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“Tommy Tuberville – Caricature” by DonkeyHotey is licensed under CC BY 2.0

The Education Senator

A true inspiration

Steven L. Taylor
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“Tommy Tuberville – Caricature” by DonkeyHotey is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Via AL.com: Tuberville on inner city teachers: ‘I don’t know whether they can read and write’

“The COVID really brought it out how bad our schools are and how bad our teachers are, in the inner city. Most of them in the inner city, I don’t know how they got degrees,” Tuberville said.

“I don’t know whether they can read and write. And they want a raise. They want less time to work, less time in school. It’s just, we’ve ruined work ethic in this country. We don’t work at it anymore. We push an easy life.”

Without hesitation, I can say that every time I hear Tuberville speak I am reminded of the importance of education.

(Another example from the archives: Tuberville and Sharia Law).

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21 responses to “The Education Senator”

  1. Just nutha ignint cracker Avatar
    Just nutha ignint cracker

    Anyone willing to bet that he thinks the answer is to hire more teachers who can coach sports?

  2. Moosebreath Avatar
    Moosebreath

    @Just nutha ignint cracker:

    “Anyone willing to bet that he thinks the answer is to hire more teachers who can coach sports?”

    Here, I thought his answer is to hire people who will bring their guns into the schools.

  3. Just nutha ignint cracker Avatar
    Just nutha ignint cracker

    @Moosebreath: Well that, too, but who’s gonna be more qualified to bring a gun to school than a coach? Who do you want strapping up, the sewing teacher or the defensive line coach?

  4. Kathy Avatar
    Kathy

    To paraphrase an old movie, “Maybe goose-stepping morons like Tuberville should try reading books instead of banning them.”

  5. CSK Avatar
    CSK

    I wonder how much pressure Tuberville put on professors to give his players passing grades?

  6. Franklin Avatar
    Franklin

    If I could give you all thumbs up, including Dr. Taylor, I would. Thanks for a jolly laugh on a Saturday.

  7. Gustopher Avatar
    Gustopher

    @Franklin: you can give him thumbs up! There’s a like button on posts at the moment!

    (See Dr. Joyner’s comment on the open thread for details… it’s supposed to be on the comments as well)

  8. CSK Avatar
    CSK

    @Gustopher:

    Sadly, I don’t have a like button.

  9. Stormy Dragon Avatar
    Stormy Dragon

    We push an easy life.

    I’m reminded of the P. J. O’Rourke line to the effect of “being fully employed has never particularly been a goal of mine, despite full employment being such a priority of the government”

  10. Gustopher Avatar
    Gustopher

    @CSK: Footer of the post itself, right above share, tweet and pin?

  11. CSK Avatar
    CSK

    @Gustopher:

    Yes, but not for the individual comments.

  12. Flat Earth Luddite Avatar
    Flat Earth Luddite

    @CSK:
    One step at a time, grasshopper. He’s peddling as fast as he can. I’m just happy that I’m not in moderation heck, despite being worthy.

  13. Gustopher Avatar
    Gustopher

    @CSK: Comrade Franklin didn’t want to like a comment, they wanted to like the original post.

    You, however, are out of luck for the moment.

    But as your heart sinks into despair, take some small comfort in this: you are not in any way tempted to like this particular comment so the lack of a like button right here is fine.

    (I do what I can)

  14. CSK Avatar
    CSK

    @Flat Earth Luddite:

    Yes, Master Po.

    @Gustopher:

    Thumbs up.

  15. Fog Avatar
    Fog

    That’s nuff, y’all! Tommy is a good ol’ boy who came up the old fashioned way! He made his millions on the backs of unpaid, mostly black, labor, and when he moved on he devoted the rest of his life to fawking over the same people who made him rich. A Southern Traditionalist through and through.

    Thank the Lord our enemies are morons.

  16. CSK Avatar
    CSK

    @Fog:

    Alabamans think Tuberville is God. Seriously.

    This obsession with college football is totally alien to me. I couldn’t tell you the names of the coaches at Harvard, Boston College, UMAss, etc., and I doubt that many other locals can, either.

  17. DK Avatar
    DK

    …and I doubt that many other locals can, either.

    Because Massachusetts is basketball country and those schools are not good at football.

    Now ask those same locals about the Pats and the Celtics, and it will be quite a different story.

  18. CSK Avatar
    CSK

    @DK:

    Well, B.C. has been pretty good at football. In the pre-Tom Brady years, people got so sick of the Patriots losing all the time that they started watching the B.C. games.

    There’s a big difference, though, between the pro teams like the Pats and Celts and college teams. Everybody can tell you who Belichick and Mazzula are. Nobody thinks either one is God.

    I suppose because there were no pro teams in the south for so long that they had to go with college teams.

  19. CSK Avatar
    CSK

    Every time I see this guy’s name, I think of the Toonerville Trolley.

  20. Gavin Avatar
    Gavin

    Potato city man wasn’t even on the staff when auburn won the title thanks to Cam Newton.. that was Gus Malzahn. He’s known for beating Alabama in the pre-Saban dark ages. If he’s the best auburn has to offer, they’re desperate.

  21. DaveD Avatar
    DaveD

    As a transplant to Alabama I can say three things definitively: one tubberville is here to stay, two my vote will never matter and three this state is slow walking backwards. They occasionally get dragged forward by the federal government but find a way to race to the bottom.

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