Comments by bluebird

Comment #48312 by bluebird on June 7, 2007 at 11:46 am

Part of the problem is the U.S. 'No Child Left Behind' education policy, or as one critic calls it, "No Child Gets Ahead". It has weak emphasis on math/science.

Also, there are too many "empowered, but not educated" classes.

402. Ice Age blast 'ravaged America'

Comment #44547 by bluebird on May 25, 2007 at 4:21 am

I retract nothing.

403. Ice Age blast 'ravaged America'

Comment #44358 by bluebird on May 24, 2007 at 12:20 pm

I understood; it was for any youngsters who might be reading, there's enough ignorance already.
I thought this was a clear-thinking oasis...

404. Lightning damages Jesus statue

Comment #44340 by bluebird on May 24, 2007 at 11:39 am

Will somebody put a statue of Rachel Carson, Carl Sagan, et al next to this one, please!?!

405. Lightning damages Jesus statue

Comment #44324 by bluebird on May 24, 2007 at 11:09 am

They'd say that a potato chip that resembles Richard Nixon is a random act of nature, but, a grilled cheese sandwich with the alleged face of Mary is something to flock to, cry over, then sell on e-bay to the highest bidder.

If we drive past this statue on I-70 during our next camping trip, we'll all give it the evil eye.

406. Ice Age blast 'ravaged America'

Comment #44315 by bluebird on May 24, 2007 at 9:54 am

Facetious, not ironic.

Africa, not South America.

407. Shark virgin birth mystery is solved

Comment #44302 by bluebird on May 24, 2007 at 7:24 am

These guys (and gals) may not be the most attractive ocean critter, but are fascinating. They and their brethren deserve respect and protection.

408. Dental healer finds share of faithful believers

Comment #44084 by bluebird on May 23, 2007 at 9:42 am

These people's cheese have slipped off their crackers!!

409. A galactic fossil - Star is found to be 13.2 billion years old

Comment #44009 by bluebird on May 23, 2007 at 7:16 am

For anyone not familiar with Astronomy Picture of the Day (NASA):

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

410. Prayer can improve physical health

Comment #43805 by bluebird on May 22, 2007 at 5:58 pm

Gott in Himmel, vas dreck!!

There's a shortage of science students in the U.S.; maybe one reason is they know there's a chance of having to "work" with these types of people :(

411. For the God Question, a Biological Perspective

Comment #43774 by bluebird on May 22, 2007 at 2:54 pm

RazzleDazzle 'em ---- 'Chicago'
Bamboozled --- Carl Sagan

Are there any Frank Zappa or Neil deGrasse Tyson fans on this site? Just curious...

412. Mysteries to Behold in the Dark Down Deep: Seadevils and Species Unknown

Comment #43744 by bluebird on May 22, 2007 at 12:13 pm

I think the Pokemon is a Picachu; I'll check with the experts (our boys) about it's powers.

Yes, nothing made-up comes close to what's natural and all around us. Equally fascinating
are the absurd looking critters that are extinct.

We second the motion that this website is grrrreat; it has info that we wouldn't see otherwise. It's a family fave :)

413. Hubble Finds Ring of Dark Matter

Comment #43636 by bluebird on May 22, 2007 at 6:56 am

Anyone interested in Astronomy Photo of Day,
I hope this address/link works! We have it set up as a daily screensaver.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

414. Evolution Opponent Is in Line for Schools Post

Comment #43173 by bluebird on May 20, 2007 at 3:40 pm

Marsupials for $500 please Alex...

It's a Tasmanian Devil.

Oh you devil:)

415. Evolution Opponent Is in Line for Schools Post

Comment #43087 by bluebird on May 20, 2007 at 1:49 pm

Hi BAEOZ,
Frankly I don't know! Our boyz lifted the image from the web and transferred it here. This site does have a few photo options/directions; think it's where you register.

Will someone else help please:)

416. Evolution Opponent Is in Line for Schools Post

Comment #43042 by bluebird on May 20, 2007 at 10:31 am

Hi Dr Benway
Glad you like the avian avitar; actually it's just an image lifted from the web.
You must live next to a forest with the variety described. To see Eastern bluebirds, try a large park or better yet out in the country.

417. Pick of the Week: The God Delusion

Comment #43035 by bluebird on May 20, 2007 at 10:06 am

'The God Delusion' is rated as a "staff favorite" at our local bookstore:)

418. Evolution Opponent Is in Line for Schools Post

Comment #42969 by bluebird on May 20, 2007 at 7:18 am

Good thing our boyz will be out of school before the inevitable trickle-down effect. Willard and his type need to stay FAR away from education; stop muddying the waters!!

419. Goodness without Godliness

Comment #42965 by bluebird on May 20, 2007 at 6:39 am

Logicel, merci beaucoup!

