Texas Bd of Ed member: "they want to make it look like we are dumb morons"

[marmar]

I wonder why? :think:



from the Globe and Mail (Toronto):



....(snip)....

Speaking of Biblical principles, didn't your committee delete reference to Thomas Jefferson, who actually talked about the separation of church and state?

That's not true. Look, down here there are these groups from the far left. Whatever we do, they want to make it look like we are dumb morons. They're very effective, dadgummit. Jefferson's name was taken out of a list of Enlightenment philosophers in world history because he didn't fit the period of the Enlightenment.

Did you have trouble with Jefferson's views about the separation of church and state?

No, that's wrong. We're not against the separation of church and state. But now we've gone so far to the other side you can't even have a prayer at a football game. You know, some schools barred the use of red and green at Christmas time because they don't want to be promoting religion. You see how ridiculous this is.

Why did you drop the word capitalism and instead label the American economic system as free enterprise?

It's the term actually required by state law, that we promote free enterprise in our standards. But to me, what allows us to grow and be great in a lot of ways is liberty and freedom. I like the emphasis on free market and free enterprise.

That's also where the word liberal comes from, meaning free man and free-thinking. But that's not a very popular word in Texas.

Well, I'm not so upset with liberals. But when you get way off to the left, that’s what I don't like. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/they-want-to-make-it-look-like-we-are-dumb-morons/article1514049/

[yourout]

1. mission accomplished.

[newspeak]

2. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck

then by damn it's gotta be a duck. We don't have to make you look like a moron buddy, you're doing a great job without us.

[hobbit709]

38. My saying is

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims and waddles around like a duck, then it's either a duck or a closely related waterfowl.

[surrealAmerican]

41. ... like maybe a loon.

[hobbit709]

42. Like I said.

:rofl:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. if da foo shits . . . . .

notice the source. TORONTO mail and globe.

WHere the hell are more national or regional Mein Steam Media?

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. You expect CNN to cover this?

They are PART OF THE PROBLEM...

By the way Rachel Maddow did go into this during her show... but I am sure MSNBC is not national enough either.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. To quote Baby Jane: "Butcha ARE..." n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Jefferson not part of the Enlightenment

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Yes you ARE MORONS.

Now I feel much better...

[MajorChode]

30. Jefferson epitomized the Age of Enlightenment

What makes this truly funny is the Age of Enlightenment was a period in history when people threw off the yoke of religious superstition and replaced it with reason. Now the Texas board of ed want's to erase 2 or 3 hundred years of enlightenment and go back to their flat earth bullshit.

The "far left" doesn't have to do anything. All you need to do is give these morans an open mic and they'll reveal their grabastic nature for all to see.

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. I would argue that if we do nothing

they'll achieve their goals.

But hey... I just did work on the History of the Enlightenment, so this is why I am laughing so damn hard...

In the US it ended with Jefferson's generation.

In Mexico it went on for ONE MORE generation.

:-)

[MajorChode]

33. Actually we already have

Don McLeroy has been an embarrassment in Texas for some time now. Democrats in the Texas Senate killed Perry's reappointment of him as chairman of the board and he just lost the primary to another Republican so he'll be gone in a few months. It seems even Republicans think he's a moran.

[James48]

7. Well,

at least the newspaper editor knows how to spell morons.

[gratuitous]

19. We often spell that word "moran"

In honor of the pro-war demonstrator who proudly held up a sign that read "Get a brain! Morans," immortalized in countless reproductions all over the internets.

Oh, and "internets" is an homage to a certain former President of the United States.

[Catshrink]

23. This one...

I posted this in the wrong place. What a moran!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

39. the hysterical historical provenance of Moran is a thing of beauty.

I know, some find it "ridicilas" or "Un-Amerian," or even somwhat "socalist,"
but over time, the Tea Bagger Dictionary creates yet another great sign.

[Arkana]

8. Cause you are, guys.

Trying to censor history because you don't like what it says IS stupid.

[XOKCowboy]

9. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt

Dontcha love it when these cranks try to justify their actions? It always makes them sound even more idiotic. At least to thinking people.

[Gman]

10. We don't have to do anything

they do a good job themselves of looking like dumb morons.

