Speech has not been released but in the link I just sent you they mention it. There is also a link starting Friday to find out more. The link is:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/bts.html This is from the Dept of Ed. Hollywood wrote: > dick, > > Does anyone have an actual transcript of the actual speech? Please > post it and let's have an end to all these claims of what the POTUS > REALLY means. > > Politicians usually don't waste campaign speeches on those too young > to vote, for God's sake. > > On Sep 3, 2:20 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Got this posting from Jim Miller. He expresses the point I have been >> trying to make the Holly if I can get past his failure to interpret what >> is actually being said. >> >> *Barack Obama Will Make A Campaign Speech To School Kids Next Week: * >> Michael and Diane Medved are not pleased >> <http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2009/09/02/abusing_schoo...>. >> >> My wife Diane seldom gets upset about politics. But President >> Barack Obama's recent demonstration of megalomania in insisting on >> beginning the school year by simultaneously addressing all public >> school kids in the United States elicited a concise response: "it's >> sick." >> >> In addition to her Ph.D. in psychology, Diane holds an M.A. in >> Education, and both primary and secondary teaching credentials in >> California. She has raised and educated our three kids, each of >> whom received some combination of home schooling, parochial >> education, and public schools. What bothers her (and many >> courageous teachers across the country) is the crude attempt by the >> Department of Education and the White House to blur all distinctions >> between education and cult-of-personality propaganda. >> >> How do I know it's a campaign speech, since I haven't read it? By >> reading the lesson plan >> <http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10582301/President-Obama%E2%80%99s-Addres...>. >> The worst part of the plan is one of the things the students may be >> asked to do after the speech: >> >> Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the >> president. These would be collected and redistributed at an >> appropriate later date by the teacher to make students accountable >> to their goals. >> >> It is legitimate to ask students what they can do to help the country. >> It is not legitimate --- in a republic --- to ask students what they >> can do to help a particular leader. >> >> (One thing Obama's team seems to have missed: This speech to school >> kids will provide a great straight line for many comedians, and some of >> those comedians will accept Obama's offer. If you think of a good one, >> or hear a good one, let me know about it.) >> - 2:49 PM, 2 September 2009 >> *The White House* is "clarifying" >> <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/02/wh-withdraws-call-stu...> >> the language in the lesson plan, presumably in order to remove the more >> political parts. Most likely, Obama's speech will just be an >> interruption of school time, not a full-blown campaign speech. >> >> For amusement, you may want to read about reactions from Democratic >> leaders in 1991, when President George H. W. Bush made a speech from a >> school >> <http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/09/03/flashback-1991-...>. >> >> A few conservatives have said that they would keep their kids out of >> school during Obama's speech. That's silly in my opinion; if there is >> anything offensive in the speech, it is better to explain that to kids >> after they hear it. >> - 11:04 AM, 3 September 2009 [link] >> <http://www.seanet.com/%7Ejimxc/Politics/September2009_1.html#jrm7790> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
