Sunday, November 25, 2007

Conservapedia


Wikipedia is, in my opinion, one of the best things about the internet. Vandalism issues aside, it represents total information democracy, where every single person with internet access has the ability to contribute to our global knowledge base. Of course, the net result of a totally free information system is bound to be blatant liberally biased garbage... at least, according to Conservapedia, "The Trustworthy Encyclopedia".

That's right, there is an encyclopedia specifically run by and for conservatives. Rather than Wikipedia's obviously liberal attempts at "transparency" and "objectivity", Conservapedia doesn't pull any punches and tells it like it REALLY is. Liberal bias is a scourge that needs to be cleansed from the planet, whereas Conservative bias is actually more of a perspective, and perspectives are perfectly legitimate. Oh, also, there are lots of good reasons why the earth must be 6,000 years old.

Some other great entries include pants, and ostriches, which contains the following nugget of informational gold:

"The Bible mentions ostriches several times. Leviticus 11:13 states that is unclean and should not be eaten; Several verses describe the bird as laying "her eggs in the earth, and warm[ing] them in dust", going on to describe the ostrich as neglectful of its young (Job 39:14-17). however the chapter goes on to say that the ostrich at full speed "scorneth the horse and rider" - it cannot be outrun. (39:18)"

You heard it here first: ostriches are bad parents.

And what does an information-seeking Conservative do with a world of knowledge at their fingertips? Take a look at the top 10 most popular articles for some informative reading!