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Kevin Vranes has a phud in Physical Ocean- ography and Cli- matology. He now studies sci- ence policy and politics at the CSTPR. (More in the about.)
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Posted on: February 21, 2006 12:43 PM, by Kevin Vranes
This, I hope, will be my one and only ID/evolution post here. (Depending on your perspective, it's already either adequately covered, well-covered or seriously over-covered by the other SB'ers.) But this is beyond weird, so I have to post it. Read this 2/13/06 letter from the current gov of Kentucky, one Ernie Fletcher.
And to think, I used to live in the apartment just below his when he was still Representative Fletcher (KY-6)! I never would have thought he had something like this in him....
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# 1 | pough | February 21, 2006 1:11 PM
Isn't science all about getting past what's "self-evident" to get to the real truth behind it? If we stuck to self-evident, the earth would still be flat and the sun would rotate around it. One of the coolest things about science is the way it takes all our assumptions and smacks 'em upside the head. Intelligently designed, my hairy back!
# 2 | J-Dog | February 21, 2006 1:53 PM
It's pretty self-evident that KY has an idiot for a Gov!
Un-F-ing_ believeable!
# 3 | Dallas | February 21, 2006 10:29 PM
Given his comments in the state of the commonwealth address, I think the letter is probably spot on his feelings. Makes me sad for my birth-state.