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I saw this over at Pharyngula and just had to share it:

It really makes me curious if he has any bizarro-world anti-family opponents.

Haven't you heard?

- Feminists want women to have equal roles in family leadership and planning. Isn't that anti-family?

- Gays want to get get married and have families .... isn't that anti-family?

- Scientists want children learn critical thinking and the basics of how to use the scientific method - isn't that anti-family?

- Biologists want children to learn evolution, the foundation of much of the science that keeps children out of graveyards - isn't that anti-family?

That's the genius of the Republican party propaganda masters - they have managed frame nearly everything their opponents (us!) want to achieve, as harmful to the family. We're all laughing at that cartoon, but the Republicans have convinced a huge swath of America that the groups I list above really are 'baby-eating monkeys from outer-space'

I get a chilling reminder of this every time I visit my mother - who is convinced nearly all of those groups are anti-family.

Posted by: llewelly | November 1, 2006 09:24 AM

Dave's Syndrome

PM saith: "You will never be able to replace power stations dirty or clean with solar, wind or wave power. Never. It's just not possible." [The Daily Telegraph]

He must have some information not shared by the general public then, proving the short term nature of our civilisation and its inevitable fall when fossil fuels run out. Such a depressing situation, perhaps he withholds the truth for our own sake.