[Catshrink]

15. ...

wrong place

[Odin2005]

11. Because you ARE dumb morons?

[sarge43]

12. Call 'em as we sees 'em, Bubba.

Except it's moran, not moron.

[prairierose]

13. No one has to try very hard ...

because you guys do such a good job all by yourselves. You don't need any help from the "left".

[Catshrink]

14. Don't make it so easy.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. This person really said "dadgummit" ?

[intheflow]

18. Ha! We posted this comment at the same time!

:toast:

[intheflow]

17. "dadgummit"

Who the hell uses that word apart from scriptwriters on The Andy Griffith Show? That word alone rendered the entire argument being made by this guy an utter fail.

[southernyankeebelle]

20. Hey Moron look in the mirror. Duh, dumb ass Palin sucker.

[depakid]

21. More words of wisdom from the Republican dentist

It surprised me that you dropped the word “democracy” as a description of the United States.

That's for accuracy: We're a republic, a constitutional republic. That's why a lot of states are challenging Obama's health-care legislation on a constitutional basis, not on a democratic basis. We're a constitutional republic, so those challenges are not on how many people voted one way or the other.

------

But didn't the increase in government come about because free enterprise failed during the Depression?

If I weren't a dentist, I think I'd enjoy being a teacher, because that's a great question to examine in history class. I'm not an expert, but basically a lot of people think we would have come out of the Depression sooner had it not been for the government interventions.

:rofl:

[undeterred]

22. No one has to work to make dumb morons look like dumb morons.

[Zoeisright]

24. You made yourselves look like dumb morons, asshole.

Stupid is as stupid does.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

25. As Opposed To Smart Morons?

Yeah, you're right. It's SOMEBODY ELSE making you look dumb.

[upi402]

26. They hate recording devices

and mirrors

[marew]

27. They didn't need anyone's help to look stupid!

They did that all by themselves!

[Subdivisions]

28. And yet everything he says makes him look like a moron. HELP! I'm surrounded by them. n/t

[progressoid]

29. No suprise that this isn't in an American publication.

I remember about 20 seconds worth of coverage on our national snooze about this. :shakeshead:

[teacher gal]

31. The guy is just

awfully articulate isn't he!

[Toasterlad]

34. Oh, Don, Sweetie....You Don't Need Our Help.

[autorank]

35. They look like they are morans because they are n/t

[krispos42]

36. No, we just drag the moronity out into the sunlight and laugh at it n/t

[Enthusiast]

37. You ARE dumb morans! nt

[WeDidIt]

40. Nobody else has to do anything to make them look like morons.

They're doing a fine job all by themselves.

[tanyev]

43. What schools barred the use of red and green at Christmastime, Don?

I want names. I think you're just making it up.

By the way, he is OUTGOING board member Don McLeroy, having been defeated in his GOP primary. :woohoo:

[Lyric]

44. They're also mad at Jefferson because of property rights.

In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson revised Locke's original ideas about unalienable rights by changing "property" to "pursuit of happiness" in order to avoid a colonial catfight about slavery. He knew that if he said "property" in a document that was basically a moral-political thesis, then people would think that the government was officially supporting the slave trade, as this was the most contentious "property rights" battle of the time period. He wanted a harmonious document that covered ALL points of view, so he decided to change it to "pursuit of happiness", and he wanted to rob the British of a chunk of their propaganda--in essence, they couldn't use the document to whip Britons into a righteous anti-slavery fury, thus reducing the support for the war at home.

To this day, the people who value property over all else (and who, if possible, would probably love to restore American slavery) are still pissed at Jefferson over that one. The resentment over his ideas about Separation of Church and State are mostly just a convenient vehicle to convince ignorant voters that Jefferson wasn't a very good Founding Father. We all realize that conservative leaders, by and large, don't REALLY care about God. They wave God around just like the bloody shirts they waved after the Civil War; the purpose is to enrage their followers and keep them pouring money into the machine, not to honor God. Only a naive fool would ever think they are sincere. Sincere people don't make it into Republican leadership positions.

[Brewman_Jax]

45. Don't get mad at them

You guys were already a bunch of morons. You're mad because the rest of the world now knows that you're a bunch of morons. :eyes: