Comments on: Texas Fool Board

By: Kevin LS

Kevin LS — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:33:33 +0000

What’s so funny, true, and not-surprising, is the fact that Texas has the highest adult illiteracy rate in the Country.

What is surprising, I spelled illiteracy w/out having to use spell-check, really, that surprised me. But I’m not from Texas either…

By: James

James — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:15:58 +0000

There is a reason why creationism is not in science classrooms. Because in science, something is true by evidence. In religion, something is true by belief. To put religious based material in a science classroom, would be like renaming it. It’s not science.

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By: Gary (NJ)

Gary (NJ) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:33:57 +0000

This infiltration into schoolboards and politics by the rightwing nuts has been planned and going on for decades. If this is ever to stop, progressives, and liberals who want truth in science and history need to do the exact same thing—and do it quickly!!
I also read that it’s particularly bad because Texas orders so many school books, that publishers are likely to accommodate them necessitating other schools who live in the real world to buy the same crap. The top universities and colleges should put out a memo that they will not admit anyone who is ‘educated’ or has a diploma from institutions that uses these bogus textbooks!

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Why America is Dead – Pt. 16: Texas « ENDAblog — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:15:33 +0000

[...] – Pt. 16: Texas By now, I’m sure most of you have heard at least something about this: Last week, the Texas Board of Education voted 10-5, along party lines, to replace history [...]

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By: adrianT

adrianT — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:16:28 +0000

To deny evolution happened is as stupid as denying the holocaust happened. I thought the Dover Trial of 2005 should have set enough of a precendent – creationism is unconstitutional period.

Frankly, this is child abuse.

By: Merlyn

Merlyn — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:08 +0000

This is contemptible. I wouldn’t mention Thomas Jefferson either, if I were one of these idiots! The man woul be thoroughly ashamed of these people and would wonder what the hell is wrong with them.

This crap needs to be contested by parents who don’t want their children to grow up being historically and scientifically illiterate.

Frijondi, I have been alarmed over the whole rigth-wing religious circus but I just end up getting patronised by nonsense such as, “It’s just talk”. Are liberals that dense that they cannot see what these individuals are doing?

I lived in Texas for about 8 months in 1987 and the happiest day uring those 9 months was when I boarded a train bound for L. A. There are a few progressive Texans, but they haven’t been doing much lately to combat this crap. WAKE UP, PEOPLE!

By: Frijondi

Frijondi — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:18:10 +0000

Time for “liberal academics” to come to their country’s defense. If ten reputable scholars of American history would each write and then donate a textbook chapter, we could have a free online alternative in no time.

By: Frijondi

Frijondi — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:09:56 +0000

The mere fact that Phyllis Schlafly is now regarded as some sort of mainstream political figure should be setting off a lot more alarm bells in this country than it seems to be.