Who the fuck is "you guys" 
Dude, chill out.
It just disturbs me that some one in her position is so uneducated about the world. Now you wouldn't want someone in a leadership position who thought the earth was flat, now would you? There is a serious need for education for survivability in the modern world, especially if we care about future generations like she mentions...so the least that is required for our leaders is to be properly educated.
It depends on what the leadership position is. In this case, hers is that of a STATE SENATOR, the responsibilities and duties of such are UNAFFECTED by the believed age or shape of the planet.
Now pointing to her case specifically, I think it matters EVEN MORE! She says "we've been living here for 6000 yrs old before there were any environmental laws... and yet the eart hasn't been done away with" LMAO! Is she really comparing the abilities of humans to change their environments 6000 years ago to modern day humans? It doesn't seem like she has any idea history, geology, or environmental science to make an educated decision on such an issue. It's very fucking ironic that she talks about the standard of living of future generations when she's proposing digging the earth for our natural 'capital' (unrenewable resource) without knowing its environmental consequences.
now I'm not very educated on the issue myself, but I'm not in a position to make the sorts of decisions that affect us all and future generations! And I have a right to complain! 
You are making a grandiose amount of assumptions, based on a 45-second sound byte, which makes absolutely no sense and is even sillier than your dismissing her ability to perform her job, simply because of how old she believe the planet to be.
By that logic, people with major health problems should be going (or have gone) to Dr. Ben Carson, one of the best neurosurgeons on the planet (the first ever, I believe, to successfully separate twins conjoined at the head). He happens to believe in a young Earth as well. Are you now going to cry for his practice to be shut down?
it is you who is missing the point, you cherry pick so fucking much and make strawmen like it is your job.
There is nothing to cherry pick, O whiny one. You (and a couple of other posters) are getting all hot under the collar about a sub-minute sound byte, which is hardly indicative of this woman's job qualifications.
someone in her position should not be making such ridiculous statements that go against all of science and knowledge. The fact that she is so ignorant about this subject would leave you to either conclude, it is an isolated case, or she is stupid. I would assume she is stupid as it is pretty much general knowledge and that number 6000 is cited by creationists. So it is not a random geuss, she concurs with creationists who denounce science, hence she is dangerous and not someone who should be in power. If she allows her beliefs to shape reality or faith better yet then she is close minded.
Creationists don't denounce science, blathering one. Again, I make the reference to Dr. Ben Carson, the director of neurosurgery at John Hopkins Hospital, who happens to believe in Creation.
I suppose he's "dangerous" and should get canned from his job, too.
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The "close-minded" hat fall squarely on your cracked skull, the fracture on which appears to increase in size, with every buffoonery-loaded post.
