The National Association of State Boards of Education will elect officers in July, and for one office, president-elect, there is only one candidate: a member of the Kansas school board who supported its efforts against the teaching of evolution.
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The candidate is Kenneth R. Willard, a Kansas Republican who voted with the conservative majority in 2005 when the school board changed the state’s science standards to allow inclusion of intelligent design, an ideological cousin of creationism.
Read it in the NY Times here.
It’s unclear what this will mean for Pastafarians. My guess is that it will help our cause if Mr. Willard is elected.
Oh – but that can’t be good, surely?
Or am I not seeing the Bigger picture?
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Oh, and probably something about FIRST POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry.
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Vae!
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Well, I guess this is a good thing.
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This is AWESOME!!!
When people realize just how stupid it is to teach ID in the school system, BILLIONS will flock to our cause!!!
I like to overexaggerate, but yes, it’s a good thing. Except for those poor children in Kansas.
RAmen
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Haven’t read it yet, but anything that puts our cause back in peoples faces is a good thing. (:))
RAmen
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@Nikkiee
RAmen to that!
Bobby should make some bold and controversial statement to get people thinking, that would help even more.
RAmen
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This is NOT good. I mean really, really not good. We should flood the state with voters and get a no confidance vote for the win. Or would that be a gainst the law?
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What sort of influence would the chairman of NASBE have on his own? If he has to present the view of the (hopfully more sane) board majority then things shouldn’t matter too much? If on the other hand he can do things without consulting the board then I politely disagree with the Pastafarians here who see it as a good cause. The goal of this website was not to have that nonsense. Saying that it’s a good thing because it will get us more adherents is a sign of people being blow of course quite a bit imho.
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But DPG
Means we can refresh our push to have Pastafarianism taught in science class. :)))
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:p))))
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Dutch,
Politicians are supposed to present the view of the majority too…
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I personally think Ken Miller should run against him, he at least knows what he is talking about.
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To Professor Booty… congratulations on getting first post!!!
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To Pixely Pope the Everything… RAmen on your statement that “Bobby should make some bold and controversial statement to get people thinking, that would help even more.” Excellent idea!
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@Wench Nikkiee
“But DPG
Means we can refresh our push to have Pastafarianism taught in science class. :)))”
Hahaha. Maybe Alchemist is right and I should get a better sense of humour about things. Anyone care to give me that for my birthday today?
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As long as I haven’t got a sense of humour yet, the idea that this thing would be good for us sounds to me like the World Wildlife Fund cheering on the slaughtering of endangered animals because it will get them more contributors, if you see what I mean.
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Pope Pixel the Not Related to Aristotle-ish
“Bobby should make some bold and controversial statement to get people thinking, that would help even more.”
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I second that too Pixel. There is a much, much larger Pastafarian congregation to be reckoned with this time round!
RAmen
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I think your sense of humour is ok DPG :)))
“sounds to me like the World Wildlife Fund cheering on the slaughtering of endangered animals because it will get them more contributors, if you see what I mean.”
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It isn’t good news DPG :((
The “good thing” is tongue in cheek. Satire!
I think all that everyone is saying is that they are ready to fight. As always. :))
Happy Birthday you old thing :))
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I doubt there is one Pastafarian here who is genuinely gladdened by this news!
I’m certainly not one anyway! You should know that :)))
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If you’re handed lemons….make lemonade!
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@Wench Nikkiee
“Happy Birthday you old thing :))”
Thanks kiddo.
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The silver lining is that it does provide a chance to put the worldwide anti-ID movement back in the spotlight. Hence more Pastafarian converts…larger army to fight the enemy…ect. ect! :))
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Someone needs to send Kansas some pasta to make them see the error in their ways.
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You’d be surprised DPG, at the number of people I’ve spoken to, about the international ID push, who are unaware that all this is even happening :((
When I’ve started telling some I’ve spoken to about it, they’ve stared at me slack jawed! I am an Aussie, as you know, and we’re fairly secular here…for the moment. Some of it is being imported though, and religion is also being brought into more and more current political discussions. :((
I pray to FSM the ID movement doesn’t get a chance to grow legs here like it has in some other countries! Aussies have a habit of a “she’ll be right mate” attitude…just the the type of situation that may allow such a movement to grow here…recognising the danger only once it has become large enough!
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@Nikkiee & Beth(In no particular order, I don’t play favorites with my wenches)
Yep, it’s a good plan, but I highly doubt Bobby will do it.
ALRIGHT!!! Somebody needs to do something extremely bold and controversial, on the verge of total insanity, and remember, it has to be really heretical!
RAmen
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Can someone still enter the race for office
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because i’m not from Kansas but if we could get someone sympathetic to our cause then that sounds like a good idea
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Did someone say Insanity?
