they set the standard for the rest of the country. Hopefully others states start standing up and demand some sanity, because sanity won't come from here

and have lived here 22 years. I want to return to my native Ohio one day, but my grandchildren are here. Ohio can be crazy, too, but at least they have autumn

The ignorance and wishful thinking along with military power and the willingness to use military power accompanied by a rejection of learning, science, study, investigation, honesty, realism -- all will result in the deterioration of our society into an opinionated, superstitious and very foolish chaos. That makes a society vulnerable to conquest by others. It's pretty sad.

Ends with Ted Cruz

Not a surprise. Very typical actually. It does allow more faulse doom and gloom though.

until Ronnie Reagan came along and saved us all. Oh wait, that was Huckabee's children's indoctrination book.

N/t

Never mind once its implemented it will be successfully legally challenged because no way this passes constitutional muster.

as their primary sources very often except for in their math classes. I think maybe in early elementary years they'd use the social studies and science books a little. And one had a Texas history teacher who relied primarily on the textbook but still supplemented quite a bit.

Edited to add: After polling my kids on this, one told me than in an AP history class they use the book more frequently than in past classes, but it's not a Texas book.

They might have loaded the textbooks onto the tablets.

remember Mel Brooks' "These fifteen Commandments..(drops one tablet)…these ten Commandments….)

Biblical inspiration, not that Moses was a literal "founding father."

I hate when blog writers use these inflammatory and inaccurate headlines. I guess that's how they make their money.

That being said, it is inaccurate to say that Biblical law was the model for the Constitution. The American governmental structure was designed based on the writings of Enlightenment writers, including John Locke and Montesquieu. The founders may have depended on religion to civilize the populace, but they did not take their ideas on government from any particular church or from the Bible. Texas is trying to save Christianity by glomming it on to something that it did not influence very much at all.

Journalists in general do this. How do you get readers? By the title.

For example I remember a title "Tiger Woods pulls out iPhone on course, causes stir" -- It was really a minor story but with his "racy texts" the article mentions it gives a perception of something far more interesting than it actually is.

"He was helping me with my putting," Mark O'Meara, another former Masters champion, said. "I had a loop in my putting stroke. He wanted to film my putting stroke."

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/tiger-woods-pulls-out-iphone-on-course-causes-stir-1.499387#ixzz3JqoRe6Jg

The writers spent more time on a catchy title than content.

Your analogy doesn't work.

everyone else, hoo boy and HOWDY

I've got to go to Europe shortly and deal with the usual "stupid American" bias that the rest of the world has. Well founded in some ways as we are so backward from the rest of the first world. Sigh. When people ask if I'm American, I just say "I'm from California." That helps. Sigh.

And California is going to fix this textbook shit right quick, so I don't really worry about it.

divided the Grand Canyon to escape the Egyptians.

CHECKMATE, ATHEISTS

They just are.

Explains how they are made. It perfectly explains how seemingly nice people can have these extremely bizarre beliefs. I think it's important that we all understand that conservatives are in fact being *purposely* manufactured. And then come up with ways to deal with it (I have a theory).

http://members.shaw.ca/jeanaltemeyer/drbob/TheAuthoritarians.pdf

I think there are quite enough conservatives as it is without them being purposely manufactured.

And here he is holding the first 10 admendments to the Constitution- what further proof do we need?

Thomas Jefferson for one.

Wow! How is it that a bunch of historical illiterates get to approve history textbooks?

I would advise them to read the correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson as it pertains to religion.

they are crazy. Poor kids....these religious dolts are just as bad as any extremists in any religion. Idiots.

Joseph Stalin would be proud.

way too many of them already think that way.

I had a student a few years back write that she felt that the constitution was divinely inspired in what was supposed to be an essay comparing the constitutional interpretation of Scalia vs. that of a sane person. The paper went on to say that the Hebrews would never have questioned what god meant in the ten commandments -- then she went on to write them all in her paper. They would hve just accepted them like god put them in the bible - King James Version, of course.

I kid you not

she used only two sources: the text book (reluctantly I assume) and some book by a preacher fro Azle, Tx (I don't remember whether or not it was "Dr." and self proclaimed historian David Barton.)

Then there is the paper I assigned on government regulation that was entitled "Government Regulation: a.k.a., socialism"

Don't get me wrong, I have some really great students who are eager to learn. Sometimes they don't know they are eager to learn until somebody tries to facilitate their learning rather than shoving FOX and Founding Father Moses down their throats.

Now it's just going to be tougher,

By intentionally miseducating kids in earlier grades, there are more opportunities for re-educating later. It helps keep you employed!

And have an assignment to "compare the writings of Scalia with a sane person"?

constitutional interpretation employed by Justices Scalia and Breyer.

I did not think it was necessary to point out the obvious sarcasm

Makes me think back to the RW bullshit I had to deal with in two college accounting courses I took.

The assignment presented to the class had no sarcasm and no personal opinion directed.

However, it is possible to present opinion if it is done fairly.

then why did slavery persist after the ratification of the constitution. Doesn't the existence of slavery mean that the constitution was not influenced by Moses???

All the others just take their chances. Here is a humorous animation about the situation:

The rightwing fundie loons conflated the bible, constitution and atlas shrugged. Jesus galt preached in his sermon on the mount of money "don't ask me for help"

It's Unconstitutional and I hope Americans United for the Separation of Church and State sue. If Texas wants to become a Christian State, than let them secede from the Union.

They don't even read their own book yet want to force it on the rest of us.

They are trying to make sure that our children swallow their adult fairy tale.

What about Larry and Curly?

a lot about her going to Europe for college ... trying to get her to learn German! I should buy tapes and do it with her.

I would hate for my kids to be so far away but she's the oldest w/a lot of motivation. Texas is not the place for her and I want her to get out and have a chance.

Didn't Ronnie write the constitution?? after he came down from the mountain ?

was he here in 1776?

and a travesty of history to give more ancient influence on the Enlightenment ideas that did produce the USA to Israelites rather than the Roman Republic. But that all comes from the influence of religion - they think their religion must be what produced their country, despite the long association, both in the Old Testament and in European 'Christendom', of kings with the biblical religions.