Walters, a devout Christian, wants his state's taxpaying public to buy copies of the bible being shilled by a convicted felon and a serial adulterer who cheated on all 3 of his vives as well as routinely violating all 7 Deadly Sins.
I am NOT a supporter of Trump. The main reason has nothing to do with his domestic political agenda but has everything to do with his blantant admiration and praise of dictators like Putin, Orbin, and the North Korean guy. Americans need to wake up!!! It does not matter what his policies actually are if he is a DICTATOR!!!!!
I am both morbidly curious and utterly terrified to ask what the hell New Mexico has done to its schools, that they're still somehow worse than Oklahoma's with 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 rancid skidmark in charge of things.
I would buy Japanese raclette cheese before (in the North of Japan there is an actual cheesemaker who learned his trade wirh Swiss cheesemakers living in the US, he also interned in France).
I have an Ole Mathiessen watch that I won at an open house a Bang & Olufsen dealer held for its customers. When I looked it up, I found out it cost over $2,000 and it was the second prize. I still have it almost 30 years later and only replaced the leather band and the batteries. People don't wear watches much anymore. I also have an antique pocket watch that needs to be wound up with a key.
I don’t know what I would do without a watch — it makes me feel nekked. I know, I know…my phone has become yet another appendage for me to use to keep track of time, but still. It’s not a watch. :o)
Wouldn't this technically constitute a highly illegal campaign contribution to Trump? You'd think there'd be someone somewhere in OK that would would be a tad upset that $6M isn't actually going to help education budgets.
Oh, gee, we didn't see THIS coming, did we? Only those of us with a brain and at least one working eye!
This is such a win-win-win for Trump and Walters that it's ridiculous. Trump gets to boast about selling his stupid bibles. He picks up an unambiguous endorsement from Walters, and Walters gets to show off what a Trump sycophant he is, while pushing his Christian agenda on Oklahoma schools.
There's only one problem, and its initials are FFRF!
I would raise a big stink about the use of heretic bibles instead of the only true version (the Jerusalem bible, since I was raised in a Catholic family) and unless they could get a version that ALL christian denom…er…cults could agree on (all 30,000+ of them) that they should not be using that book in any public schools but to leave that to the parents' churches. To do otherwise would be a violation of freedom of religion. To support my argument, I would cite State ex rel. Weiss v. District Board, 76 Wis. 177 (1890), in which the Wisconsin State Supreme Court banned all bible classes from public schools because Catholic parents objected to the use of the heretic King James version instead of the Douay-Rheims version.
In State ex rel Weiss v. District Board 76 Wis. 177 (1890), 3, otherwise known as the Edgerton Bible Case, the judges overruled the circuit court's decision by concluding that it illegally united the functions of church and state (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgerton_Bible_Case).
Yes. The Jerusalem Bible is the best I've seen, though I haven't done an exhaustive survey. Its honest scholarly and objective notes and commentary are a biblical breath of fresh air.
If you are unfamiliar with the Philadelphia Bible Riots (1830s), you can read about it on Wiki. Essentially, civil unrest between Catholics and Prots over the proper way to read the Bible in public schools. Catholics wanted the Bible passage explained whilst Prots wanted it unexplained. At least one person was killed over this.
Oklahoma has some of the worst performing schools in the country. They rank near the bottom in every metric measuring student achievement, and this is the best way they can find to spend six million dollars? I'm beyond sick of the people who see their magic book as the solution to every problem.
Ryan Walters sees it has HIS solution. He buys the bibles with taxpayer dollars which the profits are given to the tRump campaign. In return he gets a Federal job as the head of the Department of Education. Win - win for him. Lose - lose for the taxpayers.
Dare to dream. Ted Cruz is running very scared to Colin Allred. I guarantee you, Allred will carry all the big cities in Texas, I just hope it will be enough.
Note they never say which pledge. How about the original by Frank Bellamy (a Christian Socialist) that doesn't include "under God" as the "real pledge? After all, the bible part is the KJV (the "real" bible).
The pledge is almost certainly the 1954 version... but I'll bet any amount of money I don't have that he pops a stiffy every single time he imagines a classroom full of kids performing the 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 Bellamy salute.
