Hold Your Nose & Vote

April 5 is election day, which falls on a Tuesday this year. For those forgetful or truant voters, Tuesday can be easily remembered as the day before Wednesday, hump day. Which brings to your LakeCountyEye's mind the Arabian proverb about the camel's nose:

If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow.

Discerning operatives will discern in this little fable the Theory of Evolution writ large: No sooner does the nose of the camel sneak into the tent will it slowly but surely evolve into an enormous, spitting camel. Discerning operatives who discern a lede for another update to the LakeCountyEye Creationism-Tote-Board™ are two for two.

In this case the camel's nose is a candidate who wants to be inside the metaphorical tent that would be the Stevenson High School Board. According to the Daily Herald, school board candidate Charles Cardella ...

said he believes "any type of scientific theory" has strengths and weaknesses. Science has changed since Darwin's time, he said. "Why shouldn't students be informed — taught — about what we've learned (since then)?" he said. "Not everything in the theory is right. Not everything in the theory is bulletproof."
Stevenson candidate talks about the "strengths and weaknesses" of evolution

And doubtless there is no better way to examine its shortcomings than to compare and contrast the Theory of Evolution with a pseudo-scientific theory pulled from the theological grab-bag -- like Creationism. Your LakeCountyEye can note however that while not bulletproof, an enormous, spitting camel is capable of leaving an equivalent mess.

Checking the tote board, there are now seven -- possibly eight -- public high schools in Lake County retrofitted to teach Creationism.

The 2011-2012 School Year: Countdown to Creationism

LEGEND Creationist On Board Creationist Not On Board Creationist Conceivably On Board

Antioch High School

Barrington High School

Deerfield High School

Grant High School

Grayslake High School

Highland Park High School

Lake Forest High School

Lake Zurich High School

Lakes Community High School

Libertyville High School

Stevenson High School

Mundelein High School

North Chicago High School

Round Lake High School

Vernon Hills High School

Warren High School

Wauconda High School

Waukegan High School

Zion-Benton High School

Look for your LakeCountyEye in the faculty parking lot, with Joe Camel.