"He must, so know the starfish and the student biologist who sits at the feet of living things, proliferate in all
directions. Having certain tendencies, he must move along their lines to the limit of their potentialities."

John Steinbeck - Log from the Sea of Cortez

Monday, June 27, 2011

The B word

Know your candidates.  Michelle Bachmann declared her candidacy for president today, and a disturbing number of folks in my neck of the woods actually think she's a viable candidate.  I vote largely on the basis of science and education policy.  So, as a public service.

Bachmann on evolution

Bachmann on climate change

Bachmann on stem cell research

Bachmann on environmental issues

Bachmann on education

To summarize, it would be difficult to construct, part by part, batshit-crazy idea by batshit-crazy idea, a more perfect anti-science, anti-education candidate.  She out-Palins Palin.  I would be tempted to wish for a Bachmann nomination, with the thought that she would be easy to defeat in November of 2012.  However, my faith in my fellow Americans is not as strong as it once was.  Like a rampaging rogue elephant, she needs to be stopped in her tracks.

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