Yet another news bulletin I forgot to add earlier: a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled that intelligent design should not be taught in public schools. This ridiculous ruling is an insult to philosophers and patriotic Americans! John E. Jones III, the judge who made this evil ruling, is helping to mess up the country. How could a reasonable person oppose intelligent design? Clearly, there are good and bad in the world, so there must be at least one extremely powerful good being that created all the good things, and one extremely powerful bad being that created the bad things. The fact that the universe exists is proof that some being willed it into existence. This is a sad landmark in history. In 1925, a court ruled in the Scopes trial that evolution could be taught in schools. Now, a court has ruled that nothing but evolution can be taught in schools! Teachers can’t even mention flaws in Darwin’s theory! Those individuals who accuse President Bush and other conservatives of suppressing freedom of speech ought to think about how athiests, agnostics, and other liberals are suppressing freedom of speech. In some places, school choruses, bands, and orchestras can’t even sing Christmas songs, towns can’t display nativity sets, people are frowned upon for saying “Merry Christmas,” and now this! The Pennsylvania ruling is another indication that athiests, not Christians, have most of the power.
Here’s a bit of news that I should have posted earlier but forgot to: on December 19, a judge ruled that murderer Scott Peterson is not entitled to his wife’s life insurance money. Instead, the money will go to Sharon Rocha, Laci’s mother. At an earlier court hearing in October, the judge awarded the money to Rocha because Peterson’s lawyers failed to show up for court. However, the ruling was annulled at the request of Peterson’s lawyers, who were clearly confused about when they were supposed to show up! At the December 19 hearing, Peterson’s lawyer, Pat Harris, did a good job arguing that Rocha should not get the money until Peterson’s appeals are exhausted, but, not surprisingly, the judge decided to give Rocha the money because Peterson was convicted of murdering his wife.
H-E-double-toothpicks has frozen over! Former Red Sox center fielder Johnny Damon is now a member of the New York Yankees! I was shocked to find this news in today’s paper, as I never expected him to go to the Yankees. I always thought Damon would probably re-sign with the Sox, like Varitek did last year. Disappointing, but at least he’ll be on the same team as his buddy, Mark Bellhorn!
In other news, at his mass murder trial today, Saddam Hussein accused American guards of beating him in prison! I’ve read that he enjoyed talking to the guards and that they were nice to him, but you never know, there could have been some that weren’t very nice!
Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts has announced that he will not run for reelection in 2006. Does this mean he’ll be running for president? I might vote for him, depending on what other Republicans are running. I would rather vote for Condi Rice than for Mitt, but he would still make a decent president. To improve his chances for the presidency, Mitt should be more passionate in his opposition to gay marriage!
In other news, Congress has approved and made permanent the remaining portions of the Patriot Act that were set to expire. So far, the Act has not interfered with my rights or the rights of anyone I know. Only time will tell if its success at preventing terrorism will be worth the price of some of our freedoms.
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As planned, Tookie Williams was executed in the middle of last night. In other news, former president Gerald Ford, who is 92 years old, was hospitalized for a very bad cold. Let’s hope he gets well soon!
Now for this day in history: two years ago Saddam Hussein was discovered hiding in a spider hole and was captured by U.S. troops. Additionally, one year ago a jury unjustly recommended the death penalty for Scott Peterson. A month earlier, the same jury convicted him in the murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son. In my opinion, Scott does not deserve death. He clearly did not want to be married or have a baby, and his wife had no right to pressure him into it. The fact that Scott was trying to escape a situation his wife had forced him into should certainly be considered a mitigating factor, but clearly the jury did not agree with me!
A quick news bulletin: California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger denied murderer Stanley “Tookie” Williams’ plea for clemency, and Williams will be executed at 12:01 A. M., California time.
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On yesterday’s season finale of Survivor: Guatemala, Danni Boatwright became the sole survivor and won $1 million. This was the eleventh season of survivor. During the episode, the four remaining tribe members got a visit from some Mayans, who performed a ceremony in which they sacrificed a chicken to the earth. Later, the tribe members decided to eat the chicken, disrespecting the wishes of the Maya gods! There was a huge storm immediately after they ate the chicken. Could it have been the wrath of the gods? At first, I though Rafe might win, because he was the only person who did not eat the chicken, but I am glad Danni won. She was one of the nicer contestants, and she played the game well.
