Saturday, December 26, 2015
Good Old Boy Grinches Steal for Christmas
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WHY Special Called Commission Meetings in Blount County?
Is it to avoid public awareness, by not having public input
through the usual and customary rules of the Commission?
Commission rules call for an Agenda meeting 10 days prior
to the commission business meeting to discuss and vote on
items to be included in the County's business meeting, the
third Thursday of each month. At each of these meetings
anyone may be recognized by the Chairman and given
3 minutes to speak on items either on the agenda, before
and/or off the agenda after.
Not allowing the public to participate by speaking on ANY
of the Items of the Special Called meetings reminds WBCR
at this time of the year of Grinch that steals Christmas by
dressing up like Satan Clause and robs everyone of their
gifts of self government and then redistributes those gifts to
his fellow good old boy Grinches.
Mayor Mitchel has used his office to call Special Called
meetings in October and December most recently.
The December meeting included 20 Resolutions with over
$2 million in Budget INCREASES, in a year when over
500 county workers got $4000 each in pay raises,
from taxpayers who according to the Blount County's website
on East Tn Economic data at the time showed Blount Co.
family household income 15% lower than it was in 2000.
In a year when Property Taxes were raised 17%.
Commissioner Monroe is investigating if, over $ 560,000 of the
INCREASES passed in December are due to a deliberate
under estimation of workers compensation costs in order
to pad the budget in other areas that would not be popular
if added to the budget at increased cost but by underestimating
fixed mandatory expenses these new costs get are included
unnoticed.
Adding insult to injury the December Special Called meeting passed
without public comment and only 5 days notice a County Purchasing
policy changing the competitive bid PROCESS from purchases
OVER $10,ooo to $25,000 and all the purchasing agent is required
is to call write down three price quotes and send decide who gets
your money. Not requirement that the lowest bidder get the business.
The resolution says ...Blount County Purchasing Department to obtain
at least three (3) written quotations, whenever possible,
for purchases costing less than $25,000 but, greater than
$10,000.
Tell your commissioner and Mayor how you feel about less transparency
and public input into your LOCAL government that is costing MORE
and giving you less. MERRY Christmas.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Gender Bias or Political Correctness You Decide about Blount County's Commission
This is Freida for Truth radio News your Politically Incorrect source for National and
Local News with views from a God fearing, Constitution loving and Souvergin
Serving perspective wishing all would come to be the Preserved by the indwelling
power of our Savior's sent Holy Spirit.
Does Political Correctness equate to gender bias in Blount County Commission
Agenda Meetings? Last month Commissioner Karon Miller's Resolution petitioning
God's Mercy when Judgment comes on America for legalizing as marriage
what the Bible calls an abomination was rejected from even being considered
for discussion in that month's Commission meeting discussion and now in
November Commissioner Tona Monroe proposes through resolution to question
by interview with the author of the two year old $95 thousand historic first ever
Criminal Justice System Assessment of Blount County was rejected from this
months Commission agenda.
Commissioner Monroe called in to WBCR's broadcast of the u-tube rebroadcast
of the November 10 Blount County Commission Agenda committee meeting
to express her serious concerns regarding the County failing to address the chronic
overcrowding in the Blount County Jail and how illogical the commission's action
was by refusing to hear from a Institute that has done 400 such studies nationally.
Rather than getting their questions answered regarding the $95 thousand completed
and paid for 18 months ago assessment. Our commission wants to wait and hear
from the Tennessee Corrections Commission, current "SNAP SHOT" of the Jail ONLY.
Commissioner Headrick Chairman of the Corrections Partnership Committee
in the November Commission Agenda committee meeting
demonstrated his ignorance of the facts contained in the $95 thousand study by
the Institute for Law and Policy Planning Study by saying that it "recommended"
a building cost of between $68 and$124 million. The report made NO SUCH
RECOMMENDATION but presented it as as the COST for DOING NOTHING
which is apparently what commissioner Headrick's Committee has done.
The report makes FIVE recommendations to reduce overcrowding at the end of chapter
7 on Blount County courts from page 72 to 80. Specifically, obtain or create a method
of managing cases in a timely manner, screen cases before filing in court,
courts should designate the clerk to provide full debt collection services,
the court should reconsider and restructure it's jail from being used to collect debts,
and last the county needs to expand methods to treat drug addicts rather than using it's jail.
In chapter 3 page 17 chart number 25 The Institute of Law and Policy Planning gives
the following "Snap Shot" or the 2011/12 fiscal year summary of jailed population.
The Statewide average of inmates for Probation violations is 15 % Blount County
is over twice that at 35%, Guilty as Charged Statewide 43% Blount County 81%,
Dismissed statewide 31% Blount County 6% and Pretrial Diversion Statewide 4%
Blount County 7%.
However now Chairman Headrick wants to go back to the future and take Blount County's
financial future into the unknown cost of doing nothing of 68 and $124 million.
What will that do to a county whose Credit rating dropped in 2008 when we had to refinance
our Swaps/ derivatives and weekly Variable Rate Demand Obligations, pay higher
financing charges on our current $200 million in debt?
Commissioner Monroe said on Salt and light that she was told at the Lenoir City
Corrections committee meeting by an architechjust wait until we build your jail in Blount County."
The justice system action plan presents 6 key recommendations each with it's
own objective, lead agency, pro's and con's, costs and savings. Appendix A lists a
summary of 76 separate recommendations for consideration. And Chairman Jeff Headrick
has refused to even meet with this historic document's author.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Revisionist History Text Lies about ISLAM
The Tennessee 7th Grade Social studies text being used in ALL Blount County Middle schools, is published by Pearson Education for 6-7th Grade Geography: titled; The Middle Ages to Exploration of the Americas.
The full review of this text book by Dr. Bill French is on the previous blog however the high
lights of today's post date interview with Robert McDaniel included the following key points.
Pearson Student text page 88 Critizied Christ by saying that "Islam offered followers a direct path to God and salvation. It emphasized the equality of all believers. It stressed fairness and justice in human affairs."
Four paragraphs later on the same page "In general however, women had fewer rights that men and
occupied an inferior position." Just one of many controdictions of the revisionist history.
Page 92 fails to mention that the Hindu laborers who build the TOSH MAHALL had their
right hand cut off by Mohammed followers so nothing as beautiful be built again.
Page 96 Credited the burning of the largest library in hte Ancient world the Library at Alexandria
Egypt by Islam.
Page 103 Edits out of Mohamed's fairwell message that men could beat their wives.
The link below will take you to a two page form published by the Williamson County School
District to Request for Reconsideration of Instruction Materials.
http://www.wcs.edu/wp-content/pdf/BoardPolicies/Request-for-Reconsideration.pdf
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Islam Prostlizing in TN 7th Gade Social Studies Textbook
Salt and Light Guest Tuesday 27 October Robert McDaniel, Parent volunteer who was kicked out of
his son's school for sharing with his fellow library workers that were complaining to him about having to write their names in Arabic and their being lied to about Islam in their 7th Grade Social Studies Textbook by Pearson titled, My World History and Geography; Middle Age to the Exploration of the America's. Below we have copied the review of the text by retired College
Professor Dr. Bill French who's summary work on Islem can be ordered from his website www.politicalislam.org. The T before the page refers to the teachers text as opposed to the Pg. #
without the T refer to the student's text page.
During Salt and Light we played the Russia Today UTube news story with a Yajasiti Father who had
spent $70,000 rescuing women and children from a slave market being run by ISIL. Please watch
this real example of how Mohamed's followers follow him today in ISIL's Army that has occupied
Mosel northern Iraq. https://www.rt.com/shows/news/319872-rtnews-october-26-17msk/
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Review by Dr. Bill French
Pearson Education – 6-7th grade - Geography: The Middle Ages to Exploration of the Americas
Kaspiel, et al, 2015
SUMMARY
With regards to Islam this textbook rises to a half-truth, at best. There is a constant apologist bias in refusing to talk about Islamic cruelty. This text is more like propaganda than critical thought applied to history. The missing pieces are massive in scope. The suffering caused by slavery, jihad, dhimmitude and the Sharia annihilated the native civilizations in Egypt, North Africa, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, and Iraq. Jihad has murdered over 200 million people, but no hint is given. The text does not speak of the Islamic basis for slave trade that supplied the slaves who came to America.
Pg: T26, Header reads: Islamic Civilization, Chapter Resource Guide
Under Assignment: Students will produce an article on links to Muslim religion and culture. Would it be permitted to show the jihad verses in the Koran and violence against Christians?
World History, page 73
The text uses Ibn Battuta’s voyage as a device to explore Islamic culture. Any reader of the original work would wonder if the fact that Ibn Battua’s purchase of a slave for sex on his journey will be mentioned. One further wonders if his recording of the jihad for slaves in Africa, which he recorded, will be mentioned, as well.
The larger question is what will happen if a well-informed student mentioned this fact?
Pg. 74
“Christians and Jews were allowed to practice their religion freely…”
This is a lie. Christians and Jews were ruled by the dhimmi laws of Sharia law. Here is one set of the laws they ruled them:
So the progression was as follows: first jihad, then dhimmitude, and then the destruction of the native dhimmi culture. This became the model for the next 1400 years. The dhimmi became a second-class citizen in Islam and paid a heavy poll tax called the jizya. Only Jews and Christians and, sometimes, Magians (Zoroastrians) had the choice of becoming dhimmis. Buddhists, Hindus, and animists had the choice of death or conversion.
It was Umar, the second caliph, who set the standards for dhimmitude. His treaty with the dhimmis states:
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We shall not build, in our cities or in their neighborhood new monasteries, churches, convents, or monks’ cells, nor shall we repair, by day or by night, such of them as fall in ruins or are situated in the quarters of the Muslims.
We shall keep our gates wide open for passersby and travelers. We shall give board and lodging to all Muslims who pass our way for three days.
We shall not give shelter in our churches or in our dwellings to any spy nor hide him from the Muslims.
We shall not manifest our religion publicly nor convert anyone to it. We shall not prevent any of our kin from entering Islam if they wish it.
We shall show respect toward the Muslims, and we shall rise from our seats when they wish to sit.
We shall not seek to resemble the Muslims by imitating any of their garments.
We shall not mount on saddles, nor shall we gird swords nor bear any kind of arms nor carry them on our persons.
We shall not engrave Arabic inscriptions on our seals.
We shall not sell fermented drinks.
We shall clip the fronts of our heads (keep a short forelock as a sign of humiliation).
We shall always dress in the same way wherever we may be, and we shall bind the zunar round our waists.
We shall not display our crosses or our books in the roads or markets of the Muslims. We shall only use clappers in our churches very softly. We shall not raise our voices when following our dead. We shall not take slaves who have been allotted to Muslims.
We shall not build houses higher than the houses of the Muslims.
Whoever strikes a Muslim with deliberate intent shall forfeit the protection of this pact.
(from Al-Turtushi, Siraj Al-Muluk, p. 229-30)
But this excerpt cannot really describe the world of the dhimmi. Islam dominated all public space. The government was Islamic; the education was Islamic; dress was Islamic; literature was Islamic. Only inside the dhimmi’s house could there be no Islam. The word of a dhimmi could not be used in court against a Muslim and crimes against dhimmis were rarely prosecuted.
The wealth of Islam came from the wealth and labor of the subjugated dhimmis. This had been true ever since Mohammed sent out his first jihadists to raid a Meccan caravan. From that day onward, Islam became wealthy through violence against the non-Muslim. The perfect example of the Jews of Khaybar
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as dhimmis was used again and again. First jihad took the spoils of war and slaves; then the dhimmi tax system produced yearly wealth. Islam is a political system with a divine license to take what is wanted from dar al harb, the land of war.
Page T35
“Living in Arabia”
Will students be allowed to comment on the fact that Jews, pagans and Christians are not allowed to live in the most important parts of Arabia?
Pg. 79
The summary of Mohammed’s career does not truly reflect his actual history.
It should be noted that Mohammed averaged an event of violence every 6 weeks for the last 9 years of his life. Mohammed preached the religion of Islam for 13 years in Mecca and converted 150 Arabs to Islam. In Medina jihad for 9 years caused every Arab to convert. It was jihad that made Islam successful, not religion. Here is plot of the growth of Islam.
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Five Pillars of Islam
Prayer is one of the Five Pillars. Every Muslim prays over a dozen times a day to recognize that Christians have gone astray and that Jews anger Allah. Surly, such curses should be taught to Christians and Jews.
Pg. T42
Re: Eid al-Fitr feast
The text does not mention that the first Eid was Mohammed’s celebration of his successful killing of non-Muslims at the Battle of Badr.
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Pg. 81
In discussing the Hadith, they only mention the “good” hadith. For instance, Mohammed said, “Never ask a man why he beats his wife.”
Pg. 82
The Five Pillars.
Prayer is one of the Five Pillars. Every Muslim prays over a dozen times a day to recognize that Christians have gone astray and that Jews anger Allah. Surly, such curses should be taught to Christians and Jews.
It is also not mentioned that the Zakat charity cannot be used for Kafirs, non-Muslims. Only Muslims receive the Zakat charity. Indeed, part of the Zakat must go to jihad.
Pg. 85
Concerning the Sharia:
The Sharia is declared to be the only acceptable form of government. The Sharia does not only affect Muslims, but non-Muslims, Kafirs, as well. Kafirs must be dhimmis and be third class citizens under the Sharia. The Sharia is the justification of Muslims murdering 100,000 Christians last year.
Women can be beaten; children may be murdered by their parents.
All world governments must be centralized under the Caliph.
The Sharia defines jihad as war against the Kafirs. Jihad is a community obligation upon all Muslims. Jihad is properly called the Sixth Pillar.
Freedom of speech is denied under the Sharia. Apostates may be killed.
Pg 87
Empire—reasons for success:
The reason for Islamic success in war is its foundation in jihadic doctrine found in the Koran and the Hadith. Here we see how much of Islam’s sacred texts are devoted to jihad:
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The success of the jihad can be seen in the Tears of Jihad: The Tears of Jihad
These figures are a rough estimate of the death of non-Muslims through the political use of jihad.
Africa
Islam ran the wholesale slave trade in Africa. About 25 million slaves were delivered to the market. But the wars to obtain slaves killed about 120 million, including the young, old, and sick left behind.
120 million Africans killed
Christians
The total number of Christians martyred by Islam is about 60 million.
60 million Christians killed
Hindus
The country of India today is only half the size of ancient India, due to jihad.
80 million Hindus killed
Buddhists
Jihad killed the Buddhists in Turkey, Afghanistan, along the Silk Route, and in India. The total is roughly 10 million.
10 million Buddhists killed
Total 270,000,000 killed
This gives a rough estimate of 270 million killed by jihad.
Pg. 88
Men and Women
This paragraph does not even touch the subjugation of women under the Sharia. But the first lie is that Islam improved women’s rights. Before Mohammed, women could live independently and be a full citizen, for example, see Mohammed’ first wife, Kadija. After Mohammed, women could be beaten. Here is the best summary from the Hadith (the B in the index is from Bukhari):
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Women are less intelligent than men. They are also spiritually inferior to men.
[B1,2,28;B1,6,301;B2,24,541;B4,54,464;B7,62,124;B7,62,126;B7,76,456;B8,76,554;B8,76,555]
Once, after offering prayer at Musalla, Mohammed said to the women, “O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell were women.” They asked, “Why is it so, O Allah’s Apostle?” He replied, “You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.”
The women asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?” He replied, “Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?” They agreed that this was so. He said, “This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn’t it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?” The women replied that this was so. He said, “This is the deficiency in her religion.”
Women are an affliction to men.
[B4,52,111;B7,62,30;B7,62,31;B7,62,33;B7,62,32;B7,71,649;B7,71,666]
Mohammed said, “If at all there is a bad omen, it is in the horse, the woman and the house.”
On another occasion, he had said, “I have not left any affliction after me more harmful to men than women.”
Women cannot help their flaws, so be nice to them.
[B4,55,548;B7,62,113;B7,62,113]
Mohammed said, “Treat women nicely, for a women is created from a rib, and is much like one. If you try to straighten a rib, it will break, so I urge you to take care of the women.”
A woman, a donkey or a dog can nullify prayers.
[B1,9,486;B1,9,490]
When told that a prayer is annulled if the praying ones are passed by a dog, a donkey, or a woman, Aisha said,
Do you make us women equal to dogs and donkeys? While I used to lie in my bed, the Prophet would sometimes come to pray facing the middle of the bed. I felt like it was wrong of me to remain in front of him while he prayed, so I would slip away slowly and quietly from the foot of the bed until I stopped feeling guilty.
Pg. 91
The text mentions the Janissaries in a favorable manner. This is tragic.
Fundamentally, the Janissaries were a blood tax paid by the systematic forced collection of Christian children in the Balkans, practiced by Ottoman Turks. Every three or four years 300 to 1000 healthy boys and young men had to be taken by force to Turkey, converted to Islam and educated for military profession or religious disciplines. Part of the brutality of subjugating the Christian youth to accept the discipline of Islam was homosexual rape.
These sons of Christian parents were used in jihad war against Christians to expand Islam.
The daughters of the Christians were captured and used as sex slaves, as well.
Pg 92
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The Taj Mahal is presented as a wonder of Islam. The Taj was originally a Hindu temple that was commandeered and converted to a Islamic structure. All of the Hindu stoneworkers had their right hand removed so that they would not build any other structure as beautiful.
Pg. 96
Medicine
Actually, most of the medicine practiced in Islam was by Christians and Jews. Some scholars complained that most Muslims wanted to become Sharia lawyers.
Philosophy
It neglects to mention that the Islamic philosophy of the Golden Age culminated in the following:
1. There are no natural laws
2. There is no cause and effect
3. Only those ideas which do not criticize Islamic doctrine are permitted under Islam. This is authoritative logic and thought which forbids critical thought.
This basically destroys science and inquiring thought. There has never been a Nobel Prize in science given to a Muslim working in a Muslim nation. There is no modern scientific idea that has come into prominence from Islam, even with vast sums of money available.
These constraints also explain why almost no books are translated into Arabic. They don’t agree with Islamic doctrine and do not need to be read by a Muslim.
Pg 101
Translating the Greek and Roman works was all done by Christian Arabs. Only selected works were translated, none of the literature was translated.
Pg 103
The rest of Mohammed’s farewell sermon included: From Ishaq’s Sira: He also told them men had rights over their wives and women had rights over their husbands. The wives were never to commit adultery or act in a sexual manner toward others. If they did, they were to be put in separate rooms and beaten lightly. If they refrained from what was forbidden, they had the right to food and clothing. Men were to lay injunctions on women lightly for they were prisoners of men and had no control over their persons.
He said to feed and clothe the slaves well.
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Public Comment Form MyWorld History & Geography, Middle Ages to Exploration of Americas The book says the Arab Muslim Empire was “generally” tolerant of Jews and Christians and states they were respected? The only mention in this book of their persecution was a special tax and “other restrictions”.
This book shows an obvious bias for Islam. Any negatives are either not mentioned, down played or glossed over.
Other religions are not handled in the same manner. Much of the text regarding Christianity focuses on internal conflicts or other negative aspects. One gets the impression that the section on Islam is written by a Muslim but the sections on Christianity read from an outsider’s perspective. Very little information is presented on the conquest of Islam over of formerly Christian nations like Egypt, Syria and Turkey.
Regarding Pages 72-107 and beyond, the books discussion of Islam and Sharia is scrubbed clean of negative aspects. This book is quick to discuss several less than positive issues regarding the Christian church, such as internal conflicts or power struggles between the clergy and secular rulers. In fact one of the few sections dedicated to Christianity is entitled “Divisions within the Christian Church”.
Islam is given the status of a Civilization where no other religion is. In discussing Islam, no mention of slavery is made which was definitely a characteristic aspect of the Islamic empires and was practiced by Muslims since the beginning of Islam. Slavery is condoned in the Koran, Hadiths and the Sunna. Where Slavery is not addressed in the cultures of Islam, slavery is described as a strong influence of the Roman culture.
P.82 Regarding Charity, one of the 5 pillars of Islam, the book fails to mention that Islamic charity does not apply to non-muslim believers. Refer to the Koran 28:86 which forbids lending support to non-believers.
P. 85 The books discussion of Sharia does not mention the lack of equal rights for women, non-Muslims and homosexuals. There is no mention of countries where sharia forbids women to work, receive an education, drive a car or move about unescorted by a male relative. There is no mention of women who are stoned to death under sharia for adultery even when it is actually a case where the woman is raped. There is no mention that women inherit half of what their male peers inherit and that it takes 3 women’s testimony to equal one man’s in a Sharia court of law. There is no mention of the death sentence for all homosexuals or many other negative aspects of Sharia.
p. 86 The book states Islam spread peacefully even though they “conquered” North Africa and Spain. I suggest that the spread of Islam was anything but peaceful . This is from the Medieval Source Book on the conquest of Spain by the Muslim invaders. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/conqspain.asp
p.87 According to the book, religious toleration helped the Arab Muslim empire to expand. Conversely it is compared to the Byzantine or Christian empire which is stated to have persecuted Jews and non-Muslims.
The fact is, Islamic states treated Jews and Christians as 3rd class citizens, requiring an onerous Jiza Tax from them and severely restricting their freedoms of religious worship and commerce. Jews and Christians were not allowed to repair their synagogues or churches or ring bells during worship. They were not allowed to ride horses. Their testimony was not allowed in a court of law. Often their children were taken from them and forced into military service. There were many other hardships imposed on non-Muslims in Muslim conquered lands.
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P. 88 Discusses how women were treated differently than men but soft sells the inequities as still a “general improvement” over their situation before Islam developed. No mention of ill treatment of women mentioned above under P85.
Review by Barbara S.
What is disturbing is that the teacher reviews of this book find absolutely no bias at all in spite of the entire section devoted to the study of Islam in detail and with a positive view. Islam is continued to be discussed in many other sections as well. Its like a primer on Islam. It reads more like a book on religion in this section than a history book The chapter on Christianity is titled, "Divisions in the Christian Church" Or in the Medieval times Christianity is discussed as a power struggle between Bishops and the Pope with Kings and rulers. Much fewer details on the fundamentals of Christianity are given in this book than that of Islam. Christianity is discussed in a flawed and negative way. This book is clearly biased for Islam if for no other reason than the sheer volume of the text devoted to discussion of it. Yet teachers state a Christian bias in the weekly reader for K_3 Grades because of the discussion of good character qualities that make a good citizen? and a later lesson with one paragraph describing what the Christian church is?
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The book says the Arab Muslim Empire was “generally” tolerant of Jews and Christians and states they were respected? The only mention in this book of their persecution was a special tax and “other restrictions”.
This book shows an obvious bias for Islam. Any negatives are either not mentioned, down played or glossed over.
Other religions are not handled in the same manner. Much of the text regarding Christianity focuses on internal conflicts or other negative aspects. One gets the impression that the section on Islam is written by a Muslim but the sections on Christianity read from an outsider’s perspective. Very little information is presented on the conquest of Islam over of formerly Christian nations like Egypt, Syria and Turkey
his son's school for sharing with his fellow library workers that were complaining to him about having to write their names in Arabic and their being lied to about Islam in their 7th Grade Social Studies Textbook by Pearson titled, My World History and Geography; Middle Age to the Exploration of the America's. Below we have copied the review of the text by retired College
Professor Dr. Bill French who's summary work on Islem can be ordered from his website www.politicalislam.org. The T before the page refers to the teachers text as opposed to the Pg. #
without the T refer to the student's text page.
During Salt and Light we played the Russia Today UTube news story with a Yajasiti Father who had
spent $70,000 rescuing women and children from a slave market being run by ISIL. Please watch
this real example of how Mohamed's followers follow him today in ISIL's Army that has occupied
Mosel northern Iraq. https://www.rt.com/shows/news/319872-rtnews-october-26-17msk/
1
Review by Dr. Bill French
Pearson Education – 6-7th grade - Geography: The Middle Ages to Exploration of the Americas
Kaspiel, et al, 2015
SUMMARY
With regards to Islam this textbook rises to a half-truth, at best. There is a constant apologist bias in refusing to talk about Islamic cruelty. This text is more like propaganda than critical thought applied to history. The missing pieces are massive in scope. The suffering caused by slavery, jihad, dhimmitude and the Sharia annihilated the native civilizations in Egypt, North Africa, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, and Iraq. Jihad has murdered over 200 million people, but no hint is given. The text does not speak of the Islamic basis for slave trade that supplied the slaves who came to America.
Pg: T26, Header reads: Islamic Civilization, Chapter Resource Guide
Under Assignment: Students will produce an article on links to Muslim religion and culture. Would it be permitted to show the jihad verses in the Koran and violence against Christians?
World History, page 73
The text uses Ibn Battuta’s voyage as a device to explore Islamic culture. Any reader of the original work would wonder if the fact that Ibn Battua’s purchase of a slave for sex on his journey will be mentioned. One further wonders if his recording of the jihad for slaves in Africa, which he recorded, will be mentioned, as well.
The larger question is what will happen if a well-informed student mentioned this fact?
Pg. 74
“Christians and Jews were allowed to practice their religion freely…”
This is a lie. Christians and Jews were ruled by the dhimmi laws of Sharia law. Here is one set of the laws they ruled them:
So the progression was as follows: first jihad, then dhimmitude, and then the destruction of the native dhimmi culture. This became the model for the next 1400 years. The dhimmi became a second-class citizen in Islam and paid a heavy poll tax called the jizya. Only Jews and Christians and, sometimes, Magians (Zoroastrians) had the choice of becoming dhimmis. Buddhists, Hindus, and animists had the choice of death or conversion.
It was Umar, the second caliph, who set the standards for dhimmitude. His treaty with the dhimmis states:
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We shall not build, in our cities or in their neighborhood new monasteries, churches, convents, or monks’ cells, nor shall we repair, by day or by night, such of them as fall in ruins or are situated in the quarters of the Muslims.
We shall keep our gates wide open for passersby and travelers. We shall give board and lodging to all Muslims who pass our way for three days.
We shall not give shelter in our churches or in our dwellings to any spy nor hide him from the Muslims.
We shall not manifest our religion publicly nor convert anyone to it. We shall not prevent any of our kin from entering Islam if they wish it.
We shall show respect toward the Muslims, and we shall rise from our seats when they wish to sit.
We shall not seek to resemble the Muslims by imitating any of their garments.
We shall not mount on saddles, nor shall we gird swords nor bear any kind of arms nor carry them on our persons.
We shall not engrave Arabic inscriptions on our seals.
We shall not sell fermented drinks.
We shall clip the fronts of our heads (keep a short forelock as a sign of humiliation).
We shall always dress in the same way wherever we may be, and we shall bind the zunar round our waists.
We shall not display our crosses or our books in the roads or markets of the Muslims. We shall only use clappers in our churches very softly. We shall not raise our voices when following our dead. We shall not take slaves who have been allotted to Muslims.
We shall not build houses higher than the houses of the Muslims.
Whoever strikes a Muslim with deliberate intent shall forfeit the protection of this pact.
(from Al-Turtushi, Siraj Al-Muluk, p. 229-30)
But this excerpt cannot really describe the world of the dhimmi. Islam dominated all public space. The government was Islamic; the education was Islamic; dress was Islamic; literature was Islamic. Only inside the dhimmi’s house could there be no Islam. The word of a dhimmi could not be used in court against a Muslim and crimes against dhimmis were rarely prosecuted.