420. Goodness without Godliness

Comment #42918 by bluebird on May 20, 2007 at 5:39 am

We do hope there is, or will be an atheist on-line dating service. Our offspring insist their mate be atheist, and here in the so called 'bible belt' the pickin's are slim.

421. Goodness without Godliness

Comment #42890 by bluebird on May 20, 2007 at 4:20 am

Our son used some of these points for his argument against prayer in school debate. He was met with incredulous stares. Hopefully that means he set a few of them to thinking.

422. Hubble Finds Ring of Dark Matter

Comment #42883 by bluebird on May 20, 2007 at 4:08 am

Way cool. Once again, we REALLY wish Carl Sagan were alive to witness this, and other cosmic goings on.

423. Manufacturing belief

Comment #42726 by bluebird on May 19, 2007 at 7:49 am

It's lonely at the top...

Melisande, think pink!

424. Antarctic 'treasure trove' found

Comment #42597 by bluebird on May 18, 2007 at 2:22 pm

The discovery/movie of Giant Tube Worms was awesome, now this. We hope to see these "critters" at a Big Screen complex soon, with 3-d glasses, and popcorn:)

Wonder if Jean-Michel Cousteau was part of the team??

425. Freethinking Ruins All Things

Comment #42523 by bluebird on May 18, 2007 at 10:31 am

Our 'Freidenker' bumperstickers are arriving soon...

Why do people presume to know us (as atheists and/or personally)?? A local columnist wrote "Even the atheist embraces god when they know their number is up". How could she know?!?

Yes, this website is a refreshing reprieve from all the dung, codswallop, inanity, et al, we encounter almost daily.

426. Navy vet: Chaplains tried converting me

Comment #42431 by bluebird on May 18, 2007 at 7:33 am

Kansas is closer to Iowa than Alabama.
Jeff Foxworthy perpetuates the stereotyping with his "You know you're a redneck if..." routines.

427. Ask Richard!

Comment #41951 by bluebird on May 17, 2007 at 11:00 am

Just a few days ago our son researched parts of the 'Selfish Gene' for a biology paper. He found it fascinating; thanks RD!!

428. Navy vet: Chaplains tried converting me

Comment #41948 by bluebird on May 17, 2007 at 10:58 am

Patients are vulnerable and can't run away...nice set-up.

429. Hitchens on Falwell

Comment #41852 by bluebird on May 17, 2007 at 7:48 am

What a voice, I'd listen to him read a phone book.
Seriously, it's soooo good to hear reason in the sea of crud that's American television.

430. Pope Warns of Globalization, Marxism

Comment #41680 by bluebird on May 16, 2007 at 2:55 pm

Nobody should trust an old man who has a robe & probe (staff, sceptre). Buyer beware.

431. Brazil's Indians Offended by Pope Comments

Comment #41667 by bluebird on May 16, 2007 at 2:04 pm

Seems to us the Pope (and his predecessors) don't 'understand the reality' of anything.~~~~
The Native Americans in U.S. are known as the "forgotten people".

432. Hitchens' flat world

Comment #41655 by bluebird on May 16, 2007 at 1:45 pm

RE: posts #40,41
Succinct; our thoughts too.

433. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41102 by bluebird on May 15, 2007 at 1:47 pm

P.S.
George Sr. once said he didn't consider atheists to be U.S. citizens.

434. Television evangelist Falwell dies at 73

Comment #41100 by bluebird on May 15, 2007 at 1:42 pm

To paraphrase some posts... Yes, DingDong the toad is dead:)!!!! One down, XXX to go.
Maybe it was Ol'Jer who suggested National Day of Prayer (U.S.) to Prez Reagan:(

435. The Creation Museum: Prepare to believe

Comment #41065 by bluebird on May 15, 2007 at 12:56 pm

"Jerry Falwell Dies"...DingDong the toad is dead...
debaser71 has a good idea~~~I remember watching a show about how the director of a Natural History Museum in Colorado had to inwardly seethe while a Christian group toured and pointed out the "falseness of this place".
Time to don our athiest teeshirts and motor to O-H-I-O.

436. Intellectual Diversity or Intellectual Insult?

Comment #38979 by bluebird on May 9, 2007 at 5:04 pm

Ugghh, another reason we probably won't send our sons to a Missouri college (not Kansas either!!). I can see Gov. Matt Blunt approving this.

437. Richard Dawkins in the Time 100

Comment #38936 by bluebird on May 9, 2007 at 2:44 pm

We consider Neil DeGrasse Tyson a musketeer; and thought his bio in the top 100 people list was good.

438. Atheist offers to send letters post-Rapture

Comment #38932 by bluebird on May 9, 2007 at 2:30 pm

My husband is a letter carrier (US Postal Service); he's volunteering to deliver the post-rapture letters.
Hmmm, wonder if contract negotiations would be any easier Post-Rapture?? :)