Texas tells Obama to take a hike
Lots of people talking (heatedly) about Obama’ s Indoctrinate America’s Youth™ speech on Sept. 8.
I know that if I had school-aged children, I’d keep them out of school that day, rather than have them be forced to pledge allegiance to Obama and write essays on how they can help the President (help him what? Take over the health care industry? Destroy capitalism? Make every school in America as safe and successful as the Chicago schools that he and Arne Duncan let continue their decay on their watch?).
I’d give my kids the day off from school and take them fishing or hunting (dove hunting season opened yesterday in most of Texas) instead.
I’ve been reading today that a lot of schools in Texas are either not showing the Indoctrinate America’s Youth™ speech, or are giving teachers the choice as to show it or not.
I think Dickenson Independent School District (in Galveston) has the perfect response:
Dickinson ISD teachers and other staff will not present the live address to students on Tuesday. If parents wish for their children to view the speech, we believe the appropriate thing to do would be for parents to record the speech, view it and discuss it at home with their children.
Our Technology Department will record the address, giving our instructional leaders an opportunity to consider the president’s comments. Should a teacher feel he or she would like to incorporate the message into the class curriculum, then the teacher will have to send home a note to parents telling them when the speech will be shown and giving the parent the opportunity to opt their child out of viewing the address and providing an alternate assignment.
Exactly.
Governor Rick Perry’s response:
While President Obama talking directly to school children could be a memorable moment in their young lives, I am troubled that local school boards and superintendents were not involved in the process. State law gives parents the discretion over whether they think this is appropriate for their children. I hope schools will provide a suitable alternative for students not participating in this event. I also hope that this is not an indication of the federal government further encroaching on states’ authority over education.
In other words, most of Texas is telling Obama to take his page out of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals speech and pound sand.
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Round Rock ISD, and Plano ISD are taking the approach I like best.
They will not show it in school, but will make a link available on the ISD website for any parent or student to view it, if they wish.
Haven’t heard what the Øbamatards at Dallas ISD are going to do, but I have a good idea.
If plano ISD does not want to show Presidents Obama speech to kids. can i be exempt from paying plano isd taxes?
No, bvan, because the PISD is doing what it is supposed to, educating the children, and not wasting valuable school time watching some Joker that loves to hear himself talk.
Round Rock ISD did show it thank God. It was an amazing speech and honestly, if you think it wasn’t, you are truely an ignorant person. Obamatards? Wow, I am amazed how many rude and ignorant people there are out there! Come on…be real instead of hateful.
Here’s something real for you: the president has nothing to do with education – it is up to the states. This was just obammy politicking because his poll numbers are in the toilet. Deal with that, hater.
An amazing speech, eh?
If you thought that pablum was amazing, just think what it would have been if so many hadn’t complained?
Ignorance is bliss.
Hi Bliss.
There’s no doubt in my mind what the Obama nuts at Dallas ISD will do!
If someone wants to watch it fine but don’t force feed it down their throats.
Leander ISD is taking the weasel way out: I got an email saying they will not show it for “logistical reasons”. I suspect that means they just don’t want to deal with the fallout.
I got the same email. I am livid with them and I am not taking that as a final answer. They had no right. He is the president. Period. Funny that they thought it was ok to show his Inauguration Speech.
He violated DOE guidelines by going straight to the schools.
But I’m sure in your groveling to this poseur of a president, that doesn’t matter.
Whatever happened to a loyal opposition?
The idea that a speech given to schoolchildren by the President of the United States about working hard in class is controversial is beyond belief. Clearly the far right is more interested in destroying the President than, you know, looking sane.
This is just phase two of them indoctrinating school kids. Have you seen kids reactions to the alarmist statements in An Inconvenient Truth? Anyone who wonders why people are upset about Obama’s speech should see these kids reactions. Check it out in the Not Evil Just Wrong trailer:
http://www.noteviljustwrong.com/blog/general/190-global-warming-hysteria-101
I think all of you are making something out of nothing. This man is not campaigning for votes from the nations underage. He is simply trying to show them that he, as their countries leader is concerned about their education. He is using his success to show the young minorities that they too can be successful if they put the hard work into it. I don’t see anything wrong with this. What’s the difference between this and ex Pres. Bush reading a book to a group of elem. school children on the day the towers came down. We don’t know what kind of brainwashing was going on between the pages of “My Pet Goat”. I have never considered myself a republican or democrat. I am an American Citizen who supports and stands behind my country and its leaders reguardless of who that might be. Even if I had strong views concerning a particular party, I want for my children to think for themselves and have an opinion of their own. I’m not going to tell them that they have to be a certain person because that is what I am and I’m not going to tell them that they have to believe in certain things just because I do. I want them to pay attention and decide the kind of person they want to be. I highly doubt that one little speech from the president is going to sway them to be “servants of Obama” Those of you who want to keep your children home that day, what are you really scared of? That you have such little control over your children that the president might brainwash them and ruin them forever? C’mon…lets be realistic here. If some of you feel that strongly about this then you should keep your kids home that day but I think that all the schools should deem those unexcused absences because they were very pointless.
I think it is you who isn’t being realistic.
It isn’t a matter of being afraid, but of this man speaking directly to students with some questionable motives, coupled with his radical Marxist agenda for this country.
Besides, it is nothing new, the lefturds expressed the same outrage when Pres. G.H.W. Bush spoke to the nations children.
Because it’s Øbama giving the speech, parents should be rightfully concerned about what he might say.
Reagan gave a speech. Kids watched it. People on the left didn’t gear up with tin-foil-hats.
Just come out and speak your hatred completely clearly, wingnuts. You’ll feel better. Reveal yourselves for what you really are: willingfully ignorant, fearful, utterly hypocritical, anti-intellectual/anti-critical thought, narrow-world-loving, regressive, reactive hatemongers. It’s better than acting in such a way that most people find you laughable.
You just described the nutroots nation perfectly.
This is what I would expect from a place like Texas. Texans have always been socially backwards, and overly provincial.
SHJH is shorthand for shithead jackhole.
Fuck off and die.
You mean Texas with its world renown universities and medical centers?
The only thing socially backwards and overly provincial is you, SHJH.
Do you any of you with commentary even HAVE children??? Let’s begin there. Then we can talk. In the mean time I will choose to make sure that the 2 of my 4 children who are attending public school are busy not listening to the president. It’s my right and responsibility to parent my children even during the school day. As a parent I choose for my children not to listen to the president.
A speech that may be nothing more than stay in school and get good grades, and because your so caught up in the republiqueen (drama queen)hysteria you don’t want your kids to watch it? I guess you don’t have to be smart to raise kids.
Ahhh yes. I’m stupid and your grammar is terrible. “because your so caught up…” Shouldn’t that read “because you’re so caught up..” as in “you are”? Careful how you judge my ability to parent when you can’t even use spell check.
Yes, I have 2 kids and I think it was amazing. And not because it was Obama, but because it was a good message. And now that you’ve heard the speech, what do you have to say? There is no way that any parent who cares for their children would say they don’t want their kids to hear it for the message that it was.
After Obama has insulted and threatened people for 7 1/2 months, it’s no surprise that people do not want him around their children.