The State of Oklahoma is going to buy 55,000 Bibles for public school classrooms.
As ridiculous, and unconstitutional, as that sounds, that's not the really remarkable part of the story. According to the bid put out by the State, the only Bible that meets the State's criteria is the Trump Bible, for which the orange man charges $60 each.
Apparently, the King James version of the Bible is available for free online, but that's not good enough for the Oklahoma public schools.
A lot of $$$$$ in the Bible business. It's very loosely regulated too. You should see the sh!t they pass off as a "certified" Bible in some states.
These Okies are fvcking nuts, though. Jesus Christ, get the fvcking Gideons involved. They hand out the stuff for free! For Christ's sakes, they need to fire the whole fvcking purchasing department.
The State of Oklahoma is going to buy 55,000 Bibles for public school classrooms.
As ridiculous, and unconstitutional, as that sounds, that's not the really remarkable part of the story. According to the bid put out by the State, the only Bible that meets the State's criteria is the Trump Bible, for which the orange man charges $60 each.
Apparently, the King James version of the Bible is available for free online, but that's not good enough for the Oklahoma public schools.
I will grant you that this is pretty ridiculous. I especially don’t like that Trump was selling Trump-autographed Bibles. That, in my mind, is blasphemous and bordering on heresy. I also don’t like mandates teaching one religion in a public school, though I, ironically, think private schools do a much better job of actually educating on the basics versus public schools than they do the teaching of religious precepts.
At the same time, most kids today in a secular world devoid of a moral compass and desperate for meaning with a void currently being filled by social media and hard media junk could do a lot worse than read the New Testament, Constitution and Preamble, and Declaration of Independence.
Today’s modern liberal would have a problem with “endowed by our Creator,” inalienable rights to life, liberty, and, especially, the pursuit of happiness. They want mandated happiness and a government to ensure that outcome. They don’t respect individual medical autonomy. And they certainly don’t respect that Congress shouldn’t have access to unlimited funds with no accountability. Providing for the general welfare means providing for the general welfare of this country, not the welfare of the world, though that is, arguably, a noble intention.
Oklahoma isn’t going to decide this election my man. The “intellectual” caste in places like Philadelphia and Madison Wisconsin is. Go Taylor Swift acolytes. Perhaps “The View” will make her a host.
SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink terminals & supplies to devastated areas in North Carolina right now and @FEMA is both failing to help AND won’t let others help. This is unconscionable!!
Lockdowns were mostly state implemented and were over by the time Biden took office. So blame Trump.
Censorship? Give examples. Here are a few for Trump: He calls the free press the enemy of the people. He said Twitter should be shut down for fact checking his lies. He said the network should lose their FCC license after he lost the Harris debate. He regularly calls specific media outlets liars for fact checking him.
Not a single American was forced to take a drug by the Biden Admin. Just a lie.
Lawfare. Trump is being prosecuted because he tried to undermine the election process many times and left a paper trail. Not McConnell, Green, or any other prominent republican. In fact, Sen. Menendez (D) was convicted on all counts under Biden. Hunter prosecuted, Joe did not help. Trump has actually vowed to prosecute political rivals.
Biden's policy with Israel is more restrictive than Trump's, though both have followed long standing US support of Israel. Biden has tried to give aid to Palestinians and help negotiate a cease fire. He withheld arms shipments. What is Trump's stance other than "It never would've happened" and "I would end it with a phone call", which are absolute BS.
No vaccine mandate?
No raging inflation?
No genocide in Gaza?
No lockdowns in Dem run states?
No censorship?
Such denial
I already answered every one of those things with specifics. Your response is to say them again in slightly different words, but no specific examples.
Truly bizarre that you purposely advertise your misogyny.
You are proud to be a misogynist.
So . . . congratulations?
Incorrect!
She "serviced" Willy Brown to get her political career started. Not a great role model for young girls to emulate.
So, you're showing that you are not a misogynist by posting another misogynistic post? Ummm . . . OK.
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Perhaps you wish to attest to your honesty by lying. Or show us you are truly a genius by saying moronic sh!t. Or demonstrate how you would drain the swamp by being the swamp. . .
