You probably don’t need to be reminded why we and the beautiful state of Arizona are in trouble. But just in case you do feel you need a reminder, check out this video of Arizona State Sen. Sylvia Allen (R) saying Earth is 6,000 years old.
But it’s even more frightening how eager she is about mining and making sure she gets it out there that “you’ll never know the mine was there when they’re done.” Has she ever driven south of Tucson?
This article appears in Jul 2-8, 2009.
This is not a new story, Mrs. Herreras: Earth has been 6000 years old for several decades…
This is the exact reason why anyone running for office should be made to take a proficiency test before thay can run for office. Teachers, doctors. lawyers, nurses and others holding “responsible” jobs must take tests.
Why not the legislators?
Ah, the fetching red-shoed Red Star…keeping posting brother – Marzipan may catch up with you. OK, almost 6,000 years if you’re going by the Jewish calendar. Although right now its 5769.
“Its been here six thousand years, long before anybody had environmental laws and some how it hasn’t been done away with”
This is just breathtaking. I had to rewind this sentence a couple of times just to make sure I was hearing correctly, but she actually does seem to be trying to draw a logical connection between an absence of environmental laws and earth’s continued existence. I like the proficiency test idea, although one that had people flunking for the young earth stuff would have the religious groups charging discrimination immediately, but it looks like a simple symbolic logic test might be enough to boot the political chaff.
Rather than “young earth” marzipan, perhaps this could fit under history.
rconnelly,
Yes it certainly could, but when one starts pointing out the high degree of physical and historical unlikelihood for things like: the Red Sea parted, Jonah in the whale, Christ resurrected and a six thousand year old earth, people’s feelings seem to get hurt. Though this woman is clearly an idiot there are many people who are actually competent human beings who subscribe to such beliefs. Better perhaps to weed out the pea-brains using a different method.