Thursday, February 19, 2015

Republicans in Oklahoma Seek to Replace History Classes with GOP Speeches, Ten Commandments

http://thedailybanter.com/2015/02/republicans-oklahoma-seek-replace-history-classes-gop-speeches-ten-commandments/
"George Carlin once said that it’s “selfish, ignorant citizens” who give us “selfish, ignorant leaders,” and it’s the dumb leaders who can be easily puppeteered. This year, we’re looking at two Republican presidential candidates with shaky educations. Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) never graduated from college, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) lied about having graduated from Baylor. Six years ago, we watched in bemused horror as the GOP nominated a vice presidential candidate who couldn’t describe the vice president’s constitutional duties. We won’t even go into the previous chief executive except to note that when he was asked about Native American tribal sovereignty and the relationship with the federal government, he responded, “Tribal sovereignty means just that. It’s sovereign. You’re a — you’re a — you’ve been given sovereignty and you’re viewed as a sovereign entity.” Doofus citizens won’t notice crap like that, so let’s make more. And if we can pan-sear Bush 43 speeches, Ronald Reagan speeches and theocratic dogma into the heads of impressionable children at the same time, bonus!"