The sad, sad state of America

Here we are at the beginning of the 21st century. Medical technology has extended the human lifespan to an average of nearly 80 years. We can transplant organs. We've cured smallpox and polio, mapped the human genome. We can inoculate children against horrific diseases that used to kill millions. We're on the verge of breakthroughs in regrowing organs, gene therapy and possibly curing diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. We understand more about how humans work and where we came from than at any time in human history.

And yet . . .

30% of Republican Presidential candidates in the 2008 election, pictured below, don't "believe" in evolution, the very foundation of our understanding of biology.

For fun, play "Spot the Idiot" below. (Hint: It's Huckabee, Brownback and Tancredo).