Liars, Thieves & Lunatics Guarding the Hen House
From Our Load of Malarkey Department
Michelle Bachman, defending her stint as an employee of the IRS, told supporters that she had infiltrated the IRS to better learn about “the enemy” so she would be better able to dismantle the evil enterprise (seeDemocracy Now). Clearly, this lie was a lame attempt to mollify her anti-tax Tea Party supporters who were considering jumping ship at the thought that she was a carpet bagging tea bagger. Regardless of her motivations, the statement is an admission that she opposes a fundamental branch of the government she
Court Rules in Favor of Teacher Who Ridiculed Creationism
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has dismissed a student's lawsuit against a high school history instructor who ridiculed creationism and religious fundamentalism in the classroom, the SF Chronicle reported this morning.
One of the comments in question involved calling a former teacher’s promotion of anti-evolutionary ideas "religious, superstitious nonsense."
A student sued, saying that the teacher’s comments violated the constitutional requirement of government neutrality because they were hostile toward religion. However, the court said that a public employee can only be sued for violating clearly established constitutional rights. In this