Just as soon as "average Americans practice their First Amendment free speech rights to protest another outrageous liberal proposal," the liberal media "immediately go into full-on attack mode - against the American people" Media Research Center President Brent Bozell argued in a statement released this morning.
"Just as with the tea party protesters, and the socialized health care town hall protesters, the media are again attacking the American people for having the temerity to speak up," the NewsBusters publisher complained.
Mr. Bozell was addressing the vicious personal attacks members of the media have been making on parents objecting to the proposed Obama administration "lesson plan," which was to accompany a speech President Obama is delivering today to American children.
President Obama is still addressing the children, but in response to public outrage has withdrawn the Department of Education "lesson plan" which recommended among other things that teachers have their students "write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the President." As the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol has pointed out, it is against the law for the Department of Education to hand down any sort of teaching materials. But rather than report on this, the leftist media are attacking parents.
The New York Times' John Harwood, appearing on MSNBC, accused parents who objected of being racist, saying "Partly it's simply because Barack Obama is a different kind of president: first African-American..." and later said "the biggest danger to kids in this whole thing is that a lot of the parents complaining aren't smart enough to raise them very effectively."
CNN's Roland Martin, when asked whether the lesson plan was a problem, he responded "No, it's not a problem. What you have is you have some insane parents who want to bring their ideology into the table... This is absolute nonsense."
Liberal columnist David Sirota, appearing on CNN, declared that people protesting the Administration's lesson plan and speech are "a bunch of psychopaths."
The full statement from Mr. Bozell:
Here we go again. Average Americans practice their First Amendment free speech rights to protest another outrageous liberal proposal, and the media immediately go into full-on attack mode - against the American people for practicing their First Amendment free speech rights.
Parents are placing themselves between their children and a chilling Obama Administration ‘lesson plan,' and the media respond by calling them racists and insane psychopaths. The liberal media are more interested in assailing parents and continuing to cultivate Obama's cult of personality than they are in reporting the truth.
You would think that at some point the media would make the connection between their attacking their prospective viewers and their perpetually imploding ratings."
Just as with the tea party protesters, and the socialized health care town hall protesters, the media are again attacking the American people for having the temerity to speak up. How dare they.
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Attacking Parents
September 8, 2009 - 11:19 ET by merlin61The MSM are so into the Obama indoctrination mode that they can't see the forest for the trees. Yes, when parents heard that he was going to preach to them about how they could help him, and to write essays about how wonderful he is, they got their backs up. Isn't it amazing that after the outcry, they backed off and now his speech is only going to be about staying in school and getting a good education. No one opposes that message. Parents were right to scream about indoctrination and should continue to monitor what this administration is pushing. We will not accept socialism or communism. We don't need a Chavez or Castro in our country.
Merlin, exactly,
September 8, 2009 - 11:26 ET by UpNorthno one has a problem with encouraging kids to stay in school and get an education. But, lots of folks have a problem with someone, anyone, trying to bend their minds to the agenda of the one doing the speech. As Chuck Z said on his blog, From My Position, "You have no right to address my children without my permission. I don't
know you. I doubt that given your approval ratings, those poor,
disillusioned, misguided people who voted for you could also claim they
know you. More to the point, without a judiciary and legislature to
watch your every move, I don't trust you speaking to my children. I
don't trust that you won't try to push your agenda on them, and
disguise it as trying to "inspire" them.
Don't feel too bad, I wouldn't have trusted Bill Clinton with my kids, either. Well, not my daughter, anyway".
Couldn't have said it better, succinct and to the point.
After his REVISED message,
September 8, 2009 - 12:01 ET by MaximusBraveheartAfter his REVISED message, they will say see that was not political. Don't tell me they did not revise it after the uproar. Proof is that they removed the Dept. of Ed. "Help Obama, turn in/on your Parent" Lesson Plan. M-B
This may be a quibble, but
September 8, 2009 - 11:31 ET by ConservativeRexThis may be a quibble, but did anyone else catch the part in the Obama Indoctr..err school speech where he said " my mother was very poor, I could not go to school where the Americans went to school"? Why didn't he say "where the other Americans went to school"? It may not be anything, but it sure sounded interesting.
sounds familiar
September 8, 2009 - 12:11 ET by boomerconI had a roommate in college who was from Mexico City. Spoke excellent english, but got tangled up because he "thought" in spanish, and whether listening or speaking, he had to "interpret" the message either to, or from, spanish to english (or vice versa).
Wonder if "the One" has similar problem in identifying with Americans...he just cannot seem to "think" or "feel" like an American. He must always interpret, as if speaking from an outsider's point of view. It's becoming more and more telling as his actions now speak volumes.
Interesting story,
September 8, 2009 - 12:55 ET by Indiana JoeInteresting story, boomercon. It would explain a lot. Such as, when he says "we," you don't usually get the feeling that he's including you. At least, I don't.
It may illustrate how much of an "outsider" he truly is. I mean, we want to get rid of the "insiders" in Washington, but we don't want such an "outsider" that he's not even convinced he's an American.
Do we?
