Hey Texans?

[gizmo1979]

Do you all feel saved now that the anti sexy cheering law passed?That should help make your, S.A.T tested ,47th ranked school system better achieve.This was put forward by a democrat?!:banghead:

[brokensymmetry]

1. Hallelujah! We're saved!

You can't imagine what a relief it is.

Now, if we could just do away with that silly nonsense about evolution...and women having the vote....and a few other things...we'd have heaven on Earth!

(Or, perhaps, Heaven's Gate)

Note: I'm being sarcastic. Considering what Texas gave the nation, and that several of our cities rank bottom in the nation for literacy, I fear I must be careful to point that out. Otherwise, you might think I was being serious.

[Sooner75]

2. Gotta see this from the Texan perspective

This illustrates the long road ahead for Texas progressives.

Policing the cheerleaders is somehow a priority (Somebody please tell me who is going to ENFORCE this turkey of a law.) but adequate funding for education is not.

Someone sent the following to me today. Fits Texas (and Oklahoma) to a tee. (In a community of the blind, the one-eyed man is a dangerous lunatic.)


A Succinct Summary of the 2004 Election

The Democrats' mistake was in thinking that a disastrous war, national bankruptcy, erosion of civil liberties, corporate takeover of government, environmental destruction, squandering our economic and moral leadership in the world, and systematic lying by the administration would be of concern to the electorate.

The Republicans correctly saw that the chief concern of the electorate was to keep gay couples from having an abortion.

[Bouncy Ball]

4. That last part gave me a sad chuckle.

But the TEA will be responsible for policing the cheerleaders. (Texas Education Agency)

Here's what is going to happen, if history serves: the TEA will grudgingly drag their feet to several hundred meetings telling them exactly how they are to police the cheerleaders and enforce this stupid shit, five thousand committees will be formed, and no one will know what the functions of them are. Then they will make a small show of "enforcing" things by busting one cheerleading program in a poor school and a poor district somewhere in Texas, then they'll stop doing anything with it altogether, hoping no one will notice. And no one will.

[Bouncy Ball]

3. We never claimed all our Democrats were.....

progressive.

Even the TEA, which will be charged with "policing" cheerleaders is a bit befuddled as to what they would be expected to do.

Lovely. Now instead of focusing on oh, I don't know, academics, the TEA is going to have to police all of the states' cheerleaders.

RI-DICK-ULOUS!

[brokensymmetry]

5. Does this mean...

the teachers will be tasked with grabbing the cheerleaders?

If they're doing inappropriate things, that is.

Hmm...

[Bouncy Ball]

6. Well, it means that they will do this

by relying on people to report any cheerleading "infractions" to the committee or committees in the TEA responsible for this fucked up mess.

Then that committee will have to investigate and don't ask me what the hell will happen if the charges are found to be true! But them in cheerleader court, on trial? LOL.

I can't imagine fines unless it's blatant and chronic.

Most cheerleading programs get the bulk of their money from raising it themselves (especially in poorer districts). So I can't imagine that they would hurt them financially.

I want to thank that Texas representative for making people think EVEN MORE that Texas should be renamed Dumbfuckistan. What an ogre. If he doesn't like it, he should avert his dirty old man eyes.

[seabeyond]

7. i am saying but but but

i have kids in this system. anyone in hte know how they get texas education so far behind. i mean is it a literal thing, where 4th grade is doing 2nd grade math or what.

truly i was concerned by that. i want the best academically for kids. had them in hte best private, and i didnt see public school necessarliy behind when they enrolled in dec.

what do they mean by this #