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In reply to the discussion: Texas approves textbooks with Moses as founding father. [View all]awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)36. Unfortunately, because of Texas' size
they set the standard for the rest of the country. Hopefully others states start standing up and demand some sanity, because sanity won't come from here
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My thought precisely. This is the beginning of the end of the Anglo-American-Australian Empire.
JDPriestly
Nov 2014
#23
It's all about turning folks against public schools. This will help a lot. nt
kelliekat44
Nov 2014
#7
If I was a parent who "assumed" things, I wouldn't be much of a parent at all.
ScreamingMeemie
Nov 2014
#59
"The bible is a book with some beautiful poetry, a blood stained history, a wealth of obscenity..
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2014
#69
The title is a little misleading: the district is teaching that the Constitution was based on
Wella
Nov 2014
#11
" The writers spent more time on a catchy title than content." < Much like this post. n/t
jtuck004
Nov 2014
#71
I'm not writing a blog or a news story; nor am I writing a title to misrepresent facts
Wella
Nov 2014
#72
Oh, sure, I bet you think George Washington crossed the Delaware all by himself?
Warren DeMontague
Nov 2014
#16
Except the First Amendment and the First Commandment say two opposite things
jberryhill
Nov 2014
#42
Fuck it, I give up. If this is true, we'Re seriously in Idiocracy territory now.
Initech
Nov 2014
#26
As liberal elites sit back and laugh, they refuse to understand how dangerous this has become
YOHABLO
Nov 2014
#53
Our textbooks are now being vetted by the people who cried when they heard there is no Santa Claus
DFW
Nov 2014
#58
It's worrying that they mention a mythical figure as having any influence at all
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#80