Friday, March 8, 2013

So The Government Killing People Is Ok...

Tell me again how sprinkling a little water on illegal combatants is against Geneva Conventions?

Climate Change Science Poised to Enter Nation's Classrooms

New standards recommend teaching man-made global warming in all science classes. Some textbook publishers to incorporate curriculum immediately.

Mar 4, 2013

Next Generation Science Standards require teaching man-made climate change.

The Next Generation Science Standards, written with 26 states and set to be released this month, recommend teaching the scientific consensus of human-caused climate change in all science classes. The nation's largest education publishers are already studying how to incorporate them into their materials. Credit: woodleywonderworks, flickr

New national science standards that make the teaching of global warming part of the public school curriculum are slated to be released this month, potentially ending an era in which climate skepticism has been allowed to seep into the nation's classrooms.

The Next Generation Science Standards were developed by the National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nonprofit Achieve and more than two dozen states. They recommend that educators teach the evidence for man-made climate change starting as early as elementary school and incorporate it into all science classes, ranging from earth science to chemistry. By eighth grade, students should understand that "human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earth’s mean surface temperature (global warming)," the standards say.

I Have Finally Figured Out How To Ban Hammers Forever

As we all know, hammers are the scourge of society. Every time I see a hammer, I get sick to my stomach. I do however believe that I have forged an idea on how to get rid of these evil objects forever: We need to make hammer makers liable for every finger that gets pounded, any time a hammer accidentally does any damage to property or bodily harm and especially if a hammer is used to attack or murder someone, we should be able to sue the hammer manufacturers out of existence.

We will make it so expensive to make hammers that their cost will be prohibitive to make, to purchase or to insure. Hundreds of people are killed every year with hammers, this would be worth hundreds of millions in lawsuits.

No one should have a right to own a hammer and now there is a way to finally rid society of these evil objects that has created so much death, destruction and sore thumbs. We need to immediately have a national discussion about making hammer manufacturers liable for the damage that their products cause.