You want a fishy timeline? I can post a fishy timeline on how the Top Secret Confidential US documents ended up in Trump's bathroom. I'll tell YOU what's fishy, brother.
Biden (or whoever is running the show in DC) has been the most far left president of my lifetime. Center? C’mon man.
Please give specifics of Biden left wing policies. Thanks.
Vetoed a bill that would have rescinded a ESG requirement that Dems put in previously on federal retirement investments.
Passed the Inflation Reduction Act with single party support and Harris casting the tie breaking vote (which was essentially a tax hike for green energy projects, expanded Medicaid and Obamacare subsidies).
Passed the American Rescue Plan with single party support and Harris casting the tie breaking vote. This was one of the primary triggers of inflation. It placed identity politics ahead of economic responsibility. Former Obama economic advisor Larry Sommers called it the “least responsible macro economic policy we’ve had in the past 40 years”. Take the time to read where that money actually went.
As far as executive orders, the most damaging were 13990 and 14008 that blocked right of way for energy projects, put a moratorium on drilling on federal lands and banned fracking on federal lands. He issued a number of others on green energy or penalizing fossil fuels, he has issued about twenty on DEI, a number encouraging illegal immigration (and repealed a bunch that discouraged it), a number making labor laws more rigid, imposed vaccine and mask mandates, threw in a couple for abortion, a couple reducing 2nd amendment rights, and a number of others expanding Medicaid and enhancing Obamacare subsidies. I didn’t go through all the memoranda and proclamations, but they are all pretty much left of center.
His DOJ has targeted conservatives (with memos going after parents at school board meetings and Catholics), abused the FACE act, didn’t go after those that vandalized or torched pro-life clinics, allowed a slam dunk case against his son to go beyond the statute of limitations, violated the freedom of the press in the Ashley Biden diary case, etc.
He’s right up there with FDR, LBJ and Carter for the most liberal. As bad as he has been, Kamala would make the lot of them look like conservatives [ban fracking, implement a green new deal, create an equity system where “we all end up at the same place” (pretty much any time this has been tried in it has fallen short of expectations, with, you know, little things like some of the biggest man made famines in history), no restrictions on abortion, de-criminalization of all drugs, giveaways for new home owners, Medicare for all, student loan forgiveness, institute Soviet style price controls, etc.].
we all know that there are some bad apples in any population but in the end we all benefit mightily from immigrant energy and work ethic.
It's just a stupid trumpist ploy to avoid talking about the whole picture.
trumpism is just official permission to be really stupid.
You don’t “know” it because sanctuary cities don’t gather the data. If they did and it turned out to be false, then by all means, you could make such a claim.
Sickening, honestly. Way more so than the “Oklahoma Bible scandal.”
I wouldn't get too sickened. The guy is paying tens of millions of dollars to get Trump elected. Just a little tip, he may not be providing honest unbiased commentary.
Sickening, honestly. Way more so than the “Oklahoma Bible scandal.”
I wouldn't get too sickened. The guy is paying tens of millions of dollars to get Trump elected. Just a little tip, he may not be providing honest unbiased commentary.
I have news for you… maybe, just maybe Musk is a former Democrat who got sick and tired of the hypocrisy of his own party and, especially, the *existential* threat to Democracy of censorship and the technology oligopoly on “news.” Are you, as someone who posts “facts” from CNN really the judge and jury on what honest opinion is here?
I wouldn't get too sickened. The guy is paying tens of millions of dollars to get Trump elected. Just a little tip, he may not be providing honest unbiased commentary.
I have news for you… maybe, just maybe Musk is a former Democrat who got sick and tired of the hypocrisy of his own party and, especially, the *existential* threat to Democracy of censorship and the technology oligopoly on “news.” Are you, as someone who posts “facts” from CNN really the judge and jury on what honest opinion is here?
None of that changes anything that I said. Musk is a major donor to Trump, to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. Take what he has to say about politics with a grain of salt.
Concerning the Bibles in Oklahoma, what if there are Hindu or Muslim students in class. Isn't this what started the crusade wars?
I heard that the groom has to wear a dress at Hindu weddings. I'm serious. You want to teach that in goddam Oklahoma schools?!?! Oklahoma is a Protestant state.