The reference links for the strip are in the next blog entry.
Now! Let's have a heated debate!
2013 update. Since I wrote this blog entry, this cartoon strip as well as many others on such subjects as homeopathy, chiropratic, evolution, and the supposed NASA Moon hoax landings, have been published in a book: Science Tales in the UK (Myriad Edtions) and How To Fake A Moon Landing in the US and Canada (Abrams). Here's the link to my main blog.
I am Darryl Cunningham and this is my main blog.
The systematic dumbing down of the US over the last 50 years hasn't helped either, with a lack of emphasis on science, maths, etc. Some people are trying to bring it back, but that still leaves a 30 year gap, a whole generation, that's been cut off.
And they're exactly the sort who buy into those conspiracy theories.