The wealth of Islam came from the wealth and labor of the subjugated dhimmis. This had been true ever since Mohammed sent out his first jihadists to raid a Meccan caravan. From that day onward, Islam became wealthy through violence against the non-Muslim. The perfect example of the Jews of Khaybar
3
as dhimmis was used again and again. First jihad took the spoils of war and slaves; then the dhimmi tax system produced yearly wealth. Islam is a political system with a divine license to take what is wanted from dar al harb, the land of war.
Page T35
“Living in Arabia”
Will students be allowed to comment on the fact that Jews, pagans and Christians are not allowed to live in the most important parts of Arabia?
Pg. 79
The summary of Mohammed’s career does not truly reflect his actual history.
It should be noted that Mohammed averaged an event of violence every 6 weeks for the last 9 years of his life. Mohammed preached the religion of Islam for 13 years in Mecca and converted 150 Arabs to Islam. In Medina jihad for 9 years caused every Arab to convert. It was jihad that made Islam successful, not religion. Here is plot of the growth of Islam.
T40
Five Pillars of Islam
Prayer is one of the Five Pillars. Every Muslim prays over a dozen times a day to recognize that Christians have gone astray and that Jews anger Allah. Surly, such curses should be taught to Christians and Jews.
Pg. T42
Re: Eid al-Fitr feast
The text does not mention that the first Eid was Mohammed’s celebration of his successful killing of non-Muslims at the Battle of Badr.
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Pg. 81
In discussing the Hadith, they only mention the “good” hadith. For instance, Mohammed said, “Never ask a man why he beats his wife.”
Pg. 82
The Five Pillars.
Prayer is one of the Five Pillars. Every Muslim prays over a dozen times a day to recognize that Christians have gone astray and that Jews anger Allah. Surly, such curses should be taught to Christians and Jews.
It is also not mentioned that the Zakat charity cannot be used for Kafirs, non-Muslims. Only Muslims receive the Zakat charity. Indeed, part of the Zakat must go to jihad.
Pg. 85
Concerning the Sharia:
The Sharia is declared to be the only acceptable form of government. The Sharia does not only affect Muslims, but non-Muslims, Kafirs, as well. Kafirs must be dhimmis and be third class citizens under the Sharia. The Sharia is the justification of Muslims murdering 100,000 Christians last year.
Women can be beaten; children may be murdered by their parents.
All world governments must be centralized under the Caliph.
The Sharia defines jihad as war against the Kafirs. Jihad is a community obligation upon all Muslims. Jihad is properly called the Sixth Pillar.
Freedom of speech is denied under the Sharia. Apostates may be killed.
Pg 87
Empire—reasons for success:
The reason for Islamic success in war is its foundation in jihadic doctrine found in the Koran and the Hadith. Here we see how much of Islam’s sacred texts are devoted to jihad:
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The success of the jihad can be seen in the Tears of Jihad: The Tears of Jihad
These figures are a rough estimate of the death of non-Muslims through the political use of jihad.
Africa
Islam ran the wholesale slave trade in Africa. About 25 million slaves were delivered to the market. But the wars to obtain slaves killed about 120 million, including the young, old, and sick left behind.
120 million Africans killed
Christians
The total number of Christians martyred by Islam is about 60 million.
60 million Christians killed
Hindus
The country of India today is only half the size of ancient India, due to jihad.
80 million Hindus killed
Buddhists
Jihad killed the Buddhists in Turkey, Afghanistan, along the Silk Route, and in India. The total is roughly 10 million.
10 million Buddhists killed
Total 270,000,000 killed
This gives a rough estimate of 270 million killed by jihad.
Pg. 88
Men and Women
This paragraph does not even touch the subjugation of women under the Sharia. But the first lie is that Islam improved women’s rights. Before Mohammed, women could live independently and be a full citizen, for example, see Mohammed’ first wife, Kadija. After Mohammed, women could be beaten. Here is the best summary from the Hadith (the B in the index is from Bukhari):
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Women are less intelligent than men. They are also spiritually inferior to men.
[B1,2,28;B1,6,301;B2,24,541;B4,54,464;B7,62,124;B7,62,126;B7,76,456;B8,76,554;B8,76,555]
Once, after offering prayer at Musalla, Mohammed said to the women, “O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell were women.” They asked, “Why is it so, O Allah’s Apostle?” He replied, “You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.”
The women asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?” He replied, “Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?” They agreed that this was so. He said, “This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn’t it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?” The women replied that this was so. He said, “This is the deficiency in her religion.”
Women are an affliction to men.
[B4,52,111;B7,62,30;B7,62,31;B7,62,33;B7,62,32;B7,71,649;B7,71,666]
Mohammed said, “If at all there is a bad omen, it is in the horse, the woman and the house.”
On another occasion, he had said, “I have not left any affliction after me more harmful to men than women.”
Women cannot help their flaws, so be nice to them.
[B4,55,548;B7,62,113;B7,62,113]
Mohammed said, “Treat women nicely, for a women is created from a rib, and is much like one. If you try to straighten a rib, it will break, so I urge you to take care of the women.”
A woman, a donkey or a dog can nullify prayers.
[B1,9,486;B1,9,490]
When told that a prayer is annulled if the praying ones are passed by a dog, a donkey, or a woman, Aisha said,
Do you make us women equal to dogs and donkeys? While I used to lie in my bed, the Prophet would sometimes come to pray facing the middle of the bed. I felt like it was wrong of me to remain in front of him while he prayed, so I would slip away slowly and quietly from the foot of the bed until I stopped feeling guilty.
Pg. 91
The text mentions the Janissaries in a favorable manner. This is tragic.
Fundamentally, the Janissaries were a blood tax paid by the systematic forced collection of Christian children in the Balkans, practiced by Ottoman Turks. Every three or four years 300 to 1000 healthy boys and young men had to be taken by force to Turkey, converted to Islam and educated for military profession or religious disciplines. Part of the brutality of subjugating the Christian youth to accept the discipline of Islam was homosexual rape.
These sons of Christian parents were used in jihad war against Christians to expand Islam.
The daughters of the Christians were captured and used as sex slaves, as well.
Pg 92
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The Taj Mahal is presented as a wonder of Islam. The Taj was originally a Hindu temple that was commandeered and converted to a Islamic structure. All of the Hindu stoneworkers had their right hand removed so that they would not build any other structure as beautiful.
Pg. 96
Medicine
Actually, most of the medicine practiced in Islam was by Christians and Jews. Some scholars complained that most Muslims wanted to become Sharia lawyers.
Philosophy
It neglects to mention that the Islamic philosophy of the Golden Age culminated in the following:
1. There are no natural laws
2. There is no cause and effect
3. Only those ideas which do not criticize Islamic doctrine are permitted under Islam. This is authoritative logic and thought which forbids critical thought.
This basically destroys science and inquiring thought. There has never been a Nobel Prize in science given to a Muslim working in a Muslim nation. There is no modern scientific idea that has come into prominence from Islam, even with vast sums of money available.
