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raouldukelives

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74. You want them just smart enough to push the pedal

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 08:24 PM

Jul 2012

and get the corporate treat. Any questioning of what they are pushing the pedal for or what after-effects it will leave on the planet are far above any concern they should have. Only leads to trouble like being aware of your culpability in destroying lives, killing people & ecosystems and raging against the eternal struggle of humankind to be free.

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The most frightening sentence this side of a Stephen King novel [View all] NNN0LHI Jul 2012 OP

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i used to live cindyperry2010 Jul 2012 #26

Welcome to Kentucky. Been here all my life. :-( nt Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #46

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I used to live in Texas, too, Blue_In_AK Jul 2012 #73

i know i was like cindyperry2010 Jul 2012 #81

I no longer live in Texas, chervilant Jul 2012 #72

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Makes for good little republicans. n/t wandy Jul 2012 #2

But, yanno, as long as they can keep importing doctors from India and nurses from the Phillipines... Systematic Chaos Jul 2012 #3

They do not want their children smarter than they are Angry Dragon Jul 2012 #4

Gimme that ole time religion, it's good enuff for me! ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2012 #5

My fanatically religious mother always says to me "You know too much." NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #6

My former mother in law told me JNelson6563 Jul 2012 #7

I'm glad to see the 'former' DiverDave Jul 2012 #11

LOL! Giggling (more like cackling here). I've heard almost the same, but coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #34

They take pride in begging forgiveness for doubting their faith. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #8

Cool! DiverDave Jul 2012 #14

That was amazing! LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #18

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Yeah Thats Him, you caught that, ... CRH Jul 2012 #98

Yes indeed! Beartracks Jul 2012 #99

any chance you can share a link to this? Dan Jul 2012 #51

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Right click on the image. silverweb Jul 2012 #67

Funny thing..my family said same thing. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #31

My Fundamentalist mother tells me that I'm too intelligent for my own good. And slyly remarks that 1monster Jul 2012 #40

good thing this idiocy will never be implemented..... madrchsod Jul 2012 #9

We're at the dawn of the Neoinquisitionists. nt valerief Jul 2012 #10

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I actually thought of it myself, but after I did a search on it, I found it all over the web. Ha! nt valerief Jul 2012 #82

sounds like Texass ThomThom Jul 2012 #12

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the ministers know the truth lambiepie Jul 2012 #59

They don't believe in Evolution dgibby Jul 2012 #63

This is what the Republicans think; the Texans were just stupid enough to actually say it. Chemisse Jul 2012 #15

This could produce more people stating at trial, "It was God's wil/plan/misdirection huh 2on2u Jul 2012 #16

Just wow LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #17

"fixed belief" is a euphemism for religion. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #43

Soo true!! Mental flexibility NOT allowed!! n/t hue Jul 2012 #50

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re:The most frightening sentence this side of a Stephen King novel allan01 Jul 2012 #19

these trivialities are not their concern! Forcing women to deliver babies after rape or at risk hue Jul 2012 #24

A thinking serf is an uppity serf. hobbit709 Jul 2012 #20

What happens when the parents are gone? Renew Deal Jul 2012 #21

and I think this is the foundation for mental illness-->no introspection or humility & ability to hue Jul 2012 #23

You can bet that while the Texas pols. are tossing out this crap they've got their fingers in the xtraxritical Jul 2012 #85

I'm planning to throw this in the face of Republicans the next time a bond issue brewens Jul 2012 #25

And this is where school textbooks come from! BlueToTheBone Jul 2012 #27

Don't they come from the Texas School Book Depository? Cooley Hurd Jul 2012 #28

Repository. Yes. BlueToTheBone Jul 2012 #41

oh... gasp... handmade34 Jul 2012 #29

Of course people who cannot think critically CanonRay Jul 2012 #30

And some people who CAN think critically.... bvar22 Jul 2012 #48

You want them just smart enough to push the pedal raouldukelives Jul 2012 #74

Uneducated, illiterate people Stainless Jul 2012 #32

Unbelievable. I saw it on Colbert too. Nine Jul 2012 #33

I became an Atheist Stainless Jul 2012 #36

So there you have it - the Texas Republican party officially opposes critical thinking. Initech Jul 2012 #37

"Undermining Parental Authority" = Undermining Authoritarian Religion. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #38

Too Late! bvar22 Jul 2012 #39

I teach history at a small college in Texas Historyprof77132 Jul 2012 #42

seeing how my kids have gone thru the texas education program in a very red environment, i will say, seabeyond Jul 2012 #44

"Although it is not true that all xxqqqzme Jul 2012 #49

I'm a utilitarian at heart, the most good for the most people. xtraxritical Jul 2012 #86

Shrubs weapon against Bin Laden orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #52

One of my very best friends has moved from Texas...... PDJane Jul 2012 #53

It must be hard for intelligent caring people orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #54

These dogmatists are true flat-earthers,but the entire US public education model's rehashed Prussian stockholmer Jul 2012 #55

I think it in large part has to do with the teacher doing the teaching. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #65

Funny, I can't find a link to the platform that works. Live and Learn Jul 2012 #56

translation Skittles Jul 2012 #57

I think it is really: Thinking people with ethics won't support us. Live and Learn Jul 2012 #58

Gotta keep the masses dumb... YoungDemCA Jul 2012 #64

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Guess whose kids aren't going to medical school. McCamy Taylor Jul 2012 #68

On the plus side, what soccer mom wants to be associated with the "dumb" party? McCamy Taylor Jul 2012 #69

It's even more frightening in the original German. TahitiNut Jul 2012 #70

Christian Taliban BlueinOhio Jul 2012 #71

Good post Tsiyu Jul 2012 #88

SBC BlueinOhio Jul 2012 #92

He actually told you that? Tsiyu Jul 2012 #95

Texas...hahahahahahahaa RagAss Jul 2012 #75

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....in the history of mankind ! RagAss Jul 2012 #79

I can't help but think of the Thomas Jefferson quote... lastlib Jul 2012 #80

A Parable BlueinOhio Jul 2012 #87

If they want their kids to be ignorant, they can teach that at home. DirkGently Jul 2012 #89

Home schooled BlueinOhio Jul 2012 #93

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My EGO 12ZTR Jul 2012 #91

conform or die n/t librechik Jul 2012 #96

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