In the past week or so we have witnessed two extraordinary interruptions.
First, some background information:
The first interruption occurred when Barack Obama delivered his healthcare reform speech to a joint session of Congress. As he once again confirmed that his proposed health plan would not cover illegal immigrants, Obama was childishly and loudly interrupted by GOP congressman Joe Wilson, from South Carolina. You could see the shock and anger on Nancy Pelosi’s face as she heard ‘You lie!’ from the opposite chamber. Presumably after being smashed about by his party whip, the congressman came out afterwards and apologized.
The second interruption, while in rather different circumstances, was equally inappropriate and laughable. As Taylor Swift stood up to accept her first Video Music Award, the gold-plated imbecile who is Kanye West burst in to declare that ‘Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time’, then stormed off the stage. Again, he calmed down, and issued an apology to minimize the media carnage.
What unites these two events? While it’s true that Obama commented on Kanye’s temper tantrum, calling him a ‘jackass’, I think this video sums it up more eloquently:
The state-of-the-art 70,000 square foot museum brings the pages of the Bible to life, casting its characters and animals in dynamic form and placing them in familiar settings. Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden. Children play and dinosaurs roam near Eden’s Rivers. The serpent coils cunningly in the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Majestic murals, great masterpieces brimming with pulsating colors and details, provide a backdrop for many of the settings.
Wax Adam catches up with wax Eve in the wax garden of Eden.
Located in Petersburg, Kentucky, the Creation Museum purports to showcase the history of the natural world, through such ‘engaging’ exhibits as ‘Men in White’, ‘Six Days of Creation’, ‘The Last Adam’, and ‘Dinosaurs and Dragons’.
Now I have no problem with fantasy theme parks; Disney World has always provided a wealth of entertainment. But when you make such ludicrous claims as ‘[...] natural selection allows organisms to possess characteristics most favorable for a given environment—but it is not an example of evolution in the molecules-to-man sense.’, it goes beyond entertainment, and becomes deplorable.
Having paid a ludicrous $21.95 to see this rubbish, stupid men and women (and usually their brainwashed children) travel along roads lined with rational people (atheists and moderate christians alike) who protest against the museum’s existence, decrying its denial of scientific evidence to support creationism.
