Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[Seabiscuit36]

Get ready to vomit, Rome...

Florida's legislature debating whether to protect the state's children from dangerous Anti-American radical history teachers like me by requiring they watch America: Imagine The World Without Her - not once, but TWICE - before they graduate (in 8th grade and 11th grade U.S. History).

Hays said he filed the bill because he said he believed students in history classes are receiving "erroneous," negative perspectives about America's history, policies and influence in the world.

"Frankly, it's embarrassing that we allow these lies to be taught in our school system," Hays said. "Unfortunately, our parents and our school board members have not kept up with the misrepresentation of American history that is being perpetrated in our school system, and this movie gives a totally different view."

farging morons.

Jesus farging christ.

shtein like this is one of the reasons why I support heavy federal oversight of curriculum. It's not a farging "misrepresentation" to point out to students that we did a lot of farged up shtein in our history.

And, frankly, all I got growing up was the rose colored glasses version of our history. It wasn't until my AP US class where we actually talked in depth about some of our not so nice things.

Granted, I grew up in the 1980s in rural Chester County (graduated from Downingtown), but that's pretty much all I got as well.  Didn't get to dig into the "dirty stuff" until majoring in history in college.

I try to keep things simple when I teach history to my 8th graders - the founding fathers were human, not some demigods that many portray them to be.  Washington had bad dental work and may have been sterile.  Jefferson had a disconnect between his prose about "inalienable rights" and his owning hundreds of slaves (Washington did, too, for that matter).  Lincoln's views about slavery and black rights evolved over a period of time, and was prone to use the forbidden "n-word" when referring to African-Americans.

It's more honest - and quite frankly a better story - to give it to the kids unvarnished.  We have a lot of positives in our nation, but there are definitely a bunch of warts.

Oddly enough in Catholic School we always learned about the farged up history of the US.  We were required to read Michener's Centennial in 7th grade.  Watching Roots was required in 6th grade Social Studies, Glory was released on vhs in 8th grade so we watched and discussed the dynamics of racism in the US from the start of the country to current day.  What was never discussed was the Catholic Churches role, but that's not surprising.  HS was more of the same, where it was never shyed away from .   

[Munson]

Energy secretary:

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/20/media/paris-mayor-sue-fox-news/index.html?iid=HP_LN

[Eagaholic]

So, in the wake of France's outrage with the Charlie Hebdo attack over freedom of expression, Paris wants to sue Fox for what they said?

[phattymatty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T7_GnX7e9U

[SunMo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/B7174HWCQAAFz4V.mp4

[PhillyPhreak54]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T7_GnX7e9U

haha that is awesome

[PhillyPhreak54]

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/B7174HWCQAAFz4V.mp4

lol

[ice grillin you]

So, in the wake of France's outrage with the Charlie Hebdo attack over freedom of expression, Paris wants to sue Fox for what they said?

threatening to sue them is more symbolic and a way to point out how despicable fox is...cant imagine its really going to happen

but i dont know how you are comparing a satirical newspaper to an outfit that claims to be a news organization and either purposely or incompetent broadcasts blatantly false information

[smeags]

Energy secretary:

actually looks a little like robert blake.

[Rome]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/23/alabama-gay-marriage_n_6535610.html

holy farging shtein.

[Tomahawk]

Agreed...how the farg did a woman become a judge?

[Rome]

It's such a pleasure watching the federal courts slap the shtein out of these hillbilly iceholes with the Supremacy Clause.

[ice grillin you]

i expected alabama to be much closer to 50 than 37.....kudos

[MDS]

please please please

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/01/24/palin-say-shes-seriously-interested-in-2016-campaign/