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California Moves To Block Texas' Textbook Changes
eldavojohn writes "Yesterday the Texas textbook controversy was reported internationally but the news today heats up the debate as California, a state on the other side of the political spectrum, introduces legislation that would block these textbook changes inside California. Democrat Senator Leland Yee (you may know him as a senator often tackling ESRB ratings on video games) introduced SB1451, which would require California's school board to review books for any of Texas' changes and block the material if any such are found. The bill's text alleges that said changes would be 'a sharp departure from widely accepted historical teachings' and 'a threat to the apolitical nature of public school governance and academic content standards in California.'"
"I'm not American" That's not very patriotic of you. Our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves right now!
If I were the POTUS I would offer them back to Mexico. Mind you if I were the Mexican president I'd turn the offer down.
recall our ambassador to Texas.
Well, technically the part about him being dumbed down is still correct. :-)
That's the problem. Texas buys the most textbooks, and thus has undue influence on the industry.
I didn't say it'd be a cheap fence.
Hopefully he doesn't have another law for dealing with people who misspell his name.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Yeah! Because Detroit is kicking some serious ass right now.
Detroit's a state now?
'Cause we always wanted a third world country comprised of gun-toting Rednecks led by religious whackjobs right on our border.
"Now you know how we feel." -Random Canadian dude
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Texas buys the most textbooks, and thus has undue influence on the industry.
That's because Chuck Norris can judge a textbook by its cover.
After all, this fact is probably one of the ones the Left has eliminated from the text books over the years.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
Then surely you agree that our Founding Fathers also advocated the usage of cannabis, yes?
"Some of my finest hours have been spent on my back veranda, smoking hemp and observing as far as my eye can see." -Thomas Jefferson
Living With a Nerd
... There was a Republic of Texas before there was a State of Texas.
A favorite Charles Francis Harper quote:
Wow! Texas used to be a separate country.
Why'd we change that that?
-- How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics.
Did you find it scary, fighting the Mexicans?
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
But vice-versa, neither should Californians interfere with the politics of Utah (as they tried to do ~2 years ago). It is NONE of their business.
Of course. Texas does a much better job of providing education for Utah than California could.
Your last sentence clarified the issue. You said you were born and raised in Texas. Then you babbled some non-texan nonsense. But you cleared the confusion by alluding to the fact that you are from Austin, not Texas, in your last sentence.
Actually the "settlers" were illegal immigrants
Oh
My
God
Clearly, Mexico is trying to take back Arizona, using our own tactics no less!
+1 Disagree
Yes, but we bought the Louisiana Territory. Texas would be the equivalent of Canadians moving into Michigan, then claiming Michigan as an independent nation, and finally taking the independent nation and joining Canada.
The United States of America would be the equivalent of Europeans moving into the 13 colonies, then claiming the 13 colonies as an independent nation, and finally the independent nation growing and wiping out the rest of the native population.
Oh wait.
Good, then if we are lucky. California will secede also. You bitch and moan about Texas trying to dictate to the rest of the nation. What the fuck do you think California tries to do. Oh wait, thats ok because that is a leftist state. Fucking hypocrite.
Anonymous comments are as pathetic as the anonymous "sources" that contaminate gutless journalism from the New York Time
That explains all the hockey fans around these parts - it's the first wave of the invasion! Does that mean I'm gonna have to learn Canadian.. eh?
Clearly, Mexico is trying to take back Arizona, using our own tactics no less!
They can have it in trade for Baja. :)
We're keeping New Mexico, though. Texas can just split off into its own country. I hope they build a northern border fence, too (probably using Mexican labor).
"There has been a slow rise in us-vs-them mentality since the wealthy and powerful noticed around the time of Reagan..."
You gotta be fucking kidding me. It was the left that kicked off the whole culture war and "us vs them" mentality. Once upon a time the Democratic party was actually filled with people that could be characterized as patriotic, that loved their country for what it was, as opposed to what it can be. Michelle Obama actually had the temerity to say that Barack Hussein Obama getting nominated for President by the Democratic Party was the first time she had ever been proud of her country. Well fuck you very much you ungrateful piece of shit. This ungrateful, ungracious, entitlement mentality MOB with a suicide drive to transform the US into some Soviet style nation are now the heart and soul of the Democratic party.
And the reason why people making $46k "vote against themselves" is because maybe they don't think it's right to rob their more fortunate neighbors at the ballot box.
Dude, give it up. He has a 4-digit ID. You stand no chance.