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jps September 18th 09 02:49 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 

Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. Wonder why?


OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."

Frogwatch[_2_] September 18th 09 02:52 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Sep 18, 9:49*am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? *Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. *Wonder why?

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."


jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.

[email protected] September 18th 09 03:00 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:49:08 -0700, jps wrote:


Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession?


I take that you intended to say "secession," instead of "succession"?
Considering the general undercurrent of discontent with the political
propaganda in this group, though, today's word for you is "cessation."


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H the K[_2_] September 18th 09 03:06 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. Wonder why?


OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."



Wanna bet there's also a huge number of birthers, deathers, tenthers,
teabaggers and "creationists"?




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Idiots All

JustWait September 18th 09 03:07 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
In article 3fef057c-c1ba-400b-924f-8044a32f1d87
@o21g2000vbl.googlegroups.com, says...

On Sep 18, 9:49*am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? *Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. *Wonder why?

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."


jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.


In the spirit of the "treaty", why don't you just plonk him? The guy is
obviously unstable, put him to bed..

--
Wafa free since 2009

H the K[_2_] September 18th 09 03:09 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
Frogwatch wrote:
On Sep 18, 9:49 am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. Wonder why?

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."


jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.



Intellectual curiosity does not sit well with white fundies who are
birthers, deathers, tenthers, and teabaggers?



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Idiots All

Frogwatch[_2_] September 18th 09 04:10 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Sep 18, 10:09*am, H the K wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Sep 18, 9:49 am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? *Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. *Wonder why?


OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.


The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.


Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.


The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.


"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.


A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.


About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.


Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.


"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."


jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.


Intellectual curiosity does not sit well with white fundies who are
birthers, deathers, tenthers, and teabaggers?

--
Birther-Deather-Tenther-Teabagger:
Idiots All


Harry, "intellectual curiosity" is not on your list of capabilities.
I've looked over your specs, all I see is "cut and paste".

jps September 18th 09 05:51 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:52:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Sep 18, 9:49*am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? *Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. *Wonder why?

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."


jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.


What's racist in pointing out that Oklahoma is giving their students a
**** poor education? Did you actually read the article or did your
knee jerk up to the keyboard and start typing?

You live (as in stew) in southern Alabama and you think you're in a
position to judge racism? You and your neighbors are burdened with
prejudice that goes back generations.

jps September 18th 09 05:55 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:00:06 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:49:08 -0700, jps wrote:


Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession?


I take that you intended to say "secession," instead of "succession"?
Considering the general undercurrent of discontent with the political
propaganda in this group, though, today's word for you is "cessation."


Gee, thanks for the spelling correction. Do you have anything to add
to the article?

Are you pleased that Oklahoma is doing such a poor job of educating
students? What do you suppose the percentage of high school graduates
can spell secession or succession in Oklahoma?

They don't know who the first president of the United States is but
they voted more emphatically for GW Bush than any other state?

Care to treat us to a lesson in correlation and causation?

jps September 18th 09 05:57 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:06:20 -0400, H the K
wrote:

jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. Wonder why?


OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."



Wanna bet there's also a huge number of birthers, deathers, tenthers,
teabaggers and "creationists"?


Sanders, as in head-in-the-sand. It's all encompassing.

Also known as ignoramuses or useful idiots.

H K September 18th 09 06:10 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
jps wrote:
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:52:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Sep 18, 9:49 am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. Wonder why?

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."

jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.


What's racist in pointing out that Oklahoma is giving their students a
**** poor education? Did you actually read the article or did your
knee jerk up to the keyboard and start typing?

You live (as in stew) in southern Alabama and you think you're in a
position to judge racism? You and your neighbors are burdened with
prejudice that goes back generations.



Most of our righties here (and, in fact, elsewhere) have strong opinions
that were formed in fact-free zones.

[email protected] September 18th 09 06:11 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:55:16 -0700, jps wrote:

just plain snipped

Are you pleased that Oklahoma is doing such a poor job of educating
students? What do you suppose the percentage of high school graduates
can spell secession or succession in Oklahoma?


Did you graduate within the great state of Oklahoma?

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jps September 18th 09 07:14 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:18:21 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:51:30 -0700, jps wrote:

What's racist in pointing out that Oklahoma is giving their students a
**** poor education? Did you actually read the article or did your
knee jerk up to the keyboard and start typing?


I wonder how the students in New York, DC or LA do in this test.
I have been hearing this story for 50 years. "US Americans" always
seem to suck on the citizenship test.


