Repubs save schoolchildren

[Phil K]

Did someone put LSD in KKK's Cheerios this morning? The dood's gone completely, totally insane.

Edited September 5, 2009 by PHILONIUS

[olyclimber]

It was under the door handle of his car. I'm pretty sure it was Hugh Conway.

[Phil K]

It's a good thing I'm wearing my safety goggles. If I tried to read this whole thread without filtration, I'm pretty sure my head would explode.

[j_b]

In order to counter-act the marxist Seattle Public School system

 

do we need any more evidence that PP is an extremist nutjob?

[j_b]

Did someone put LSD in KKK's Cheerios this morning? The dood's gone completely, totally insane.

 

You mustn't read his prose too often because there is nothing in this thread that detracts from his usual persona.

[StevenSeagal]

Did someone put LSD in KKK's Cheerios this morning? The dood's gone completely, totally insane.

 

You mustn't read his prose too often because there is nothing in this thread that detracts from his usual persona.

 

Well, he hasn't asked anyone to "lick sack" yet.

[pink]

Did someone put LSD in KKK's Cheerios this morning? The dood's gone completely, totally insane.

 

You mustn't read his prose too often because there is nothing in this thread that detracts from his usual persona.

 

Well, he hasn't asked anyone to "lick sack" yet.

 

isn't that a natural impulse for you mr. seagal?

[Kimmo]

he always waits until he's asked.

[StevenSeagal]

 

Well, he hasn't asked anyone to "lick sack" yet.

 

isn't that a natural impulse for you mr. seagal?

 

 

No, my specialty is to "kick sack".

 

I'm sure kevbone can help you out though if the former is what you're trolling for tonight.

[pink]

perhaps he just needs some kimmo therapy

[StevenSeagal]

he always waits until he's asked.

 

[Kimmo]

perhaps he just needs some kimmo therapy

 

ok and now see if you can work "sabe" in there somewhere. maybe smoke a little crack to get the creative juices flowing.

[Kimmo]

he always waits until he's asked.

 

 

[pink]

high hoe

[pink]

he always waits until he's asked.

 

 

[StevenSeagal]

he always waits until he's asked.

 

 

[prole]

Children should only be exposed to messages that have originated in the free market. Why the fuck they should listen to anybody like parents, teachers, elected representatives, etc. at this point is beyond me.

 

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[prole]

 

Christ, is that your face or did you shave your dog's ass?!

[Bug]

In Montana they shoot dogs that ugly.

Edited September 5, 2009 by Bug

[Kimmo]

in china, they wouldn't even eat a dog that ugly.

[Pete_H]

Looks like he just got done tossing T-Bone's salad. Did you use jelly or syrup?

[tvashtarkatena]

Guess I don't have to feel so bad about posting my ugly mug on this forum....

[j_b]

Start with his interview of Hitchens, on his book on George Orwell

 

It must hurt the lunatic fringe to hear the truth about Orwell: he was a life-long left winger who was an egalitarian, anti-imperialist, and anti-totalitarian. The most incisive criticism of totalitarianism has always been issued by left-wingers, who were among the first victims of both fascism and Stalinism, because their opposition to terror wasn’t opportunism (like Hayek’s among numerous other rightwing example) but steeped in a deep commitment to democratic principles.

 

[j_b]

While Republicans are busy gnashing their teeth over President Obama's imminent indoctrination of the nation's schoolchildren, there's an education story bubbling up in Texas that could have considerably more far-reaching consequences.

 

The GOP-controlled State Board of Education is working on a new set of statewide textbook standards for, among other subjects, U.S. History Studies Since Reconstruction. And it turns out what the board decides may end up having implications far beyond the Lone Star State.

 

The first draft of the standards, released at the end of July, is a doozy. It lays out a kind of Human Events version of U.S. history.

 

Approved textbooks, the standards say, must teach the Texan student to "identify significant conservative advocacy organizations and individuals, such as Newt Gingrich, Phyllis Schlafly, and the Moral Majority." No analogous liberal figures or groups are required, prompting protests from some legislators and committee members. (Read an excerpt here.)

 

The standards on Nixon: "describe Richard M. Nixon's role in the normalization of relations with China and the policy of detente."

 

On Reagan: "describe Ronald Reagan's role in restoring national confidence, such as Reaganomics and Peace with Strength." (That's it.)

 

The Cold War section is rendered as "U.S. responses to Soviet aggression after World War II ... "

 

The state board of education, made up of 10 Republicans and five Democrats, has to vote on the standards twice in the coming months before they would go into effect.

 

Comments in the margin of the draft explain the proposed changes. And a persistent, tendentious conservative voice comes through throughout. Next to the section listing key names and groups from the civil rights movement and 60s activism, including Martin Luther King, Betty Friedan, and the American Indian Movement, it's noted that a committee member demanded parity ... for late 20th century conservative groups:

 

MV[Multiple Views]: One person: inclusion of 7 names and organizations disproportionate compared to only 3 in conservative section.

Next to a noncontroversial seeming item requiring students to "describe how McCarthyism, the arms race, and the space race increased Cold War tensions" is the note:

 

"MV[Multiple Views]: One member thinks that if McCarthyism is noted, then the Venona papers need to be explained that exonerates him."

 

A bullet point on "women and minority employment" as an economic effect of World II caused "one member" to gripe "there is too much emphasis on multiculturalism."

 

And "one member" deemed a section on "effective leadership" a perfect place to bring to students' attention Charlton Heston's celebrated (among right-wingers) culture war speech.

 

Here's what makes this a national story: what happens in Texas doesn't stay in Texas, says Diane Ravitch, professor of education at NYU.

 

That's because Texas is one of the two states with the largest student enrollments, along with California. "The publishers vie to get their books adopted for them, and the changes that are inserted to please Texas and California are then part of the textbooks made available to every other state," says Ravitch, who wrote a book about the politics of textbooks.

 

[...]

Could Texas' Gingrich-Based High School History Curriculum Go National?

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Start with his interview of Hitchens, on his book on George Orwell

 

It must hurt the lunatic fringe to hear the truth about Orwell: he was a life-long left winger who was an egalitarian, anti-imperialist, and anti-totalitarian. The most incisive criticism of totalitarianism has always been issued by left-wingers, who were among the first victims of both fascism and Stalinism, because their opposition to terror wasn’t opportunism (like Hayek’s among numerous other rightwing example) but steeped in a deep commitment to democratic principles.

 

left-wing and anti-totalitarian simultaneously? oxymoron