The Lies of Texas Are Upon You

[Christa]

“Life in Lubbock, Texas taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you’re going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.” - Butch Hancock, Texas Musician, The Flatlanders

A friend called to talk about his daughter being caught in the middle of one of the kinds of controversies that only happen in Texas. His daughter’s teacher had sent an email that her school was not going to show the president’s national address to students in their school. My buddy Marcus is African-American and Native American, holds two degrees, and does not very well countenance stupidity and hypocrisy.

“It’s not exactly a political speech,” he said. “He’s going to tell kids to work hard and stay in school and get a good education, and take personal responsibility for their actions.”

“Of course not,” I conceded, “But Obama is a democrat and African-American and this is Texas.”

“Yeah, well, I’m going to get Mia from class and bring her home to watch the speech and then take her back. This is garbage.”

Actually, it is more like intellectual pus, a kind of deadly ooze that keeps infecting our national discourse. We tell people not to mess with Texas but that’s because we reserve the right to mess it up ourselves, which we are doing quite effectively. This latest hypocrisy, though, is almost beyond imagining, but is a logical next de-evolutionary step for progressive thinking under the Lone Star.

During the campaigns and administrations of both Presidents Bush and Ronald Reagan, speeches and public appearances were almost mandatory for students and the religion of those leaders was forced on the crowds gathered in the taxpayer built gymnasiums. I cannot count the times that I attended political rallies as a journalist during school hours where students were told to leave class and come provide a crowd for the Republican candidates. Invariably, at many of these, I was standing next to my friend, a Pulitzer-winning journalist who is Jewish, as a Christian prayer was offered and the name of Jesus was invoked. Nobody saw the contradictions and hypocrisies.

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Full article here:

http://www.moorethink.com/2009/09/04/the-lies-of-texas-are-upon-you/




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[Honeycombe8]

1. What that school is doing is shameful. It should be noted for history...

so they will have to face that shame in the future.

The principal's and superintendent's names should be noted publicly somewhere, as well, so they will be tied to the shameful act, much as segregationist's were.

[Jennicut]

2. Ridiculous. I have heard nothing out of my daughter's school district...no one has a problem

I love that poster by the way...just what IS Obama...a socialist, communist, fascist hippie? LOL