This isn't the first time that a Presidential address to the chill'un has created controversy. From the NYT:
"The first President George Bush, a Republican, made a similar nationally broadcast speech from a Washington high school in 1991, urging students to study hard, avoid drugs and to ignore peers “who think it’s not cool to be smart.” Democrats in Congress accused him of using taxpayer money — $27,000 to produce the broadcast — for “paid political advertising.” " <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/us/04school.html> _____ On Sep 4, 9:58 pm, "Brad Beam" <b.b...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karla Robinson" <karlasrobin...@zoominternet.net> > > > The right wing has raised the alarm that Obama will be indoctrinating our > > youth into socialism and brainwashing them to believe he is the Messiah, > > or > > something, and school districts around the country have declared they > > won't > > air it during school, or they will allow parents to opt their children out > > of the speech. > > > Much of the right wing's concern over the speech is attached to the > > educational materials designed to accompany the speech--the lesson plan > > stuff....which, if you read it, is pretty difficult to characterize as > > controversial. > > And here I thought he was going to read "My Pet Goat." What could go wrong? > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
