The need to move forward

I have to rant about this idea that people of Congress are perpetuationg, the earth is only roughly 6 - 10,000 years old.  Once again I rely on my love of History and Science to help the hopeless in understanding how the movers and the shakers have trimmed the conceptual horizon into something more understandable and feasible. (yeah that sounded pretentious, but what the hell it's my blog if you don't like it then bugger off)

Let's take for instance Galileo Galilee, The man who was placed under house arrest for his beliefs and use of the telescope to prove that we are not truly alone when it comes to our little neighborhood in the solar system. Or Rene' DesCartes use of algebra to create a movement of rationalism and coining the phrase, "I think therefore I am" allowing for the realisation that man has within him the potential for understanding his universe,  These and countless other, DaVinci, Michaelangelo, et al. helped to move us from the dark ages into the renaissance and in turn allowed for personal assesment away from dictative dogma set by the growing influence of the church and state. 

The Scientific Revolution allowed us to set aside the outdated traditional thinking and move to a more rational approach to science, medicine, mathematics, language and the arts.  To step up and say in one sweeping assesment that all these years of discovery are simply the by-product of some huge conspiracy to keep the true knowlegde of the Earth's creation is not only foolish but downright ignorant.  As I was raised ignorance is no excuse. 

The hard and fast of it is that science has proven that all things are made of atoms and those atoms make up ccertain molecules into different tissues, organ, and systems or depending on the the molecules different inorganic substances.  All of these molecules have a certain lifetime in which they breakdown, we call this a Half-Life.  We can tell how old something is by reading the carbon atoms and where they are in their life cycle through a technique called Radio-Carbon Dating, say that with me.  Fossils are not placed their by people over the the past thousands of years they are the remnants of living tissue petrified in some manner.

The truth of the matter is this I may be full of shit, science changes everyday just as the church changes it's rules and regs over the years.  There really are no true solid facts in the world, save for a few.  But in the end lets not use religious banter to direct legislation, we have moved beyond that as a society.  Lets look to the best solutions for all involved.

Always remember Ben Franklin's quote, "Beer is proof that God loves us."

GordyC

My New Movie concept

Ok so here we go with my new take on "The Grifters"

Scene one:

Find a an old lady with a pension and a son that is struggling with lots of things.

Scene two: 

Wait for the son to screw up and then move in to get the old ladies attention and get her on your side.

Scene three:

Move the old lady out of state asap providing her with flush funds for the ride.

Scene four: 

Have the old lady send a 1000.00 dollars to help her son with rehab through the church.

Scene five:

Start telling everybody that you have spent your life savings and can't do anything we need that money back and the old lady is now broke.  So we have to put her in a home, but the Air Force pension and social security checks will come into the acount that we have set up for you here at the bank.

Scene Six:

Tell other people that the son can talk to his mom but, Not really...that would screw things up and always listen to the phone calls closely and monitor any and all e-mail accounts.

Scene Seven:
Son gets really pissed off and is ready to bring down holy hell upon Barbie and Skip!!!!

Fuck You Do you think I am that stupid you motherfuckers I am calling you out right now.

The death of a fag.

No, I am not inciting homosexual hatred get your mind out of the gutter.  Yesterday, Palmer was one more town on the chopping block for banning smoking and it did.. (A fag is british for ciggarette, you insolent drools)  This is how I take the whole thing in.  It is not just a question of smoking but rights that we have as individuals in this country. 

Imagine if you would a a big block of wood sitting on a desk and you have a hatchet.  Everytime a new law is passed that breaks down citizens rights you cleave a little bit off of the block of wood.  Now we have to take a huge chunk out of it for the Patriot Act thank you George the lesser, not that his dad was much better with his thousand points of light.  Idiot.  Now we have to start wittling off for other things as well taxes, healthcare, TV's all have to be digital, oil, and new regulations on whether or not Pizza is a vegetable.  Come on... we have hacked the the block of wood in half by now and now one more little bit.  We as a nation can't see the forest for the trees.  Every little liberty that is taken away will never be given back again without a fight.  We know that standardized testing is stupid with all of the available research yet NCLB is still in effect in many states. 

Yes, Smoking is bad for you I know it led to my own father's death and I am still smoking today and I want to quit, yes and I do at times for extended periods and someday I will but it will be MY choice not the governments not yours not his or hers but by my choice.  Thank you and good night.