"Four legs good... two legs better!" - George Orwell
Reasons
September 8, 2009 - 11:34 ET by txcoHere are the reasons I'm concern about this speech:*I really don't trust President Obama to act Presidential. He has not hesitated to be very partisan in the past 6 months...the most chilling comment to me was when he said "the people that got us into this mess shouldn't talk very much"...basically telling about 35 percent of the country we have no voice with him. Would he use this speech to say something similar?
*I'm afraid he will paint America as a country that has done bad things to the world. Like he did when speaking in other countries. Again, I don't trust him to present America as a great country(past and present) that they should be proud of.
*I really worry that a lot of the educators that have their students listen to this speech will use this as a way to indoctrinate the students to believe not in the Presidency but in the man, Obama. I think this is already happening in our classrooms(especially in states that have teacher unions). There are a lot of educators that do not allow students to freely discuss both sides of an issue. This attitude is reflected in the “lesson plans” that the Department of Education Developed.
what he says and really means
September 8, 2009 - 11:47 ET by jon_torlinI mentioned this in a different post about how he says certain things and their meanings behind them.
"the people that got us into this mess shouldn't talk very much"
At this point, I attribute that to mean the voters that voted him into office. After all, everything he's said is opposite of what's happened, like unemployment and taking over GM "We don't want to run it" but it's a government entity now, they are running it.
Those are the examples that come immediately to mind when it comes to what he says and really means.
-Jon
" the most chilling
September 8, 2009 - 12:54 ET by MikeB" the most chilling comment to me was when he said "the people that got us into this mess shouldn't talk very much..." So, the Democrats need to shut up? Wasn't CRA passed by a Democrat controlled congress and signed by a Democrat President (Carter)? Later on, when CRA was modified to force banks to provide mortgages to welfare recipients and others without any way to repay the loans, wasn't the bill passed by a Democrat controlled congress and signed by a Democrat President (Clinton)? When Republicans (Bush and McCain) told Congress that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae needed some oversight, it was a little lisping Democrat tinkerbell (Bahnee Fwank) that assured one an all that there was no problem at Freddie and Fannie, and that those mean old Republicans were just being meanies and racist besides.
When the Porkulus bill was passed (without being read) it was with solid Democrat majorities in each house of Congress. Yup, the Dems need to shut up and go home, so that responsible people can try to undo the damage.
"I don't trust him to present America as a great country(past and present) that they should be proud of. " Go here, and click on "Bill Maher, Barak Obama, and the Truth About American Exceptionalism." You will be glad you did.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
I clicked and...
September 8, 2009 - 13:19 ET by Indiana JoeI am glad. Awesome video.
"Four legs good... two legs better!" - George Orwell
Forward that vid to everyone! Fantastic!!!
September 8, 2009 - 21:37 ET by MaximusBraveheartAn exceptional video on the USA! We did not
rule the world when every other nation in history would have. We rebuilt our
enemies! WOW 5 STARS. Well worth watching 15 mins.--- great stats
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Bill Maher, Barack Obama and the Truth About
American Exceptionalism|15min
http://www.pjtv.com/video/Afterburner_with_Bill_Whittle/_Bill_Maher%2C_Barack_Obama_and_the_Truth_About_American_Exceptionalism/2378/;jsessionid=abcO5t39Citm-6pWADCos
M-B
It's funny how all of a
September 8, 2009 - 11:48 ET by Six String SpiffIt's funny how all of a sudden the first amendment needs a qualifier to the left. When lefties are carried out in cuffs while wailing and thrashing during a State of the Union address, it's no big deal. When lefties march the streets with Bush = Hitler signs, no notices. However, when legitimately concerned citizens assemble and ask questions at these 'town halls', they are vilified and labeled as 'ultra/extreme/radical/far/neo/conservatives behaving badly.
I am sick and tired of the media ignoring the violent far left. Take the story of the finger bitten off in CA. Not one peep about how that incidents was hideous behavior by the left. We hear round the clock coverage about white town hall protesters bring weapons (which is legal) to the events, and they even go so far as to edit out of their own footage that it was a black man carrying the weapon! One has to stand in awe of the colossal circle the wagons have made for THEIR PRESIDENT.
help the prez?
September 8, 2009 - 11:49 ET by Patriot IIThe best way to help this pitiful excuse for a prez is to send him a pre-printed resignation form!!! ASAP!
First of all, the media
September 8, 2009 - 11:53 ET by Indiana JoeFirst of all, the media only believe in THEIR First Amendment rights, not the rights of the "unwashed masses." Remember, "freedom of the press" only applies to those who own a press.
Secondly, anyone who doesn't subscribe to the prevailing media viewpoint is obviously either stupid or insane, possibly both. Our "betters" surely know what's best for us, more than we humble serfs. After all, they went to college and studied journalism.
Finally, opposition must be attacked, ridiculed, isolated and destroyed. Only that way can the Rei... uh, I mean, "the dream" be realized.
The will of "The People" be damned.
"Four legs good... two legs better!" - George Orwell
"I am sick and tired of
September 8, 2009 - 11:57 ET by mattm"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!" - a former presidential candidate.
