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From: leonard78sp on 3 Jun 2010 13:09 On May 29, 5:54 am, Roger Coppock <rcopp...(a)adnc.com> wrote: > On May 29, 2:36 am, Cliff <Clhuprichguessw...(a)aoltmovetheperiodc.om> > wrote: > > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/may/28/rightwing-grou... > > "Rightwing group seeks to strip climate change from US classrooms" > > "Climate change is a 'liberal' cause, argues Colorado-based petitioner, and > > requires a 'balancing' counterpoint" > > They'er trying this in Texas and Louisana too. Banning > information from classrooms and textbooks is a major > right wing cause. Ø Poor old Copycock he can not separate fact from fiction. In his posts, he propagates falsehoods and flames those who disagrees. Ø BTW Woger, liberal and left-wing are pseudonyms for fascist. > > And so to Mesa County in Colorado where this week the first labour pains of what > > seems to be the birth of a new movement in the US were felt. Dozens of > > protesters attended a meeting of School District 51's Board of Education to hand > > over two petitions aimed at keeping political views out of the county's > > classrooms. > > > According to reports in the local press, Rose Pugliese, a local lawyer and > > failed Republican candidate for the board of education, authored both of the > > petitions. The first, which gained 600 signatures of support, simply wished for > > teachers not to express their "personal, political views" to pupils, whereas the > > second, which gained 700 signatures, sought to stop the teaching of global > > warming to children. > > > "[Global warming] is not a proven scientific theory. There is not evidence to > > support it," Pugliese told the board, according to a report in the Denver Post. > > It's unclear from the reports whether the petition explicitly called for any > > teachings about global warming to be stripped from schools, or whether it called > > for the "other side of the story" to be taught, as Pugliese and her supporters > > seemed to be arguing before the board. > > > Pugliese, who is also a prominent member of a local Tea Party group called the > > Western Slope Conservative Alliance, was supported at the meeting by a local PR > > consultant called Laura Kindregan, who is the Colorado representative of a > > national group calling itself Balanced Education for Everyone. It was launched > > in April to assist "concerned citizens around the country in challenging public > > schools to provide balanced education on the issue of global warming". It is > > itself an umbrella organisation of the Independent Women's Forum, a conservative > > group |