September 4, 2026 • 20 mins
On this Salcedo Storm Podcast:
Addie Hovland, Journalist for the Texas Scorecard.
Addie Hovland, Journalist for the Texas Scorecard.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
And 84% of Americans want the Save America Act! But
anybody who follows this process closely knows that we don't
have the votes. You tried your best, and you failed miserably.
The lesson is, never try.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
The proof that you mailed your ballot on or just
before election day, it's not just a postmark, you can
handwrite the date.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
And that.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
This is this horrible thing to say about. They will
remove 25 million people off the road. Ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha! Shut up!
Speaker 2 (00:39):
This is our Signal Storm podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Speaker 1 (01:09):
The Texas State Board of Education has met, folks, and
there was a raucous discussion about the proposed rewrite of history,
of world history that will be taught inside of Texas schools.
And those who are spearheading this rewrite say that it
is essential that the true history be taught. Quote, we
(01:30):
must teach our children the truth. America was not founded
in a vacuum. Our nation was profoundly shaped by the Bible,
by Christian principles, by Western civilization, individual liberty, limited government,
and the rule of law, said Julie Pickering, who represents
District 7 on the State Board of Education. They also
want to teach the proper history and the real history, folks,
(01:52):
of the religion of Islam, which didn't start out as
a religion. It started out as a political system, a
way of life, if you will, Islam, and then it
morphed into a religion. So when the Board of Education met,
the debate lasted several hours this last Monday with religion
(02:13):
at the forefront, specifically Islam. how the proposed curriculum would
teach about the world's religions in the religious aspect and
the cultural aspect. According to the proposed curriculum, high school
students would be taught early Islam through the lens of
the Prophet Muhammad's brutal military campaigns against Jewish and Christian tribes.
(02:35):
By the way, folks, that happened. That's a historical fact
and should not be glossed over, right? Students would also
learn how biblical imagery and founding principles of Equality and
justice from the Declaration of Independence are articulated in Martin
Luther King jr's I have a dream speech So it's
all factual. It's all the facts now. There are some
(02:58):
people that are not Terribly excited about the facts being
taught because they're terribly afraid that your children will learn
from them and one such individual a group of individuals
is care the Council on American Islamic relations Here's what
they say. CARE also held the news conference opposing the
(03:19):
proposed standards, saying the changes promote bigotry. So telling the
truth promotes bigotry, according to the unindicted co-conspirator of 9-11, folks.
So we must not tell the truth. The group also
said students would not have a well-rounded knowledge of the world,
which I don't know what basis they make that accusation for. But,
(03:43):
you know, this is America. If you're going to come
to America, you know, we do have a perspective here
and we kind of believe the way we're doing things
here is the right way. The the Christian principles that
found our Constitution. The idea that our rights and freedoms
are gifts from God. And legitimate governments protect those gifts
(04:06):
from God. Illegitimate ones steal those gifts. This is the
quote from CARE. Quote, our community is not asking for
special treatment.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yes, they are.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
We are not asking to erase anyone's faith. Yes, they are.
History or contributions. Nor are we here to spread hate
or division against anyone. Said Sam Iha Rizvi. Texas Legislative
Affairs and Legislative Manager for CARE. Folks, let me ask
you a question. CARE has been designated an unindicted co-conspirator
(04:38):
behind 9-11. Texas, Florida, United Arab Emirates have declared CARE
a terrorist organization. Why are they allowed or even listened
to to hold press conferences in the state of Texas,
in the state of Florida? Hell, I'm not sure what's
keeping the federal government for determining that. that CARE is
(04:59):
a terrorist organization. CARE opposes an amendment that would teach
Islam through the context of military campaigns and slavery. In
other words, they oppose telling the truth about what Muhammad,
their prophet, did. It was a brutal campaign that led
to the writing of a political system that ended up
(05:21):
being their holy book where violence is accepted, where lying
is accepted to impose Islam. And that's what the Koran
is all about, folks. I mean, the man who created
the inspiration for the Koran, there's a historical fact that
(05:41):
Islam and its proponents and Muhammad cannot deny, nor should
they be allowed to rewrite that history. Now, Christianity has
a history too, folks. I mean, dating back to Jesus
Christ and how he preached peace and was crucified. And
then let's not forget how those who came after Christ
(06:05):
and warped and distorted and bastardized the faith to justify
terrible things. So look, all that history needs to be taught,
but we should not allow radicalized Islamic fundamentalist terrorists to
rewrite the history to suit their own propaganda. If we
have to tell the story of Judaism, of Christianity, Buddhism,
(06:28):
whatever the world's religions are. We should not look at
Islam and say, oh, you guys get a pass. We
get to hide what you guys did. And no, we're
going to put it out there. We're going to show
the political system that gave rise to the religion of Islam.
