Texas is the source of Terri Proud’s Bible class bill

David Safier

by David Safier The Texas Education Code includes the following: Advertisement Sec. 28.011.  ELECTIVE COURSES ON THE BIBLE'S HEBREW SCRIPTURES (OLD TESTAMENT) AND NEW TESTAMENT AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.  (a)  A school district may offer to students in grade nine or above: . . . The wording is … Read more

Richard Carmona introduces himself to Arizona voters

AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, running for U.S. Senate, introduces himself to Arizona voters in this announcement web video at http://www.carmonaforarizona.com/.

Will the ‘Birther Queen’ replace Scott Bundgaard in the Senate?

AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: States' rights "nullifaction" teabagger and "Birther Queen" Rep. Judy Burges, Ahhh, the "Birther" Queen's bill dies in the Senate, is among the three individuals nominated by Tea-Publicans as potential replacements for Sen. Scott Bundgaard, who resigned this month during an ethics trial in the Senate. 3 vying to replace Bundgaard: Republican Party leaders in the … Read more

Presented with much outrage, little comment

David Safier

by David Safier From Howard Fischer: Legislation would allow public schools to stop providing free lunch to needy kids A Senate panel led by an East Valley lawmaker agreed Tuesday to let schools opt out of the federal program to offer free and reduced-price lunches for needy students. Sen. Rich Crandall, R-Mesa, said the state … Read more

Curtis Acosta: “If we are asked to follow a bad law . . .”

David Safier

by David Safier Jeff Biggers, who has been invaluable in his coverage of the Mexican-American Studies story, just put up an interview with MAS teacher Curtis Acosta [I should say, teacher in the suspended MAS program]. It gives a more complete and complex view of the confusion felt by teachers and students about how to … Read more

Things that make my head hurt: Somos Republicans endorses Newt Gingrich

AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

FAUX News Fraudcasting hosted a "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary" debate last night from South Carolina, a state that still flies the Confederate battle jack flag, on the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday no less.

Juan Williams, an African-American reporter on FAUX, had the audacity to ask disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich about his dog whistle coded racist comments about African-Americans last night, for which Gingrich and his Southern White Citizens Council debate audience got hostile towards Juan Willams. TRANSCRIPT: Fox News Channel & Wall Street Journal Debate in South Carolina:

WILLIAMS: Speaker Gingrich, you recently said black Americans should demand jobs, not food stamps. You also said poor kids lack a strong work ethic and proposed having them work as janitors in their schools. Can’t you see that this is viewed, at a minimum, as insulting to all Americans, but particularly to black Americans?
GINGRICH: No. I don’t see that.
(APPLAUSE)

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Bible class in schools: legislating what’s already legal

David Safier

by David Safier This bill isn't a dog whistle. It can be heard by all sentient beings. Terri Proud has a bill — two, actually — that would require the State Board of Ed to create a course, "The Bible and its Influence on Western Culture," which can be taught as an elective in Arizona … Read more

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