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cbayer

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20. Wow, that's a scary article.
Wed May 23, 2012, 06:51 PM
May 2012

Cynthia Dunbar is a particularly frightening character. Thankfully, it appears that she is no longer on the board (neither is McLeroy). Did Texas voters wise up or did they replace these two with similar people?

Interesting side note. The Texas Board is officially called "Texas Educations Agency" or TEA for short.



I would be most interested in seeing the move.

would like to see it lunasun May 2012 #1
It's playing at SIFF this week. HeiressofBickworth May 2012 #2
And that's why I often vote in GOP primaries. tanyev May 2012 #3
My mom did that until last year. daaron May 2012 #24
Another example of the enabling religious posters pretend does not exist dmallind May 2012 #4
It is probably not a majority... rexcat May 2012 #5
Some of us, myself included, have a slightly different take on the situation than you. humblebum May 2012 #6
Oh do tell me how politically influential atheists are working to make dmallind May 2012 #7
So then it's OK to openly ridicule certain views held by some atheists humblebum May 2012 #8
Ridicule all you want..or try to skepticscott May 2012 #10
Here comes the red herring again. humblebum May 2012 #11
You keep using that phrase. Goblinmonger May 2012 #12
Then I would suggest that you explain, because it certainly fits what I see going on, humblebum May 2012 #13
Why debate with morons? Ridicule is far more "sound" dmallind May 2012 #15
Fail on all counts...typical skepticscott May 2012 #17
At least I'm glad to see that you realize your habit of red herrings. humblebum May 2012 #21
More fail skepticscott May 2012 #27
Always spinning and avoiding aren't you? humblebum May 2012 #29
Feel free pally - and if you think ridicule is the ONLY defense against a 6000 yr old earth dmallind May 2012 #14
Where was I defending the 6000 year idea? I wasn't nor humblebum May 2012 #16
Only the opinion of someone skepticscott May 2012 #18
The intellectual bankruptcy of that position skepticscott May 2012 #19
It's one thing to defend Christianity from over-generalization. daaron May 2012 #22
It sure didn't take you long to figure out humblebum's schtick! laconicsax May 2012 #23
Thanks, I'm a quick study, daaron May 2012 #25
"Where in the post did it say atheists were rewriting history?" I give up. Where?nt humblebum May 2012 #26
Yes, this is a huge problem. trotsky May 2012 #9
Wow, that's a scary article. cbayer May 2012 #20
Here's an article from 2010 post-election. tanyev May 2012 #28
Sounds like progress. Keep up the good work. cbayer May 2012 #30
Well done, sane Texans! nt daaron May 2012 #33
I'm going to take this opportunity to recommend Katherine Stewart's book again: Rob H. May 2012 #31
It's only a war if both sides are fighting it. This is more like a slaughter or a pogrom. Sirveri May 2012 #32
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