:25 PM
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8. Also, in addition to blood letting, the text covers
Edited on Wed Nov-09-05 02:26 PM by freethought
The Rack-The Real Reason People Grow Tall.
Secret to Good Posture-The Iron Maiden
and
How to Properly Burn a Witch at the Stake.
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 04:02 PM
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22. They're obviously getting marching orders from Cheney's office.
You can always tell where these folks stand on an issue!
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:30 PM
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9. well high schoolers-
good luck if you are a science major in a kansas high school finding a college that will except your high school science grades
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 03:20 PM
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18. Haha.. no shit... sucks to be a KS high schooler!
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99Pancakes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 10:45 PM
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32. Hey, cut the poor kids some slack
They'll be required to part the Red Sea as a science lab.
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LondonReign2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:32 PM
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10. When do the Board members come back up for election?
It is probably too much to hope for a Pennsylvania style wholesale dismissal of the entire board (sorry, Kansas, you seem a bit too far gone), but perhaps they can knock off a few.
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nickyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:35 PM
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11. Here's their email addresses if you'd care to share thoughts w/them:
Edited on Wed Nov-09-05 02:39 PM by nickyt
http://www.ksde.org/commiss/bdaddr.html
Janet Waugh, Sue Gamble, Bill Wagnon and Carol Rupe opposed it.
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 04:05 PM
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23. Who would have ever thought I would say "Thank God...
I live in South Carolina"???
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 02:52 PM
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12. It's official
Kansas is now stranger than Oz.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 03:18 PM
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16. Sorry, Toto, looks like we can't go home!
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 03:38 PM
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20. If I only had a brain
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 10:48 PM
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33. Here's one for you. I think you'll like it.
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 03:19 PM
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17. Remind me never to move there.
Too fucking scary. What IS it with RWers???
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 04:16 PM
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25. Don't move there (here)...
Edited on Wed Nov-09-05 04:17 PM by KansDem
Especially if you have or want kids and want them to have the best education possible. With a solid foundation in Intelligent Design as part of the science curriculum, they'll no doubt be sought after by the best science/technology departments of the best universities around the world.
:sarcasm:

Actually, they might be admitted to Bob Jones University or some other university of that ilk.

A typical scenario:

Admissions department of a well-know university:

Admissions Officer 1: Well, here's the new crop of applicants for our prestigious science program.
Admissions Officer 2: Where did this one graduate from?
AO 1: A high school in Kansas...
AO 1 and AO 2 look at each other, say nothing for a moment, then burst out in hysterical laughter.
AO 1: What say? Shall we put this in "the file?"
AO 2: My thought exactly!

The application is tossed into a wastebasket marked "Kansas"

on edit: This reminder courtesy of KansDem
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 10:09 PM
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26. From a KS native (hard to admit) . . .
. . . I have to agree with your assessment.

I don't tell people who know me that I am from Kansas. Even with its great history (we voted ANTI-slave folks!), I am now officially embarrassed to admit I'm from that state.
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 04:06 PM
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24. Univ. of Kansas Honors Tesla and Rolls out New Tesla Machine
Let's stop the mockery here, all right. Seriously, there is some progress being made.

The U of KA just announced the Tesla Chair of Electrical Engineering at their Graduate School. The major professorial grant will support those who elaborate on the long neglected Tesla machine:

New U of Kansas Tesla machine (this one's for weather).

Edith Gaschmertz, Chairman of the Kansas Board of Education said: "We're building a world-class center in Kansas for the study of the real truth in science. Have a blessed day."
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 10:23 PM
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27. Oh, Jesus...don't let them turn on that infernal machine!!!!
It will crumble the Taj Mahal and melt Antarctica!!!



...
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 10:36 PM
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28. The machine's already on. If it's turned off, we'll see who Bush etc
really are:
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 10:37 PM
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29. I know I probably should LOL, but when I tried all I got was a chill down
my spine...
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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 10:41 PM
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31. Well, that makes sense. They do so much evil shit (like spoiling
the air we breathe to the point of killing us all pretty soon) it makes you wonder:freak:

But then again, I'm underestimating simple and vile human greed.

They are here to steal everything that's not nailed down.

(Although, you might look into the Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man";)
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