And we'll let the facts determine how this country handles
(06:49):
Islam and how Islam continues, praise God, in the future.
It's reform. It's reformation, the same way the Christian faith
has undergone. Every other faith has gone through a reformation, okay?
We're going to talk more about this coming up. Don't
go anywhere. It's the Salcedo Storm podcast. And now a
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Chris Salcedo. Tucker Carlson's getting a wake-up call with his
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Speaker 1 (10:40):
All right, folks, time for a discussion with somebody brand
spanking new to the Salcedo Storm podcast, Addie Hubland. She's
a journalist at Texas Scorecard, our first time meeting. So
it's a pleasure to have you, a pleasure to meet you.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Well, thank you for having me on. It's a pleasure
to be here.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Now, you probably don't know this about me, but GovEd
has been a big focus of mine for many, many moons.
I I am not a fan of government education because,
you know, government does to education what government does to everything.
It destroys it. So I have been demanding accountability and
more flexibility for parents and for students. So we achieve
(11:19):
what we should be achieving, which is children learning in
this country. And I think one of there are so
many distractions for kids out there. There is a proposed
cell phone banner. Is this actually I don't know if
it's proposed or if it's actually in. As far as
policy inside of Texas schools, what have you found out? Oh, yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
So it actually has been in effect for a year now.
And yeah, this requires that students, that districts adopt policy
that prohibits personal communication devices by students during the school day.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
You know, the way my kid went to kids went
to a private school and they had to put their
cell phones in their lockers and they could take it
out at lunch and they could take it out when
they were going home in case they needed to, you know,
get in touch with parents or do whatever. But during
class hours, it was absolutely forbidden because it's one big distraction.
(12:17):
How is how is the policy working out?
Speaker 3 (12:21):
Yeah, so different. It's. Each district is adopting their own policy.
So we have some that are saying you need to
lock it away. Some are just saying turn it off
and put in your backpack. And teachers seem to be,
for the most part, for it.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Okay. And is it having any– well, it's only been
a year, so they probably haven't been able to measure
very much as far as academic performance is concerned. But anecdotally,
are we hearing from teachers that are saying, yeah, you
know what, at least I'm not having to compete for
their attention with cell phones?
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Yeah, yeah. So I have done some reporting on this,
and there has been teachers who have said, you know,
they feel like they have the students' attention more, you know,
even their academic increase, and just kids learning to socialize
(13:21):
with each other and during downtime.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Yeah. You know, I always laugh. You go to a restaurant, you, uh,
even in my own family, uh, you walk into a
room and all the kids are on their phones and
it's like, you're sitting in a room with other people.
Why don't you just talk to the other people rather
than having your heads buried in the phones? Folks, we're
having a conversation with Addie Hovland. She's a journalist with
Texas Scorecard. So you've also been covering, cause I was
(13:46):
reading your article, Where'd it go? I had it pulled
up right here. There it is. No, that's not it.
That's Brandon's. There's yours. I was reading that you had
written about the State Board of Education rallying to basically
oppose Marxist and Islamic influence inside of GovEd. And you
wrote a pretty long piece on the 31st here about this.
(14:09):
What what was the State Board of Education meeting to do?
Speaker 3 (14:14):
So they were meeting to finish up the Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills Social Study Standards, specifically for high school.
Back in June, they finalized the ones for the K-8
and the required reading list, but decided to postpone the
(14:35):
high school until this month. And so they were... doing
some amendments. And then this Friday it's slated to be,
to receive a final vote.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Final vote.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
And so my understanding is this is a kind of
a rewrite. They're trying to sharpen the curriculum. What are
they changing? Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
So I guess, I guess they're like focusing on like
American exceptionalism and focus on a more factual history and
like things like, and other things like academic rigor.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Well, that's, that's a, that's a fair aim. I also
hear that they are trying to teach real world history
in particular, as it pertains to, to Islam and to its,
its influence inside of Texas. And what they decided to
do was teach the actual history of Islam. Not, not
(15:32):
only the, the uh the the tenets of islam but
through the lens of islam's prophet muhammad that went on
a and if this is just a fact a fact
of history a brutal military campaign against jews and christians
so they they didn't want to sugarcoat the actual history
so they're they're they're saying we should teach the actual
(15:55):
history of islam that was that was came into being
as a political uh, uh, system and then evolved into
a religion and to teach that. And also to teach,
you know, what Christianity is about and how Christianity has
led to our current American system. The, uh, the, our rights,
our individual liberties, the constitution and all of that. So
(16:17):
they're insisting on this. And there's been some controversy naturally
from people like the council on Islamic relations who got
out there and said, They are vehemently opposed to teaching
the actual history of the prophet Muhammad. They're saying, let
me see if I can get the exact quote here.
(16:37):
Our community is not asking for special treatment. We're not
asking to erase anyone's faith, history, or contributions, nor are
we here to spread hate or division against anyone, they said.
But they do not want this taught. A care opposes
an amendment that would teach Islam through the context of
military campaigns and slavery. In other words, they don't want
(17:00):
the history, the real history of their prophet taught. And
how did that go over in the meeting?
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Yeah, you know, it was, from what I reported on
and heard, you know, attempts to try to change that
were struck down by members and, yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Yeah, well, there's a majority Republican member makeup of the
State Board of Education. But, you know, what I find
astonishing is that they're being very forward. We don't want
the real history of Islam taught inside of government education.
And heretofore, that not teaching has been accommodated. And if
(17:47):
we're going to teach the, you know, the history of
Christianity and Jesus Christ, and also how Christianity has been
used in bad ways, going against the teachings of Christ.
If we've got to give the good, the bad, and
the ugly of Christianity's past, then we've got to give
the good and bad and the ugly of Islam. At
least that's kind of what my thought is. And so
(18:10):
inside the meeting, do we get any reason as to
why the folks in CARE and other interested groups didn't
want the actual history taught? And if the answer's no,
that's cool.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
No, I'm trying to think. I don't, not off the
top of my head, but.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Understood, understood. Well, the finalization is supposed to come when
this podcast airs. It'll be on Friday. The State Board
of Education, I'm assuming they feel pretty good about this
and that there's not going to be any wrinkles. So
how is the vote forecast to go?
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Do you know?
Speaker 3 (18:48):
Um, I honestly don't know. I know that there is
a possibility of other amendments being filed and then being
finalized and then the final vote.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
And so, yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
All right. Well, Addie Hovland, I know you're going to
keep an eye on it. We'll look forward to your
article that comes out after the State Board of Education
has its vote on Friday in the pages of Texas Scorecard.
I appreciate you bringing this to our attention and the
time today.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
Well, thank you for having me on.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Well, kids, I I got to be honest with you.
I I think that we have got to insist that
inside of taxpayer funded education, that the real history be
taught the good, the bad and the ugly. And whether
whether or not it's in the left's protected group sphere,
those who the left wing cherishes like radicalized Islamic fundamentalist
(19:40):
terrorists or communists, We should not be sugarcoating history, nor
should we be sugarcoating history when people have used the
teachings of Christ or the teachings of Judaism or the
teachings of Islam to do harm to their fellow man.
It all ought to come out so we can deal
with it and we can learn from it, warts and all.
