Colbert on the Texas School Board's Decision to Rewrite History
On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen discussed the Texas State Board of Education's recent decision to amend history text-books to correct what they perceived as liberal bias. The changes include criticisms of LBJ's Great Society, a defense of McCarthyism, and perhaps most controversial, a chapter about this one time when George Washington said having sex with members of the Texas Board of Education makes you fart diamonds.
The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm / 10:30c.
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Wait. History is written by the losers now?
http://deadstarlet.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/history-is-written-by-the-losers/
@parvin
The history of the US is full of examples of religion interfering with politics: kidnap, rape, genocide, scalpings, witch hunts, mob lynchings, bombings, Zionists, war in Iraq, we got it all. I'd tell you to read about the firsthand experiences of Native Americans and blacks, but those are the parts of US history Texas wants to separate from US history books.
I hope people in Texas object this backward policy.
The greatest part of having first generation Americans, such as yourself, in our society is the unreasonable optimism that you bring. Welcome.
I am Iran American and I experience firsthand not having the separation of state and religion did to my country. Having religion interfere with politic is recipe for disaster. History of the world can give you lots of example of that. I hope people in Texas object this backward policy and correct that