Anything that can be modified to remove the words ‘under God’, whether it be taking an oath in court or taking the Pledge, should be replaced with ‘affirm’ or ‘swear’ or something similar. There’s absolutely no reason why this fictitious sky entity holds so much sway over ever more people’s lives. It’s very scary when you think about it — after all, look at the subject we’re discussing right now…
Good point. The Bellamy salute was taught to school children. Was later modified cause it happened to be the same as what we now call the Nazi salute. Of course, later, Eisenhower inserted the "under god" part. The "in god we trust" nonsense followed and replace the original motto "E pluribus unum". I am old enough to remember both. As an afterthought... I forgot to mention that the "in god we trust" is remarkably similar to the belt buckle motto of Nazi troops "Gott Mit Uns" which basically says the same sentiment.
The Bill of Rights PLUS all the other amendments to the Constitution including the 13th Amendment which abolishes "Involuntary Servitude" are also part of the US Constitution.
Walters must be trying to curry favor for a position in a second fascist presidential administration, because this is going to get him in trouble, one way or another. It seems like this is establishment of a religion by the Oklahoma state government.
The other 12,000 are actually for executing heretical woke teachers by pressing; they're gonna leave 'em in the shrink-wrap just in case they get any blood on them.
Walters wants the Oklahoma state government to make a campaign contribution to Trump. In addition to the bigoted ignorance, he wants to violate campaign finance laws in a novel way.
The bible with the US Constitution in it. The document that was authored by a Deist who supported church-state separation and says there should be neither establishment of religion nor a religious test for public office.
True, and we have commend him for his commitment; to what, I have no idea, but he should definitely be committed to a place where he can do no harm: Bellevue comes to mind. This man definitely has more than a few bats flying around the attic, that’s for sure.
Schools need bible’s he says? Six million can provide a lot of free lunches for hungry students and focus on education and child safety, instead of the Ten Commandments, and overpriced bibles.
I’m still dumbfounded how these people ever get elected?…:)
So strange there's no mention of a high school in his education. One doesn't jump from elementary school/middle school (also not mentioned) straight to college.
Really? Then maybe he was homeschooled. Frankly, based on all his shenanigans and lack of educational knowledge, it almost sounds like he doesn’t know what a curriculum should be in any school. He appears to be making it up as he goes along.
My condolences to the students of Oklahoma, their parents have truly failed them!
Ted Faro gave us buggy self-replicating war robots that consumes biological matter that literally scoured the Earth clean of all life, necessitating the Zero Dawn project to reseed human life on Earth.
Oh, and he deleted the entire repository of human knowledge, because it also contains the information that he was the cause of all life being wiped out on Earth.
Walters, a devout Christian, wants his state's taxpaying public to buy copies of the bible being shilled by a convicted felon and a serial adulterer who cheated on all 3 of his vives as well as routinely violating all 7 Deadly Sins.
Not doing your religion any favors, Walters.
He doesn't care. As long as he gets to push his agenda and promote Trump, he's likely happy as a pig in slop.
And has about as much class.
Pigs are gentle, sensitive and intelligent animals. They have much more class and brains than Trump.
So does slime mold. It's not a high bar.
Slime mold??? That is not an animal.
They still have more class and brains than Trump.
I am NOT a supporter of Trump. The main reason has nothing to do with his domestic political agenda but has everything to do with his blantant admiration and praise of dictators like Putin, Orbin, and the North Korean guy. Americans need to wake up!!! It does not matter what his policies actually are if he is a DICTATOR!!!!!
What class?
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Don't disparage the porcine community.
Agreed!!
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Porcine libel!
Slop? You're too kind.
“A devout Christian”? That I doubt.
Oklahoma is ranked next-to-last in Education (only New Mexico is worse).
Citizens of Oklahoma: You know who to blame.
I am both morbidly curious and utterly terrified to ask what the hell New Mexico has done to its schools, that they're still somehow worse than Oklahoma's with 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 rancid skidmark in charge of things.
New Mexico has grinding poverty and the schools there are drastically underfunded. Oil rich Oklahoma otoh has no excuse.
Oklahoma has spent the last 20 years proving oil is no basis for an economy.
New Mexico has a large population of Native Americans, underfunding of services for Native Americans has gone on the the US ever since its founding.
You want golden sneakers with that?
And an ugly watch.
"Swiss-made movement" with parts made in China. You know. The guys Trump says he's against and wants to slap tariffs on.
(The very same anti-immigrant guy who hires immigrants to work at his properties so he doesn't have to pay them decent wages and benefits)
I would buy Japanese raclette cheese before (in the North of Japan there is an actual cheesemaker who learned his trade wirh Swiss cheesemakers living in the US, he also interned in France).
As far as watches go? I'd choose Mickey Mouse any day.
