TOP TEN REASONS WHY THE EARTH IS NOT 6,000 YEARS OLD

Nobel Prize winners vs. "Creationists"

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/creation_museum_guide.pdf

A guide to the "Creationist Museum" from people that have actually spent time in real museums.

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THE DUMBER YOU ARE, THE SMARTER WE ARE IN THE DESERT OF THE REAL!

IS THIS IDIOT AMERICA? IS THIS THE AMERICA THAT MILLIONS OF VETERANS DEFENDED?

CHARLES PIERCE WRITES A COLUMN IN ESQUIRE MAGAZINE CALLED "IDIOT AMERICA"

Below are some excerpts from this Column:

Idiot America is not the place where people say silly things. It's not the place where people believe in silly things. It is not the place where people go to profit from the fact that people believe in silly things. Idiot America is not even those people who believe that Adam named the dinosaurs. Those people pay attention. They take notes. They take the time and the considerable mental effort to construct a worldview that is round and complete.

The rise of Idiot America is essentially a war on expertise. It's not so much antimodernism or the distrust of intellectual elites that Richard Hofstadter deftly teased out of the national DNA forty years ago. Both of those things are part of it. However, the rise of Idiot America today represents--for profit mainly, but also, and more cynically, for political advantage and in the pursuit of power--the breakdown of a consensus that the pursuit of knowledge is a good. It also represents the ascendancy of the notion that the people whom we should trust the least are the people who best know what they're talking about. In the new media age, everybody is a historian, or a preacher, or a scientist, or a sage. And if everyone is an expert, then nobody is, and the worst thing you can be in a society where everybody is an expert is, well, an actual expert.

BREAD, CIRCUSES, AND BARROOMS WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES?

NOT IN THE DESERT OF THE REAL!

MAY IS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY MONTH-PART DUE

Foundation Urges Motorcyclists and Drivers to Work Together to Reduce Rider Deaths on Nation's Highways

Press Release Issued By Motorcycle Safety Foundation (May 25, 2007)

IRVINE, Calif., May 25, 2007 - In response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration release of the 2006 Preliminary Fatality and Injury Assessment, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation is reminding all riders and motorists that they each have an important role in helping to reduce the number of motorcycle crashes on America's roads and highways.

"The overwhelming number of motorcyclists who wind up in single-vehicle crash statistics are there because they aren't following basic but important safety precautions when riding," said Tim Buche, president of the MSF. "And fewer than half of all riders have taken any kind of formal training course. We also know that car drivers and other motorists are at fault a majority of the time in multiple-vehicle crashes that involve a motorcyclist. We have life-saving messages for everyone, whether they are behind the handlebars or behind a steering wheel."

For motorcyclists, the MSF has five critical messages:

Get Trained and Licensed - Take an MSF RiderCourse and get licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Visit www.msf-usa.org, or call (800) 446-9227.

Wear Protective Gear - Wear proper protective riding gear - all the gear all the time - most importantly a helmet that meets Department of Transportation standards.

Ride Unimpaired - Never use alcohol or other drugs when riding.

Ride Within Your Limits - Don't ride faster or longer than your abilities allow.

Be a Lifelong Learner - Regularly return for refresher rider training courses to brush up on skills and knowledge.

For car drivers and other motorists, the MSF says:

Look Out for Motorcyclists - Use your eyes and mirrors to see what's around.

Don't Be Distracted - Hang up and drive, put down the food, the pet, the personal grooming gear, the MP3 player, and the reading material and save it for later.

Give Two-Wheelers Some Room - Don't tailgate or get too close. Use Your Turn Signals - Signal your intentions. It's also the law. Keep it in the Car - Don't throw trash out the window, and secure cargo that can fall out on the road and become a deadly hazard.

"All of these are all doable, real-world actions that will cut down crashes and fatalities right now," Buche said. "Above everything else, it's about the human element, the attitude, the mind-set that motorcyclists and motorists have, and the choices they make out there on the road."

ACCOMODATE YOUR TWO-WHEELED FRIENDS IN THE DESERT OF THE REAL!