Oklahoma Votes Overwhelmingly To Remove AP U. S. History

[SGOS]

Hugh Jackman made me think Oklahoma was a bright, fun happy place full of progressive people...

I was probably about 10 years old when the first musical version played at the theaters.  I went every Saturday afternoon, because the theater was just a block from my house.  My hero was Roy Rogers, and I was excited that I was going to see a cowboy movie, where some bad guy would get gut shot.  The movie started out OK.  Yep, it looked like cowboy country alright, but then it suddenly broke out in a celebration of jubilant singing and dancing.  I was so depressed, I almost cried.  How long would it be until the movie ended?  Maybe some bank robbers would break into the barn dance and shoot the place up.  No such luck.  It was just a bunch of singers and dancers wearing clean "straight from the store" blue jeans and bright colored kerchiefs around their necks.  These weren't even real cowboys like Roy Rogers.  He would never prance around shaking his booty like that.  Didn't these people have any frontier stuff that needed to be done?  Nope, they just want to sing and dance.  The movie could have been called California or Iowa.  It was just a bunch of happy songs that didn't particularly describe Oklahoma as far as I knew.

[stromboli]

I kept waiting for his Wolverine claws to come out and eviscerate the old lady.....

[trdsf]

Not surprised.  The last thing the Repubs need is an electorate that can think; they'll lose all their voters.

[Aletheia]

Amazing how a viral meme influences the mind. Christians in positions of power know they have lost the current generation and are looking for ways of restricting the pathways of younger generations so they have no choice but to be Christian. Of course a history class won't be presented from the Christian perspective. History is supposed to be objective. It's important for children to be taught the good and the bad, especially when referring to their own country. Raising children in a delusion will not produce adults willing and capable of fixing so many of the problems our nation faces.

If this continues for much longer, I fear that Americans will eventually rally against a corrupt government that is financially and morally bankrupt. Everywhere I turn, most Americans are unhappy with the choices made by the government. Yet, these ridiculous laws are passed anyway. I get the feeling that our votes, protests, and punitive legal actions mean nothing. Our nation is slowly becoming an oligarchy - more specifically a plutocracy.

[Hydra009]

Fox News chimed in on this.  It's precious.  They're like the kid in class who crapped his pants and hid it in the desk.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I was probably about 10 years old when the first musical version played at the theaters.  I went every Saturday afternoon, because the theater was just a block from my house.  My hero was Roy Rogers, and I was excited that I was going to see a cowboy movie, where some bad guy would get gut shot.  The movie started out OK.  Yep, it looked like cowboy country alright, but then it suddenly broke out in a celebration of jubilant singing and dancing.  I was so depressed, I almost cried.  How long would it be until the movie ended?  Maybe some bank robbers would break into the barn dance and shoot the place up.  No such luck.  It was just a bunch of singers and dancers wearing clean "straight from the store" blue jeans and bright colored kerchiefs around their necks.  These weren't even real cowboys like Roy Rogers.  He would never prance around shaking his booty like that.  Didn't these people have any frontier stuff that needed to be done?  Nope, they just want to sing and dance.  The movie could have been called California or Iowa.  It was just a bunch of happy songs that didn't particularly describe Oklahoma as far as I knew.

It's probably a good thing you didn't see "Paint Your Wagon" then.

[stromboli]

I liked Paint Your Wagon. When destroying a whole town is part of the plot, not bad. Just skip over the part where Clint Eastwood is talking to the trees.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I liked Paint Your Wagon. When destroying a whole town is part of the plot, not bad. Just skip over the part where Clint Eastwood is talking to the trees.

The singing. The fucking singing. I had to sit through it to get laid and I still almost got up and left.

I got in trouble later for suggesting that the simplest solution to their problem was a king-sized bed.