UPDATE: Apparently, it was all just a big misunderstanding:
As one of the preparatory materials for teachers provided by the Department of Education, students had been asked to, “Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president. “
Today, after Republicans accused the White House of trying to indoctrinate school children with liberal propaganda the White House and the Department of Education changed the section to now read, “Write letters to themselves about how they can achieve their short‐term and long‐term education goals.”
“We changed it to clarify the language so the intent is clear,” said White House Spokesman Tommy Vietor…
Two thoughts on Obama’s planned piped-in propoganda speech to America’s schoolchildren:
1. If I had school age kids, Tuesday would be a home school day.
2. If the former president had tried this tactic the left would have gone nuts.
Hope and change.
I guess I have a third thought: I wonder if the kids will be given an email address to report their parents should they fail to heed the message.
Yes, because clearly the whole point is to make kids love Obama and to convert them to liberal, babby killing, death panel loving, gay, Godless, socialist.
God forbid young children write letters to their president and actually learn about what is going on in their country.
This was a suggestion made by Michelle Obama as a way to get young kids to think about things they would do if they were president to make our country better. Every election we gripe about apathy among young people and voters and when someone tries to involve kids it turns into a political stunt. I don’t think any of these kids will be voting in the next election.
Instead of ideas, this is what the Right has to offer. “Let’s all panick because the First Lady asked kids to write letters to the president! WE ARE DOOMED!”
I am glad I am not living my life convinced there are people trying to turn me into a communist, socialist and terrorist.
Joseph McCarthy would be proud.
Just for Dennis, here is Glen Beck connecting some more dots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szlLM5lCNJg&feature=player_embedded
More to chew on, if so inclined:
Obama Adviser Sorry for GOP Slur?
White House ‘green jobs’ czar Van Jones apologizes for saying Republicans are ‘a**holes’ | VIDEO
• YOU DECIDE: Van Jones Apology Accepted?
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/09/03/apology-accepted/
• Glenn Beck Takes a Closer Look at Jones
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,545920,00.html
• Call for Students to ‘Help’ Obama Ends
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/09/03/white-house-withdraws-students-help-obama/
Wondering when Dennis, who pointed out how young and inexperienced I am in the ways of the world, is going to link something that isn’t from Fox News Channel or Glen Beck…..
You mean there’s another source?
Didn’t you catch my Walter Willimas quotes today? Where the hell were you? Ain’t keepin up obviously. And there have been plenty of others, had you paid attantion…….
Whoa….. wait a minute here…… ur kidding me aren’t you…..???
Oh Kev…….. you big kidder you……
Almost had me there, didn’t you?
John I know you like to be provocative but really you ought to draw the line somewhere.
Have you forgotten that Bush was visiting a school in Florida on 9/11? Do you suppose he was there spreading propoganda? For cryign out loud, several Presidents have addressed school children! In fact when Bush senior did it there was a fringe left lunatic who tried to make the same accusation but no one jumped on his bandwagon. So much for your assumption that the left would have gone nuts.
If I still had school age children they WOULD be in school Tuesday.
I am sharing this lady’s comment because it is so spot on:
D. Moore on September 3, 2009 10:37 AM
I recall discussing President George H. W. Bush’s address to students with my 8th grade public school Social Studies class without one parental objection. Twenty nine years later I will be joining my current students as we watch President Obama’s address in the auditorium of the private Christian school in which I am now a teacher. I find it perplexing that we hold the leaders of our country to different standards based upon who we voted for. As an educator, I have always stressed to my students that the leader of our country does not have to have our approval but should always have our respect and that there is a difference between the two. I am appalled that adults would encourage their children to demonstrate such disrespect toward our nation’s leader. As a teacher I can assure you that I can name at least 100 other topics, opinions, conversations, ideas, suggestions, situations, etc, that your children are exposed to every day that you should be far more concerned about. I can also assure you that if parents devoted as much attention to more important areas of their children’s education as they are to this topic we just might be on the road to educational progress. I am fortunate that I work within an educational institution where the administration and PTO are a very mixed group of individuals who always put educational benefit above personal interest. I am also fortunate that I have the privilege to teach my students the accurate historical truth about the terms and names that are so loosely and irresponsibly used today – socialism, Nazi, Hitler, education camps, indoctrination, etc. Sometimes I get the feeling that what we really attempt to shield our children from, even if unintentionally, is the truth.