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You have one of those days where you discover something you meant to do say... 4 months ago? I did. Just now. I'm amazed I forgot. It's a subject that I normally jump on like a starving wolverine. Naturally, when I bumped into a follow-up of the same thing, I smacked myself on the head.

The victim of my rage? George Deutsch. George here is 24 years old and works for NASA as a Presidential appointed public relations… moron. The problem is the same we have with many other morons the world over. He doesn’t know that he’s a moron.

What did Deutsch do? Well, he sent an email a NASA web designer who was preparing a web presentation for middle school students. In this email he ordered that the designer include several interesting changes to the presentation. Those regular readers of my rants will immediately have the hair on the back of their necks standing up because they know this next part will be good. George mandated that all references to the Big Bang have the world theory added afterward.

It’s a let down for you readers, right? You’re thinking: “That’s not a big deal. It is a theory, so that’s all good.” I’m with you. He was good right here. If he’d stopped, we’d be all good. As you might have guessed, he didn’t stop. He continued by saying that the Big Bang is “not proven fact; it is opinion.” I’ll stop here and comment that while the theory isn’t fact, it most certainly isn’t opinion. It is a theory, which meansthat it is our best explanation, given all the evidence, for why something is the way it is. Like many other morons that attempt to make commentary about science; he doesn’t understand the terminology and is thus crippled for life.

But he’s still not done. If that was it, I’d shake my head slightly and move along. Oh no. Not this guy. He has to keep going. Let his words speak for themselves:

It is not NASA's place, nor should it be to make a declaration such as this about the existence of the universe that discounts intelligent design by a creator.
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This is more than a science issue, it is a religious issue. And I would hate to think that young people would only be getting one-half of this debate from NASA. That would mean we had failed to properly educate the very people who rely on us for factual information the most.

While this guy isn’t a scientist, he still works as a spokesperson for one of the foremost scientific organizations in the world. He has to fucking know better than this. He is a 24 year old journalism major. He’s not qualified to say things like that. He’s just not.

I could probably take this on for pages and pages of dislike. Certainly there is a ton more crap from this idiot worth of a rant. Like when he threatened a NASA scientist with “dire consequences” if he continued to argue for action to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Or when he pressured a NASA Propulsion Lab scientist to change their news release to indicate that their work was designed for space exploration rather than oceanographic exploration. Because those two are similar.

As I said, I could go on for pages. But in the end, he’s a moron, a wanker and a tool. Not necessarily in that order.