At least someone is in charge!

A quote from Eve Ensler:

♫ "Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution. I take this as a metaphor. In her world and the world of Fundamentalists nothing changes or gets better or evolves. She does not believe in global warming. The melting of the arctic, the storms that are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise of cancers, are all part of God's plan. She is fighting to take the polar bears off the endangered species list. The earth, in Palin's view, is here to be taken and plundered. The wolves and the bears are here to be shot and plundered. The oil is here to be taken and plundered. Iraq is here to be taken and plundered. As she said herself of the Iraqi war, "It was a task from God.""

Lucky for us that God is such a competent leader. If we just do nothing, God will take care of us.

Evolution

This article makes me feel like frat guys (and all those a**holes at the Buff game last Saturday) have failed to evolve. If evolution may be the key to moral behavior, then those that act as though they lack morals must be unevolved, right? Science doesn't lie (usually).

Fabulous news article

So it turns out that liberals are actually more open minded and flexible than political conservatives. The L.A. Times has printed an article about a study performed by UCLA and NYU scientists (pretty credible institutions) to that effect. Are all those hours spent debating with conservatives a waste of time? They really are more closed-minded, and are hardwired that way. Liberals were found to be more accurate, and more willing to accept new social, scientific, or religious ideas. How sad. I'm so glad I'm a liberal (and, therefore, more tolerant of conflict and ambiguity, and more willing to accept new ideas).