(20:04):
That's going to wrap up this Salcedo Storm podcast. A
couple of things to remember until the next time we visit, folks. First,
pick up the new book, The Rise of the Liberty-Loving Latino,
A New American Revolution. Find it at Amazon.com. You can
get it in hard copy and you can get it
in audiobook form. And then remember this. A society's worth
isn't measured by how much power is stolen by an
(20:25):
out-of-control government. A society's worth, meaning its value, is determined
by how much power is reserved for you and me. We,
the people. Keep fighting to save your country out there,
my friends, because it's worth it.
And 84% of Americans want the Save America Act! But
anybody who follows this process closely knows that we don't
have the votes. You tried your best, and you failed miserably.
The lesson is, never try.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
The proof that you mailed your ballot on or just
before election day, it's not just a postmark, you can
handwrite the date.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
And that.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
This is this horrible thing to say about. They will
remove 25 million people off the road. Ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha! Shut up!
Speaker 2 (00:39):
This is our Signal Storm podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Speaker 1 (01:09):
The Texas State Board of Education has met, folks, and
there was a raucous discussion about the proposed rewrite of history,
of world history that will be taught inside of Texas schools.
And those who are spearheading this rewrite say that it
is essential that the true history be taught. Quote, we
(01:30):
must teach our children the truth. America was not founded
in a vacuum. Our nation was profoundly shaped by the Bible,
by Christian principles, by Western civilization, individual liberty, limited government,
and the rule of law, said Julie Pickering, who represents
District 7 on the State Board of Education. They also
want to teach the proper history and the real history, folks,
(01:52):
of the religion of Islam, which didn't start out as
a religion. It started out as a political system, a
way of life, if you will, Islam, and then it
morphed into a religion. So when the Board of Education met,
the debate lasted several hours this last Monday with religion
(02:13):
at the forefront, specifically Islam. how the proposed curriculum would
teach about the world's religions in the religious aspect and
the cultural aspect. According to the proposed curriculum, high school
students would be taught early Islam through the lens of
the Prophet Muhammad's brutal military campaigns against Jewish and Christian tribes.
(02:35):
By the way, folks, that happened. That's a historical fact
and should not be glossed over, right? Students would also
learn how biblical imagery and founding principles of Equality and
justice from the Declaration of Independence are articulated in Martin
Luther King jr's I have a dream speech So it's
all factual. It's all the facts now. There are some
(02:58):
people that are not Terribly excited about the facts being
taught because they're terribly afraid that your children will learn
from them and one such individual a group of individuals
is care the Council on American Islamic relations Here's what
they say. CARE also held the news conference opposing the
(03:19):
proposed standards, saying the changes promote bigotry. So telling the
truth promotes bigotry, according to the unindicted co-conspirator of 9-11, folks.
So we must not tell the truth. The group also
said students would not have a well-rounded knowledge of the world,
which I don't know what basis they make that accusation for. But,
(03:43):
you know, this is America. If you're going to come
to America, you know, we do have a perspective here
and we kind of believe the way we're doing things
here is the right way. The the Christian principles that
found our Constitution. The idea that our rights and freedoms
are gifts from God. And legitimate governments protect those gifts
(04:06):
from God. Illegitimate ones steal those gifts. This is the
quote from CARE. Quote, our community is not asking for
special treatment.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Yes, they are.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
We are not asking to erase anyone's faith. Yes, they are.
