Obama to nation: Give me your children.

[aristotle]

A controversy is brewing over Obama's request to broadcast a speech to schoolchildren on Sept. 8th.... many outraged parents are planning to keep their children home from school rather than subject them to the Teleprompter-in-Chief. Likewise, many school districts are refusing to carry the broadcast or giving students the means to opt-out.

Seems the biggest concern among parents, teachers and school administrators was a lesson plan designed by the White House wherein Little Johnny and Suzy would be required to complete a homework assignment showing how they can help Obama or how Obama has inspired them.

To Obama, it's all about him... isn't it? The good news is the White House is now backpedaling in a face-saving ploy to water down this public relations fiasco.... it is getting harder and harder for Obama to find a friendly audience.

 

[Poorboy]

A controversy is brewing over Obama's request to broadcast a speech to schoolchildren on Sept. 8th.... many outraged parents are planning to keep their children home from school rather than subject them to the Teleprompter-in-Chief. Likewise, many school districts are refusing to carry the broadcast or giving students the means to opt-out.

Seems the biggest concern among parents, teachers and school administrators was a lesson plan designed by the White House wherein Little Johnny and Suzy would be required to complete a homework assignment showing how they can help Obama or how Obama has inspired them.

To Obama, it's all about him... isn't it? The good news is the White House is now backpedaling in a face-saving ploy to water down this public relations fiasco.... it is getting harder and harder for Obama to find a friendly audience.

That POS Has Nothing to say that I would Want my Kids or Grandkids to be forced to Listen Too! My Daughter is Not Sending My Grand son to School That Day just for that Reason!!

 

[muttly]

The biggest problem is the lesson plan that children would be required to complete. Making posters etc. about Obama's agenda. It's over the top. Just address the kids and tell them to stay in school and do their homework and don't smoke.

 

[layoutshooter]

If my kids were still of school age they would be staying home if their school was showing that indoctranation speach.

 

[letzrockexpress]

If my kids were still of school age they would be staying home if their school was showing that indoctranation speach.

Yeah, and maybe while they were home they could have taught you how to spell "indoctrination speech"

 

[layoutshooter]

Yeah, and maybe while they were home they could have taught you how to spell "indoctrination speech"

When you become perfect you can throw stones, until then, don't waste your time. Had your "pick on someone for the day" now? You must feel better now. Glad I could help.

 

[letzrockexpress]

When you become perfect you can throw stones, until then, don't waste your time. Had your "pick on someone for the day" now? You must feel better now. Glad I could help.

Yep. I'm good. Thanks.

 

[Moot]

"Give me your children, your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore; so that I may gain a second term."

 

[layoutshooter]

Yep. I'm good. Thanks.

Ur wellcome. Enjoy ur sapeerryority.

 

[aristotle]

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them
The good is oft interred with their bones
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious
If it were so, it was a grievous fault...

(by Wm. Shakespeare- Julius Caesar)

 

[layoutshooter]

There are LOTS of little "ceasars" running around Washington these days. CZAR is the Russian word for Ceasar. I think we are now up to 33 czars, all who answer ONLY to Obama and can SPEND TAXPAYER MONEY!! Why is it that no one is fighting this? Ever hear of the Constitution? ONLY Congress can spend money, NOT the Executive branch. No congressional oversight of these "Czars", no Senate conformation. WOW!! Talk about a complete take over of our country!! ZIEG HEIL!! Facism is alive and well in the National Socialist Republic of North America!! When will the "ovens" open? I suspect soon. Just after the Senate changes the voting rules to "FORCE" health care. How amazing. AND WE JUST SIT AND TAKE IT!!!

 

[mjolnir131]

Let us not forget Walter Bagehot's most dead on observation,

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.


I always lump spelling in with the writing skills

 

[layoutshooter]

Let us not forget Walter Bagehot's most dead on observation,

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.


I always lump spelling in with the writing skills

Spelling is ONLY important in the "finished" version of a book or paper. I would always first just "let the thoughts flow" to get my ideas on paper ane THEN clean it up!! IN this forum I am NOT so picky. I just "let 'em rip"!!!! When I do want to get "fancy" I write it in word, copy and paste after I spell check it.

 

[greg334]

Well I noticed that no one mentioned this is not the first time that a president has been told no, it happened with Bush #1 who also wanted to address the children of the nation but many of the schools and parents reacted the same way.

