Re: Texas Governor Gets it Wrong.


"maureen" <maureen@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:55:39 GMT, James Chamblee
> <jim-chamblee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >In the 1920s, while barring the teaching of foreign languages, Texas
> >governor Miriam "Ma" Ferguson picked up a Bible and famously declared,
> >"If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for
Texas."
>
>
> ROTFL !! The Bushboy would probably say the same.
>
> " Where ignorance is bliss. 'Tis folly to be wise! "
>
> maureen
>

Ma was a good Democrat.


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J.C.


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