What's wrong with Texas?

[dabrockster]

Tesla.

I prefer this Tesla...

Tid bits: Lead singer Jeff Keith was born in "Texas"arkana, Arkansas..

[TripletDaddy]

Meesa thinks yousa rood!

Thinking im rude

[creekster]

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/...-over-sermons/

[Jeff Lebowski]

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/...-over-sermons/

That sounded unbelievable. Then I noticed it was Fox News.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/houston.asp

[myboynoah]

Shootout among rival biker gangs in Texas restaurant kills 9

[Uncle Ted]

Shootout among rival biker gangs in Texas restaurant kills 9

Did someone let Pee Wee back in Texas?

[TripletDaddy]

Can we get some links about blue bell ice cream murdering people now?

[Moliere]

Can we get some links about blue bell ice cream murdering people now?

I ate some blue bell homemade vanilla last night.

[TripletDaddy]

Looks like blue bell has been trying to murder people as far back as 2007

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/h...ck-as-2007.ece

[Pelado]

Looks like blue bell has been trying to murder people as far back as 2007

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/h...ck-as-2007.ece

Does Craig James feed Blue Bell to hookers at SMU?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Way to go, Texas.

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-t...history-2015-7

This Fall, Texas schools will teach students that Moses played a bigger role in inspiring the Constitution than slavery did in starting the Civil War. The Lone Star State's new social studies textbooks, deliberately written to play down slavery's role in Southern history, do not threaten only Texans — they pose a danger to schoolchildren all over the country.

It is alarming that 150 years after the Civil War's end children are learning that slavery was, as one Texas board of education member put it in 2010, "a side issue." No serious scholar agrees. Every additional issue at play in 1861 was secondary to slavery — not the other way around.

By distorting history, Texas tells its students a dishonest and damaging story about the United States that prevents children from understanding the country today. Also troubling, Texas's standards look likely to affect more than just Texans: The state is the second-largest in the nation, which means books designed for its students may find their way into schools elsewhere, too.

[TripletDaddy]

haha. texas is a really stupid place.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Way to go, Texas.

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-t...history-2015-7

If you're black and trying to decide whether to live in Texas or California, I think it's important to pay attention to whether they mention Moses in history class as opposed to whether the state government is spending billions of dollars to build a train to Bakersfield, California. Also, maybe you should look at the poverty rates in general and for your ethnic group.

I know it's a real Sophie's Choice here. Do you expose your kids to that Moses discussion, or do you go to the state that wastes tens of billions on vanity projects and where your ethnic group has a 50% higher chance of living in poverty?

White, non-Hispanic SPM Rate, 2010-13 Black, non-Hispanic SPM Rate, 2010-13 Hispanic SPM Rate, 2010-13 Asian SPM Rate,2010-13
California 14.8% 30.1% 33.7% 17.9%
Texas 9.7% 19.9% 22.7% 14.1%
National Average 10.8% 24.7% 27.7% 17.1%

https://www.census.gov/content/dam/C...mo/p60-251.pdf

It's hilarious how morons are distracted by this kind of shit.

[Jeff Lebowski]

If you're black and trying to decide whether to live in Texas or California, I think it's important to pay attention to whether they mention Moses in history class as opposed to whether the state government is spending billions of dollars to build a train to Bakersfield, California. Also, maybe you should look at the poverty rates in general and for your ethnic group.

I know it's a real Sophie's Choice here. Do you expose your kids to that Moses discussion, or do you go to the state that wastes tens of billions on vanity projects and where your ethnic group has a 50% higher chance of living in poverty?

White, non-Hispanic SPM Rate, 2010-13 Black, non-Hispanic SPM Rate, 2010-13 Hispanic SPM Rate, 2010-13 Asian SPM Rate,2010-13
California 14.8% 30.1% 33.7% 17.9%
Texas 9.7% 19.9% 22.7% 14.1%
National Average 10.8% 24.7% 27.7% 17.1%

https://www.census.gov/content/dam/C...mo/p60-251.pdf

It's hilarious how morons are distracted by this kind of shit.

Quips CMBF, without a hint of irony.

[Uncle Ted]

Way to go, Texas.

It is alarming that 150 years after the Civil War's end children are learning that slavery was, as one Texas board of education member put it in 2010, "a side issue."

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-t...history-2015-7

I am not sure what the context of this is but slavery was actually, in fact, more of a secondary issue for causing the civil war. The chief issues were economic issues and states' rights. Most people believe the civil war was totally over the moral issue of slavery.

See, for example:

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/..._civil_war.htm

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetect...the-civil-war/

This Fall, Texas schools will teach students that Moses played a bigger role in inspiring the Constitution...

What the fuck?