NY STATE HISTORY QUESTION BLASTS IRAQ WAR

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Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:08 p.m. EDT
NY State American History Test Slams the Bushes

NewsMax.com's Fr. Michael Reilly uncovers anti-Bush bias in New York State's final exams.

New York State's educrats never miss an opportunity to slam conservatives while promoting their own leftist agenda and the state's American History Regents exam administered to high school juniors throughout the state yesterday is no exception.

The annual Watergate question this year yielded to a question impugning President George H. W. Bush's motives in the First Gulf War.

Question 41 reads as follows:

"In 1991, one of the reasons President George H. W. Bush committed United States troops to the Persian Gulf War was to

"(1) maintain the flow of trade through the Suez Canal

"(2) fulfill military obligations as a member of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

"(3) contain the spread of communism in the Middle East

"(4) assure the flow of Middle East oil to the United States and its allies"


The liberation of Kuwait from Saddam Hussein's invading army was not one of the choices.


And while they were at it, they took a cheap shot at President George W. Bush in Question 4:

"A major criticism of the electoral college system has been that

"(1) party loyalty is weakened after a presidential election

"(2) electors frequently fail to vote for a candidate

"(3) members of the electoral college are appointed for life terms

"(4) a president may be elected without receiving the majority of the popular vote"

While Bill Clinton fell short of a majority of the popular vote in 1992 and in 1996, you can be sure that Albany's educrats were talking about Bush in 2000.


these people control your kids education. govt schools must be ended.

[GalvestonDuck]

I wouldn't consider the second one a cheap shot at W. For some people, that IS a major criticism of the electoral college. Didn't I hear right shortly after Reagan passed away -- he was the last President to receive a majority of the vote? So, even 41 and Clinton got less than half, but still the most, votes.

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but thats how they indoctrinate kids. they teach it was a war for oil. liberal control of govt schools is an anti-christian disaster in my opinion.

[GalvestonDuck]

I agree on the first one.

[opera ghost]

So woudl you rather they teach that it was a war against the infidels? Perhaps that god will be coming to punish those who don't worship at the altar of Bush?

Funny, I promised myself I woudln't hop back into the OT board.. but attacking Schools?!?? Attacking teachers- some of the hardest working and most unappreciated workers? Come on. They're not secular devils who are out to tourture the christian out of all of thier students.

Oh and last time I checked- school districts have control of start and end times for schools.

It's not a conspiracy...

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they do it a little at a time. kids are growing up knowing it was a war for oil thanks to liberal indoctrination

[opera ghost]

Sorry- I replied to the wrong thread. I will move my reply over there

[Lindaloo]

Some of them are so left wing it shows in the classroom. I want my children taught to have minds of their own not what some left wing liberal teacher wants them to think.

[GalvestonDuck]

WELCOME BACK TO OFF-TOPIC, OG!

Seriously, glad to see another well-spoken, educated voice of liberalism here to join with Stephanie and crew in the lefty side of the debates.

I was beginning to get worried when Helen kept spouting off pessimistic conservatism. Not good...not good.

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I had plenty of Republican teachers growing up in public school.

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Sorry- I replied to the wrong thread. I will move my reply over there

all the bill has to say is to get the money keep the schools open. parents will demand that, at least alot of them

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not all teachers are left wing, but the NEA is a far lefties organization with a major say in what is taught. and a secualr agenda is being forced on schools by liberals through the courts

[Guest]

not all teachers are left wing, but the NEA is a far lefties organization with a major say in what is taught. and a secualr agenda is being forced on schools by liberals through the courts

What would you suggest?

A religious agenda?

[opera ghost]

not all teachers are left wing, but the NEA is a far lefties organization with a major say in what is taught. and a secualr agenda is being forced on schools by liberals through the courts

What would you suggest?

A religious agenda?

I'm going to have to second this question zwyts.

Religious education is the right and responsibility of parents. If you want your children to have a religious education- there are a number of religious private schools that are available.

Public education is for the masses, and should be secular. Private education takes education a step further and caters to some need for the family or child. My husband was educated in a private school for very gifted children and came out of it with the associated perks- he was far far ahead of his classmates when he returned to mainstream education. Putting children into religious schools gives them the extra bonus of having thier education tailored to a certain religion's beliefs.

Think of public education as vanilla ice cream. Religious private schools are rocky road, and the private school that my husband went to is mint chocolate chip.

You can CREATE any flavor of education with a firm and focused homelife for your children if you start off with "vanilla". But if you want the perks included to start with- well you're going to have to buy it pre-packaged... that way MY kids, who I don't want exposed to marshmellow aren't getting rocky road- and are instead getting the mint chocolate chip.

But you have to start with a solid secular education.