I have an Ole Mathiessen watch that I won at an open house a Bang & Olufsen dealer held for its customers. When I looked it up, I found out it cost over $2,000 and it was the second prize. I still have it almost 30 years later and only replaced the leather band and the batteries. People don't wear watches much anymore. I also have an antique pocket watch that needs to be wound up with a key.
I don’t know what I would do without a watch — it makes me feel nekked. I know, I know…my phone has become yet another appendage for me to use to keep track of time, but still. It’s not a watch. :o)
I found several years ago a Mickey Mouse watch I had gotten about 7 or 8. It was still working more than 30 years later.
A Rolex knock-off looking one at that!
Bibles are $3 each from China. Sold at $60.
Wouldn't this technically constitute a highly illegal campaign contribution to Trump? You'd think there'd be someone somewhere in OK that would would be a tad upset that $6M isn't actually going to help education budgets.
Technically no. The money wouldn't go to the campaign but the company selling the watches. ... different legal entities.
OK conservatives, you whine about schools grooming kids. Here's an example.
He should really have them buy the foreskin of Jesus.
Many colors, many sizes, many shapes.
Rub it and it becomes a wallet....
Rub it more and it becomes a briefcase.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Oh, gee, we didn't see THIS coming, did we? Only those of us with a brain and at least one working eye!
This is such a win-win-win for Trump and Walters that it's ridiculous. Trump gets to boast about selling his stupid bibles. He picks up an unambiguous endorsement from Walters, and Walters gets to show off what a Trump sycophant he is, while pushing his Christian agenda on Oklahoma schools.
There's only one problem, and its initials are FFRF!
I would raise a big stink about the use of heretic bibles instead of the only true version (the Jerusalem bible, since I was raised in a Catholic family) and unless they could get a version that ALL christian denom…er…cults could agree on (all 30,000+ of them) that they should not be using that book in any public schools but to leave that to the parents' churches. To do otherwise would be a violation of freedom of religion. To support my argument, I would cite State ex rel. Weiss v. District Board, 76 Wis. 177 (1890), in which the Wisconsin State Supreme Court banned all bible classes from public schools because Catholic parents objected to the use of the heretic King James version instead of the Douay-Rheims version.
In State ex rel Weiss v. District Board 76 Wis. 177 (1890), 3, otherwise known as the Edgerton Bible Case, the judges overruled the circuit court's decision by concluding that it illegally united the functions of church and state (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgerton_Bible_Case).
Good point
Yes. The Jerusalem Bible is the best I've seen, though I haven't done an exhaustive survey. Its honest scholarly and objective notes and commentary are a biblical breath of fresh air.
If you are unfamiliar with the Philadelphia Bible Riots (1830s), you can read about it on Wiki. Essentially, civil unrest between Catholics and Prots over the proper way to read the Bible in public schools. Catholics wanted the Bible passage explained whilst Prots wanted it unexplained. At least one person was killed over this.
Oklahoma has some of the worst performing schools in the country. They rank near the bottom in every metric measuring student achievement, and this is the best way they can find to spend six million dollars? I'm beyond sick of the people who see their magic book as the solution to every problem.
Ryan Walters sees it has HIS solution. He buys the bibles with taxpayer dollars which the profits are given to the tRump campaign. In return he gets a Federal job as the head of the Department of Education. Win - win for him. Lose - lose for the taxpayers.
+++ Trump isn't going to get a second Presidency, and even Oklahoma Republicans are getting fed up with Walters.
I'll admit I'd love to see Donnie's face if Harris were to win Texas. Hell Gregg's too.
Don't think it will happen, but it's a nice dream.
Dare to dream. Ted Cruz is running very scared to Colin Allred. I guarantee you, Allred will carry all the big cities in Texas, I just hope it will be enough.
It's awful. His campaign is just hammering the transphobia button with his commercials. Trump, too; it seems they think that's the only winning play.
It isn't as if Cruz has any accomplishments he can point to.
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Ryan Walters and his hatred of LGBTQs is responsible for the death of Nex Benedict. Never forget.
To Walters himself: You stink, murderer. Be glad your cloud spook doesn't exist. You'd roast for eternity.
Bible
Pledge of Allegiance
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Constitution
U.S. Bill of Rights
One of these things is not like the others. One of these things does not belong.
Btw, someone needs to tell Dumbshit (Walters) that the Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution.
Note they never say which pledge. How about the original by Frank Bellamy (a Christian Socialist) that doesn't include "under God" as the "real pledge? After all, the bible part is the KJV (the "real" bible).
