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Springfest 2009 Mythbuster Board ideas

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As discussed at the March meeting, we need a topic for our Mythbuster Board. This thread is for suggestions and feedback on those suggestions.

I'm sure I've forgotten some, but of the ones I can remember, here are some ideas that were mentioned at the meeting:

Unkept promises of the Obama administration
True origins of "Biblical" (or not!) claims
Myths about atheists/atheism


Please respond with other suggestions, opinions, possible tidbits for inclusion, etc.

If it is so desired, I can make this question into a poll, but (a) I want to provide the opportunity for more topics to be presented first (b) it might be good to have discussion before any voting (c) I can't guarantee that the poll results will have any more impact than the discussion.
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Unkept promises of the Obama administration?

So Galt did come to the meeting? Maybe an anarchist dropped by?

Two months in and someone thinks they can provide 12, non-trivial (i.e. interesting, substantive) examples of unkept promises of the Obama administration? That would be a neat trick. I would be surprised if there wasn't one or two but I don't know of one.

Regardless, it's far too overtly, blatantly, political/partisan. We've never touched something like that, from the left or the right, and if we did we would cease to be a non-profit(ish), educational, non-political club promoting freethought. Instead we would be a political advocacy group. DOA.

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Savonarola wrote:Myths about atheists/atheism
I happened to see a substitute nutjob on O'Reilly's show tonight issue a teaser for the next segment by referencing the increase in atheism and asking if we should be worried about values.

I try to refrain from blowing up at these reprehensible schmucks, and I hate that we even have to have such a discussion, but it probably needs to be done.

This topic should probably be discussed, at least briefly, at the next meeting -- unless we get some significant feedback here. (C'mon, people.)
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Doug and I had a good idea the other day. What the hell was it? Most ridiculous myths of all time or something?
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Darrel wrote:What the hell was it? Most ridiculous myths of all time or something?
So the board would just need one very large placard labeled "religion"?
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Savonarola wrote:So the board would just need one very large placard labeled "religion"?
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And a shovel. The plaque could read "What is the biggest load of manure ever shoveled?"

You lift the plaque and read the answer given above...
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