History or contributions. Nor are we here to spread hate
or division against anyone. Said Sam Iha Rizvi. Texas Legislative
Affairs and Legislative Manager for CARE. Folks, let me ask
you a question. CARE has been designated an unindicted co-conspirator
(04:38):
behind 9-11. Texas, Florida, United Arab Emirates have declared CARE
a terrorist organization. Why are they allowed or even listened
to to hold press conferences in the state of Texas,
in the state of Florida? Hell, I'm not sure what's
keeping the federal government for determining that. that CARE is
(04:59):
a terrorist organization. CARE opposes an amendment that would teach
Islam through the context of military campaigns and slavery. In
other words, they oppose telling the truth about what Muhammad,
their prophet, did. It was a brutal campaign that led
to the writing of a political system that ended up
(05:21):
being their holy book where violence is accepted, where lying
is accepted to impose Islam. And that's what the Koran
is all about, folks. I mean, the man who created
the inspiration for the Koran, there's a historical fact that
(05:41):
Islam and its proponents and Muhammad cannot deny, nor should
they be allowed to rewrite that history. Now, Christianity has
a history too, folks. I mean, dating back to Jesus
Christ and how he preached peace and was crucified. And
then let's not forget how those who came after Christ
(06:05):
and warped and distorted and bastardized the faith to justify
terrible things. So look, all that history needs to be taught,
but we should not allow radicalized Islamic fundamentalist terrorists to
rewrite the history to suit their own propaganda. If we
have to tell the story of Judaism, of Christianity, Buddhism,
(06:28):
whatever the world's religions are. We should not look at
Islam and say, oh, you guys get a pass. We
get to hide what you guys did. And no, we're
going to put it out there. We're going to show
the political system that gave rise to the religion of Islam.
And we'll let the facts determine how this country handles
(06:49):
Islam and how Islam continues, praise God, in the future.
It's reform. It's reformation, the same way the Christian faith
has undergone. Every other faith has gone through a reformation, okay?
We're going to talk more about this coming up. Don't
go anywhere. It's the Salcedo Storm podcast. And now a
word from our sponsor. Are you still feeling the hangover
(07:10):
from the Beijing Biden economy? Not to mention the disease
that is socialized medicine and Obamacare, making your wallet feel
pretty crummy. Let American medical plans relieve one burden, health insurance.
American Medical Plan specializes in under 65 health insurance plans
that have zero co-pays and no deductibles. You choose your doctors,
(07:31):
you choose your hospitals. These plans have nothing to do
with your income and are 30 to 60 percent less
than Obamacare. If you're paying too much for your own
health insurance, call American Medical Plans. You deserve better. They
will customize a plan managed and chosen by you, not
the government. Chris Salcedo.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Hello, my friends in Liberty Loving community. Did you know
that as a follower of Chris Salcedo, you get exclusive
bonuses and discounts at quality vendors like MyPillow? MyPillow with
promo code TEAMLIBERTY, you get 30 to 80% off everything
you order every time as part of the Salcedo family.
(08:12):
So go to MyPillow.com forward slash Team Liberty and check
out the sheets, the pillows, the blankets, the mattress toppers,
and so much more. And you get 30% to 80%
off everything and many times free shipping with promo code
Team Liberty. And if you don't believe me, check out
(08:32):
what Chris has to say about MyPillow himself.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
You know what they say, my friends. Once you go MyPillow,
you never go back. I started out with the old-fashioned MyPillow.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Loved it.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Then I graduated to the towels, the MyPillow towels. They
take all the water off, and they're so soft. I
just love them. And then I said, well, I've got
to have something to cover MyPillow, so I got the
whole sheet set. Once you start, folks, you won't be
able to stop because you're just going to love the
products like I do.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
So that's it, ladies and gentlemen. You heard it from
the man himself. Go to MyPillow.com forward slash Team Liberty
and buy your MyPillow now. You're not only going to
save 30% to 80% on everything you order, but you're
going to get amazing products for your home. You're going
to support a great American company, and you're going to
keep the Salcedo Storm podcast on the air. It's a
(09:22):
triple win, and you'll never sleep better.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Chris Salcedo. Tucker Carlson's getting a wake-up call with his
experience with Fox News. I've had a couple. When DirecTV
stopped carrying Newsmax, I said to myself, Self, why am
I funding AT & T, DirecTV's parent company? So I
made the switch to Patriot Mobile. I thought it was
silly to send my money to those who were actively
hurting me. I was also taught a very valuable lesson
(09:48):
about independence. the foundational principles of the United States of America.
And Patriot Mobile backs those values too. Faith, freedom, prosperity.
