We need to give Texas back to Mexico (Reply #54)

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Sat Feb 11, 2012, 10:33 AM

Joey Liberal (5,526 posts)

54. We need to give Texas back to Mexico

And while we are at it, let's give them Oklahoma too.

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107 replies	Author	Time	Post
Girls excluded from 'Red Tails' field trip; Thousands of Texas schoolboys brought to see the film [View all]	Liberal_in_LA	Feb 2012	OP
"told the newspaper that the district often holds gender-specific events"	lumberjack_jeff	Feb 2012	#1
So, they're admitting to doing things like this OFTEN.	pnwmom	Feb 2012	#5
Maybe they did it on take your daughter to work day. n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Feb 2012	#7
They probably only let people bring their sons for that one.	Ken Burch	Feb 2012	#18
Except it is "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day"	obamanut2012	Feb 2012	#69
The federal government funds "The Women's Educational Equity Program"	lumberjack_jeff	Feb 2012	#73
Thank you for admitting I was right!!!	obamanut2012	Feb 2012	#75
"Right"?	lumberjack_jeff	Feb 2012	#76
Yes, I was right	obamanut2012	Feb 2012	#95
wah wah wah ... did you get off your ass and organize a Take Your Son to Work Day?	Scout	Feb 2012	#104
Well, see, women can only fly small planes according to Rick Santorum	tanyev	Feb 2012	#2
Oh wow, that's some of the most blatant sexism i've seen in a while	tech_smythe	Feb 2012	#3
Really Really REALLY scary thought:	Ken Burch	Feb 2012	#19
Not to mention the bi-racial love affair that's a centerpiece of the movie.	Doremus	Feb 2012	#26
it's probably one of those "the principal read too many Kyle Onstott novels" things.	Ken Burch	Feb 2012	#28
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about	oberliner	Feb 2012	#61
Then it makes even less sense that they'd do that.	Ken Burch	Feb 2012	#79
I don't know	oberliner	Feb 2012	#80
why should the readers of the NY Daily News care about a field trip in a Dallas, TX school district?	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2012	#81
Are you familiar with the NY Daily News?	oberliner	Feb 2012	#82
ohh. now I get your comment in context.	dixiegrrrrl	Feb 2012	#83
Can't answer that. But I can ask this:	Ken Burch	Feb 2012	#92
I loved that part of the film. It was so sweet and lovely...and they were a handsome couple.	CTyankee	Feb 2012	#58
+1	Scuba	Feb 2012	#51
Oh yeah.	UnrepentantLiberal	Feb 2012	#57
There is so much wrong with this I don't know where to begin	tawadi	Feb 2012	#4
Why did they spend funds designated for low income students	pnwmom	Feb 2012	#6
Good question	tawadi	Feb 2012	#9
A great group of men that did	Pavlo	Feb 2012	#17
They could have spent the 57k hiring a teacher for a year--	SunSeeker	Feb 2012	#16
I hope Obama learns of this. I can just see the outrage he would have, thinking about Malia	CTyankee	Feb 2012	#59
The young ladies went to see a move about a spelling bee.	LanternWaste	Feb 2012	#100
I thought the same thing.	unapatriciated	Feb 2012	#84
This district put a spelling bee on the same level as Chappy James fighting racism and fascism?	gejohnston	Feb 2012	#8
Especially since one is 100% fiction	XemaSab	Feb 2012	#30
Little miss sunshine...	tech_smythe	Feb 2012	#39
Or Iron-Jawed Angels	obamanut2012	Feb 2012	#71
This is so wrong, on so many levels. NT	MADem	Feb 2012	#10
There should be a film about the WASPS.	Downwinder	Feb 2012	#11
that probly won't happen until more women get into the director's chair	BlancheSplanchnik	Feb 2012	#12
Kathryn Bigelow could probably get a WASPS movie greenlighted	Ken Burch	Feb 2012	#21
OMG, yes! The Hurt Locker was SUPERB	BlancheSplanchnik	Feb 2012	#53
WASPS	niyad	Feb 2012	#20
After the war they went on to open new fields.	Downwinder	Feb 2012	#29
Haha, my first thought was	XemaSab	Feb 2012	#31
There should be, but someone'd have to fund it out of their own pocket, most likely	Posteritatis	Feb 2012	#32
While "Akeelah..." is a GREAT movie,...	MarianJack	Feb 2012	#13
It is really good.	Hissyspit	Feb 2012	#37
On second thought of this issue,...	MarianJack	Feb 2012	#93
wow. I liked Red Tails	abelenkpe	Feb 2012	#14
I loved it, too	AnnieBW	Feb 2012	#15
I loved it too. It's one of a very few movies that I was surprised when it was over.	A Brand New World	Feb 2012	#25
