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Islam, Communism, And Black Panthers Are Indoctrinating Texas Children -- Fingers Crossed!
WARNING: Video of Highland Lakes Tea Party.
As it is, I only learned of such fine -- and thoroughly real, I'm sure -- courses of study because those killjoys over at the Highland Lakes Tea Party had hosted a gathering in Marble Falls to hear about the schools "declar[ing] war on our children." The hearing, sponsored by the folks behind www.teaparty911.com, would feature Jeanine McGregor, more reverently known as Ms. Mac. (According to the advertisement, Ms. Mac is a "Certified teacher -- all levels." Didn't see her in any of my Rice courses, but I'm sure she'd fit in just fine.)
Alas, my unperturbed joy was short-lived. In a video of the presentation, Ms. Mac, holding forth in front of the required coiled-snake flag of this new Tea Party -- but wasn't the serpent an image of a cloaked Satan? -- spends the first 45 minutes running through rote classroom protocol. When she finally turns to the forthcoming generation of Allah-swaddled and Lenin-lovin' Texans, she ... doesn't have much to say:
Which is interesting, right? Because if the ad is to be believed -- and, surely, if the Highland Lakes Tea Party would go so far as to pay for advertising, of course they'd present their best face -- you'd think all the elderly white folks populating the audience would want to hear more about how "Christopher Columbus is an Eco-Warrior." But, nothing.
Sure, there were a few gasps when Ms. Mac -- who'd been tabbed by the State Board of Education to research CSCOPE -- noted that students had to memorize verses from the Quran. ("Disturbing," as Ms. Mac editorializes.) And, yeah, there's a bit of a rustle when she talks about how children are asked to design communist flags. (Dude, if this isn't the easiest assignment -- hammer and sickle and plenty of red ink -- I don't know what else is left.) But Ms. Mac, where's the indoctrination we were promised? Where's the murder, the extortion -- all that scarlet blood, the banner of Stalin's million minions -- that the Tea Party has told us exist?
Alas, my unperturbed joy was short-lived. In a video of the presentation, Ms. Mac, holding forth in front of the required coiled-snake flag of this new Tea Party -- but wasn't the serpent an image of a cloaked Satan? -- spends the first 45 minutes running through rote classroom protocol. When she finally turns to the forthcoming generation of Allah-swaddled and Lenin-lovin' Texans, she ... doesn't have much to say:
Which is interesting, right? Because if the ad is to be believed -- and, surely, if the Highland Lakes Tea Party would go so far as to pay for advertising, of course they'd present their best face -- you'd think all the elderly white folks populating the audience would want to hear more about how "Christopher Columbus is an Eco-Warrior." But, nothing.
Sure, there were a few gasps when Ms. Mac -- who'd been tabbed by the State Board of Education to research CSCOPE -- noted that students had to memorize verses from the Quran. ("Disturbing," as Ms. Mac editorializes.) And, yeah, there's a bit of a rustle when she talks about how children are asked to design communist flags. (Dude, if this isn't the easiest assignment -- hammer and sickle and plenty of red ink -- I don't know what else is left.) But Ms. Mac, where's the indoctrination we were promised? Where's the murder, the extortion -- all that scarlet blood, the banner of Stalin's million minions -- that the Tea Party has told us exist?
The complete story at http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2013/03/islam_communism_texas_schools.php .
Related thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10786582
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are rightwing extremists indoctrinating, such as the KKK?