Thursday, January 05, 2006

Who's Calling the Shots?

I cannot conceive of six fundamentalist Christians from the right wing of the Kansas Republican Party (wing-nuts for short), who form the majority of the ten member Kansas State Board of Education, deciding to change the State science standards without some common impetus. My reason for not imaging their behavior as the spontaneous, coincidental acts of six independent-minded individuals is their divergent backgrounds and geographical dispersal. Who is responsible for the plan to amend the science standards by attempting to cast doubt on evolution and changing the definition of science? The likely culprits from Kansas include, but are not limited to:

Steve Abrams, Ark City Vet and experienced KBOE Chairman
John Calvert, a retired attorney and intelligent design (ID) promoter
Bob Corkins, former anti-tax lobbyist and new Education Commissioner
Officers of Kansas Republican Assembly, wing-nut central and sponsor of FAIR
Unnamed co-conspirators: financial backers, fundamentalist preachers, etc.

Seldom is unanimity of purpose achieved in the political arena without a common framework of ideological statements. Surely, a manifesto exists that sets forth the plan to change the school standards. But, unless one is a member of the cabal to undermine science, one would not be privy to such a document. Perhaps, an apostate will expose a written plan of action that directs the behavior of the wing-nuts on the KBOE.

Because similar efforts to undermine science are being made in other states, there is likely national coordination of the program attacking science. The broader the conspiracy, the more likely its tenets are written. The more widely such a document is disseminated, the greater the likelihood that it will be exposed. I'm wondering and waiting. Who will reveal it?

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