Ruh-roh!
When film critic Roger Ebert posted an essay entitled Creationism: Your Questions Answered, the blogoshpere went into veloso-raptor mode. How could the man who penned Russ Meyer’s classic cult film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, full of lines like:
You will drink the black sperm of my vengeance;
You’re a groovy boy. I’d like to strap you on sometime; and
I want it, I need it, I love it when a beautiful woman licks between my toes
ever take Creationism seriously? The horror! The horror! A member of the liberal media elite giving two thumbs up to Young Earth theorists!? Quick, bring me my smelling salts!
Turns out he wasn’t. Ebert was just explaining the zany belief system. Whew.
But Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin was dead serious when, during a "casual conversation" soon after being elected mayor of Wasilla, she told music teacher Pillip Munger that "dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth at the same time" and explained away fossil track evidence by saying that "she had seen pictures of human footprints inside the tracks."
Ya-ba-daba-doo! Does this elected official, now nominated to the second highest office in the land, take the Flinstones as gospel truth? Does she believe cartoons are accurate portrayals of historical veracity? Sarah, Sarah–do wascally wabbits talk, coyotes use mail order, and meddlesome kids with their loquacious dog keep nefarious evildoers from overtaking historic mansions?
Well, maybe the latter. We hope.
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arrrrghhhhhhh!
If you can’t possibly wait for Thursday’s debate, you can submit your question for Palin right now.
http://www.OneQuestionForPalin.com
*sigh*
Question for Palin: “Why did you agree to run with such a pathetic liar? I mean, I know you lie a lot too, but your running mate is really something else. I assume you’re interpretation of our religion’s catechism is similar to my own, and therefore McCain’s pathological dishonesty must be of concern to you, at some level?
I hope meddlesome
kidsfirepups with their loquacious dog (Kopbe) keep nefarious evildoers from overtaking historic mansions (like the White House).Thanks Lisa D,
We were wondering if someone had hacked Ebert’s website. Glad to know the real backstory.
In the Bush School of Theology, dishonesty is not a problem and is in fact encouraged.
Prolly had someone photoshop fossilized human footprints with dinosaur prints. I remember seeing the human prints a number of years ago. Very cool.
Question for Palin: What in the name of all things sane made you think you any competence or credibility to run for VP, let alone the job if you got it?
Sarah should listen to this, but her head might explode.
But but but…. here’s more proof (as if Wilma and Betty weren’t enough).
”Is it me, or is Wilma Flintstone the most desirable woman that ever lived?”
–Dave Lister
That site got me for a minute.
News from the future, indeed!
I find it amazing enough that in the 21st century, knuckle-draggers still walk among us, and some even give interviews to Katie Couric.
ET, you here? Got more to share on this story? (Or perhaps you have already?)
“dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth at the same time” and explained away fossil track evidence by saying that “she had seen pictures of human footprints inside the tracks.”
That was McCain, walking his pet dinosaur.
So if there were no dinosaurs when Fred Flintstone lived how could he eat a dinoburger? Answer that if you can.
BTW a verity is a truth. Veracity is a measure of how well we are perceived to be telling the truth.
New Ian up over at the Mothership
That’s got to be a VP debate question!
1,782 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Citizen Lisa Derrick and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:
This Thursday debate will be important for a lotta reasons but most important is we will get a look at Biden and find out if he’s really a serious candidate to be “a heartbeat away” or if he’s another Joe Likuderman and is really a stalkin’ horse for Mrs. Clinton in 2012. This debate should then, contingent on the first issue stated, also be the end of the McCrazy campaign…if she shows up as Sarah Palin and not as a dumb blond in disguise, McCrazy will have no choice but to disgorge her and go down with some dignity by pullin’ the douchebag from Connecticut offa life support and onto the ticket.
And speakin’ of leadership and the failure of the last great fascist extortion scheme, are we now gunna see the end of not only Pelosi but Stungun Stenny Hoyer in the House leadership? Pelosi stands naked right next ta her emperor who also ain’t got a stitch on…this vote has shown that the progressives in the House are the only ones with balls in the entire chamber and she’s gunna hafta scale this dog WAAAAY back and promise a lotta rose gardens in the next Congress if she’s gunna get ta her home district in time ta face the anger of her own constituents. Maybe Representative Charley Stark will have some much deserved payback to the crone from San Fransisco.
In any case, “People get ready, there’s a train a-comin and it’s pickin up passengers from coast to coast…” Boy is the first week of the new Congress gunna be fun!!
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNTION, BUT DON’T FIRE UNLESS ONE A THE BASTARDS RUNS ACROSS YER YARD!!
But she knows how to defuse a nuclear war? Uh huh.