These constraints also explain why almost no books are translated into Arabic. They don’t agree with Islamic doctrine and do not need to be read by a Muslim.
Pg 101
Translating the Greek and Roman works was all done by Christian Arabs. Only selected works were translated, none of the literature was translated.
Pg 103
The rest of Mohammed’s farewell sermon included: From Ishaq’s Sira: He also told them men had rights over their wives and women had rights over their husbands. The wives were never to commit adultery or act in a sexual manner toward others. If they did, they were to be put in separate rooms and beaten lightly. If they refrained from what was forbidden, they had the right to food and clothing. Men were to lay injunctions on women lightly for they were prisoners of men and had no control over their persons.
He said to feed and clothe the slaves well.
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Public Comment Form MyWorld History & Geography, Middle Ages to Exploration of Americas The book says the Arab Muslim Empire was “generally” tolerant of Jews and Christians and states they were respected? The only mention in this book of their persecution was a special tax and “other restrictions”.
This book shows an obvious bias for Islam. Any negatives are either not mentioned, down played or glossed over.
Other religions are not handled in the same manner. Much of the text regarding Christianity focuses on internal conflicts or other negative aspects. One gets the impression that the section on Islam is written by a Muslim but the sections on Christianity read from an outsider’s perspective. Very little information is presented on the conquest of Islam over of formerly Christian nations like Egypt, Syria and Turkey.
Regarding Pages 72-107 and beyond, the books discussion of Islam and Sharia is scrubbed clean of negative aspects. This book is quick to discuss several less than positive issues regarding the Christian church, such as internal conflicts or power struggles between the clergy and secular rulers. In fact one of the few sections dedicated to Christianity is entitled “Divisions within the Christian Church”.
Islam is given the status of a Civilization where no other religion is. In discussing Islam, no mention of slavery is made which was definitely a characteristic aspect of the Islamic empires and was practiced by Muslims since the beginning of Islam. Slavery is condoned in the Koran, Hadiths and the Sunna. Where Slavery is not addressed in the cultures of Islam, slavery is described as a strong influence of the Roman culture.
P.82 Regarding Charity, one of the 5 pillars of Islam, the book fails to mention that Islamic charity does not apply to non-muslim believers. Refer to the Koran 28:86 which forbids lending support to non-believers.
P. 85 The books discussion of Sharia does not mention the lack of equal rights for women, non-Muslims and homosexuals. There is no mention of countries where sharia forbids women to work, receive an education, drive a car or move about unescorted by a male relative. There is no mention of women who are stoned to death under sharia for adultery even when it is actually a case where the woman is raped. There is no mention that women inherit half of what their male peers inherit and that it takes 3 women’s testimony to equal one man’s in a Sharia court of law. There is no mention of the death sentence for all homosexuals or many other negative aspects of Sharia.
p. 86 The book states Islam spread peacefully even though they “conquered” North Africa and Spain. I suggest that the spread of Islam was anything but peaceful . This is from the Medieval Source Book on the conquest of Spain by the Muslim invaders. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/conqspain.asp
p.87 According to the book, religious toleration helped the Arab Muslim empire to expand. Conversely it is compared to the Byzantine or Christian empire which is stated to have persecuted Jews and non-Muslims.
The fact is, Islamic states treated Jews and Christians as 3rd class citizens, requiring an onerous Jiza Tax from them and severely restricting their freedoms of religious worship and commerce. Jews and Christians were not allowed to repair their synagogues or churches or ring bells during worship. They were not allowed to ride horses. Their testimony was not allowed in a court of law. Often their children were taken from them and forced into military service. There were many other hardships imposed on non-Muslims in Muslim conquered lands.
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P. 88 Discusses how women were treated differently than men but soft sells the inequities as still a “general improvement” over their situation before Islam developed. No mention of ill treatment of women mentioned above under P85.
Review by Barbara S.
What is disturbing is that the teacher reviews of this book find absolutely no bias at all in spite of the entire section devoted to the study of Islam in detail and with a positive view. Islam is continued to be discussed in many other sections as well. Its like a primer on Islam. It reads more like a book on religion in this section than a history book The chapter on Christianity is titled, "Divisions in the Christian Church" Or in the Medieval times Christianity is discussed as a power struggle between Bishops and the Pope with Kings and rulers. Much fewer details on the fundamentals of Christianity are given in this book than that of Islam. Christianity is discussed in a flawed and negative way. This book is clearly biased for Islam if for no other reason than the sheer volume of the text devoted to discussion of it. Yet teachers state a Christian bias in the weekly reader for K_3 Grades because of the discussion of good character qualities that make a good citizen? and a later lesson with one paragraph describing what the Christian church is?
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The book says the Arab Muslim Empire was “generally” tolerant of Jews and Christians and states they were respected? The only mention in this book of their persecution was a special tax and “other restrictions”.
This book shows an obvious bias for Islam. Any negatives are either not mentioned, down played or glossed over.
Other religions are not handled in the same manner. Much of the text regarding Christianity focuses on internal conflicts or other negative aspects. One gets the impression that the section on Islam is written by a Muslim but the sections on Christianity read from an outsider’s perspective. Very little information is presented on the conquest of Islam over of formerly Christian nations like Egypt, Syria and Turkey
Monday, October 12, 2015
GOD'S MERCY REJECTED by Blount County
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Unfortunately Governor Haslem has
retreated from his historically bold leadership
position of calling for the State
Legislature to address the funding crisis caused
by the Obama Administration failure
to produce a Transportation Budget for
6 years, according to Tennessee
Department of Transportation Commissioner
Schorer.
The Governor in announcing his position
change, acknowledges the State
Legislators objections to dealing
with the gas tax question in a election year is a very bad
sign for the TAXPAYERS.
WBCR believes this State Legislator
opposition to voter accountability
telegraphs lawmakers intention to pass
a significant enough GAS TAX increase that would prevent their
Leaders from getting re-elected and rightfully so.
The October Blount Co. Agenda
Commission meeting was the shortest on record as soon as the role was
taken Commissioner Carter of Dist. 1 elected by the voters from
Martin Luther King Center and Everett motioned to adjourn the meeting
but had to wait until Vice Chairman Samples Dist 3 from Eagleton and
John Sevier got a vote of 10 to 5 both included as voting against
setting the agenda.
Commissioner Carter then moved a
second time to adjourn, and was seconded
by Commissioner Farmer of the 4th
District precincts of Chilhowee
View, Fairview, Montvale and Board of
Education. The motion passed unanimously.
Commissioner Samples told WBCR "It
was not the county commission's business" referring to
Resolution 2015-10-006 sponsored by Commissioner Miller of District
4, Chilhowee View, Fairview, Montvale and Board of Education.
Commissioner Miller said of
Commissioner Sample's position that, " King George III
himself could not have done a better job of sabotaging a lawful and
righteous expression of outrage against tyranny.
