Korsgaard

As  a rather new blogger, Ive been reading blogs and I have to commend sean Korsgaard on his honest and opiniated blog, He gives you what he honestly believes and doesnt hold back on it, and Thats all you can really ask for in a blog, People dont read blogs for censored opinion like you get on the news, Nobody wants to hear a round about answer. All we want is the truth, and im surprised to say this, but ive gotten nothing but the truth (from his point of view).

Every one who wants an opinon on day to day life, should read his blog!!


http://korsgaardscommentary.blogspot.com/2010/11/problems-with-airport-security.html

Creationism in school

General Rule: Evolution must only be taught as scientific fact. Creationism may not be taught as science under any circumstances.

May a public school science teacher's right to teach evolution be restricted?
No. The United States Supreme Court has determined that it is unconstitutional to restrict an educator's right to teach evolution. ³⁵

May a science teacher who teaches evolution also teach creationism? No. Educators may not teach, as fact, the theory that humankind was created by a divine being. In science classes, educators must present only scientific explanations for life on earth and scientific critiques of evolution. Furthermore, schools may not refuse to teach evolution in an effort to avoid offending religious individuals. The United States Supreme Court has held that it is unconstitutional to require educators who teach evolution also to teach creationism. ³⁶

In addition, disclaimers regarding the theory of evolution as the only explanation for the development of humankind have been found to be unconstitutional. InFreiler v. Tangipahoa Parish Board of Education, 185 F. 3d 337 (5th Cir 1999), cert. denied, 530 U. S. 1251 (2000), the court struck down a school board rule requiring teachers to read a disclaimer that said that the teaching of evolution is "not intended to influence or dissuade the Biblical version of Creation or any other concept."

May creationism ever be discussed in the public schools? Yes. Creationism may be included in classes on comparative religion as an example of how some religious groups believe human life began. However, creationism may never be taught as scientific fact.

Do scientific integrity and equity require that we teach a competing theory of human origins? Some have argued that equity, intellectual honesty and scientific integrity require the teaching of creationism as a differing and alternative point of view. However, creationism may not be taught as a response to the theory of evolution. Indeed, creationism (or "creation science") does not meet the tenets of science as scientists use the term. ³⁷ Moreover, it is not a matter of equity to teach a religious point of view in a public school classroom with taxpayer dollars.

Additionally, there is a growing movement promoting the teaching of "intelligent design theory" which asserts that the only reasonable explanation for the very complexity of the world and development of humans is the existence of God. This "theory," often couched in scientific terminology, is just another species of creationism, and thus also must not be taught in the classroom as scientific fact.

Sample Scenario: 

Parent Asks Biology Teacher to Stop Teaching Evolution or Include Creationism  Mrs. Anderson teaches a seventh grade biology class which includes a section on Darwinism and evolution. Jenny Hunter is a student in Mrs. Anderson's class. Jenny's mother was helping Jenny with her homework one night when she realized that Jenny was studying evolution, which goes against the family's belief in divine creation. Jenny's mother asked Mrs. Anderson to either stop teaching evolution or to also include a section on creationism, creation-science or intelligent design in her biology class. How should Mrs. Anderson respond?  Mrs. Anderson should continue to teach evolution and should not teach any theory that humankind was created by a divine being. While Jenny should be expected to learn and understand the theory of evolution, she should not feel compelled to agree with the theory. Mrs. Anderson should make sure Jenny is not ridiculed because she believes in divine creation.

Outside Perspective

     Imagine a race traveling through the stars, slowly making colonies throughout the universe, slowly spreading through the stars. Now just by chance they discover one of our satellites, and decide to come see another living species in the universe. They stumble upon us and see all the things that are wrong with us. They see world famine and cultural diversity and war, war which to them seems foolish and unproductive, For they have united as a species and become one unified race moving through the stars. How do they view us? Do they try to educate us and fix our flawed ways? DO they deem us unfit for existence in the world and eliminate us? They are a species that has moved on from all the flaws that humanity has? What use do the universe need in a species where they judge one of its own on a simply foolish thing as skin color or race or religion? Look at this from an outside perspective, What really makes us different from one another? In the existence of man, all we have known is war, famine,deceit, lies, death. I leave you with this quote.

"Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it."


Summary by Kevin Locks


   Either way to earn their respect we must unite, or unite to join to defend ourselves. Either way we must unite. These institutions of religion and sovereign nation states are the only things holding us back from our full potential.

Hitler's Christianity

 This if for the people who claims that the actions of the last century's biggest dictator, Hitler. I'm going to show you the truth. quit contrary to the christian propaganda. his actions are a direct result
of his religious belief.

    The Nazi party killed more than 6 million Jews in their concentration camps. Even more were non Jewish bringing the final count to up to 17 million people. You might ask where i get off calling this a religious atrocity? Well Just ask Hitler about his faith. "I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so" this quote was said to General Gerhard Engel in 1941. So now we have his mindset but what about the justification? "the personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew".-Mein Kampf, Vol. 1 Chapter 11. What a surprise history's greatest monster was a devout catholic, which by the way is the only true form of Christianity.Hitler was a baptized Roman Catholic in Austria, he was also an altar boy. He attended a monastery school as a boy.He also was never excommunicated by the Church, Which felt he was just for avenging Christ .There are still those who believe he was lying to be more accepted by society and was really an atheist either way it was his followers who did the dirty work, and they did it in the name of Christ."I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator."

