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Hi. I’m From Tennessee. We’re Morons.

February 28th, 2007 at 9:32 am by Preston Taylor Holmes

I suppose it’s no mystery why the rest of the country mercilessly mocks the South. Especially when our *chuckle* best and brightest legislators do stuff like this: State Senator calls for answer on Creation of the Universe.

(Shakes head in shame…)

NASHVILLE – Sen. Raymond Finney proposes to use the legislative process to get an answer to the question of whether the universe was created by a “Supreme Being.”

Under Senate Resolution 17, introduced by the Maryville Republican, the answer would come from state Education Commissioner Lana Seivers “in report form” no later than Jan. 15, 2008.

Can’t you just hear it? “Get me the answer to the origin of all creation – and have it on my desk by Friday…”

Then again, it’s just another political publicity stunt that further demonstrates the level of intelligent discourse that goes on in our state government. It’s hard to say for sure, but I have a feeling that our state may lead the nation in political publicity stunts.

Finney, a retired physician, said Monday that his objective is to formally prod the Department of Education into a dialogue about the teaching of evolution in school science classes without also teaching the alternative of “creationism,” or “intelligent design.”

As the resolution is written, if Seivers (TN Dept of Education Commissioner) does answer no to the first question – stating that the universe was not created by a Supreme Being – she would be offered “the General Assembly’s admiration for being able to decide conclusively a question that has long perplexed and occupied the attention of scientists, philosophers, theologians, educators and others.”

Yep, publicity stunt.

The most embarrassing part of the whole affair may be that the Senator is going to the State Department of Education for the answer to any important question. If the topic isn’t directly related to skin-color- or sexual-orientation-based- diversity training, I’m afraid the TDOE probably doesn’t have much to offer in the way of actual answers.

UPDATE: Also see Uncle’s exclusive interview. Thanks Lissa!

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3 Responses to “Hi. I’m From Tennessee. We’re Morons.”

LissaKay Says:
February 28th, 2007 at 11:05 am
Makes ya just want to take Finney and Campfield by the necks and knock their noggins together … dumbasses!

Here’s a hi-larious take on it, from SayUncle, with a strong food and beverage warning
BelchSpeak Says:
February 28th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Not everyone from Tennessee is dumb. Sometimes there is a genius to the stupidity.

http://www.belch.com/blog/2006/02/26/genius-or-stupid-amazing-drug-bust/
michele Says:
February 28th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Commissioner Paul Pinkston slaughtering the English language last week:

“Who done what wrong?! Name one commissioner that done somethin’ wrong!”

Wow. The misuse of grammar scares me more than the possible ethics violations.