Please make some time to watch this before 2/28/13 when it will be taken off of PBS.com
Called The Revisionaries, brought by PBS and their Independent Lens feature, this is an important piece of history. It is how a bunch of right wing religious fanatics can snooker a state into teaching our public kids that evolution is on par with creationism and students need to be taught about the importance of the Heritage Foundation in our textbooks.
We need to see this to keep from happening in other states.
55 minutes long:
Warning: You may feel the need to shower after watching this.....
Watch the Revisionaries on PBS
The producers did a good job of balancing both sides. By doing so, they won the confidence of both sides to gain access. In getting full access to the right wingers' positions, the right wingers are allowed to showcase their own stupidity.
Here is a short trailer
Watch Witness a Texas Showdown Over Teaching Standards on PBS. See more from Independent Lens.