We get that you vehemently disagree with him in several areas, and most of us don’t care. Maybe you should move to the USA so you can vote for the other guy next time, huh?

Way to miss the point, mate.

I was responding to somebody else – #3. Jason B. – who was accusing me of being pro-Obama & pointing out that I wasn’t. I also raised the irrelevance of Obama’s past misdeeds myself so gee isn’t it nice to get you slamming me for that

No, he wasn’t. He was saying that the alleged witchdcraft was of perhaps less significance than some other stuff, such as the alleged cocaine use that Obama allegedly admitted (! ). Allegedly.

So, you didn’t mention drug use at all, and Jason B never mentioned NASA. (Or so it is alleged.)

Now, in the last sentence of your comment, you did make a real and sensible point (that those various past misdemeanours are irrelevant to the current situation), and I agree with that.

But the middle paragraph of your comment contributed nothing to that point – it was just your habitual anti-Obama rant (albeit shorter than usual), and that is what I objected to in this thread.

In a school board, you may be influencing the person who will become President in thirty years, or someone else of great influence, and that expands your reach much further than you might realize.

Agreed!

And, even more importantly, you will be influencing the voters of the future.

Mmm, yes, as opposed to his predecessor, from the educationally-advanced state of…Texas. http://www.newsbleat.com/bush_kiss.jpg

@58. Nigel Depledge Says:

Enough, already. Quit threadjkacking with your anti-Obama whingeing. This has nothing to do with the Texas State BoE.

Way to miss the point, mate.

I was responding to somebody else – #3. Jason B. – who was accusing me of being pro-Obama & pointing out that I wasn’t. I also raised the irrelevance of Obama’s past misdeeds myself so gee isn’t it nice to get you slamming me for that?

@61. The Chemist Says:

@MTU #5, I’m sorry, Obama’s pro-Muslim because he doesn’t feel like they should be wiped from the face of the Earth?

There is *far* more to Obama’s blatant pro-islam bias than just that – as you should be well know.

The Muslim-fathered, Indonesian-raised President Barack Hussein Obama has bowed’n'scraped and kow-towed far too much to the Arab dictators. BHO has consistently been far too weak on the Muslim world, esp. Iran, and far too harsh on the one oasis of civilisation in a region that is otherwise a wasteland of barbarism & oppression – the Jewish nation of Israel.

Its a whole other topic or twenty & I could expand on this at great length here but I won’t.

I’ll just note that NO US President – not even the much maligned George W. Bush – has *ever* advocated “wiping the Muslims off the face of the earth” so your suggestion implying Obama is the only one to hold that view is not merely spectacularly ridiculous but is an offensive slander as well.

And anti-Israel? Gimmee a break. With the most right-wing Knesset in recent memory, it’s impossible to be reasonable and agree with them at the same time.

Really?

I could say so very much to put the opposite case here. Don’t tempt me. This is probaby – no, definitely – not the right venue for a long and detailed full discussion & outlining of all the facts & the whole case for Israel* here.

Suffice to say, you are totally in error. Israel is & has been throughout its history far more reasonable with the Arabs, incl,. the Palestinians, than they deserve.

Israel has repeatedly egaged in peace talks, handed back land painfully and expensively won in its battles for survival and has shown a rather staggering willingness to compromise with individual Muslim dictators and even terrorists groups who are determined to exterminate them and wipe the Jews off the map and into the sea. Israel gave the Palestinians back Gaza and large parts of Judea and Samaria (the “West bank”) and got back in retrun only Hamas rockets and Jihadist hatred day in and day out. The Israelis are tring to defend themselves against the genocide threatened by the Islamic world. They have a right to exist and a right to defend themmselves – period.

Obama is making life needlessly harder for them when he should be following the traditional and entirely ethical and well-justified policy of US support for the Jewish state against its bloodthirsty, anti-Semitic, murderous enemies.

Why exactly, The Chemist, may I ask & get a brief answer please, do you seemingly support the side of those wishing to exterminate Israel and engage in another anti-Semitic genocide? What would *you* do in Israel’s shoes, faced with enemies who refuse to make peace and keep attacking you with unparalleled savagery throughout your entire existence?

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* The Case for Israel’ btw. is the title of a book by Alan Derschowitz (John Wley & Sons, 2003.) that I’d recommend anyone interested in this topic reads.

That’s the “second-best” joke I’ve heard all week.

If Texans are still where they were when last I lived there, then they’re mostly carnivores. Lots of barbecues, ya know.

,,,ah, barbecues, the only major saving grace of Texas.

It’s too bad big brains still have to be trained. On the other hand, genetic memory(like the Goa’uld) would end up with only sociopaths getting to reproduce,,,oh, wait, we already HAVE that problem,,,and they’re sitting on the Texas board of education.

Oh no, the parasites are winning.

Gary 7

CONSERVATIVES….RUIN….EVERYTHING….!!!

It is also where the hope for the future is born and nurtured, so the payoff can be much bigger than you might think. I mean, the President has a lot of power and all, but he’s gone in 8 years or less. In a school board, you may be influencing the person who will become President in thirty years, or someone else of great influence, and that expands your reach much further than you might realize.

So take the time to get to know the candidates. In a school district election, you can probably even phone them up and talk to them directly, which is something you don’t get in a big Senate race or gubernatorial race. And then go to the polls and vote your conscience.

There are no school board posts up for reelection in my district this year. But there is a bond referendum, and I always participate in those elections. It’s too important not to.

She doesn’t answer emails, even politely worded, brief ones. At least, not when the author disagrees with her views on curriculum.

Why get so excited about it all? What’s the worst that could happen? One of your states becomes technically, economically or politically backward. Their people become consequently disadvantaged, poorer, more bigoted? Other states by comparison will do better, there’ll be a tendency for cleverer and more enlightened folk to leave Texas – thus enriching the other states and plunging Texas into an even deeper spiral of decrepitude. You’ve got 50 states, you can surely afford for one of ‘em to go down the pan.

You forget the United States founding fathers were Christian not Islamic.

Like Thomas Jefferson who rejected the Trinity, rejected the divinity of Yeshua of Nazareth, rejected the miracle tales in the scriptures. Like John Adams who, in his post presidency correspondence with Jefferson agree with him on the subject of religion. Like George Washington who declined to take Communion after Episcopal church services. Like James Madison who wrote that he saw little positive in religion in general and Christianity in particular.

Re JasonB @ #3

Of course, Mr. JasonB is in no way perturbed by the use of cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol by President Obamas’ immediate predecessor. George W. Bushs’ alcohol abuse was so extreme that his wife, Laura, threatened to leave him if he didn’t go on the wagon.

I’m sorry, Obama’s pro-Muslim because he doesn’t feel like they should be wiped from the face of the Earth?

And anti-Israel? Gimmee a break. With the most right-wing Knesset in recent memory, it’s impossible to be reasonable and agree with them at the same time.

You forget the United States founding fathers were Christian not Islamic.

You forget that that’s irrelevant.

The founding fathers were also English (for the most part), so does that mean the USA should all be Church of England? No, of course it doesn’t.

#physicsfail. That’s like saying it’s possible to travel faster than light.

I am absolutely disgusted, and feel totally betrayed by Obama’s NASA (esp. human spaceflight) policy which I think utterly stinks & I have said so here strongly many times before. I’ve also criticised some of Obama’s other terrible policies here too incl, his evident pro-Muslim anti-Israeli bias.

Enough, already. Quit threadjkacking with your anti-Obama whingeing. This has nothing to do with the Texas State BoE.