Beginning in 1964, visionary whacko Claude Bell set out to build something no one previously had known we needed - two of the largest man-made dinosaurs, situated conveniently off the 10 highwayy between Los Angeles and Palm Springs. Between their conception and his death in 1986 these things rose over the desert landscape, bringing weary travellers a reason to pull off the interstate, gawk for a few minutes, and then enjoy the bounty of nourishment from the adjacent truckstop diner, and eventually the Denny's and Burger King which still sustain this Thoracic Park.

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Between music videos and the epic film "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" it seemed there was no end in sight for the pop-cultural impact of the monument; of course, the fundies had to ruin it. Now owned by an even bigger whacko and his partner whacko, this team of Orange County preacher and Orange County businessman is looking to turn the Cabazon Dinosaurs into the world's largest dinosaur-themed monument to "Intelligent Design" - aka, biblically literalist creationism. What's the tie-in you ask? Well, since evolution is a fraud, and the bible is the unvarnished and unedited truth, mankind must have shared this great blue-green sphere with dinosaurs, even going so far as to load them up on Noah's zoological cruise ship when the time came. No shit, people think this crap. But I digress. Apparently, instead of explaining the extinctio of dinosaurs in the slightly-more-plausible way by suggesting they died off in the flood, instead these assholes want us to believe men rescued little t-rex on a wooden raft 2000 years ago. So, really, that explains why Orange County fundamentalists want to turn a pop-culture icon into a biblical learning output.

Of course, don't take my word for it. Check out the official Cabazon Dinosaur site, and this handy FAQ at AnsweringGenesis.com

PS, for directions see Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.920063,-116.774497&spn=0.004603,0.007060&t=k&hl=en

Cabazon Dinosaurs 1.
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Cabazon Dinosaurs 2 - September 17, 2005
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Cabazon Dinosaurs 3 - September 17, 2005
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Cabazon Dinosaurs 4 - September 17, 2005
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