Dover, PA pastor admits that he's an idiot.
Pastor Ray Mummert is fighting to bring God back into the classroom and banish the teaching of Evolution in his small Pennsylvania town. In a news article about how a decision by the local school board ordering teachers to instruct their students that Evolution is “just a theory” and to teach Intelligent Design has left the citizenry deeply riven over the issue, Mummert essentially owns up to being a clueless moron:
"We’ve been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture,"
Her husband "claimed" she had bulimia. Never mind that it was determined by the court after an extensive malpractice suit that she definitely had it, that her doctors definitely failed to diagnose it, and that their failure was what ultimately led to her catastrophic electrolyte imbalance and brain-starving arrhythmia -- nope, per CNN, this was just his claim.
Yeah, this pissed me off, too. As much as the unsubstantiated claims that her collapse was from spousal abuse (this was bandied about by the president of my home town's Right to Life group). They have no problem telling out and out lies to try to spin the story their way.
The videos on that Monterey Bay shark page are awesome. Divers dressing in full chain-mail suits to go swimming with her.
Great white sharks are so freakin' serious looking.
Yeah, this pissed me off, too. As much as the unsubstantiated claims that her collapse was from spousal abuse (this was bandied about by the president of my home town's Right to Life group). They have no problem telling out and out lies to try to spin the story their way.
What I found frustrating is that the didn't give time to the more reasonable doubts, while giving stuff like that their time.
What I found frustrating is that the didn't give time to the more reasonable doubts, while giving stuff like that their time.
I'm also not sure why the judge ruled that attempting to feed her by mouth was a no-go. If it didn't work, the outcome would be the same, and if it did, then wouldn't that have been a good thing? (Given that her parents were willing to take responsibility for it, of course.) I know that would have meant Michael giving up guardianship to them, though, so maybe that was the issue?
"We’ve been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture,"
...who have giant Great White Shark teeth.
The blazes of hell take the first person who ever prefixed "just a" to the word "theory".
I'm also not sure why the judge ruled that attempting to feed her by mouth was a no-go.
It would have killed her. One of the most serious risks to somebody in her condition is pneumonia from inhaling food.
It would have killed her.
Ah. Thanks for clarifying.
What pisses me off is all the kids who got stopped trying to take water in to Terri. Maybe a couple of them had the idea on their own, but I'm willing to bet it was grown-ups saying, "They won't stop a kid, and if they do it's a great shot, the forces of evil interfering with an innocent errand of mercy."
Some days I hate being cynical.
I know that would have meant Michael giving up guardianship to them, though, so maybe that was the issue?
I don't think he had guardianship. I think the court did. But it could have just been limited to this particular issue.
