dick, Mentioning something is not the same thing as providing a transcript of the actual speech. That should be obvious.
On Sep 3, 4:09 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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>- > >> Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
