Salad Is Slaughter

Orac summarizes my previously expressed feelings on Mike Huckabee in one paragraph:

… if elected Huckabee would have a huge say over federal educational and biological research policy and funding. Being a creationist, as Mike Huckabee is, to me is an indication of a huge lack of understanding of even the most basic principles of science. Worse, though, and more relevant to the Presidency, it indicates an even larger hole in his critical thinking skills–so much so that it’s pretty close to an automatic disqualification for the Presidency. Basically, to me belief in creationism of any stripe is an indication that a candidate is too likely for my taste to choose his religion and ideology over science and objective facts whenever the there is a conflict between them.

G. W. Bush and the Theocratic Party have been working to destroy American competitiveness for the past eight years with their war on science. Our nation would take another step to the scrapheap of history if a religious kook like Huckabee was elected.

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O.J. Simpson Pleads Not Guilty

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 28 — O.J. Simpson pleaded not guilty today to a dozen charges, including kidnapping and armed robbery, stemming from a confrontation in a hotel room here on Sept. 13.

Orenthal’s defense team is expected to use the famous Chewbacca Defense first employed by Johnny Cochran during Simpson’s previous murder trial as well as the Stinky Britches case in October of 1998:

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Morgan Hill police seek armed robber with penchant for Bud Light

Morgan Hill police are looking for a man thirsty for a Bud Light who they say walked into a gas station and pulled a steak knife on a clerk before leaving with some cash, two packs of cigarettes and the beer in his hand.

Bud Light?  Were they out of beer?

Prosecutors seek possible victims of San Jose psychic  

Santa Clara County prosecutors are seeking possible victims of a San Jose psychic who is thought to have bilked almost $500,000 from a client whom she promised to have cleansed from evil.

Assistant Deputy District Attorney Stan Voyles said the psychic goes by Lola Miller or Donna Miller, and her customers know her as “Miss Donna.”

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