Which could be a reason for the insanity we're seeing from our
edumacated population. Critical thinking skills seem to be heading
the same direction as civic awareness.

nom=de=plume September 18th 09 07:14 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
wrote in message
...
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:51:30 -0700, jps wrote:

What's racist in pointing out that Oklahoma is giving their students a
**** poor education? Did you actually read the article or did your
knee jerk up to the keyboard and start typing?


I wonder how the students in New York, DC or LA do in this test.
I have been hearing this story for 50 years. "US Americans" always
seem to suck on the citizenship test.



I've seen several street interviews who question passersby about things like
geography. Some of their answers to simple questions are hilarious! And,
these were mostly adults.

FYI, it's "WE Americans" unless you were talking about U. S. American's vs.
Americans north or south of the border. Sorry, I'll put my grammer hat back
in the corner.

--
Nom=de=Plume



jps September 18th 09 07:14 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:11:35 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:55:16 -0700, jps wrote:

just plain snipped

Are you pleased that Oklahoma is doing such a poor job of educating
students? What do you suppose the percentage of high school graduates
can spell secession or succession in Oklahoma?


Did you graduate within the great state of Oklahoma?


No, did you?

jps September 18th 09 07:16 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:55:16 -0700, jps wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:00:06 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:49:08 -0700, jps wrote:


Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession?


I take that you intended to say "secession," instead of "succession"?
Considering the general undercurrent of discontent with the political
propaganda in this group, though, today's word for you is "cessation."


Gee, thanks for the spelling correction. Do you have anything to add
to the article?

Are you pleased that Oklahoma is doing such a poor job of educating
students? What do you suppose the percentage of high school graduates
can spell secession or succession in Oklahoma?

They don't know who the first president of the United States is but
they voted more emphatically for GW Bush than any other state?

Care to treat us to a lesson in correlation and causation?


Care to treat us to anything but petulant drivel???

Your funny quip about me graduating in Oklahoma didn't answer any of
my questions.

This feels just like the time you queried me about my insurance
coverage for my employees but then never responded with anything
resembling intelligence.

Are you just a bunch of hi falutin' werds with no basic edumacation?

[email protected] September 18th 09 07:44 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:16:55 -0700, jps wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:55:16 -0700, jps wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:00:06 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:49:08 -0700, jps wrote:


Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession?

I take that you intended to say "secession," instead of "succession"?
Considering the general undercurrent of discontent with the political
propaganda in this group, though, today's word for you is "cessation."


Gee, thanks for the spelling correction. Do you have anything to add
to the article?

Are you pleased that Oklahoma is doing such a poor job of educating
students? What do you suppose the percentage of high school graduates
can spell secession or succession in Oklahoma?

They don't know who the first president of the United States is but
they voted more emphatically for GW Bush than any other state?

Care to treat us to a lesson in correlation and causation?


Care to treat us to anything but petulant drivel???

Your funny quip about me graduating in Oklahoma didn't answer any of
my questions.

This feels just like the time you queried me about my insurance
coverage for my employees but then never responded with anything
resembling intelligence.

Are you just a bunch of hi falutin' werds with no basic edumacation?


Petulant??

Well, I don't know, JPS. I'm at peace with myself.

BTW, do your employees recieve their income from "the corporation"?

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[email protected] September 18th 09 08:07 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:16:55 -0700, jps wrote:

assiduously snipped

This feels just like the time you queried me about my insurance
coverage for my employees but then never responded with anything
resembling intelligence.

Are you just a bunch of hi falutin' werds with no basic edumacation?


I suppose, JPS, that I could make a similar accusation about your
desultory remonstration after I exhorted you to stifle the propaganda.
It just may be, however, that you don't know the meaning of the word
"cessation." I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, though.

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nom=de=plume September 18th 09 10:29 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
wrote in message
...
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:14:32 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

I wonder how the students in New York, DC or LA do in this test.
I have been hearing this story for 50 years. "US Americans" always
seem to suck on the citizenship test.



I've seen several street interviews who question passersby about things
like
geography. Some of their answers to simple questions are hilarious! And,
these were mostly adults.

FYI, it's "WE Americans" unless you were talking about U. S. American's
vs.
Americans north or south of the border. Sorry, I'll put my grammer hat
back
in the corner.



No I meant U.S. Americans, sorry about the lapse in punctuation Miss
Plume ;-)
I did think Miss SC was correct when she used that appelation.



Heh... I've been told to not do this sort of thing..

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H the K[_2_] September 18th 09 10:36 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
nom=de=plume wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:14:32 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

I wonder how the students in New York, DC or LA do in this test.
I have been hearing this story for 50 years. "US Americans" always
seem to suck on the citizenship test.