When you make the switch at patriotmobile.com slash storm, you're
supporting your value. you're supporting a company that gives millions
of dollars to the causes that you and I support,
and you're also helping your liberty-loving Latino's voice stay free
(10:08):
and independent. You'll also get an industry-leading coverage guarantee and
discounts for multi-line users, veterans, first responders, active military. Why
fund the woke? one day longer. Switch to Patriot Mobile.
Call 972-PATRIOT. That's 972-PATRIOT. Or just go to patriotmobile.com slash storm.
Use my promo code STORM to get free activation. Make
(10:29):
the switch to Patriot Mobile.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
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Speaker 1 (10:40):
All right, folks, time for a discussion with somebody brand
spanking new to the Salcedo Storm podcast, Addie Hubland. She's
a journalist at Texas Scorecard, our first time meeting. So
it's a pleasure to have you, a pleasure to meet you.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Well, thank you for having me on. It's a pleasure
to be here.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Now, you probably don't know this about me, but GovEd
has been a big focus of mine for many, many moons.
I I am not a fan of government education because,
you know, government does to education what government does to everything.
It destroys it. So I have been demanding accountability and
more flexibility for parents and for students. So we achieve
(11:19):
what we should be achieving, which is children learning in
this country. And I think one of there are so
many distractions for kids out there. There is a proposed
cell phone banner. Is this actually I don't know if
it's proposed or if it's actually in. As far as
policy inside of Texas schools, what have you found out? Oh, yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
So it actually has been in effect for a year now.
And yeah, this requires that students, that districts adopt policy
that prohibits personal communication devices by students during the school day.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
You know, the way my kid went to kids went
to a private school and they had to put their
cell phones in their lockers and they could take it
out at lunch and they could take it out when
they were going home in case they needed to, you know,
get in touch with parents or do whatever. But during
class hours, it was absolutely forbidden because it's one big distraction.
(12:17):
How is how is the policy working out?
Speaker 3 (12:21):
Yeah, so different. It's. Each district is adopting their own policy.
So we have some that are saying you need to
lock it away. Some are just saying turn it off
and put in your backpack. And teachers seem to be,
for the most part, for it.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Okay. And is it having any– well, it's only been
a year, so they probably haven't been able to measure
very much as far as academic performance is concerned. But anecdotally,
are we hearing from teachers that are saying, yeah, you
know what, at least I'm not having to compete for
their attention with cell phones?
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Yeah, yeah. So I have done some reporting on this,
and there has been teachers who have said, you know,
they feel like they have the students' attention more, you know,
even their academic increase, and just kids learning to socialize
(13:21):
with each other and during downtime.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Yeah. You know, I always laugh. You go to a restaurant, you, uh,
even in my own family, uh, you walk into a
room and all the kids are on their phones and
it's like, you're sitting in a room with other people.
Why don't you just talk to the other people rather
than having your heads buried in the phones? Folks, we're
having a conversation with Addie Hovland. She's a journalist with
Texas Scorecard. So you've also been covering, cause I was
(13:46):
reading your article, Where'd it go? I had it pulled
up right here. There it is. No, that's not it.
That's Brandon's. There's yours. I was reading that you had
written about the State Board of Education rallying to basically
oppose Marxist and Islamic influence inside of GovEd. And you
wrote a pretty long piece on the 31st here about this.
(14:09):
What what was the State Board of Education meeting to do?
Speaker 3 (14:14):
So they were meeting to finish up the Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills Social Study Standards, specifically for high school.
