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dweller

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48. oy!

Reply to Stonepounder (Reply #40)

Fri Sep 14, 2018, 08:16 PM

Sep 2018

thanks, it's been a long wet day here in NC

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Texas board votes to eliminate Hillary Clinton, Helen Keller from history curriculum [View all] demmiblue Sep 2018 OP

Streamline . . . yea, that's it TimeToGo Sep 2018 #1

When sanity is restored, we will NOT eliminate Ted Cruz from the curriculum. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #2

The Texas Board of Education decision left me speechless! pazzyanne Sep 2018 #3

The whitewashing of U.S. history continues. Lonestarblue Sep 2018 #14

I left Texas when I went to college and never went back to live there again. CTyankee Sep 2018 #15

Same here Boomer Sep 2018 #46

Like this country, it's two states now JCMach1 Sep 2018 #53

America is badly broken, many sick and twisted people here. We cant go on like this, need Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #4

Working on it warmfeet Sep 2018 #39

Next they will BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #5

Yeah, you don't want young women to have a roll model like Hillary Clinton. ffr Sep 2018 #6

The country is saturated with STUPID. It's beyond disturbing. It's down right scary. YOHABLO Sep 2018 #7

Alt Hist 101... is that a 4 year degree? procon Sep 2018 #8

what next? remove Copernicus, Galileo, and the sun from science curriculum dweller Sep 2018 #9

Center of solar system? Center of the galaxy more likely! Stonepounder Sep 2018 #40

oy! dweller Sep 2018 #48

White men and their works are safe, I feel catrose Sep 2018 #42

If they can't make history they change it. redstatebluegirl Sep 2018 #10

Dallas News has a longer arricle-list here................. riversedge Sep 2018 #11

Here is the rubric: demmiblue Sep 2018 #12

Billy Graham? WTF?!? targetpractice Sep 2018 #17

I grew up in Arlington, TX ProudLib72 Sep 2018 #20

This is beyond fucked up. Initech Sep 2018 #13

This is why Texas is ranked at 40 for education; djacq Sep 2018 #16

Yep, trying to get back noneof_theabove Sep 2018 #32

Texas arithmetic! Permanut Sep 2018 #43

Texas has more schools, buys more textbooks Marthe48 Sep 2018 #18

Yep, Texas textbooks go all over the country. LeftInTX Sep 2018 #34

No one should take this in the abstract angrychair Sep 2018 #19

That's not so true any more. Igel Sep 2018 #27

This is insanity. JDC Sep 2018 #21

Head in Sand Conservatives bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #22

Will they include ALL the facts? Archae Sep 2018 #23

It requires the background for this. Igel Sep 2018 #31

Why don't they just teach from Dinesh D'sousa's crazy books? sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #24

knowing your going to school to get lied to should make kids excited rurallib Sep 2018 #25

Will Barack Obama be next? guillaumeb Sep 2018 #26

If you don't like the past... TwistOneUp Sep 2018 #28

Sounds like a very sexist Board of Education. Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #29

They are making Texas ripe for an underground book to Texas kids bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #30

The story of Helen Keller, Alexander Graham Bell and Anne Sullivan Macy bronxiteforever Sep 2018 #33

Make sure to include Nancy Reagan and astrology's importance in running our country. keithbvadu2 Sep 2018 #35

Publishers of textbooks ought to just quit selling them to Texas maxrandb Sep 2018 #36

It's the Texas school texts that are bought by Ilsa Sep 2018 #65

Someone needs to sell a book titled "What Texas History Books Don't Tell You". Elwood P Dowd Sep 2018 #37

Because of Uneducated Voters, we now have Trump in the White House yuiyoshida Sep 2018 #38

Not too long ago,,,,,, Cryptoad Sep 2018 #41

Winston Smith will be working on the revisions diligently. nt Permanut Sep 2018 #44

Same story, different actors, time and place.....easy to understand this one... Stuart G Sep 2018 #45

Burying history doesn't gain anything other than burying the truth and how things were ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #47

Reminds me of this, by Pete Seeger over 50 years ago LeftishBrit Sep 2018 #49

Great song! Thanks for posting. Nt raccoon Sep 2018 #55

Is this the same board justgamma Sep 2018 #50

Don't need none of that fancy assed learning in Texass Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2018 #51

Elvis' hips miffelplix Sep 2018 #52

Aw. Some of Trump's best sound bites are about Hillary! Freethinker65 Sep 2018 #54

I'm sure they consider Hillary fake news along with slavery , unions , democracy , and the earth geretogo Sep 2018 #56

Moses'? Owl Sep 2018 #57

Disgusting ignorant jackasses!!! Beacool Sep 2018 #58

Can We NewEnglandAutumn Sep 2018 #59

It is time for me to donate to my friend running for Texas board of Education Gothmog Sep 2018 #60

Well that's strange... Astraea Sep 2018 #61

To be frank, I don't know why Clinton and Keller would be in a Texas history book, anyway. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #62

I take it that you didn't read the article. demmiblue Sep 2018 #66

What you may not know is that the Alamo is part of the Texas History curriculum. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #68

Texas is where Louie Gohmert went to school. JohnnyRingo Sep 2018 #63

So not only are they mucking w/ science MissMillie Sep 2018 #64

You make a good point here...when we ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #67