Zeb,
They call it " Obama transparency " ? ? ?
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On Sep 8, 11:34 am, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Comrade Obama and Ratboy Rham have brought this uproar on themselves.
> The only question is whether it was intentional or just more
> incompetence. It seems obvious that the content of the speech was not
> finalized when they announced it and probably far more doctrinal than
> the released version, otherwise why wouldn't they have released it
> initially? When you announce a "universal speech" to all our children
> and then stupidly conceal the contents, expect descent.
>
> On Sep 4, 10:49 pm, VT VirtualTruth <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > President Bush Sr. asked school kids to write the same letters,
>
> > another example of the Jerry Springer GOP Fringe Mob not
> > knowing their facts or history....they are merely trained dogs
> > that jump when they hear the attack whistle.
>
> > On Sep 3, 3:20 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>-
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