I've seen several street interviews who question passersby about things
like
geography. Some of their answers to simple questions are hilarious! And,
these were mostly adults.

FYI, it's "WE Americans" unless you were talking about U. S. American's
vs.
Americans north or south of the border. Sorry, I'll put my grammer hat
back
in the corner.


No I meant U.S. Americans, sorry about the lapse in punctuation Miss
Plume ;-)
I did think Miss SC was correct when she used that appelation.



Heh... I've been told to not do this sort of thing..


Ever been to Oklahoma?

I have, but not for many years.

One of my newspaper buddies was offered a hell of a promotion to take a
job with the Tulsa paper, and I used to visit him a couple times a year.
It was a long drive, and other than to catch up with my buddy, not
worth it. Backwards would have been a kind way to describe it...it was
sort of the South Carolina of the southwest. Apparently it still is.

Friend lasted about years there, and then hopped over to the St. Louis
P-D. Much more better in those days.





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Idiots All

nom=de=plume September 18th 09 11:20 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
"H the K" wrote in message
...
nom=de=plume wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:14:32 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

I wonder how the students in New York, DC or LA do in this test.
I have been hearing this story for 50 years. "US Americans" always
seem to suck on the citizenship test.

I've seen several street interviews who question passersby about things
like
geography. Some of their answers to simple questions are hilarious!
And,
these were mostly adults.

FYI, it's "WE Americans" unless you were talking about U. S. American's
vs.
Americans north or south of the border. Sorry, I'll put my grammer hat
back
in the corner.

No I meant U.S. Americans, sorry about the lapse in punctuation Miss
Plume ;-)
I did think Miss SC was correct when she used that appelation.



Heh... I've been told to not do this sort of thing..


Ever been to Oklahoma?

I have, but not for many years.



I'm not good in the mid-west. I have terrible alergies to pollen.

--
Nom=de=Plume



CalifBill September 19th 09 12:46 AM

Oklahoma!!!
 

"jps" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:52:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Sep 18, 9:49 am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. Wonder why?

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."


jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.


What's racist in pointing out that Oklahoma is giving their students a
**** poor education? Did you actually read the article or did your
knee jerk up to the keyboard and start typing?

You live (as in stew) in southern Alabama and you think you're in a
position to judge racism? You and your neighbors are burdened with
prejudice that goes back generations.


Odd thing, is Washington D.C. With the highest per student spending has the
lowest graduation rate in the country. And I saw more racism when I lived
in Ohio than I saw in Mississippi. And you are complaining about Okalahoma.



jps September 19th 09 02:05 AM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:46:58 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:52:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Sep 18, 9:49 am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. Wonder why?

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."

jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.


What's racist in pointing out that Oklahoma is giving their students a
**** poor education? Did you actually read the article or did your
knee jerk up to the keyboard and start typing?

You live (as in stew) in southern Alabama and you think you're in a
position to judge racism? You and your neighbors are burdened with
prejudice that goes back generations.


Odd thing, is Washington D.C. With the highest per student spending has the
lowest graduation rate in the country. And I saw more racism when I lived
in Ohio than I saw in Mississippi. And you are complaining about Okalahoma.



In Mississippi they're much better at keeping racism under the
horizon, it's part of southern culture.

You don't have to be overtly racist to change the odds.

CalifBill September 19th 09 04:06 AM

Oklahoma!!!
 

"jps" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:46:58 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
. ..
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:52:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Sep 18, 9:49 am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. Wonder why?

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."

jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.

What's racist in pointing out that Oklahoma is giving their students a
**** poor education? Did you actually read the article or did your
knee jerk up to the keyboard and start typing?

You live (as in stew) in southern Alabama and you think you're in a
position to judge racism? You and your neighbors are burdened with
prejudice that goes back generations.


Odd thing, is Washington D.C. With the highest per student spending has
the
lowest graduation rate in the country. And I saw more racism when I lived
in Ohio than I saw in Mississippi. And you are complaining about
Okalahoma.



In Mississippi they're much better at keeping racism under the
horizon, it's part of southern culture.

You don't have to be overtly racist to change the odds.


Overtly the south is more upfront when you see racism. But more racism in
the north from my viewings.



jps September 19th 09 04:45 AM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:06:50 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:46:58 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:52:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Sep 18, 9:49 am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. Wonder why?

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."

jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.

What's racist in pointing out that Oklahoma is giving their students a
**** poor education? Did you actually read the article or did your
knee jerk up to the keyboard and start typing?

You live (as in stew) in southern Alabama and you think you're in a
position to judge racism? You and your neighbors are burdened with
prejudice that goes back generations.

