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It is very scary when someone can get so far as a political candidate and not know the gist of what is in the first amendment, since the heart of the oath one takes when sworn into office is to uphold the Constitution.<\/p>\n

HT Unreasonable Faith<\/a> for the video<\/a> below showing Christine O\u2019Donnell\u2019s reactions<\/a> when she finds out what is in the Bill of Rights:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=miwSljJAzqg<\/a>\n

There is some discussion of this on Christian blogs at Jesus<\/a> Creed<\/a> and The Lead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And here is a pictorial presentation of the economic argument against pseudoscience (HT Hemant Mehta<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Finally, via the NCSE and Ted Herrlich<\/a>, another attempt to introduce intelligent design into science classes<\/a> has been defeated.<\/p>\n

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