how in the HELL did it cost 57k to take a lot of boys to the movies?	niyad	Feb 2012	#22
How did it cost 57K? Well, you know, there's popcorn and drinks and ya gotta have candy....	Moonwalk	Feb 2012	#24
The tickets alone could hit that price easily	Posteritatis	Feb 2012	#34
The very first sentence of the article answers that question	Posteritatis	Feb 2012	#33
Why would a movie theater charge full price under such circumstances....? Wouldn't they strike....	Moonwalk	Feb 2012	#63
The distributors forbid theaters from offering discounts on new releases. (nt)	Posteritatis	Feb 2012	#72
Ugh! Fire whoever arranged this. They wasted 57K to no good purpose! There was no friggin' reason...	Moonwalk	Feb 2012	#88
with 5,700 students going	quakerboy	Feb 2012	#35
For newly released films like "Red Tails"	Pab Sungenis	Feb 2012	#56
gosh, to look at their website, one couldn't tell they are a bunch of sexist jerks.	niyad	Feb 2012	#23
Can't let their innocent girls be sullied by watching the bi-racial love affair in the movie.	Doremus	Feb 2012	#27
Dallas Independent School District is 95 percent students of color	oberliner	Feb 2012	#62
Texas makes Missouri look like New York	Redstate Bluegirl	Feb 2012	#36
Don't know their thinking.	Igel	Feb 2012	#38
I have heard the movie is embarrassingly bad, so maybe the girls got the better deal.	tblue37	Feb 2012	#40
OK I'm gonna be devil's advocate	PaulaFarrell	Feb 2012	#41
It is basically not fair nor just.	roody	Feb 2012	#42
there are things a lot more unfair and unjust in public education	PaulaFarrell	Feb 2012	#45
That would be wrong-headed	Heathen57	Feb 2012	#46
"does everything really have to be an outrage?"	niyad	Feb 2012	#70
You're missing the point! It was $10 per kid!!!! Release the hounds! n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Feb 2012	#74
Beyond Absurd	Sherman A1	Feb 2012	#43
Somewhere in an alternate universe	dmallind	Feb 2012	#44
+1	a2liberal	Feb 2012	#87
Is that the exact name of the new film ?	dipsydoodle	Feb 2012	#47
Might be...	GTurck	Feb 2012	#48
The movie is about combat and flying fighters. Women aren't emotional suited to that.	tclambert	Feb 2012	#49
It's the middle. I have a friend who will tell you that either coast is OK, but you	renie408	Feb 2012	#50
what fuck is going on? a war against women?	madrchsod	Feb 2012	#52
YES	niyad	Feb 2012	#67
We need to give Texas back to Mexico	Joey Liberal	Feb 2012	#54
And You Need To Remember That 3.5 Million Texans Voted For Obama.	Paladin	Feb 2012	#55
well we could use some more democrats here in northern il. plus...	madrchsod	Feb 2012	#60
It's Texas n/t	tooeyeten	Feb 2012	#64
No, it's a dumbass running a school district.	kentauros	Feb 2012	#85
what?	tooeyeten	Feb 2012	#102
Your response can still be construed as region-bashing	kentauros	Feb 2012	#103
certainly	tooeyeten	Feb 2012	#106
Red Tails is about bigotry stopping the military from giving minority pilots the opportunity to fly	abelenkpe	Feb 2012	#65
apart from the gender discrimination, the sheer sexism and obvious stupidity of the event--	niyad	Feb 2012	#66
Boys excluded from 'Akeelah and the Bee' field trip; Thousands of Texas schools girls brought	Kellerfeller	Feb 2012	#68
That wasn't a field trip.	LeftyMom	Feb 2012	#78
Guess they didn't know "women are capable of flying small planes" n/t	reACTIONary	Feb 2012	#77
War propaganda for boys only. No one should be forced to see war propaganda! nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#86
This is history, not propaganda.	kemah	Feb 2012	#90
As a retired teacher I would not take a coed teen age crowd to a movie. I would make two trips.	kemah	Feb 2012	#89
Girls don't need to know about history?!	Rhiannon12866	Feb 2012	#91
Of course not!	primavera	Feb 2012	#99
What about the boys who were restricted from seeing Kayla and the bee?	Islandlife	Feb 2012	#94
Don't hold your breath	Zax2me	Feb 2012	#96
They're destined to become homophobic Republican Senators.	sofa king	Feb 2012	#97
There are simply no words to describe the profundity of their stupidity	lunatica	Feb 2012	#98
If I was one of the girls	Great Caesars Ghost	Feb 2012	#101
I'd like to know if the girls have ever gotten to go to the movies	HotRodTuna	Feb 2012	#105
Nope...and it definitely would have been reported locally had they gone	rainbow4321	Feb 2012	#107

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