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It seems that Conservatives have chosen to codify their contempt for one of the fundamental adages of civilized political discourse, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” A group of conservative thinkers (oxymoron intended) has developed a Wikipedia-like website dedicated to their alternate view of the universe. Take a few minutes to peruse Conservapedia to get a sense of how they have chosen to dispose of all those pesky facts that get in the way of their ideology. I suggest scrolling down to the heading "Popular Articles at Conservapedia" in the left column and read a new take about some things you thought you knew.

Welcome to Bizarro-land, conservative style.:eek:

Great ! Another source of crap to fill the minds of the stupid.

I refuse to accept that Republicans all think alike, I also refuse the idea that they even think. That buch of failed Ayn Rand Jack System losers are more to be pitied than anything.

http://www.conservapedia.com/File:AZ_RockArtDino1a.jpg

Proof, dinosaurs walked with man.

It also says that dinosaurs were benevolent.

Ignorance is dangerous.

Damn. I once had a grilled cheese that looked like that.

"George Soros (born August 12, 1930 in Hungary) is a leftist American businessman and one of the richest people in the world, current networth estimated to be at about $8.4 billion. The birth-name of George Soros is György Schwartz, he changed his family name in 1936 from Schwartz to Soros to avoid antisemitism."

My, what a clever little six year old he was!

Of course, it was his family who changed their name. They did it to avoid being, you know, killed.

John

well I guess that proves dinosaurs ate cheese.

Third most popular article: "Bias in Wikipedia". There's very little un this world more important that trashing opposing views.

John

I missed that.

Has the suppression of science and history ever been of benefit to any society?

But where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise. I think that's how it goes.:p

Then maybe it's a good sign that I get pissed off now and then. Helps elevate the old IQ, you know.;)

BTW, could this be the site from which grasshopper gets his inspiration for all of those insightful posts?

Aha, you may have hit upon it!

Naw!!! Conservatives trying to rewrite history? That's bullshit. They CAN'T lie, they're Christians, and GREAT AMERICANS! WTF is the matter with you guys?:confused:

Dave

Can anyone tell me- are there any Republicans left who are not part of the fundamentalist movement in the United States? Or are they entirely one in the same now?

The two gals from Maine, and they're certainly considered heretics by their party. AFAIK, they're about the only "moderates" left in national politics. At the state level, it's a bit different. Mitch Daniels, the Governor of Indiana, seems to be a pragmatist.

Like fundamentalist Christianity, Conservatism has become a program of enforced stupidity.

John

Fixed it for ya.:D

Pat, Rob, how long have you guys lived in Maryland? Have you been there long enough to have known Mac Mathias? Mac got elected both to the House and Senate in a state with a 3 - 1 Democratic advantage in registered voters because he was a good man and cared about the people and the country. What the hell ever happened to Republicans like that? Or like Ev Dirksen?

John

Oh! Yeah, yeah, that's what I meant! Thanks!!

John

Mathias was around during my high school and college years, so I remember him by name and reputation. What few Republicans are in Maryland seem to be knuckleheads (the former Gov. Ehrlich (who may run again) and Lt. Gov. Steele (of the RNC)) are examples of this. And my Congressman after the last redistricting, Roscoe Bartlett, would do South Carolina proud. The last moderate Republican of any stature was Connie Morella and she was defeated by Chris van Hollen (D).

He was still in the Senate when I got here, a fine gentleman who assisted Florence with some problem. He probably would be drummed from the GOP today, too honest and fair. Yeah I would like to see the back of Bartlett.

Yeah, ol' Roscoe's a prince! Just shows you what a little gerrymandering will do. Steele is a national joke, of course, and Bobby Ehrlich's former Lt. Gov. (no surprises there).

As I'm sure you'll recall, before Ehrlich was governor he was a US Congressman, part of Newt's "Class of '94" Contract on America gang of thugs.

What do you think of Van Hollen? As far as his national exposure is concerned I like what I see but I have no idea how he does in his district.

John

I've seen him speak a few times in person and he seems like a pretty upfront guy. He seems to have gotten into the national limelight fairly quickly for a young pup. I think part of what I like about him for a (semi)prominent MD politician is that he's not a part of the Baltimore political machine. As you may know, there's a certain animosity between the Montgomery County and Baltimore City wings of the MD Democratic party. MoCo is where the party's money comes from, but Balto is where the machine resides.

I take it you don't like Bobby Haircut?

The fact that my Mother-in-Law likes him tells me all I need to know.:rolleyes: I also wasn't too fond of the way he went about trying to sell off State forest lands on the sly to balance the budget. However, in comparison with the newest breed of GOP fire-breathers, he may even be considered a moderate. But I'm pretty sure he'd bend to the pressures brought to bear by the GOP if he were to serve again. I still don't know what the Democrats were thinking when they ran Kennedy-Townsend against him.

Me? Nope!

John