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Nah, running for the race in the name of a satirical religion won’t get us very far. We need something that screams “Noble cause!!!”.
Any suggestions?
RAmen
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Our Noble Cause: further enlightenment of humanity.
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Noble Cause: to be a gas that when not ionized has a complete shell of valence electrons, and to live on the right side of the periodic table
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Sorry about the pun, but I couldn’t resist.
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This is indeed good news! A friend of creationism is a friend of patafarianism! Unless… you don’t suppose he only supports Christian creationism do you?
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We definitely need a Pastafarian, or at least someone who worships the great Athe, to get the spot.
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In further news, I wore a pirate hat in my public place of learning, and was forced to take it off despite pointing out that the student handbook specifically says religious head coverings are allowed; I even have a good friend who now wears a yamaka daily(you know who you are). My teacher not only refused to believe it was actually in the handbook, but when I offered to prove I hadn’t made it up, she wouldn’t even allow me to prove it to her!
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In further further news, a Jehova’s Witness came to my door sometime today(unfortunately I was out, so I couldn’t counter-teach them of our Noodly Creator), they are everywhere now. I was left two pamphlets; these hardly count as magazines. One, the infamous Watchtower, draws in victims under the guise of help to parents who have lost a child. The second, Awake, had on its cover a picture depicting a homeless person in front of a fancy restaurant, sporting an article title of “Coping in a World of Unequal Opportunities”. The latter seemed exceptionally funny, since the widely admitted richest man in America, Bill Gates, is an atheist, and it seems they want people to want to be successful.
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Anyway, I’m willing to do lots of craAaAaAaAzy stuff.
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To Avatar of Reason…
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“Noble Cause: to be a gas that when not ionized has a complete shell of valence electrons, and to live on the right side of the periodic table.”
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HA HA HA HA HA!! That is brilliant!! Don’t you just love chemistry?
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If no one else opposes Kenneth Willard and he wins the spot, then perhaps we could start a letter-writing campaign to him regarding the FSM having equal time with creationism. We could draft a couple sample letters and whoever wants to send one could choose the one they like, print it out and sign it, and mail it to Mr. Willard. We might get some press that way, who knows.
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DutchPastaGuy
May 20th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
@Wench Nikkiee
“But DPG
Means we can refresh our push to have Pastafarianism taught in science class. :)))â€
Hahaha. Maybe Alchemist is right and I should get a better sense of humour about things. Anyone care to give me that for my birthday today?
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I could send you some :)
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But this does show that to succeed in politics one does not need a functioning brain.
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Has nobody thought of the obvious solution? Bobby himself should run against this cretin. Wouldn’t that be delicious? Maybe this is the break we have been looking for to bring this thing to the next level. It would serve the bastards right.
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That’s a free-floating “bastards” there. It’s early and I’m not fully caffeinated.
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This gets me thinking, though, to check into my local school boards. Maybe I can get involved. Maybe there’s some yahoo here who needs to be opposed. I feel very oppositional today.
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Go Saucy, go get ‘em girl!
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Thanks, RDPW!
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By the way, I guess my plan for Bobby won’t work unless he happens to be a representative of a school board and a member of the National Association of State Boards of Education. Well, at least it gives me food for thought.
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I know something BOLD and BIG that we can do, but since me and a few others are still working on this idea I shall leave you in suspense until we actually do it. :P
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Could’t bobby run?
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To Kev3056… ooh, I can’t wait to see what the surprise is!
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Me too Beth, I just love surprises :)
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We deffo need a press release applauding anti-evolutionary thinking and assuming that anyone elected on an ‘open mind, teach the controversy’ podium should recognise UD as part of that controversy.
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AS for a bold and decisive acion, how ’bout a float? My town always has a fall folliage parade, and people come from all over to see it. I was already thinking about building a small pirate ship to put on top of our car and enter it.
Course, it would depend on if my dad allows it, but If not I could always just stick wheels on it and drag it with a lawn mower. What do you guys think?
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To Dread Wench L’TUAE… any tribute to the FSM is a good one. You should totally go for it. Make sure someone takes pictures and/or video so that we can see it, too!
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Just to let everyone know we are still working on this surprise….Should be ready within a week or two.
Hopefully it will get its own article post by Bobby :P
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I hope he gets elected, then more people will become aware of intelligent design. The only reason I can see for it still existing is because a lot of sane people are unaware that such idiotic theories are being taught in science.
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MSN I NIIPET
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Latest frigging Comments! Comments, frigging, the latest!Frigging Comments, the latest!
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RAmen ۞
Going to try and herd cats here (:)))
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RAmen
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