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Texas Schools Board Rewriting US History
suraj.sun picked up a Guardian (UK) piece on the Texas school board and their quest to remake US education in a pro-American, Christian, free enterprise mode. We've been keeping an eye on this story for some time, as it will have an impact far beyond Texas. From the Guardian: "The board is to vote on a sweeping purge of alleged liberal bias in Texas school textbooks in favor of what Dunbar says really matters: a belief in America as a nation chosen by God as a beacon to the world, and free enterprise as the cornerstone of liberty and democracy. ... Those corrections have prompted a blizzard of accusations of rewriting history and indoctrinating children by promoting right-wing views on religion, economics, and guns while diminishing the science of evolution, the civil rights movement, and the horrors of slavery. ... Several changes include sidelining Thomas Jefferson, who favored separation of church and state, while introducing a new focus on the 'significant contributions' of pro-slavery Confederate leaders during the Civil War. ... Study of Sir Isaac Newton is dropped in favor of examining scientific advances through military technology."
The Guardian is a fine source . . . for poorly sourced news.
I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
Exactly, plus you have to realize the entire source: it is The Guardian. For those unaware, The Guardian doesn't even make any statements of being fair, its entire goal is to persuade readers towards liberal* goals.
*Liberal here referring to the ideology closest to the Democrats in the US, not referring to classical liberalism.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
I'll see your Stalin, and raise you Hitler.
What does Hitler have to do with anything?
Or can we finally realize that religion and morality are not synonymous?
Oh, I see. You're trying to change this into an argument about morality. Sorry, all I was doing was pointing out the completely bogus claim in your original post. That's all.
Do I win yet?
Looks like the opposite, I'm afraid.
"What do you despise? By this are you truly known." --Princess Irulan, Manual of Muad'Dib
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As a hard-core Christian, I fully endorse that sentiment. On the other hand, most of us believe that much of our national blessing comes from siding with Israel these last many decades, which is only possible when at least some of those who govern this country share that Biblical sentiment.
In other words, you never had any chance of getting modded down.
We never should have admitted the cattle fucking, racist, homophobic, troglodytic, gun-crazy retards into the Union in the first place. Is it too late to give them back to Mexico?
Go fuck yourself.
Contrary to the popular belief, there indeed is no God.
>>Immigrants would be given amnesty and a path to citizenship.
>>The top marginal tax rate would be closer to 90% than the current 35%.
>>Housing, food, and a meaningful job would be a right
>>Workers would collectively own the businesses they work for.
Huh, I didn't know Michael Moore posted on Slashdot.
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