Not to mention it was not part of the original pledge to begin with.
Obama brainwashes students...
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no, he's being sued for:
what educational purpose did his comments serve? A public teachers job is to TEACH the required curriculum, not belittle a student for their chosen religious beliefs. How would it go over if a christian teacher berated an openly gay student for his lifestyle? oh hell..that would be all over national news and pinkos would be calling for that teachers head.
no-one says they can't teach evolution or creationism but the teacher, as a government employee, DOES NOT have the right to belittle a student for his/her beliefs.
You know you're conflating what he was being sued for (which means **** all) and what the judge actually ruled, right?
Also, you know the one remark that the judge found inappropriate? Don't be surprised if it is overturned, because the teacher made the comment about a science teacher at the school who sued because he had to teach actual science instead of creationist tripe.
Also, you know the one remark that the judge found inappropriate? Don't be surprised if it is overturned, because the teacher made the comment about a science teacher at the school who sued because he had to teach actual science instead of creationist tripe.
i think the linguine monster is more powerful.
and don't piss off the tagliatelle monster...
and don't piss off the tagliatelle monster...
who are these false gods you speak of and what sauce do you serve them with?
my son watched the obamafication today and said it was boring and had too many big words. perhaps if the master chief from HALO gave a speech he'd pay attention. but then again, my son doesn't need a politician to tell him to work hard so he can pay off our national debt when he's an adult....that's what i'm here for. 
both of which are faith-based theories.
Lying for Jesus!
Right. One is the faith that gave us quantum mechanics, which in turn made possible the computer you're typing on, and the other is the faith that gave us, uh, um, inner strength.
Try as you might to distort reality, science is never going to be a "faith." It is a method that produces measurable, repeatable results. If you think the results require faith to believe, that's the beauty of the system, you can reproduce the same tests and try to create new results.
Really, by trying to call science faith, you're insulting the important cognitive and metaphysical role that religion plays in peoples lives. It's like saying Christianity should have no greater personal meaning to people than calculus.
That is exactly what I figured a kid would think about the speech: booooooooring.my son watched the obamafication today and said it was boring and had too many big words. perhaps if the master chief from HALO gave a speech he'd pay attention. but then again, my son doesn't need a politician to tell him to work hard so he can pay off our national debt when he's an adult....that's what i'm here for.
No one gave a crap when Reagan did a school speech, no one gave a crap when Bush I did a school speech.
The reason why people noticed Obama's speech is that the right wing is looking for every weak spot in the Obarmor.
There is a slavish loyalty which is rarely discussed in the liberal parts of the country. Let me clue you and everyone else in:
1. Some idiots around the country voted in Bush II. Twice. I think those people destroyed America. No joke either.
2. Many people think Obama is the perfect man for President. Smart, level-headed, an amazing communicator, and most importantly, a minority. Yep, being a minority means to me he sees my side of things better any white person
Even for a white liberal, all the things he/she believes in, Obama has experienced, particularly discrimination.
I'm not against criticizing the President. Yes, I was against bailing out the auto industry without revamping the union contracts. I am concerned that HC Reform will bankrupt the country. And we are still at war.
But attacks of the man, its ridiculous at this point. He has appointed a lot of people but to me, he made only two decisions: 1. to spend stimulus money and 2. increase the troop levels in Afghanistan.
I don't think anyone can criticize those moves, which is why we have birthers/teabaggers/indoctrinations.
This coming from the guy who called ME ignorant the other day....
Damn my faith based book learnin'....
Right now in my office, I am hearing two older, old school republican men talk about how stupid and paranoid it was for people to overreact to Obama speaking to school children.
Color me surprised.
Color me surprised.
Well you are MMike...
Really, why would that surprise you? That every republican or conservative minded person doesn't live up to the portrayal you see on Fox News or read about in the RM PAWN forum?
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Nah...cause they had on their log cabin shirts...
There was politicking after both speeches, which is normal. But there wasn't an uproar with the general populous or the news outlets at the time.
You are now colored? Interesting. Is surprised a color I can hate?
Only if surprised is black. You can hate black. There's even a political party for it these days...
Only if you're Sanjuro, he don't like nobody that ain't Asian!
So? He's like Jews for Jesus...With this honkie as it's Chairman!
Oh, wait...
Oh...right....carry on.
That's the problem with religious people. Even if they won't admit it, it's impossible for them to understand or accept that there are such things as natural facts, laws of physics, scientific truths... because when you believe in magic, all of these things are still malleable.
Indeed. There is just a fundamental ability that they lack.
i love it, cant have a liberal president talk to the class, but we gotta get religion into the curriculum
Jews for Bob Marley? I owe you rep if it was you.
Not all "religious" folks are like that, your statement mostly describes folks on one particular end of the religious spectrum.