Texas Rewriting the History Books


	Texas Rewriting the History Books

ljsdesign

9-17-2009 8:42 AM

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texas, gop, wtf, schools, education, rewriting history, home schooling

ljsdesign says:

Read the whole article, it's a doozy!

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9-17-2009 10:54 AM

Socratoad

Think I'm gonna upchuck

9-17-2009 11:00 AM

ljsdesign

I've got history and science books on order, just in case.
As Mark Twain put it, "never let schooling get in the way of your education".

9-17-2009 2:05 PM

disenchantedcitizen

I’ll bet those ‘new’ history books won’t include these facts:
Nixon suggested using a nuclear bomb on Vietnam http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6072401.html;

Nixon threatened to cut off the head of South Vietnam’s president to end the war http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nixon-tapes24-2009jun24,0,817553.story ;

Nixon remarked that an abortion might be necessary if a pregnancy involved an interracial couple http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nixon-tapes24-2009jun24,0,817553.story; General MacArthur, Nixon and Kissinger toyed with the idea of dropping atomic bombs on North Korea when Nixon was VP under Eisenhower http://books.google.com/books?id=OD_raa6VYo0C&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=n...

9-17-2009 2:57 PM

ljsdesign

@disenchanted
I bet your spot on!

I believe history books should be written in an objective view by Historians and not politicians.

It should include the good , bad and the ugly so we may learn from those mistakes that we have made.

9-17-2009 3:16 PM

Socratoad

At the present rate of devolution "Texan education" will soon become a noteworthy oxymoron.

9-17-2009 3:25 PM

ljsdesign

@ Socratoad
I'll have to add that to my list of favorite oxymorons

9-17-2009 3:32 PM

ljsdesign

Side Note: I'll have to find the story again, but Texas is also having difficultly finding and instructing teachers on the new Bible Literacy courses that are now to be a part of the curriculum. No Joke.

9-17-2009 5:10 PM

Socratoad

It does boggle the mind

9-17-2009 8:27 PM

debbyski

I think Texans would probably deep fry history books if they could.

9-17-2009 8:28 PM

ljsdesign

only the pages they didn't like

9-17-2009 9:02 PM

debbyski

9-19-2009 4:07 PM

jay8h

Re-writing history by anyone should be akin to treason. That goes for both the liberals and conservatives.

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