Me, I follow the theory of Interior Design

Found by my friend Hannah -

"The citizens of the Dover area were poorly served by the members of the Board who voted for the ID Policy. It is ironic that several of these individuals, who so staunchly and proudly touted their religious convictions in public, would time and again lie to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID Policy. With that said, we do not question that many of the leading advocates of ID have bona fide and deeply held beliefs which drive their scholarly endeavors. Nor do we controvert that ID should continue to be studied, debated, and discussed. As stated, our conclusion today is that it is unconstitutional to teach ID as an alternative to evolution in a public school science classroom....

Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court. Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy. The breathtaking inanity of the Board’s decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources...."

-Judge John E. Jones, Conclusion of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District

So yeah, the ID debate had been silent for almost a year now, and I'm glad that the first peep I hear of it is a reasonable judge smacking it out of the public school system. He even goes so far as to say that it should still be debated, thus (hopefully) avoiding the firestorm of "you're an atheist judge so you're biased" bullshit that so often follows these rulings. All in all, very reasonable, and still firm that this theory has no place in a public school science classroom.

Also, the season premiere of Battlestar - SWEET ZOMBIE JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. Ahem. Pardon my lack of elocution on that point, but damn, that was a helluva way to start a season. I kind of wish I hadn't watched the preview for next week, as it eliminates a certain number of possibilities (at least relating to the end of the episode), but it's also somewhat comforting. Ahh. I'm so proud of the show...they topical political issues and then invert them in a way to make you wonder just how the fuck you feel about them. Kudos, Battlestar Galactica! Kudos.

I shan't say any more about the episode in case anyone hasn't seen it yet, plus I should probably go work on one of the two essays I have due in the next two days. Hehheh. Heh. Oy.