Bill Moyers on Rapture-driven politics

From Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

One of the biggest changes in politics in my lifetime is that the
delusional is no longer marginal. It has come in from the fringe, to
sit in the seat of power in the Oval Office and in Congress. For the
first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of
power in Washington.

Theology asserts propositions that cannot be proven true; ideologues
hold stoutly to a worldview despite being contradicted by what is
generally accepted as reality. When ideology and theology couple,
their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind. And
there is the danger: voters and politicians alike, oblivious to the
facts.

The title links to the complete article.

Follow-up on evolution-as-theory sticker

A federal judge Thursday ordered a suburban Atlanta school system to remove stickers from its high school biology textbooks that call evolution "a theory, not a fact," saying the disclaimers are an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.

"By denigrating evolution, the school board appears to be endorsing the well-known prevailing alternative theory, creationism or variations thereof, even though the sticker does not specifically reference any alternative theories," U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper said.

The January 13 "Nightline" was about the divisiveness of the creationism-evolution debate. Video is currently available on the program's website.

Related site:

Americans United for Separation of Church and State

Bush Admin tells DC to use Homeland Security money for inauguration expenses

From today's Washington Post. Exerpts:

D.C. officials said yesterday that the Bush administration is refusing to reimburse the District for most of the costs associated with next week's inauguration, breaking with precedent and forcing the city to divert $11.9 million from homeland security projects.

Federal officials have told the District that it should cover the expenses by using some of the $240 million in federal homeland security grants it has received in the past three years -- money awarded to the city because it is among the places at highest risk of a terrorist attack.

A spokesman for Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, which oversees the District, agreed with the mayor's stance. He called the Bush administration's position "simply not acceptable."

"It's an unfunded mandate of the most odious kind. How can the District be asked to take funds from important homeland security projects to pay for this instead?" said Davis spokesman David Marin.

The $17.3 million the city expects to spend on this inauguration marks a sharp increase from the $8 million it incurred for Bush's first.

If the info in the last post angered you...

Here's a link to an action alert urging you to write to the FDA supporting emergency contraception and to make Plan B an over-the-counter medication. Editable pre-written letter included.
Population Connection action alert

Every sperm is sacred

Okay, so I stole that title from pesky'apostrophe (thanks mac!) but here's an issue that really tweaks me.

Justice rape document blasted for omissions

Be sure to click the link above, and read mac's take...I couldn't have said it better myself.