RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/February 2009

February 2009
 Joe the Plumber Sam the Lobbyist decides that Congressmen and others who "don't support the troops" should be shot. We suggest Rush "Phony soldier" Limbaugh should be first. At the fascist wingnut CPAC convention, they know why the Democrats won power: The Republicans weren't conservative enough.  Can't wait for Palin-Jindal 2012. Why doesn't Conservapedia's article on Barack Obama include this vital information? ANSWER: Because it's on Comedy Central, you three-hour-a-day watching, publicly-schooled heathen! "Jindal's Eruption of Hot Gas": Setting the record straight regarding the Louisiana governor's typical Republican anti-science pooh-poohing of volcano monitoring. Or, if you prefer to read [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-rees/lets-all-get-killed-by-vo_b_169924.html a more satiric take. . .] If that's still not enough, The anti-vaccine crowd gets pwned. YouTube video: "Who's Keeping Burger King Workers Below the Poverty Line?"  Watch this video for another reason to skip going through the drive thru window. "God and Ponzi." Among the customers of Ponzi schemer "Sir" Allen Stanford was a fundy Christian YouTube knockoff called "God Tube." (This article has lots of links to God Tube videos, including one of a crazy prayer that "rebukes" every sex act and thought.) Who needs Big Government? Hard work doesn't work, and why that fact is a menace to us all. PZ Myers posts a top-class example of how to respond to requests to debate creationists. Where the wild things aren't... Galaxy Quest - social computing goes intergalactic Breaking the internet's fourth wall - on blogs and RationalWIki.(plugging for Ames warning) Johann Hari: Despite these riots, I stand by what I wrote; why free speech should be defended. <vote poll=blog225 closed="yes">Essential science books - required reading for science undergraduates <vote poll=blog224 closed="yes">Simon Conway Morris still thinks “God did it” is a scientific statement -an epiphany in the Burgess Shale? <vote poll=blog223 closed="yes">Telegraph and Daily Mail jump off the deep end over Jennie Cain case -another British "Christians as a persecuted minority" flap. <vote poll=blog222 closed="yes">How the Party of Lincoln Forgot About Lincoln by becoming the party of Reagan. <vote poll=blog221 closed="yes">Andrew Sullivan and Mark Slouka agree: If you know not of what you speak, STFU. "English was good enough for Jesus Christ..." <vote poll=blog220 closed="yes">Could Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream be any more awesome? To this the ice creams gurus say, "Yes, Pecan!" <vote poll=blog219 closed="yes">A Review of "OfQuack": The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council <vote poll=blog218 closed="yes">Henry Morris' latest argument for teaching creationism broken down line-by-line.(plugging for Ames warning) <vote poll=blog217 closed="yes">Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayres are better liked than Rush Limbaugh. <vote poll=blog216 closed="yes">Where does morality come from; knowledge and understanding or bronze age story books? Thunderf00t on the Mirror of Mankind