The Texas Schoolboarding of America
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 3rd, 2010 4:51 am by HL
The Texas Schoolboarding of America
Between FoxNews and ever deteriorating school standards we are raising a whole new generation of ignoramuses.
(pic via lipstickproject at Flickr)
Congratulations, Republicans, your drive against public education has succeeded beyond your wildest dreams!
Two-thirds of the 1,000 American adults polled couldn’t name a single current justice, and just 1 percent were able to name all nine sitting justices…
…The largest proportion of respondents were able to name Clarence Thomas, at 19 percent
Of course, they were undoubtedly shown pictures and identified him as Justice Horny.
But thanks to not giving a damn about education except to the extent it leads to truly effective sex education and eliminating all that godless evolutionary theory:
More Americans could identify Michael Jackson as the composer of “Beat It” and “Billie Jean” than could identify the Bill of Rights as a body of amendments to the Constitution.
Among this group is Rand Paul, self-styled libertarian — especially the whole 14th Amendment thing as being in the Constitution, from reproductive rights to birth citizenship.
In another decade the Texas School Board standards will have us all “armed for the rapture”, yet incapable of buying the right caliber of ammo. So, mission accomplished I guess.
Of course, poorly educated responses are not just for Republicans.
Late Late Night FDL: Pimps and Preachers
The Paul Thorn Band — Pimps and Preachers. This performance video was shot March 27/28, 2010, in Pittsburgh, PA and Charleston, WV.
The Paul Thorn Band — Pimps and Preachers. This performance video was shot March 27/28, 2010, in Pittsburgh, PA and Charleston, WV.
What’s on your mind?
Early Morning Swim: Keith Olbermann Interviews Ambassador Edward Peck about Israeli Flotilla Attack
Clearly, a classic anti-Semite.
NPR also interviewed Peck.
INSKEEP: Were you concerned at all, about the people you were involved with, because as I’m sure you’ve learned from reading the papers since your release, Israel has suggested that the organizers had links to Hamas and links to al-Qaida.
Ambassador PECK: I think I’d be very surprised if they didn’t make that charge. Even if it had been a boatload of clergy, you know, that’s what they have to do, that defends and explains what they’ve done, that these people were linked to Hamas and all the rest of it. It’s entirely possible that that’s the case, but that certainly was not the intent of the group.
Clearly, a classic anti-Semite.
