We are so confused, fucked AND blessed.

[Hissyspit]

CONFUSED

http://www.avalon5.com/index.php/religion/almost-40-of-americans-still-dont-believe-in-evolution

Almost 40% Of Americans Don’t Believe In Evolution!
August 21, 2006 | Religion, Weird | 12:48 am | |

IT’S A FAIRLY MAD STATISTIC. To be honest, I’d known for sometime that the Religious right and the political machine in the US had long had interests in fostering the idea that “Gawd” is on their side and that the scientists were all talking crap when it came to evolution, but I didn’t expect the statistics to prove so many Americans were actually falling for this mantra.

According to recently published research over at The New Scientist, a staggering 39% of Americans actually think evolution is rubbish. They don’t believe in natural selection; they don’t accept that we (humans) share 99% of our DNA with Chimps and they sure as hell don’t accept that we evolved from the slime to where we are now.



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http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/030406a.html

America Anesthetized

By Alex Sabbeth
March 5, 2006

Shockingly, 85 percent of the troops questioned believe they are fighting in Iraq “to retaliate for Saddam’s role in the 9-11 attacks” – one of the key Iraq War myths built by Bush’s frequent juxtaposition of references to Osama bin-Laden and Saddam Hussein. This subliminal message has stuck with the vast majority of U.S. troops even though Bush eventually acknowledged publicly that there is no evidence linking Saddam to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

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The poll also found that 77 percent think that a major reason for the war was “to stop Saddam from protecting al-Qaeda in Iraq” – another myth nurtured by the Bush administration even though Hussein’s secular government was a bitter enemy of al-Qaeda’s Islamic fundamentalists.

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FUCKED

http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B44B02CF5-69AB-49B2-8F01-38702DA91002%7D

UN: Disastrous Climate Change Coming

United Nations, April 5 (Prensa Latina) UN experts consider that the change in climate could lead to a series of natural disasters that would chiefly affect developing nations.

Among the effects of the rise in temperature would be more famine in Africa, frequent heat waves, damage to coral reefs, and more than a foot and a half rise in sea level, with terrible consequences for countries like Bangladesh and island nations.

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http://yglesias.typepad.com/matthew/2004/09/csis_says_were_.html

CSIS Says We're Fucked In Iraq

It's not actually the title of the report, but "We're Fucked" would work pretty well. The frontpage headline is pretty funny, though: "Iraqis Optimistic Despite Failure in Security, Services, Economic Opportunity." It's like the Bush campaign's dream of a "more hopeful" though not actually better America or a world where terrorism, though more common and more deadly, is "less acceptable." Except if you read the report, Iraqis, while optimistic, are actually less optimistic than they used to be. And there's all this other stuff in there about how we're fucked. The good news is that we've painted a lot of new schools since the summer of 2003. The bad news is that according to every single indicator CSIS used, things are getting worse in Iraq.

Now, obviously, you can't believe a word of this because CSIS is stocked by rabid, Bush-hating partisans. The evidence? Why look how critical they are of his policies.

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BLESSED

http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2006/04/13/TheStatement/Best-Coffee.Starbucks-1847534.shtml

Best Coffee: Starbucks

Half of the chains success on campus - and most likely elsewhere - is due to its massive amount of customization; at more than 38 million possibilities for espresso-based drinks alone...

The Starbucks selection doesn't end with mere liquid libations; a fully stocked bakery case holds more than 20 sweet (and not-so-sweet) goods from classic crumb cake to immensely sugary cupcakes. If you're on the go, a refrigerator case directly below the baked goods holds Jones Soda, San Pellegrino and even cans of Starbucks's own iced coffee.

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http://www.oversight.house.gov

Committee to Consider Four Subpoenas to Further Investigations
The Oversight Committee will hold a business meeting on Wednesday, April 25, at which four subpoenas for testimony and documents will be considered:

Administration Oversight, Disclosure of CIA Agent Identity -
Committee to Consider Subpoena of Andrew Card
Chairman Waxman informs former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card that the Oversight Committee will meet on April 25 to consider a subpoena for Mr. Card’s testimony regarding the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson’s covert identity and White House security procedures unless Mr. Card agrees to appear before the Committee voluntarily.

Administration Oversight -
Committee to Consider Subpoena of White House Information Relating to MZM Contract
Chairman Waxman informs White House Counsel Fred Fielding that unless documents are provided by April 24, the Oversight Committee will meet on April 25 to consider a subpoena for information regarding contacts between the White House and MZM, a federal contractor implicated in bribery charges.

Administration Oversight, White House Use of Private E-mail Accounts -
Committee to Consider Subpoena for RNC Documents Related to White House E-mails
Chairman Waxman informs the RNC that the Oversight Committee will meet on April 25 to consider a subpoena for documents relating to possible violation of the Presidential Records Act and the Hatch Act by White House officials.

Iraq Reconstruction -
Oversight Committee to Hold Hearing on Tillman, Lynch Incidents
The Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 focusing on misleading information following the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq.

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[Monkeyman]

1. AHHHH Running out of the House saying we can't take it any more

[Swamp Rat]

2. k&r

[uppityperson]

3. k&r for being conflicted

[LaStrega]

4. set me straight

this is off topic ... and coming from a DU n00b ... but what's k&r and n/t ?

[uppityperson]

5. k&r means kick and recommend (kick is a brief response which pushes

the post further up on a forum page) (recommend is clicking the recommend thing down towards the left of original post. With enough recommends, it gets on to greatest page and more noticed)

n/t you put in the subject line if there is no text in the message. Do NOT write it in the message though because, by putting it there, you have put text in the message. Some people, for some reasons like dialup or just personal preference, have DU set up to not open the message body unless there is text there. If n/t or eom (end of message) is in subject line, then they know they don't have to check for more in message area. Welcome to Du too.

[LaStrega]

6. thanks for setting me straight!

And thanks for the welcome, I'm thrilled to be here.

[Hissyspit]

7. This pic was supposed to go with the evolution article, but the editing period ran out on me

just as I hit the update button:

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[Subdivisions]

8. I had no idea my sense of

hopelessness and pessimism expressed http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=724390&mesg_id=724390">here would lead to the hopeful and optimistic post http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=724443&mesg_id=724443">here leading to the all the confusion http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x724661">there.

A nice job of expounding on just how fucked, blessed and confused we really are. K&R

[Hissyspit]

9. LOL - Driver 8 posted this while I was working on my post:

There are days when I feel blessed and days that I feel fucked, so the confusion is understandable.