Comments on: RELIGION AND POLITICS: INTOLERANCE IS GROWING

By: The Sundries Shack

The Sundries Shack — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:14:32 +0000

[...] Religion and Politics: Intolerance Is GrowingRight Wing Nut House [...]

By: Darwin Central » The Grand Canyon Incident, And What It Means For Us

Darwin Central » The Grand Canyon Incident, And What It Means For Us — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:32:21 +0000

[...] Well, the allegations that the Bush administration had been muzzling park employees from telling tourists the true age of the Grand Canyon have been proven false. The first indications that these claims were at the very least dubious were provided by Rick Moran of the certifiably sane Right Wing Nuthouse (scroll down the linked post until you reach Moran’s update), and were confirmed by the indefatigable Michael Shermer, skeptic extraordinaire. So we conservatives can rest easy now, right? This casts a shadow of doubt over all those claims of a â€œRepublican/Bush War on Scienceâ€, and we can now safely dismiss them as mere ideological jousting, correct? [...]

By: Right Wing Nut House » THE COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN

Right Wing Nut House » THE COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:21:47 +0000

[...] The votes are in from this week’s Watchers Council and the winner in the Council category is yours truly for “Religion and Politics: Intolerance Is Growing.” There was a tie for second with Andrew Olmsted’s “You Keep Using That Word…” and American Future’s “The Mysterious Mr. Ritter” sharing runners up honors. [...]

By: Rhymes With Right

Rhymes With Right — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:40:02 +0000

Watcher’s Council Results

The winning entries in the Watcher’s Council vote for this week are Religion and Politics: Intolerance Is Growing by Right Wing Nut House, and The Blogosphere at War by The Belmont Club. Here is where you can find the full…

By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:53:22 +0000

The Coalition of the Willing

As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher’s Council hold a vote every week on what we consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around… though I don’t actually vote unless there happens…

By: schaffman

schaffman — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:32:43 +0000

As an aside, I think the quoted “age” of the Grand Canyon as 550 million years is misleading. Readers should be aware of this when debating the larger issues discussed in Rick’s excellent post and the ensuing discussion.

By age, do we mean the canyon’s present appearance, when it started to form, or the age of the oldest rocks exposed at the bottom?

The answer to the first is that it’s current appearance is fully modern..it’s as old as yesterday.

The canyon began to form with the uplift of the Colorado Plateau and subsequent incision of the Colorado River. This started some tens of millions of years ago. (I could look it up but am feeling lazy.)

The oldest rocks in the canyon are Precambian and far older than 550 million years. I’m guessing that the 550 million years figure is from the date of the beginning of the Cambrian Period, represented at the base of the Tapeats Sandstone (the bottom rock formation of the outer canyon).

Anyway, sorry for the somewhat pedantic diversion, but I think it’s important to have an understanding of the minutia, here.

By: The COLOSSUS OF RHODEY

The COLOSSUS OF RHODEY — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:09:04 +0000

Watcher’s Council results

And now… the winning entries in the Watcher’s Council vote for this week are Religion and Politics: Intolerance Is Growing by Right Wing Nut House, and The Blogosphere at War by The Belmont Club. All members, please be sure to…

By: The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » The Council Has Spoken!

The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » The Council Has Spoken! — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:55:19 +0000

[...] The Watcher’s Council has announced its picks for the most outstanding posts of the preceding week. The winning Council post was Right Wing Nut House’s post, â€œReligion and Politics: Intolerance Is Growingâ€. Second place honors went to American Future’s post, â€œThe Mysterious Mr. Ritterâ€. [...]

By: AMERICAN FUTURE - Trying to make sense of a world in turmoil » The Council Has Spoken

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:29:30 +0000

[...] The winning Council post is Right Wing Nut House’s “Religion and Politics: Intolerance Is Growing.” My “Mysterious Mr. Ritter” captured the runner-up spot. [...]

By: Andrew Olmsted dot com

Andrew Olmsted dot com — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:24:37 +0000

The Council Speaks

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