May 5, 2005

CALL IT THE INTELLIGENT DESIGN IN ACTION TOUR:

Not so extinct woodpecker may provide tourist boom: Impoverished Arkansas Delta towns hope 'Lord God' bird will work an economic miracle (Melissa Nelson, May 05, 2005, The Associated Press)

If the ivory-billed woodpecker was magic to early-day American Indians, perhaps it can work some magic for the modern-day residents trying to scratch out a living in this poor Delta region.

The striking bird -- not extinct after all -- has already attracted eager birdwatchers to the dying communities that dot the area. Rooms at a nearby Days Inn are filling up for fall -- prime season for birders.

"I wish I had a place to get T-shirts made up with the woodpecker on them that say Cotton Plant," said Ester Hicks, who runs Nannie's Kitchen cafe.


We made them extinct once, we can do so again.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 5, 2005 8:45 AM
Comments

Once again showing off that conflation of Intelligent Design/intelligent design...

Oh well.

Posted by: creeper at May 5, 2005 10:10 AM

If the Designer wants a species back---POOF!

It's back.

Posted by: Ben Lange at May 5, 2005 10:54 AM

Ms. Hicks obviously does not surf the internet much. CafePress anyone?

Posted by: Rick T. at May 5, 2005 10:59 AM

I hope He wants the dodo back at some point, they were cool.

Posted by: creeper at May 5, 2005 11:01 AM

Did they taste good?

Posted by: joe shropshire at May 5, 2005 11:24 AM

I don't remember.

Posted by: creeper at May 5, 2005 11:25 AM

Wrong! The correct answer was "sort of like chicken." Jeez, do I have to do everything around here...

Posted by: joe shropshire at May 5, 2005 11:37 AM

I ate some fried alligator a couple of months ago, and it was nothing like chicken.

Posted by: John Cunningham at May 5, 2005 1:33 PM

I ate some fried alligator a couple of months ago, and it was nothing like chicken.

Posted by: John Cunningham at May 5, 2005 1:34 PM

Fried alligator tastes just like coelacanth.

Posted by: jefferson park at May 5, 2005 1:38 PM

Which tastes like chicken.

Posted by: creeper at May 5, 2005 2:24 PM

Which tastes like Evander Holyfield.

Posted by: ratbert at May 5, 2005 3:10 PM

in the next installment of "Jurrasic Park" they are going to resurect a leftist with principles. of course this is pure fiction, but good fun none the less.

Posted by: cjm at May 5, 2005 11:28 PM
« EPIDEMIC: | Main | NOT MARKING TIME: »