tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post6045280497021143922..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Fast forwardGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-86253995134270465472015-09-11T05:28:22.044-07:002015-09-11T05:28:22.044-07:00Yes. You wouldn't have had McCarthyism!Yes. You wouldn't have had McCarthyism!Pfranz Kapfkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383385462224081147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-18813062691693909052015-09-08T08:50:42.132-07:002015-09-08T08:50:42.132-07:00The pledge on drives me crazy also...do these peop...The pledge on drives me crazy also...do these people live under a rock?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067849212386261333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-63489351129016148542015-09-07T20:10:46.019-07:002015-09-07T20:10:46.019-07:00Most people outraged by pledge-related controversi...Most people outraged by pledge-related controversies also don't recognize that "under God" was not in the original version. It was added by the US Congress in the early 1950s. <br /><br />You ever wonder what the United States would be like if we didn't have Congress in the 1950s? Andy Hollandbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005908016945472261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-54403098342941953382015-09-07T10:21:07.892-07:002015-09-07T10:21:07.892-07:00I love that in the Pledge poster, there is one GLA...I love that in the Pledge poster, there is one GLARINGLY misspelled word...<br />I-N-D-I-V-I-S-I-B-L-E. So that's telling me that reciting the pledge every day in school was all they actually paid attention to. And re Denali... I am just stunned. http://www.livescience.com/40595-denali-mount-mckinley.html<br />for anyone who can't figure out how to google it themselves. Angel Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881585181594818188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-9410270624018744912015-09-07T07:21:07.947-07:002015-09-07T07:21:07.947-07:00Re Denali: Even if it were true, so what? It's...Re Denali: Even if it were true, so what? It's the original name of the mountain according to the locals. It might mean any number of things in other languages. And it's not as if there weren't many places <i>deliberately</i> named after prominent racists, Indian slaughterers, etcetera, about which the sort of people who are spreading this meme, show a notable lack of outrage.Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.com