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Not even 5 min in. Pretty impressive

Couldn’t ask for a better start

Apart from forced exposure I have trouble coming up with a valid reason for having a Bible in a classroom. And any unlikely “valid reasons” will still lead to forced exposure. Saying that kids can “ignore” whatever the Bible is used for in the class is no different than suggesting they ignore the drag queen show in the library. And again, I’m not equating the value of the two, just the action of placing both in an area where they have no reason to be.

I actually agree with a lot of this. I have no issue with Bible classes being an elective, and I think the argument that kids who choose not to take it will be ostracized is over the top. An elective allows those who want it to take it, and for those who are interested have an opportunity to learn about it. For me the issue occurs when those who are not interested are subjected to forced prayer and mandatory Bible classes. As you said, that’s not how Christianity works. Nobody should be told they can’t pray, and nobody should be told they have to.

more of an upset than the Silsbee over BR that Aggie is calling me out on. I admittedly don't know enough about either roster to get deep into talking about rosters and matchups, but Teague certainly has a better resume.

I can't even find a way to consider that an upset, even with the seeding, but I get your point. Silsbee wins handily, IMO.

alright, you got me back ;). and I think my longwinded original post can be summed up by this: the right needs to focus on sweeping changes in the areas that we all know are the reasons they got the mandate to begin with. This is a golden opportunity to fix immigration almost entirely, improve the courts and eliminate some of the woke prosecution lack of punishment nonsense, and also improve spending habits and the economy. Do that and make small, sensible changes in other areas (legislation banning males in girls' changing rooms/sports would be an easy win to start), and the right can hold power for a long time. If the right gets hung up on trying to affect major conservative morality legislation (like trying to force a bible in every classroom, for example), it could greatly backfire.

Jasper over Columbia i expect Lindale over LCM 50/50 I've picked Joaquin to beat Centerville as a 4-seed. They're a dog, but I like their chances and at least think this one is a good game. Nederland has a decent shot against Texas High. If a 3 over a 2 counts then Coldspring has a decent shot against Teague.

I feel like you're being intentionally obtuse, as Andy Dusfresne would say. The Bible is not a problem. Forcing the Bible onto public school children would be the problem, not unlike mandating tampons in the boys room or having Drag Queens reading stories to elementary students. And before you freak out, I'm not saying that the Bible is bad like your other two examples. The comparison lies in the government forcing something into public schools that a good chunk of the population is not okay with. But anyway, I've been informed that I shouldn't be lecturing (aka voicing opinions) in here because I didn't think Trump was a good candidate, so I gotta run!

gonna be a boring site if folks who didn't (and still don't) think Donald Trump was a good candidate are no longer allowed to voice an opinion on here, but you can have it your way. you guys can just read Reagan's fun propaganda pieces and backslap each other. For the record, I don't recall using the term cakewalk other than suggesting that it would be one if we had a stronger candidate, and i know I never talked about cheeks being clapped. Thankfully the left sent an even more unelectable choice than the last two elections, and things are bad enough that people wanted change. But folks thinking these elections were a referendum for the right rather than against the left are delusional. You boys have fun!

Yes on the economy and fiscal decisions, but you think Trump won and the right gained seats in the house and senate because "most Americans" are looking for high morals and integrity? Surely even you can see the irony in that statement. Trump won despite his lack of morals and integrity. The country is looking for help with the border, inflation, and crime. They're tired of being talked down to by the left. They're NOT looking for a religious revival. The voters that swung this thing are not interested in conservative morality at all, they just want to be able to afford groceries and not get mugged on their way to buy them. The quickest thing the right can do to lose this mandate is force morality on the majority of the country that doesn't agree with it or doesn't agree the govt should be regulating it. It would be typical of the right (or left, if the roles were reversed) to think that a less than 1.5% popular vote win against an entirely unelectable presidential candidate is a green light to start pushing radical legislation, though.

they've played three good teams this year and lost two of them fairly convincingly. The Glen Rose win does look nice, but I've read a lot about this not being the same GR team that has advanced to state the last couple of years. I don't expect them to be a cakewalk, but I don't think they'd do better than 4th in our district, even with silsbee and jasper being down this year.

Trump education secretary hopeful floats national mandate to require Bibles in school classrooms Above I posted an article that contains exactly the sort of thing the right has to avoid while they have a mandate. Republicans have a chance to make massive changes in areas like foreign trade, the border, crime reform, the economy, and even to some degree social issues like men in women's sports/locker rooms. but if the right makes the mistake of overstepping and forcing ultra-conservative requirements on everyone they'll lose the house AND the senate at the midterm. One only has to look at the 94 Republican mandate with Gingrich's "Contract With America." Republicans took over the house and senate, and already had the oval office. Republicans mistook this for unfettered support when in fact the country was just "firing the democrats." Republicans went crazy with ultra-conservative policy, and two years later Bill Clinton was elected and republicans had substantial losses in the house and senate. Implement strong conservative policies in the areas that the country has told you are important to them, and where you'll get support. Don't make the mistake of trying to force conservatism in all areas onto the country. Our country as a whole is way less conservative than it was in 1996 when the country terminated the republican mandate.

I'm going to qualify this a bit: a slot-t run with average athletes and execution is difficult for weak teams to stop, but not good teams and coaches. But a slot-t with stud athletes that's run well causes issues for anybody, and there a few teams in the state that prove that pretty much year in and year out. all in all i don't love it, but it can certainly be run successfully with the right group of athletes.

eh, you know what I meant. MP has the seasons I'm referring to listed as 22-23 and 24-25, so just a typo sorta deal. here's hoping Nederland can get past them. It's an awful break for them to have to face Texas High in the first round, but pretty unlucky for Texas high to have to face them as well.

They played a Slot-T team two weeks ago. and those point totals are meaningless considering the opponents.

HF is favored to make it to the Regional Finals. Maybe they do, maybe they don't, but they're a favorite against everyone until then, and they're as good as any team in this region until proven otherwise. They absolutely crushed jasper and silsbee, and WOS only did marginally better with the help of a wet field slowing down the HF offense. The horns would much rather catch WOS for a second time on a dry field than have to deal with Bellville or La Vega, so hopefully y'all help us out with that.

for what it's worth, this 2024 version is WAAAAAAY better than that that 2022 version, so this is pretty irrelevant. that team was 8-2 with 3-pt wins over 1-9 Whitehouse and 2-8 Pine Tree over the last 4 weeks of the season.

Considering what's coming in the 3rd round it might be better to just set the bar there. The second round will be a big test, and if you advance you get the winner of what would normally be a regional finals matchup in the 3rd round.

Mr. Dotson had himself a game last night. In 15 minutes off the bench for New Mexico he went 6-7 from the floor, and 3-4 from deep to finish the game with 18 points and 3 assists. They beat TAMCC 100-81 to start the season 3-0.

apart from New Diana that district was absolutely awful. They played Garrison to 1 point early in the season which is kind of impressive, but don't really have a single other result on the season that's worth anything. They got beaten by the only other good team they played by 25, and the only other decent team by 11. despite having 7 wins, they haven't beaten a single team with a winning record, and their best win is against 4-6 West Rusk.