Weighted Democracy

   Imagine a world, where those who gave more to the state got more say so in state activities. Imagine a world where intellect was valued over anything else. Imagine a state that gave people opportunities to earn more than one vote so that you can put yourself above the people who have failed society and bring us down.

  What i wanted you to imagine is a hypothetical system of voting that i call a weighted democracy. In this system everyone starts out with just one vote, but each person can earn more. Ways to attain these extra votes could be hypothetically, one vote for every five years of military service and another vote per combat deployment. Obviously the people who care about this country the most are the soldiers fighting and dying for it.

   Another means of attaining votes would be through education. An associates degree could be worth two points while a bachelors could be worth three. A masters would be worth five and a doctorate could be worth 10. The United States was once a powerhouse of intellectual ability, we must provide incentive to our youth to get education and show them that we value the mind.

   Community service would be my third and final way of attaining votes. for every five hundred hours of community service would get a person one vote, but people who take the community service road would have a max out point at just three votes from this area. The people who do physical labor for the state deserve a little something to.

   Now some ways to lose a vote would be for example, dropping out of high school but it could be reattained after getting a general equivalency diploma. For every felony committed, but you could earn your one vote back after ten years. those who go on welfare would lose a vote until they were back off welfare.

   Imagine a world where doctors, scientists, and the military are valued over social parasites, a world that makes sense. without the uneducated holding back our democratic processes imagine what we could achieve. Freedom is not free it has to be earned.

Ken Buck, a disgrace to progress

 this morning's subject is the Colorado state election for governor. a race filled with sexism and a primary due
for august 10.Both are Republicans and both are involved in the shady business of attacking one another for the wrong reasons.

      On one end we have Ken Buck, the Weld County District Attorney. And on the other end we have Jane Norton, a former LT. Governor
This essay will explain Ken Buck. He thinks he should win the election basically because he is a man. When asked why should people vote for him he responded with "because i don't wear high heels". Very interesting I would have thought that by the year 2010 gender would not be an issue in an election.

    Ken Buck also has a warped conception of what separation of church and state is. He thinks
the government should fund religious organisations if they do good things, as if we don't have a 13 trillion dollar debt. His statement"I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state" should be all the people need to hear to know this
man is an ignorant fool.

    Ken Buck Does not support federal control of schools, but prefers instead local governments controlling the youth's education. Obviously this would lead to different standards all across the country which you may guess is not a good thing.He wants to do away with student loans in his state hence promoting even more intellectual degradation. I do agree about needing education reform,after all look what our education system has done to him. In my opinion we need more federal control over the education system.

    Ken Buck believes homosexuality is a choice and compared it to alcoholism.He obviously didn't pay much attention in science class because we now know that most of our personality is inherited. He opposes gay marriage, as if it hurts somebody.He wants to keep gays out of the military, even while were at war.

    He wants to end all abortion even in cases of rape or incest. He wants all birth Control off the shelves so that we can have rampant teen pregnancy. So in the end religion can be his only justification for these views, do you want a sexist theocracy in this nation deciding whats right and wrong for you based on his interpretation of god?

   In Conclusion Ken Buck is bad for Colorado, he's bad for this country and his ideas are a testament to our failing education system. He wants to push us back centuries to a less enlightened time. We cannot allow such idiocy to lead or even be in charge of anything of importance in this country. It would almost seam like treason against our founding father's to elect this bigot, he work against everything they have created.

Imperialism

This writing is going to explain how in order to maintain progress a state must embrace imperialism. Imperialism is when one nation attempt to dominate another politically or economically. In the 21^stcentury we’ve already witnessed some of the consequences of imperialism, but history has shown that the advances made by imperialistic actions out way its drawbacks. I am going to broaden the scope of imperialism to mean any type of aggressive action of an idea country or organization so I can go more in depth.

  Europe has contained history’s most powerful nations. What all these countries shared in common was their value of imperialism. With ought the threat of a foreign takeover there would have been no motivation for progress. The rest of earths continents held the week and primitive nations that were abruptly ended by European colonialism.

  Sure there are many peaceful ideas in the world but what good are they if you are not willing to fight for them, so the whole idea of constant peace is flawed. If you know that one idea, government or culture is superior to another and you allow the inferior to continue to exist you invite the destruction of yours, by being peaceful you allow competition to rise up to challenge what is right.

Another idea involving peace that is flawed is peaceful protest. It’s hypocritical from the start, the whole idea of showing off numbers is to scare the opponents with the thought of what if these numbers were militant. So why even waste time with peaceful protest? If you have an idea and evidence for its validity it is your duty to spread it by any means necessary.

So as unhappy as imperialism sounds if the United States hadn’t forcefully removed Native Americans then there would be no one to rise up against Nazism or Communism. In these situations the end justified the means.