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Conservative Textbook Curriculum Passes Final Vote In Texas
suraj.sun sends in a followup to a story we've been following about the Texas Board of Education's efforts to put a more political spin on some of their state's textbooks. From the Dallas Morning News:
"In a landmark move that will shape the future education of millions of Texas schoolchildren, the State Board of Education on Friday approved new curriculum standards for US history and other social studies courses that reflect a more conservative tone than in the past. Split along party lines, the board delivered a pair of 9-5 votes to adopt the new standards, which will dictate what is taught in all Texas schools and provide the basis for future textbooks and student achievement tests over the next decade. Texas standards often wind up being taught in other states because national publishers typically tailor their materials to Texas, one of the biggest textbook purchasers in the country. Approval came after the GOP-dominated board approved a new curriculum standard that would encourage high school students to question the legal doctrine of church-state separation — a sore point for social conservative groups who disagree with court decisions that have affirmed the doctrine, including the ban on school-sponsored prayer."
And there in Germany you were stupid enough to try and shore up Greek debt which is not actually going to fix anything and in fact will merely encourage other debtor states to keep rollicking along. I can't see that the difference in education systems has helped you.
What are you talking about? Here is a poll you might find interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.html. If you can;t be bothered to read it here is the first sentence as a summary: "Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public [...] according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll."
I see you are falling for the vicious and baseless left wing media and Democrat politicians' attacks against the Tea Party precisely because they know that what it stands for hits at the heart of the liberal collectivist, statist mentality. Btw, the Contract From America 10 points were chosen by vote of abou 1/2 million Tea Party members and supporters and notice that none of them mentions race, immigration, violence or any other things that they are being smeared with.
Negative moral value of force outweighs the positive value of good intentions.
Well I agree with a lot of what you said. We on the conservative side have our share of jerks trying to jump on the bandwagon of the moment, some of whom you mentioned, just like the left has theirs (Olbermann, Maher, and I would include Jon Stewart as well, as well as everybody on MSNBC which is actually more biased than Fox). As for those who have or aspire to political power, come on, Biden?, Hillary?, Sharpton? etc etc one populist windbag next to another.
Take a look at the republican primaries and see how the established GOP insiders are running scared state after state. Here in NV the republican hand picked candidate Sue Lowden is now behind in the polls to the previously almost unknown Tea Party endorsed Sharron Angle and the state GOP establishment is so pissed that some are threatening to support Reid (talk about political suicide) http://www.lvrj.com/news/angle-irks-some-gop-insiders-94565394.html There is a new crop op republicans coming through these primaries on the back the Tea Party support and I think some new leaders will emerge.
It's hard for a fledgling grassroots movement to completely shun somebody as high profile as Palin and the publicity that she brings, but actually she is not mentioned on any Tea Party websites as any kind of a leader, and many are trying to distance the movement from her: http://www.newpatriotjournal.com/Articles/Tea_Party_Patriots_Dispute_Claims_that_Sarah_Palin_is_the_Tea_Party_Leader . I don't dislike Palin as a person but she doesn't have the intellectual capacity to lead a girl scout troop, never mind the country.
Negative moral value of force outweighs the positive value of good intentions.