dick, Thought you guys wanted more transparency from this administration?
On Sep 4, 10:58 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > strange that they are able to release study notes and curricula on a > speech but not the speech. Kinda makes you wonder whether they are > waiting to see what the fallout on the curricula and study notes is > before they actually write the speech. > > > > Hollywood wrote: > > 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 -- 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
