Gov. Steve Beshear of KY (a Dem!) endorses Creationist "'Museum"

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

http://barefootandprogressive.blogspot.com/2010/11/steve-beshear-to-flaunt-new-creation.html

You know about that new amusement park that the Creation Museum folks are building on I-75, with the saddled dinosaur rides and all?

Well, look at what just showed up in my inbox:

Gov. Beshear to hold press conference

WHO:

Gov. Steve Beshear
Cary Summers, consultant to Ark Encounter LLC
Mike Zovath, senior vice president of Answers in Genesis and head of the Creation Museum project
Grant County Judge/Executive Darrell Link

WHAT:

New northern Kentucky tourism and economic development project announcement

WHEN:

Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time

WHERE:

State Capitol
Room 110
Frankfort, Ky.

(more at link)

How... bipartisan. How woodchuckingly bipartisan.

[progressoid]

1. Ya know,

I get kind of depressed when I think about all the "Democrats" that do amazingly stupid things.

[PBS Poll-435]

2. Meh

Commerce is king.

Kentucky does well by bringing idiots and their money to the State.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. I don't think there would be less idiots or less money without the governor saying "I like this".

[sakabatou]

3. Well, I guess it'll bring in revenue... and IDiots.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. That is the soft underbelly

One reason we're in the damn hole. I wish I could even feign surprise at this point.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. That is the soft underbelly

One reason we're in the damn hole. I wish I could even feign surprise at this point.

[charlie]

7. This is... fishy

...The developers are seeking state tax incentives under the Kentucky Tourism Development Act, which allows up to 25 percent of the cost of a project to be recovered, Courier-Journal said.

Atheist groups and church-state separation advocates noted that state involvement in the project may not appear to be right, but it does appear to be legal as state tax breaks are used to support tourism projects...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40445249/ns/us_news-life

Okay, so they're legally entitled to tax incentives because it's tourism, not sectarian. But, as late as 4 days ago, they were soliciting tax-deductible donations and characterizing the project as Biblical "outreach":

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WJIh4b58Ck0J:arkencounter.com/donate/%3Ftype%3D2+/search%3Fhl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26q%3D%2Bsite:arkencounter.com%2B%2522Ark%2BEncounter%2522%2Bdonate&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us">Google cache

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. If something is touristic AND sectarian, shouldn't the 1st Amendment take precedence?

Yeah, I know. Laws are only as good as the State's willingness to enforce them.

[opihimoimoi]

9. A step in the wrong direction...will confuse those young ones no end...

Thr truth is dinos went extinct way before we humans arrived...cept for birds and a few smaller sub species...

But then, no one pays attention to facts and reason these days...

[bluetrain]

10. Shouldn't they be required by law to post a sign like the astrology sites and such

saying this exhibit is purely for entertainment?

[Chan790]

11. OMG! Could you imagine the fundie outrage?

:rofl:

That could be epic.

As a counter balance, I want to buy a billboard across the street from the exit and in thirty-foot-high letters of fire write "We apologise for the inconvenience." They'll never get why it's funny, but I'll crack-up knowing it's there every god-damned day.