Chairman Steve Samples' objection to
the resolution's content is no justification for throwing the
legislative process of a free people into the wood chipper as he and
the county power elite did at Tuesday nights' farce of an agenda
committee meeting."
The Mayor has called for a special
called meeting without the Miller Resolution
says he is "getting the Commission
business done" according to the Daily Times.
It appears to WBCR that the Mayor and
all the Commissioner, legislators were
elected to represent the voters of
Blount County. However the Mayor and
Commissioner Samples and the 9 other
Commissioners who didn't want to consider the Miller Resolution
Petitioning God's Mercy doesn't represent their constituents.
The only citizens getting represented
at October's Agenda Committee Meeting
are those who don't want God's Mercy
yet they seem to be in greatest need
of God's Mercy, how ironic.
The commissioners wanting God's Mercy
for Blount County were Archer, Carver, Miller and Monroe,
Commissioners rejecting God's Mercy
were Bowers, Carter, Caskey, Caylor,
Farmer, Headrick, Lewis, Melton,and
Samples.
So if you don't get God's Mercy what
remains but his Judgment.
You can read the full Resolution at
www.truthradio.tv October Agenda
Mercy Resolution.
If you want God's Mercy to be requested
for Blount County by Resolution then call the Mayor at 273-5700
and ask him to support Commissioner Miller's Resolution.
After calling the Mayor you might also
contact the Daily Times since they are so
powerfully interested in this
resolution and ask them if they would interview you
or your pastor,or favorite retired
Christian educator, or college professor
on the importance of justice and mercy
of the God of the Bible.
WBCR would be happy to receive copies
of your communication with either the
Mayor or the Daily Times so as to
publicly report on they response to your concerns.
If you would like to recommend a guest
for WBCR's Local News Talk radio show
Monday thru Friday at 5:15pm Salt and
Light Please call 984-1470 and if you would like to share your
exchange with the Mayor or the Daily Times please do so in writing to
WBCR PO box 130 Alcoa TN 37701 or by email to gm @ truthradio.tv.
RESOLUTION
No. 15-10-006
Sponsored
by Karen Miller and
RESOLUTION
CONDEMNING JUDICIAL TYRANNY AND PETITIONING GOD'S MERCY
Whereas,
the Governor, Attorney General, and ALL WE Blount County Legislators
have sworn
an
oath consistent with the moral Law of God ("So Help Me God")
to uphold the Constitution of
Tennessee
and the Constitution of the United States; and
Whereas,
the fulfillment of
this oath, in the American tradition, may not be read to contradict
the
written
Constitution, Justice, Reason and higher Natural Law; and
Whereas,
not all orders
claiming authority under color of law are lawful; and
Whereas,
unlawful orders, no
matter their source - whether from a military commander, a
federal
judge, or the United States Supreme Court - are and remain unlawful,
and should be
resisted;
and
Whereas,
the American system
of federalism envisions a political stance of resistance by
States
and their office holders against lawless federal court orders; and
Whereas,
modernly, federal
judges have once again usurped powers not delegated to them,
and
have violated Reason, the Rule of Law and Natural Law by purporting
to strike down State
laws
and acts of the People recognizing and protecting Natural Marriage;
and
Whereas,
the United States
Supreme Court is not the sole and final arbiter of the powers of the
States
under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, when it acts in an area outside
of its jurisdiction;
and
Whereas,
the federal Judiciary
was created by the Founders to have "neither Force nor Will, but
merely
judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive
arm" and the
States,
for the carrying out of its judgments, and it is high time that the
Court be so reminded;
and
Whereas
we are forced beyond
our wishes to comply with what is clearly against our conscience,
and
violates what the Bill of Rights, both State and Federal, give us the
Right to do...
With
a firm reliance upon the providence of Almighty God WE the BLOUNT
COUNTY
LEGISLATURE
call upon all of the
Officers of the State of Tennessee, the Governor, the
Attorney
General, and the members of the Tennessee Legislature, to join US,
and utilize all
authority
within their power to protect Natural Marriage, from lawless court
opinions, AND THE
financial
schemes of the enemies of righteousness wherever the source AND
defend the Moral
Standards
of Tennessee.
WE
adopt this Resolution before God that
He pass us by in His Coming Wrath and not
destroy
our County as He did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities.
As the
Passover
Lamb was a means of salvation to the ancient Children of Israel, so
we stand upon
the
safety of the Lamb of God to save us.
WE
adopt this Resolution begging
His favor in light of the fact that we have been forced to
comply
and recognize that the State of Tennessee, like so many other
God-fearing States, MAY
have
fallen prey to a lawless judiciary in legalizing what God and the
Bible expressly forbids.
CERTIFICATION
OF ACTION ATTEST
Commission
Chairman County Clerk
Approved:
Vetoed:
County
Mayor Date
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Blount 7th Grade History Text Prostelites Islam
Sam Duck founder of the Blount County Tax Revolt distinguished himself trying to bring the light of
truth, knowledge and reason to Blount County elected officials in the City of Maryville and County
School Districts respectively as his email and attachments are reprinted below with permission.
I personally went to the University of Tennessee several times in 2013 and reviewed prospective textbooks. I was one of at least 30 people across the state that did the same thing. We worked together and compiled a comprehensive review of our textbooks. I personally communicated my findings to the city of Maryville schools where my children attend. To my knowledge, the city of Maryville did listen to my warnings, and avoided purchasing questionable books. While, I admit, I spent the bulk of my time talking to the city of Maryville, I did also talk to Blount County. I spoke to Mr. McNelly while I was talking to voters at the court house, and later I sent him this information. As far as I'm concerned, it was a very good conversation. We took the approach that, while we may disagree on some issues, this is one we both considered important. I know this was not the only communication I had with the Blount County School system, but this is the only one I have a paper trail for. I called Ms. Archer, and I confirmed, she sent a USPS letter to Mr. Britt regarding this issue as well. The very book Mr. McDaniel has brought to our attention was on the list of books we reviewed. Here is a link of our analysis of the book. This was available November 2013.
http://textbookadvocates.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/X-62-Geography-The-Middle-Ages-to-the-Americas-7th-Grade.pdf
There are several things you need to find out from our school board and director?
When was the book purchased?
Did you read the book before purchasing it?
Did you seek any reviews of the book before making a purchase?
Did Mr. McNelly pass my email along to others?
Even if they claim they didn't know about our analysis of the book before hand, there should have been some due diligence. As part of my own campaign for school board, I brought up this lack of diligence by Maryville school board members when it comes to classroom material. It is very frustrating when I, as a parent and father, spend far more time pursuing these matters than our elected officials. I'm just thankful, to the best of my knowledge, Maryville's officials listened. Even if we don't see eye to eye on a number of issues, I am personally thankful, on this particular issue, Maryville's officials listened. We see the consequences of ignoring the public in the county. I know this information was public in other venues. 1470AM interviewed members of a church group, who also traveled to UT to review books. Their effort was separate from my own efforts. I know this is true, because I listened to the interview on the radio. I say all this, because I don't consider it plausible, our elected officials did not know about this material before this issue became public.
