Lawless Texas. Who knew they meant the laws of science?

Off of Pharyngula, we have the story of the Texas legislature, where a memo is being passed around.

The memo is one written by Georgia St Rep. Ben Bridges. Passed around the hall by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Warren Chisum.

The memo assails what it calls "the evolution monopoly in the schools."

Mr. Bridges' memo claims that teaching evolution amounts to indoctrinating students in an ancient Jewish sect's beliefs.

"Indisputable evidence – long hidden but now available to everyone – demonstrates conclusively that so-called 'secular evolution science' is the Big Bang, 15-billion-year, alternate 'creation scenario' of the Pharisee Religion," writes Mr. Bridges, a Republican from Cleveland, Ga. He has argued against teaching of evolution in Georgia schools for several years.

He then refers to a Web site, www.fixedearth.com, that contains a model bill for state Legislatures to pass to attack instruction on evolution as an unconstitutional establishment of religion.

Mr. Bridges also supplies a link to a document that describes scientists Carl Sagan and Albert Einstein as "Kabbalists" and laments "Hollywood's unrelenting role in flooding the movie theaters with explicit or implicit endorsement of evolutionism."

What a great use of the state's time. Conspiracy theories and slurs against great standard bearers in science.

Weird ass lies, pseudoscience, and tinfoil hat quality ideas.

Sadly, it is not hard to imagine that plenty of them went home eager to brag about the proof.

And that fixed earth site? It is one that claims evidence that the Earth lies at the very center of the universe and is unmoving.

Yet, they think the flat earth people are crazy.

And they think the flat earth on the turtles back people are crazy.

Just because Bridges and Chisum aren't at the VERY bottom of the crazy pile, doesn't take away from the fact they are chocked full of CRAZY! And they want to make it law!