Odd thing, is Washington D.C. With the highest per student spending has
the
lowest graduation rate in the country. And I saw more racism when I lived
in Ohio than I saw in Mississippi. And you are complaining about
Okalahoma.



In Mississippi they're much better at keeping racism under the
horizon, it's part of southern culture.

You don't have to be overtly racist to change the odds.


Overtly the south is more upfront when you see racism. But more racism in
the north from my viewings.


Yeah, Jim Crow was real popular up north. Part of the culture, not.

jps September 19th 09 07:53 AM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:18:57 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:45:54 -0700, jps wrote:

Overtly the south is more upfront when you see racism. But more racism in
the north from my viewings.


Yeah, Jim Crow was real popular up north. Part of the culture, not.


There are more KKK people in Indiana and Ohio than in Mississippi.
They don't segregate lunch counters, they segregate whole communities.
You have white areas and black areas. The most racist people I know
are northern big city cops.


It must have leaked through Kentucky.

Jack[_3_] September 19th 09 04:10 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Sep 18, 11:06*pm, "CalifBill" wrote:
"jps" wrote in message

...





On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:46:58 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
. ..
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:52:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:


On Sep 18, 9:49 am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. Wonder why?


OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.


The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.


Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.


The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.


"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.


A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.


About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.


Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.


"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."


jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.


What's racist in pointing out that Oklahoma is giving their students a
**** poor education? *Did you actually read the article or did your
knee jerk up to the keyboard and start typing?


You live (as in stew) in southern Alabama and you think you're in a
position to judge racism? *You and your neighbors are burdened with
prejudice that goes back generations.


Odd thing, is Washington D.C. *With the highest per student spending has
the
lowest graduation rate in the country. *And I saw more racism when I lived
in Ohio than I saw in Mississippi. *And you are complaining about
Okalahoma.


In Mississippi they're much better at keeping racism under the
horizon, it's part of southern culture.


You don't have to be overtly racist to change the odds.


Overtly the south is more upfront when you see racism. *But more racism in
the north from my viewings.


The most intolerant, hard core racists I've ever seen were in the
northeast. Well, and in the northwest.

H the K[_2_] September 19th 09 04:41 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
Jack wrote:
On Sep 18, 11:06 pm, "CalifBill" wrote:
"jps" wrote in message

...





On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:46:58 -0700, "CalifBill"
wrote:
"jps" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:52:30 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:
On Sep 18, 9:49 am, jps wrote:
Can we include Oklahoma in Texas' succession? Reddest state in the
union from what I recall. Wonder why?
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students
can name the first President of the United States, according to a
survey released today.
The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.
Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group
wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school
students know.
The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm,
Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.
"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to
become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.
A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S.
citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become
citizens.
About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on
their first try, according to immigration service data. However,
Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the
students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.
Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona
had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.
"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and
free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not
going to remain ignorant and free."
jps the racist is so immersed in hatred that he cannot see reason.
What's racist in pointing out that Oklahoma is giving their students a
**** poor education? Did you actually read the article or did your
knee jerk up to the keyboard and start typing?
You live (as in stew) in southern Alabama and you think you're in a
position to judge racism? You and your neighbors are burdened with
prejudice that goes back generations.
Odd thing, is Washington D.C. With the highest per student spending has
the
lowest graduation rate in the country. And I saw more racism when I lived
in Ohio than I saw in Mississippi. And you are complaining about
Okalahoma.
In Mississippi they're much better at keeping racism under the
horizon, it's part of southern culture.
You don't have to be overtly racist to change the odds.

Overtly the south is more upfront when you see racism. But more racism in
the north from my viewings.


The most intolerant, hard core racists I've ever seen were in the
northeast. Well, and in the northwest.


Don't go out much in your own redneck racist state, eh?


--
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Idiots All

[email protected] September 19th 09 07:22 PM

Oklahoma!!!
 
On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:05:15 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:53:49 -0700, jps wrote:

On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:18:57 -0400,
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:45:54 -0700, jps wrote:

Overtly the south is more upfront when you see racism. But more racism in
the north from my viewings.

Yeah, Jim Crow was real popular up north. Part of the culture, not.

There are more KKK people in Indiana and Ohio than in Mississippi.
They don't segregate lunch counters, they segregate whole communities.
You have white areas and black areas. The most racist people I know
are northern big city cops.


It must have leaked through Kentucky.


I think I would peg the racism in northern police departments to the
60s riots although there were still plenty of racist cops before that.
Those riots changed white flight into white panic in the suburbs and
started the middle class gated community movement


Cicero, Illinois, the home of Al Capone, was closed to
african-americans until the early 1980's, if I remember correctly.

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