What is wrong with a president addressing school kids? FDR did it, I even think Hoover did it, Truman and even JFK.

 

[layoutshooter]

I have NO problem with Obama adressing school kids IF he was capable of keeping the speech generic and NOT preaching his socialism, he CANNOT do that. THAT is why I would have kept my kids home. They got too much socialist garbage when they were in school as it was. The results of all that socialist teaching over the years is becoming quite evident. Obama is the result of it.

 

[dieseldiva]

Well I noticed that no one mentioned this is not the first time that a president has been told no, it happened with Bush #1 who also wanted to address the children of the nation but many of the schools and parents reacted the same way.

What is wrong with a president addressing school kids? FDR did it, I even think Hoover did it, Truman and even JFK.

It's not so much the address, it's the LESSON PLAN that came with it. Why do the teachers need the suggestions (nudge) of the government on which direction to take their student's minds concerning this speech?

If the President wants to encourage the children to stay in school, etc., that's a good thing, but when the government includes "lesson plans" that originally (since revised) included activities that appeared to be focused around HIM (surprise!), then parents are going to object.

Early reports were that the "lesson plans" for 7-12 grades included reading his books......uh, I draw the line.

Go back to the election....who can forget this VIDEO of the teacher berating a student for backing McCain. Do we need to open up the opportunity for more of this?

As I said, I'm all for the President trying to encourage education, stay in school, personal responsibility......DON'T SMOKE, etc., but when it turns into all about him.....NO.

If you want to view the "revised lesson plans", you can do so HERE.

 

[layoutshooter]

EVERYTHING that Obama does is all about the TAKEOVER of our Country by his "Puppet Master". It will only get WORSE as time passes. The more we resist the more likely we are to see government violence.

 

[aristotle]

I wouldn't have cared if Jimmy Carter had wanted to address our schoolchildren. By all accounts, Carter was a very good and decent man. I don't recall Carter threatening to make radical changes to the basic social tenets that hold our nation together.

Obama, on the other hand, is all about changing America. It seems Obama doesn't like America very much. For sure, his wife doesn't. Why should we allow Obama free access to our young children's minds? Would we let them be indoctrinated much like the Hitler Youth of Germany in the 30's and 40's?

If you believe the United States is a good and honorable nation, the Obama administration is not your friend. Let's be clear on one central point: regardless of his party affiliation, Barack Hussein Obama is a socialist. His agenda must be stopped at every opportunity. Let Obama sell his subliminal hocus-pocus to someone other than our children.

 

[greg334]

Yea, I see the problem but it bigger than all of this.

Here is why....

The department of education has been used as a political tool since its creation and before that there was decentralized loosely form of groups that tried toset national standards. This lesson plan is not as bad as their other lesson plans where they stress soft skills instead of the three rs.

The public school system, like it or not is where they have been indoctrinating children for 40 plus years. it is a place run by the unions and a place that the parents have really little say in what Jane and johnny are taught. It is not the big stuff that the parents catch that matter like this, it is the little stuff, the little peer pressure that is started by the teachers to shape the opinion of the kids or in some form of competitive stance made by the teachers and administrator that puts the kids at risk by forcing them to think as a group (if that made any sense, what I mean is this volunteer thing started in the 90's by the DoE under clinton).

Now that these same radicals who were like my teachers in school are in power, we will have to consider ending the DoE and finding a way to end kidnapping of our kids by the teachers union - public servants should not have unions.

To me, a product of 1960's education reform and experinentation, public education should end and it should be turned over to private companies to properly teach the kids without teachers more worried about tenure than about how well their kids are going to do in the future.

End the madness - end public education.

 

[dieseldiva]

Aristotle is bringing up excellent points. This president's beliefs are EXTREME at best. Extreme ideas must be fought with EXTREME actions, words, etc. THAT'S why conservatives are reacting to this and other things so forcefully.....it's REQUIRED if we're going to have any resemblance of our country left at the end of this four year term.

Many of us "had his number" during the election cycle. We tried to get that word across to any and all that would listen. Many would not listen, would not/could not believe that what we were trying to say could possibly be true. Hey, I didn't want to think it either, still don't......but it's HERE now and must be dealt with at every turn.

I don't see any return of the masses to the "silent minority" any time soon. As a matter of fact, I see the opposite happening. The more time goes on, the more this leftist's agenda is exposed to the light, the more people are going to get on board to fight for their country. If the extreme actions bother anyone then that's just too bad because as I said, it's required.