Re: Texas Governor Gets it Wrong.

maureen <maureen@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
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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 !!
>
> " Where ignorance is bliss. 'Tis folly to be wise! "
>
> maureen
>
"Ma" Ferguson was a typical hard line Texas Democrat.


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