Let’s give a warm welcome to the world’s latest theocracy, the United Christian States of America! All hail our new Commander and Pope, George Bush. Shall we kiss his ring?
\nOn November Second, we learned that over fifty percent of America is totally and completely irrational. Don’t believe me? Go ask that epitome of rationality, a scientist. I know only two scientists who voted for George Bush, out of a sample of a few hundred. This election wasn’t a referendum on George Bush’s first term, as many a pundit would claim, because there is no rational way to argue that his term has been anything but a disaster. Don’t believe me? Ask a scientist. So the reason over fifty percent of America voted for the George Bush must be something a scientist cannot comprehend, and indeed it was: that bastion of irrationaly, religion. Ever tried to argue about the theory of evolution with a member of the religious right? Feel strangely familiar to arguing with a Bush supporter? Indeed.
\nHearing the election results on November 2nd, the first thought which crossed my mind was that I wished that those who have not educated themselves enough to be able to put a rational thought together were banned from enjoying the benefits of the brilliant scientists who have advanced society. But that thought is too harsh. Instead, we must think about how to turn that irrational fifty percent into rational coherent human beings. It’s surely one of the reasons I want to end up as a teaching professor. And you, my dear audience, you a bastion of rationality, you should not shrink in expressing your disdain for the irrational. Let us drive out the idiot out of America, not by physically revolting, but by teaching America how to think coherently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Let’s give a warm welcome to the world’s latest theocracy, the United Christian States of America! All hail our new Commander and Pope, George Bush. Shall we kiss his ring? On November Second, we learned that over fifty percent of America is totally and completely irrational. Don’t believe me? Go ask that epitome of rationality, … <\/p>\n