Evidence Against Evolution

Remember the stereotypcial Southern sherrif in the movies with the big pot-belly who called blacks "boy" and used "n*****" without hesitation? He was always filled with a sense of certainty about his superiority as he sat comfortably in his ignorance like cattle in a feedlot standing in their own shit. I've always felt that he's lurking beneath the surface of some Republicans. He's had to go underground because he's not as socially acceptable as he once was - thank goodness for that. But, every once in a while you find him peeking out like a little chick struggling to break the thin shell of his egg.

Here he is sticking his ugly head out in the form of an e-mail sent by Arkansas state senator Denny Altes to a television station. In the e-mail on the television station’s Web site, the message attributed to Altes states that he’s for "sending the illegals back but we know that is impossible."

"We are where we were with the black folks after the revolutionary war. We can’t send them back and the more we p*** them off the worse it will be in the future. So what do we do," the e-mail states. "I say the governor needs to try to enforce the law and sign the letter of understanding... and at least we can send the troublemakers back. Sure we are being overrun but we are being outpopulated by the blacks also. What is the answer, only time will tell." Altes has represented the Fort Smith area in the Legislature since 1999, when he was elected to the House. He served two terms there and has been a member of the Senate since 2003.

The U. S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey estimates that in 2006 Fort Smith had a black population of about 9 percent and a Hispanic population of about 13.6 percent.

Things like this are funny until you realize that this is an elected official whose constituents have kept him in office for the last eight years. He must represent their views as well. Evolution is supposed to improve the species. I don't think it's working here. Chalk this one up for the Creationists!