In Search Of Giants

While watching the “In Search Of Giants” show, I found something disturbing. The show accuses scientists of sweeping the evidence that giants existed under the rug because it “refutes the theory of evolution.” What part of random do these lunkheads not understand? Proving that giants, even ones with double rows of teeth, roamed the earth at the same time as our ancestors does not harm the theory of evolution any more than the evidence showing that humanoids and Neanderthals roamed the earth at the same time our ancestors did. What would be far more damaging to the theory of evolution would be proof of a nice neat linear progression leading directly to God's most magnificent creature, us.

I will submit to you that if someone was trying to hide evidence of the existence of giants, it was not done by anyone trying to protect a scientific theory; not unless that person was incredibly ignorant of the very theory he was trying to protect. One of the most difficult tasks for any historian is the task of ascribing a motive for any given action. I would be as irresponsible as the people on that show if I said that a person who believes in creationism is far more likely to have hidden the evidence.

It is much better stick to the what and where. Leave the conjecture to someone else,  Content yourself with finding the evidence to prove the existence of the giants! Doing that should be dramatic enough to draw  the viewers.

Idiot's Delight:

How are the Republicans celebrating their mid-term victory? Apparently they are celebrating by playing the political equivalent of idiots delight. The rules are quite simple: first you defund President Obama's executive order regarding immigration, regardless of the fact that nothing in the order requires any funding. This, I guess, pleases the idiots who make up the Republican base without causing harm to others; not a bad deal when you think about it. The other thing you do is file an expensive and frivolous law suit against President Obama regarding the Affordable Care Act. Given the fact that we now have the most politicized and worst Supreme Court in our history, this suit does have the potential to be harmful! I am, however, trying to demonstrate some optimism about this suit by saying that even the five injustices of our Supreme Court would not stoop to ruling illegal the sort of executive order that has been issued by every President since WWII.

I might add here that there is no fact the Republicans will not ignore or lie about. Ronald Reagan was the President who granted undocumented immigrants amnesty, and both Reagan and G. H. W. Bush used executive orders to prevent the deportation of undocumented immigrants. So did Reagan and G. H. W. Bush violate the Constitution? And what the hell is it about the executive order regarding immigrants that would prevent Republicans from passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill, other than the fact that they feel so insulted by the order that they are going to pick up their toys and go home? Picking up their toys and going home seems to be what Republicans do best.  I wish I had a job that required so little time in the work place.