The pledge is almost certainly the 1954 version... but I'll bet any amount of money I don't have that he pops a stiffy every single time he imagines a classroom full of kids performing the 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 Bellamy salute.
The only time that happens without a little blue pill is when he hears a trans student has been beaten to death in one of his schools.
Anything that can be modified to remove the words ‘under God’, whether it be taking an oath in court or taking the Pledge, should be replaced with ‘affirm’ or ‘swear’ or something similar. There’s absolutely no reason why this fictitious sky entity holds so much sway over ever more people’s lives. It’s very scary when you think about it — after all, look at the subject we’re discussing right now…
I kind of like treating it like when kids have an imaginary friend.
Good point. The Bellamy salute was taught to school children. Was later modified cause it happened to be the same as what we now call the Nazi salute. Of course, later, Eisenhower inserted the "under god" part. The "in god we trust" nonsense followed and replace the original motto "E pluribus unum". I am old enough to remember both. As an afterthought... I forgot to mention that the "in god we trust" is remarkably similar to the belt buckle motto of Nazi troops "Gott Mit Uns" which basically says the same sentiment.
The Bill of Rights PLUS all the other amendments to the Constitution including the 13th Amendment which abolishes "Involuntary Servitude" are also part of the US Constitution.
Walters must be trying to curry favor for a position in a second fascist presidential administration, because this is going to get him in trouble, one way or another. It seems like this is establishment of a religion by the Oklahoma state government.
55,000 bibles for 43,000 teachers. Something tells me Walters may be a product of his own education system...
The other 12,000 are actually for executing heretical woke teachers by pressing; they're gonna leave 'em in the shrink-wrap just in case they get any blood on them.
I wouldn’t put it past them.
Walters wants the Oklahoma state government to make a campaign contribution to Trump. In addition to the bigoted ignorance, he wants to violate campaign finance laws in a novel way.
I'm sure a few bucks' worth of every purchase would find its way into Walters' back pocket somehow, as brazen as the rest of this corruption is.
The bible with the US Constitution in it. The document that was authored by a Deist who supported church-state separation and says there should be neither establishment of religion nor a religious test for public office.
Did you flunk Civics in high school, Walters?
I'm not sure he *went* to high school.
He was home schooled, and was top of the class during his time doing Christian conversion therapy. This tells you everything you need to know…:)
He's just gotta check every single box on the Christian Bigot Bingo card, doesn't he?
True, and we have commend him for his commitment; to what, I have no idea, but he should definitely be committed to a place where he can do no harm: Bellevue comes to mind. This man definitely has more than a few bats flying around the attic, that’s for sure.
Schools need bible’s he says? Six million can provide a lot of free lunches for hungry students and focus on education and child safety, instead of the Ten Commandments, and overpriced bibles.
I’m still dumbfounded how these people ever get elected?…:)
French word du jour : Lèche-cul.
Well said…:)
No mention of where he went to high school. He attended Harding University (private Christian college).
Get this: After Harding U, he returned to where he grew up (McAlester) to teach at McAlester High.
I was joking about being home schooled, but it definitely rings true, or could!….:)
So strange there's no mention of a high school in his education. One doesn't jump from elementary school/middle school (also not mentioned) straight to college.
Really? Then maybe he was homeschooled. Frankly, based on all his shenanigans and lack of educational knowledge, it almost sounds like he doesn’t know what a curriculum should be in any school. He appears to be making it up as he goes along.
My condolences to the students of Oklahoma, their parents have truly failed them!
He obviously slept thru it.
BWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!
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Hamlet 3:4
For 'tis the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petard;
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Leon Mush. Claims to be Tony Stark, is actually Ted Faro.
Tony Stark gave us an ARC reactor. Musk gave us a vehicle that looks like it belongs in a fascist dystopia. Edit: in Bizzaro world.
And if he hates Downtown SF so much, why doesn't he use his lunch money and buy those people apartments.
Ted Faro gave us buggy self-replicating war robots that consumes biological matter that literally scoured the Earth clean of all life, necessitating the Zero Dawn project to reseed human life on Earth.
Oh, and he deleted the entire repository of human knowledge, because it also contains the information that he was the cause of all life being wiped out on Earth.
Tony Stark is an inventor. Musk just claims credit for other people's work. He's more like Thomas Edison.
EDIT to correct big boo boo.
Muskrat couldn't even build an ass-wiping machine in a cave, with a box of scraps. We can tell because he's still so full of shit.
That is fucking hilarious!!