Conservatives rewrite classroom history
Stay the hell out of classrooms and let teachers do their jobs.
Conservatives rewrite classroom history
Stay the hell out of classrooms and let teachers do their jobs.
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
Originally Posted by The Heretic Azazel
There aren't enoughThey also required that public school students in Texas evaluate efforts by global organizations such as the United Nations to undermine U.S. sovereignty.to go with such a comment.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Well the good news is one of the lunatic lost his election over this.
As a conservative and Texan, i'm disgusted by this whole ordeal. This entire thing reeks of a pathetic plot to create more future conservative voters cause Obama won the Presidency.
I really hope Bill White wins the next Governor election so we can get that moron Rick Perry away from a position of power.
wait, wasn't that thing already posted? or did i see it somewhere else.. Oh, it says it was updated today.
that is just so ridiculous...
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I like how a country can pride itself on its values of "freedom of expression" by forcing their citizens to dress (or in this, not dress) a certain way. And then justify it be saying its to stop crime and shoplifting.
Its also pretty funny how the husband will be charged....cuz apparently French women are totally oppressed and can't make their own decisions. Im sure the muslim convert in that new story totally didn't have a choice...thats why she got so pissed off.
Way to fight the good fight France.
You just need to get the hell out of Texas DD. It's like the Stone Age there.
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
That's just a misconception by people who don't live here. I've lived in California before i came here and Texas is much more preferable.
There are many intelligent sensible people here also. Texas has the the largest and possibly best medical center in the world. If you have heart related disease or cancer there's no better place to be. Texas A&M, Rice and UT are among the top universities in the country.
The Houston Ship Channel keeps the economy fairly stable. Houston had one of the lowest unemployment rate throughout this recession.
We also have NASA.
Yet, every time someone mentions Texas, a redneck cowboy comes to mind. I blame that mostly on Hollywood and jackasses like Rick Perry. Bill White is the major of Houston and I've met him on a few occasion. He seems like a fairly down to earth guy so hopefully he'll win the next Governor election.
I'm sorry bro, 3 decent universities and even Nasa can't redeem Texas of its stupidity.
They were merely examples.
What is this stupidity that you are referring to? I just find it strange that Texas stand out so much when the rest of the country do equally stupid stuff all the time.
I would be willing to bet this comes primarily from one person: George W. Bush, de facto representative to the rest of the US and the world of what a "texan" is. Despite the fact that he was born in and went to university in New England.
The rest is probably a combination of the accent and the general portrayal of the South by Hollywood. The drawl has been given the reputation that it is used by slow-minded people. I don't know why, but for some reason Hollywood has loved for decades to make southerners appear as inbred, redneck, idiots.
The reality is not very far off.
But what Dark Dragon is saying is that the density of redneck idiots in Texas is not quite as great as Alabama, Mississippi, or Florida. At the very least, all of our major cities are quite progressive. We have a pretty high number of Democratic voters for large elections as opposed to other states.
Drive through small-town Texas and you'll find 3 Baptist churches and a faith healing center all within a one mile stretch, but you won't find any white crosses.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
There are a large numbers of small town in Texas with a relatively tiny population of a few thousands stretch across the state so this situation is common. However, it's a situation that's not limited to Texas. You'll find that just about any place where there's a small population of people who all believe in the same thing and there's no opposing opinion to change things.Drive through small-town Texas and you'll find 3 Baptist churches and a faith healing center all within a one mile stretch, but you won't find any white crosses.
To an extent that's what i'm saying.
I live in Houston and we are probably the most racially diverse city in the US. We also have a pretty large population of gays and lesbians living in the city. The current mayor of Houston is an open lesbian.
Most of the people that I've met who have never been to Texas generally have the same opinion as Carnage and Heretic Azazel. It's just a very annoying thing to encounter when you live in a city that just as advance, diverse and progressive as any other major city in the US.
Alabama snake. Mississippi river. Florida: retirement home for old jews.
Texas? cowboy hat, gun totting and fat oil field owner, who lives in the past and believes 'his' america is the best, and he's the best of america.
it's all about branding, I can't point any of these states on the map, so stereotypes are all I have to go about with.
Damn, I hate people.
that's funny, they say they aren't Goth or Emo (is there a difference, anyway?) but they look the same, only with synthetic fur tails.
the two most common words for teenagers: Fake, Pose.We aren't a gang. people in a gang are posers, we're like family, we come to each other with our problems
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You know the important distinction between Batman and me? Batman is fictional. In real life, there isn't always an alternative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77sJT8O56E
What the what?
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
"We are not to be feared..."
And indeed, you are not feared, under any circumstance, by anyone. Ever.
"You are not free whose liberty is won by the rigour of other, more righteous souls. Your are merely protected. Your freedom is parasitic, you suck the honourable man dry and offer nothing in return. You who have enjoyed freedom, who have done nothing to earn it, your time has come. This time you will stand alone and fight for yourselves. Now you will pay for your freedom in the currency of honest toil and human blood."
- Inquisitor Czevak
Gates against changing 'don't ask don't tell' until review
"I hope Congress will not do so (implement the repeal of DTDA before it is up for review), as it would send a very damaging message to our men and women in uniform that in essence their views, concerns and perspectives do not matter on an issue with such a direct impact and consequence for them and their families"
That's because their views, concerns, and perspectives DO NOT MATTER. When it comes to the Constitution, I don't give a rat's ass if 100% of people support homophobia, your voice DOES NOT MATTER. If a heterosexual soldier doesn't want to serve next to a gay soldier, he can feel free to abandon the armed forces and face the consequences.
Stop railroading this legislation you pussies.
"They call it 'The American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
Whatchoo talkin' bout Gary?
Nothing, anymore
Gary Coleman dies at 42
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Spoken like someone who has no idea what army life is like. All I can say is, if they repeal DADT, there will be a lot of harassment claims, lawsuits, assaults and possibly deaths due to friendly fire. Homosexuality is not so mainstream and accepted that you can just ignore it as a source of conflict within your own ranks.
If they allow openly homosexual enlistees, they might as well allow open Muslim worshipers too. They might survive longer than the homosexuals.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
they.. they don't alreayd allow Muslims in the army?
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Spoken like someone who doesn't know any gay people.
The cool part about baseless arguments like yours is that they can be countered by similar anecdotal evidence by people who have also served and abhor such a ridiculous policy.
Edit: The most retarded thing about that Gates quote is the hypocrisy of it.
Suddenly the government gives a shit about what the servicemen feel about certain issues because it's convenient and makes an emotional appeal, regardless of how untrue it may be (and overwhelmingly is).
It wasn't insensitive when they are sent to go kill brown people without asking them how they felt about it. Why the sudden show of empathy?
Anyway, I won't myself be a hypocrite, so here is some factual evidence indicating that everything you said is basically wrong:
http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_in.../gays-military
Last edited by XanBcoo; Fri, 05-28-2010 at 07:01 PM.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
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