Some Texas House members caught off guard by memo passed on by budget chief with links to web site that disputes theory about rotating Earth.

Quote Originally Posted by http://www.burntorangereport.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2916
the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the most powerful committee in the House, distributed to legislators a memo pitching crazed wingers who believe the earth stands still -- doesn't spin on its axis or revolve around the Sun -- that Copernicus was part of a Jewish conspiracy to undermine the Old Testament. That would be the same Old Testament that was written by the folks Chisum's friends say are conspiring to undermine it.
http://www.burntorangereport.com/upload/Chisum.pdf