{"id":847,"date":"2009-01-04T10:39:23","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T15:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=847"},"modified":"2009-02-28T14:29:54","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T19:29:54","slug":"storms-vs-dewey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=847","title":{"rendered":"Storms vs. Dewey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all the financial problems keeping the Sunshine State under cloud cover, you would think that the state&#8217;s senators would be focused on finding solutions. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/opinion\/content\/local_news\/epaper\/2009\/01\/03\/a1b_bino_0104.html\">You would think wrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"body\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>State Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, says the venerable Dewey Decimal System is too confusing.<\/p>\n<p>Storms usually rails against the lack of creationism education in science classes, but last month she switched gears, hinting at what may be her new crusade: getting rid of the numerical system used to catalog books in libraries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the financial problems keeping the Sunshine State under cloud cover, you would think that the state&#8217;s senators would be focused on finding solutions. You would think wrong. State Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, says the venerable Dewey Decimal System &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=847\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-dF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":560,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=560","url_meta":{"origin":847,"position":0},"title":"Late night tidbits","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 24, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"It feels good to know we're not the only ones who can see through the so-called \"academic freedom\" and \"critical analysis\" of evolution certain lawmakers are trying to push. Newspapers in Florida have consistently been on the side of reality and good science. The St. Petersburg Times has an editorial\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1157,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1157","url_meta":{"origin":847,"position":1},"title":"Sen. Storms faces challenge","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 12, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"State Senator Ronda Storms, who we know quite well from her attempts to water down evolution education, is being challenged in the Republican primary. What odds do you give her new opponent? An attorney from Valrico is challenging state Sen. 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If you don't know her or just need a refresher,\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3229#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":558,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=558","url_meta":{"origin":847,"position":3},"title":"News roundup","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 24, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Before I get to the news accounts, here is notice that the House bill should get its second reading on Friday. Keep in mind that second reading means that the bill can be amended and debated, but there is no vote. That has to wait until the third reading. 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