Back in June, they finalized the ones for the K-8
and the required reading list, but decided to postpone the
(14:35):
high school until this month. And so they were... doing
some amendments. And then this Friday it's slated to be,
to receive a final vote.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Final vote.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
And so my understanding is this is a kind of
a rewrite. They're trying to sharpen the curriculum. What are
they changing? Yeah.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
So I guess, I guess they're like focusing on like
American exceptionalism and focus on a more factual history and
like things like, and other things like academic rigor.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Well, that's, that's a, that's a fair aim. I also
hear that they are trying to teach real world history
in particular, as it pertains to, to Islam and to its,
its influence inside of Texas. And what they decided to
do was teach the actual history of Islam. Not, not
(15:32):
only the, the uh the the tenets of islam but
through the lens of islam's prophet muhammad that went on
a and if this is just a fact a fact
of history a brutal military campaign against jews and christians
so they they didn't want to sugarcoat the actual history
so they're they're they're saying we should teach the actual
(15:55):
history of islam that was that was came into being
as a political uh, uh, system and then evolved into
a religion and to teach that. And also to teach,
you know, what Christianity is about and how Christianity has
led to our current American system. The, uh, the, our rights,
our individual liberties, the constitution and all of that. So
(16:17):
they're insisting on this. And there's been some controversy naturally
from people like the council on Islamic relations who got
out there and said, They are vehemently opposed to teaching
the actual history of the prophet Muhammad. They're saying, let
me see if I can get the exact quote here.
(16:37):
Our community is not asking for special treatment. We're not
asking to erase anyone's faith, history, or contributions, nor are
we here to spread hate or division against anyone, they said.
But they do not want this taught. A care opposes
an amendment that would teach Islam through the context of
military campaigns and slavery. In other words, they don't want
(17:00):
the history, the real history of their prophet taught. And
how did that go over in the meeting?
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Yeah, you know, it was, from what I reported on
and heard, you know, attempts to try to change that
were struck down by members and, yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Yeah, well, there's a majority Republican member makeup of the
State Board of Education. But, you know, what I find
astonishing is that they're being very forward. We don't want
the real history of Islam taught inside of government education.
And heretofore, that not teaching has been accommodated. And if
(17:47):
we're going to teach the, you know, the history of
Christianity and Jesus Christ, and also how Christianity has been
used in bad ways, going against the teachings of Christ.
If we've got to give the good, the bad, and
the ugly of Christianity's past, then we've got to give
the good and bad and the ugly of Islam. At
least that's kind of what my thought is. And so
(18:10):
inside the meeting, do we get any reason as to
why the folks in CARE and other interested groups didn't
want the actual history taught? And if the answer's no,
that's cool.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
No, I'm trying to think. I don't, not off the
top of my head, but.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Understood, understood. Well, the finalization is supposed to come when
this podcast airs. It'll be on Friday. The State Board
of Education, I'm assuming they feel pretty good about this
and that there's not going to be any wrinkles. So
how is the vote forecast to go?
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Do you know?
Speaker 3 (18:48):
Um, I honestly don't know. I know that there is
a possibility of other amendments being filed and then being
finalized and then the final vote.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
And so, yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
All right. Well, Addie Hovland, I know you're going to
keep an eye on it. We'll look forward to your
article that comes out after the State Board of Education
has its vote on Friday in the pages of Texas Scorecard.
I appreciate you bringing this to our attention and the
time today.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
Well, thank you for having me on.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Well, kids, I I got to be honest with you.
I I think that we have got to insist that
inside of taxpayer funded education, that the real history be
taught the good, the bad and the ugly. And whether
whether or not it's in the left's protected group sphere,
those who the left wing cherishes like radicalized Islamic fundamentalist
(19:40):
terrorists or communists, We should not be sugarcoating history, nor
should we be sugarcoating history when people have used the
teachings of Christ or the teachings of Judaism or the
teachings of Islam to do harm to their fellow man.
It all ought to come out so we can deal
with it and we can learn from it, warts and all.
(20:04):
That's going to wrap up this Salcedo Storm podcast. A
couple of things to remember until the next time we visit, folks. First,
pick up the new book, The Rise of the Liberty-Loving Latino,
A New American Revolution. Find it at Amazon.com. You can
get it in hard copy and you can get it
in audiobook form. And then remember this. A society's worth
isn't measured by how much power is stolen by an
(20:25):
out-of-control government. A society's worth, meaning its value, is determined
by how much power is reserved for you and me. We,
the people. Keep fighting to save your country out there,
my friends, because it's worth it.
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