WTF, World: Volume II

First off, I apologize for the lack of update last Friday. I'm sure all three readers of this site were most upset. Back to normal schedule this week, starting with the second installment of "WTF, World."

You'll probably notice a trend in that things that piss me off. Usually it's the sports media and people who try to force religion into science/politics (Note: I am both religious and a scientist but NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET).

First off this week is this excellent example of why I hate many mainstream sports journalists. I love how Conlin covers his tracks by busting out with, essentially, "My pro-Hitler comment was okay because I have Jewish friends." But just as importantly, the dude completely lost his mind because OH NO SOMEBODY DISAGREED WITH HIM ABOUT SPORTS. The whole saga is handled beautifully by The Dugout (which is probably one of the reasons the internet was created by Al Gore and Pete Townshend).

Thanks to RationalWiki for this bad boy from the New York Times. This article makes both PhDs AND URI grads look bad. Awesome. My personal fave, though, is the section dealing with the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky (which received over 250,000 visitors in 6 months OMGWTFBBQBACON). Here's a quote:

The museum sends the message that belief in a young earth is the only way to salvation. The failure to understand Genesis is literally “undermining the entire word of God,” Ken Ham, the founder of Answers in Genesis, says in a video. The collapse of Christianity believed to result from that failure is drawn out in a series of exhibits: school shootings, gay marriage, drugs, porn and pregnant teens. At the same time, it presents biblical literalism as perfectly defensible science.

If bible literalism must be heeded, why aren't the people behind this museum growing out their beards and stoning adulterers? OH SHIT GOD HATES YOU NOW.

And finally, I realize that this document (pdf) is a little thick, but the key thing here is that Michael Vick killed dogs "by various methods, including hanging and drowning." It's old news, but Vick and his accomplices are just fucking despicable. This story pisses me off on so many levels that I can't adequately describe it without going into a several thousand word diatribe. I also hate the whole "He's being crucified because he's a black athlete" bullshit. Just stop. I don't care if your name is "Ron Mexico," such cruelty to animals is always wrong.

WTF, World: Volume I

I've decided to make Wednesdays "WTF, World" day here on I Got Words. Each week I'll try to post a few links that, in general, frustrate me to the point where I have a minor aneurysm. The principle behind this is similar to when I used to watch "Rich Girls," even though I knew it would piss me off. It's difficult to explain, but, hopefully, you catch my drift.

These people are in charge of the science education for an entire county. Evidently science shouldn't be taught properly in Polk County because some concepts "[cross] the line" for Christians. Props to Brenda Reddout, though, who personally believes in intelligent design but doesn't want it taught in schools because of that whole "Separation of Church and State" thing.

Evidently, this article is good enough for a major media outlet. Just utter tripe from Jim Caple. I've been getting fed up with ESPN for the past few years now, and finally snapped with the whole "Who's Now" crapfest. My feelings about this one have absolutely nothing to do with me being a Revs fan, either. This piece is just plain old lazy. Caple needs to realize he's getting paid to write and put some effort into his work besides "Making boring quotes with fake names based on Metro Boston geographic and social terms." My writing isn't so great either, but, then again, I don't get paid for it.

Wow. Just Wow. I forgot that this man's word regarding scientific principles is more reliable than that of thousands upon thousands of scientists. A brief rundown here. Dinosaurs=dragons. Plants didn't die during Noah's flood because the water wasn't stirred enough. Radioactive dating doesn't work because C-14 dating can't accurately measure the age of dinosaur... I mean dragon... bones. The last one holds a special piece in my heart because this man clearly doesn't understand the principles of radiometric dating, but can pretend to because the bulk of the public doesn't, either. I could go on and on about this one, but I'd just be filling up your screen with acres of boring text (like my man Caple above). I'm also, evidently, part of some super secret cabal of scientists who try to convert America to atheism and sponge up research funds.