WTF, World: Volume IX

It's not Michael Jackson, and this is not "Thriller".

It's another "WTF, World" Wednesday. 

Enough Run DMC references. Let's get to the links.

• Often times, I wonder why the rest of the world thinks Americans are idiots. Then something like this pops up. People like that are the reason that "Idiocracy" is not just a comedy, but also a chilling look into our future. Jesus. Pick up a fucking book, America.
• Medication is expensive. Why? Partly because pharmaceutical companies spend more on advertising than on research and development. I honestly don't understand this. I get prescriptions when my doctor tells me to need them. I don't watch TV and go "AW SWEET, NEXIUM IS PURPLE" and then run down to the pharmacy before ultimately being rejected by the pharmacist because I DON'T HAVE A FUCKING PRESCRIPTION WRITTEN BY A DOCTOR. So why spend billions advertising your product to the Average Joe when he or she can't even buy it without a doctor's approval? The answer may lie in this week's first link.
• Why would people like myself want comprehensive sex ed instead of abstinence-only sex ed to be taught in schools (besides the fact that it works better)? According to a panelist on Fox News, it's because we "benefit when kids end up having STDs [and] unplanned pregnancies..." Yup, every 14-year old with herpes puts 5 bucks into my pocket. I'm busted.
• You know what shouldn't be taught in science class? Science. I think my favorite leap-of-faith in this one is the attribution of a toddler's death at the hands of a 12-year old to the teaching of evolution. Today's first link is just making more and more sense.

WTF, World: Volume IV

Comedy, explosions, sex appeal... It's "WTF, World" Wednesday.

Oh, and just ignore the erroneous day-of-week above. Today is not Tuesday. 

Anyway, onward to the links.

• This link (from the excellent News Hounds) delves into so much that is so wrong with, well, everything. For instance, we environmentalists are truly evil, as explained by a Fox News panelist. "The environmentalists' real motivation is to reduce human population because they hate humans. They value plant life more." It's those kind of comments that make me hate humans and value plant life more. Another great little tidbit: one in five americans can't find the US on a world map. These are likely the same people who don't know Rhode Island is a state, and who aren't sure whether or not the world is flat (and may host NATIONAL TELEVISION SHOWS). And lastly, shouldn't news programs be focused less on skewering political opponents and more on, well, news? 

• And yet another RW-based link: A science director for the Texas Education Authority was asked to resign by her superiors because she did not hold "neutral" views on evolution (she is pro-evolution, and was eventually fired for "other reasons"). Evidently they want someone who is less scientific in charge of children's science education. Makes sense.

• Mike Huckabee may be the next president. This means trouble if you happen to be gay or have AIDS (sucks to be you, Africa). On the positive side, if he does become president, feel free to rape at will. You'll be paroled and free to murder anyone before you can even say "incarceration."