Expelled! Private Screening for Politicians. How nice.

This just in:

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The details are HERE.

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Why can't some of you right thinking science types get an audience in congress? That's something I'd like to see, someone with reason explaining why Expelled is wrong.

From the article:
"Unfortunately, someone apparently forgot to check the date, and scheduled the event for the same day as the Residential Schools Apology, which will take up most of the evening."

Mistake my ass. The dude know he was going to be laughed off Parliment Hill and intentionally scheduled it then so he could claim to have given a screening on the Hill and not be embarrassed by the inevitably low turnout.

No federal politician would miss the apology. And few would embarrass themselves or put their image at risk by showing up for a screening of that film.

@ Tony P: For starters, two words........ Expelled Exposed.

Oh, and Greg, would you repost the link to your collection of "Expelled" links?

Happy reading, Tony.

By themadlolscientist (not verified) on 11 Jun 2008 #permalink

Wait a minute. According to the grosses at this link, Expelled made no money at all between May 18th and May 25th.

Gotta be a typo, since it says right below that that it made ~$45K over the weekend of the 25th. But still, I have to admit a degree of schadenfreude there...