Samuel David Duck
truth, knowledge and reason to Blount County elected officials in the City of Maryville and County
School Districts respectively as his email and attachments are reprinted below with permission.
I personally went to the University of Tennessee several times in 2013 and reviewed prospective textbooks. I was one of at least 30 people across the state that did the same thing. We worked together and compiled a comprehensive review of our textbooks. I personally communicated my findings to the city of Maryville schools where my children attend. To my knowledge, the city of Maryville did listen to my warnings, and avoided purchasing questionable books. While, I admit, I spent the bulk of my time talking to the city of Maryville, I did also talk to Blount County. I spoke to Mr. McNelly while I was talking to voters at the court house, and later I sent him this information. As far as I'm concerned, it was a very good conversation. We took the approach that, while we may disagree on some issues, this is one we both considered important. I know this was not the only communication I had with the Blount County School system, but this is the only one I have a paper trail for. I called Ms. Archer, and I confirmed, she sent a USPS letter to Mr. Britt regarding this issue as well. The very book Mr. McDaniel has brought to our attention was on the list of books we reviewed. Here is a link of our analysis of the book. This was available November 2013.
http://textbookadvocates.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/X-62-Geography-The-Middle-Ages-to-the-Americas-7th-Grade.pdf
There are several things you need to find out from our school board and director?
When was the book purchased?
Did you read the book before purchasing it?
Did you seek any reviews of the book before making a purchase?
Did Mr. McNelly pass my email along to others?
Even if they claim they didn't know about our analysis of the book before hand, there should have been some due diligence. As part of my own campaign for school board, I brought up this lack of diligence by Maryville school board members when it comes to classroom material. It is very frustrating when I, as a parent and father, spend far more time pursuing these matters than our elected officials. I'm just thankful, to the best of my knowledge, Maryville's officials listened. Even if we don't see eye to eye on a number of issues, I am personally thankful, on this particular issue, Maryville's officials listened. We see the consequences of ignoring the public in the county. I know this information was public in other venues. 1470AM interviewed members of a church group, who also traveled to UT to review books. Their effort was separate from my own efforts. I know this is true, because I listened to the interview on the radio. I say all this, because I don't consider it plausible, our elected officials did not know about this material before this issue became public.
Samuel David Duck
Dear
Director Britt,
As
one responsible for the education and well-being of the thousands of
children of Blount County, we know you will want to avail yourself of
every tool and option that may enhance the implementation of those
duties.
Toward
the end of last year the TNDOE
sent
you a letter informing you of the approval of a list of Social
Studies textbooks up for adoption for classrooms starting in the fall
of 2014 through 2020. In
that inconspicuous letter was a statement informing you of the
options available to each district in the adoption process and a link
accessing reviews completed
by citizens and other experts from across Tennessee. Unfortunately
that link took you to a very disorganized and incomplete collection
of scanned reviews that were difficult to read and woefully
disordered.
We
have chosen to make this communication bold and bright to get your
attention on this extremely
important
matter. We have learned that many districts were unaware of the
details mentioned herein. We can only assume that the one
inconspicuous letter from the TNDOE was overlooked. We want to make
sure this message is not overlooked!
We
are the Tennessee
Textbook Advocates,
a grassroots group that grew from two to two hundred in the course of
this Social Studies textbook selection process; from June, 2013 to
present. We want to help.
Our
technicians have organized all of the reviews, good to not-so-good,
on our website. We invite you to go
to TEXTBOOKADVOCATES.COM
where you and your curriculum specialists can access
every review for every book
that was posted in a user-friendly, well-organized format.
Another
important offering is this short
video:
bit.do/TextAdVideo
which will convey to you, in unambiguous words from the mouths of
TNDOE
officials,
just exactly what your Blount County School District options are. In
less
than 5 minutes
you will understand that you have choices!
In
the very near future you will be contacted by Samuel
Duck, one
of our members in your county. He will ask for an appointment to
convey material for your Director of Curriculum and your
teacher-reviewers. I do hope you will accommodate him as early as
possible. I understand selections must be made by mid-April.
Thank
you very much for your time and attention.
Your
humble Tennessee Textbook Advocates,
Jackie
Archer, Lisa Moore, Bruce Avilla, Sue Redmond, and our many members.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
GAS TAX Hoax
GAS TAX HOAX
This is Freida for Truth Radio news
wanting to remind you that self government
is controlled by those who get involved
and the people who tell you that you can't
fight city hall are profiting from
your believing that lie. Tell other about Truth Radio
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window's corner.
The 15th and last GAS Tax meeting with
Governor Haslam was the best attended,
he said and your input is still wanted
at transportation.needs@tn.gov.
It was refreshing to hear truth talk from the Governor when he admits it is
hard to get interested in financing
projects like roads that take 12 to 16 years
to complete because you are out of
office before you get to cut the ribbon.
WBCR appreciates Governor Haslam
coming to the taxpayers for
their input and direction. Next year
is an election year for all the house members
and 1/3 of the State Senate, this
subject needs to be broadly discussed.
The last time this was done was under
the Alexander Administration in the
1980's.
The problem's we have with getting the
federal government to restore
the 18.4 cents per gallon tax we pay
are preventing the road construction
projects from proceeding on time
according to Commissioner Schorer.
The solution should go back to the
original intention as Senator McNally of
Oak Ridge pointed out and that was the
21.cents per gallon of state tax
should be spent as close to the source
of the payer as possible,
and that Federal tax be spent on
Federal Roads and State money on
State roads. That way when we have a
disfunctional government the
taxpayers will know who to hold
accountable.
A list of listener's state legislators
is included in the write text of this news story
on WBCR's Blog at triple w dot
truthradio dot tv at the end of this report as well as
all the talking point slides presented
by governor Haslem's team making the presentation
at Lenoir City.
Everyone realizes that cars get better
miliege so fewer gas taxes are paid,
and TDOT made a big issue out of only
spending 10 percent on Administration,
Field Operations, Equipment &
Facility, while 90 % goes to Construction,
Maintenance and Grants.
However they report spending $32
million in current projects in Lenoir City
area with $426 million of unfunded
phases in those and other projects.
If they are anything like the
rediciulous, Mark Johnson by pass, of what used to be the
Auto Motor Mile is a perfect example of
inefficieny in management of
resources and priorities.
Which needs to be part of the change
that will bring decision making closer to
home, where gas taxes paid need to
stay, with local elected officials and state legislators,
managing the tax revenue stream with a
regional TDOT construction project management
team funded by the local gas tax
revenue stream from state and federal taxes paid.
Otherwise we will see more of what has
already happened with the loss of a half million
dollars from our road maintenance
funding in Blount county when the state took
our cable licensing authority to
Nashville and this past year they took the beer board
authority as well and are stripping
local government of resources and authority.
Thank you for shopping with our Voice
of Champion Sponsors and telling your county
commissioner and school board member who
you are and what you expect of them.
This is Freida for Truth radio News.
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