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08-19-2014, 02:59 PM
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Republicans and US History
http://www.latimes.com/business/hilt...19-column.html
I guess anything that besmirches their candy coated version of the Gilded Age is a call to arms. "Republicans throw a conniption over the teaching of U.S. history" "As students prepare to return to school in the next few weeks, there's no better time for a conservative freakout over education. The issue of the moment is a new outline, or "framework," issued by the College Board for advanced placement classes in U.S. history. The framework is here. According to a resolution passed at the recent summer meeting of the Republican National Committee meeting in Chicago, it "reflects a radically revisionist view of American history that emphasizes negative aspects." The RNC calls the framework, which is to be implemented for some 500,000 AP history students this fall, "biased and inaccurate." Wartime experiences, such as the internment of Japanese Americans...and the decision to drop the atomic bomb raised questions about American values.- College Boards' instructional framework for AP US history classes The RNC calls for Congress to de-fund the College Board, an independent body, until the course material can be "rewritten...to accurately reflect U.S. history without a political bias."" Michael Hiltzik LATimes 
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#2
08-19-2014, 04:50 PM
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No, they want US history to reflect THEIR political bias. Which is to say they want to fill it up with fairytales about saintly Founders who unanimously agreed on every issue, blacks that were thrilled to be slaves, Indians that didn't really like living in Georgia anyways and coal miners that were damn proud to work in a dangerous hole in the ground for shitty pay in the form of company script and a cot in the company barracks.
The GOP can stick it's version of American history and its brainwashed content up their fat butts. Dave
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"When the lie is so big and the fog so thick, the Republican trick can play out again....."-------Frank Zappa
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08-20-2014, 01:18 PM
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To reiterate;
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"When the lie is so big and the fog so thick, the Republican trick can play out again....."-------Frank Zappa
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08-20-2014, 01:36 PM
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08-20-2014, 01:48 PM
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Pretty sure WWII was not part of the period in our history known as The Gilded Age.
The history I learned from grade through high school contained a lot of myth.
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08-20-2014, 01:53 PM
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08-20-2014, 04:09 PM
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"We have met the enemy and he is us." Last edited by nailer; 08-20-2014 at 04:15 PM.
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08-20-2014, 02:21 PM
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You didn't follow the Texas School Board shenanigans a few years back? Dave
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"When the lie is so big and the fog so thick, the Republican trick can play out again....."-------Frank Zappa
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08-20-2014, 04:11 PM
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"We have met the enemy and he is us." Last edited by nailer; 08-20-2014 at 04:14 PM.
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