Hurrah and high-fives all around for 8-year-old science fan Olivia McConnell, the nifty South Carolina kid who wrote to her state legislators to propose that they name the Columbian Wooly Mammoth as the state fossil. Her state senator and representative thought it was a good idea, too, so they introduced a bill, and everyone felt good about helping South Carolina children to learn how a bill becomes a law. Except that after the bill passed the state House, it got hung up in the Senate because a couple of creationist morons wanted to insert language explaining how God made mammoths on the sixth day, about 6000 years ago (on a Saturday), and then we all felt terrible because Olivia was learning
That she is already a hell of a lot smarter and better-educated than people who are in the SC State Legislature, and eminently qualified to replace them as soon as she's old enough.
Made the cosmic microwave background look like exactly like black body radiation, accurate to ten significant places. That&#039;s what you call <i> attention to detail!</i>
Thank you, South Carolina legislature, for doing the right thing, the common-sense thing, and showing a young South Carolinian that by taking the initiative with a good idea and sticking to one&#039;s guns, one can move mountains.
Platypuses (basically everything in Australia &amp; Madagascar)
That she is already a hell of a lot smarter and better-educated than people who are in the SC State Legislature, and eminently qualified to replace them as soon as she&#039;s old enough.
Made the cosmic microwave background look like exactly like black body radiation, accurate to ten significant places. That&#039;s what you call <i> attention to detail!</i>
AOT,K.
Ah, but isn&#039;t he infallable? There is a theory that if it was a god that made platypuses, he was high as fuck at the time.
Wow, that&#039;s TimeCube level, but with fairly decent grammar.
I read that as inflatable, which would make about as much sense as anything.
This is good news!
Thank you, South Carolina legislature, for doing the right thing, the common-sense thing, and showing a young South Carolinian that by taking the initiative with a good idea and sticking to one&#039;s guns, one can move mountains.
I have a new 8-year old hero tonight.
Of course there is still time for SC&#039;s lovely Nikki Bag o&#039;Hamsters Haley to veto the whole thing.
Way to go, Olivia. Absolute awesomesauce!
Is there any way we can get Olivia to adopt this entire ugly vile little snark mob?
So some shithead legislator was convinced he should stop being a total ignorant dick about [wait for it] THE AGE OF THE FKG EARTH?
Can&#039;t wait for the party when we convince this guy that Earth is A FKG SPHERE.
Apologies: these creationist morons (redundant) just annoy the fk outa me...