Mattm, I wonder who was
September 8, 2009 - 12:05 ET by Indiana JoeMattm, I wonder who was that candidate? Sounds like an insane psycopath to me.
;^)
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." - First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
I said this in the Open
September 8, 2009 - 12:01 ET by motherbeltI said this in the Open Thread:
You know, Obama could have avoided a lot of this grief if he had simply
issued a statement or filmed a little clip, welcoming kids back to
school and encouraging them to work hard and do well (which is what
other Presidents have done).
But no, they had to make a big announcement as if this were yet another major speech by the President, and get the DOE involved developing an entire lesson plan around it.....
But we're supposed to believe that it's not about HIM, you see......
*******
Politico has this from Jake Tapper...explaining what wording they changed (h/t Dee Bunk):
The original phrasing was:
"Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president. “
Changed to:
"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.
They had to "clarify" that by "help the President" what they really meant was "achieve short-term and long-term education goals."
HAHAHAHAHA
“We changed it to
September 8, 2009 - 12:58 ET by MikeB“We changed it to clarify the language so the intent is clear,” said White House Spokesman Tommy Vietor. Unfortunately for Ear Leader, the language and the intent were clear. That is why they had to change it. Buwahahahahaha.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
The Spin Is Overwhelming
September 8, 2009 - 13:13 ET by Junk Science SkepticThe MSM has passed off the lesson plans as the product of the DOE, nothing of Obama's doing.
So why then is a White House spokesman using "we" when discussing the changes?
A few years back, the president was held personally responsible for every action of an army private half-way around the globe, but now the president isn't even held responsible for the actions of his cabinet-level officials? Hmm, what changed?
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And if the Obamatons had not
September 8, 2009 - 13:39 ET by celatorAnd if the Obamatons had not been caught red-handed by alert citizens, they would have had a field day propagandizing these kids with the materials they initially intended to use.
Once more, the traditional media chose to ignore the story, except to demonize the parents.
Rush had a call from a school superintendent today which was a real eye opener. In the past, school superintendents and school boards have been asked by the WH or other government agencies if they could present their materials to students in a school system. School boards approved or not.
THIS TIME, the informational materials from the WH were sent to teachers and principals only. Supers and school boards were kept out of the loop.
Says it all.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
another sign not good
September 8, 2009 - 14:29 ET by jon_torlinDefinitely a bad sign, just a perfectly good example of them doing whatever they want and to hell with anyone that objects.
I recently saw a video shown by Bret Baier(sp?) of Fox News of a Democrat Congressman who said he ran the townhall meeting("this is MY townhall meeting!"), and he even said that no one can tell him how to run his Congressional office. He said it twice too.
Awful lot of audacity, that one!
-Jon
The intent is...
September 8, 2009 - 14:12 ET by StarAZThey may clean up language and make it bland, but the intent is NEVER clear. Ever.
Thy Name is Hypocrit......
September 8, 2009 - 12:03 ET by RovinFrom Byron York at the Examiner:
"The controversy over President Obama's speech to the nation's schoolchildren will likely be over shortly after Obama speaks today at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. But when President George H.W. Bush delivered a similar speech on October 1, 1991, from Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington DC, the controversy was just beginning. Democrats, then the majority party in Congress, not only denounced Bush's speech -- they also ordered the General Accounting Office to investigate its production and later summoned top Bush administration officials to Capitol Hill for an extensive hearing on the issue" LINK
Funny how these media folk have such short memories???
Rovin
I have to admit when he
September 8, 2009 - 12:13 ET by goldbarI have to admit when he called the parents who kept their children out of school today a "bunch of redneck crackers" was entirely uncalled for.
I would agree geebee.
September 8, 2009 - 12:21 ET by KarmaThanks for the find. Post the link to that comment so I can spread it around. Welcome to the team. Now chop chop. Get linkin'!
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Ear Leader's school speech
September 8, 2009 - 12:41 ET by MikeBEar Leader's school speech and the accompanying lesson plan was discussed at the Rott back on the second. Some of the actual questions from the lesson plan were posted and some of the posters gave their own answers:
What is the President trying to tell me?
To be a good little robot.
We have a duty to support parasites.
Hard work will be severely punished.
What is the President asking me to do?
Believe his hooie.
Snitch out my parents or anyone who thinks different from Dear Leader.
Give up all of my freedoms and Dear Leader will take care of me for the rest of my life.
What new ideas and actions is the President challenging me to think about?
Nothing new about selling hooie.
I’ve never thought about joining the armed resistance before.
After looking at what Dear Leader has said and done, and comparing it with what President Reagan said and did, I am thinking that Conservatism and Capitalism are the way to go.
What specific job is he asking me to do?
Um, betray America?
Betray my parents.
Betray my family.
Betray my Church.
Ignore history.
Ignore human tendancies.
Is he asking anything of anyone else? Teachers? Principals? Parents? The American people?
Be “good Germans”.
Indoctrinate the young so they, too, will be “good Germans”.
What do you think the President wants us to do?
Buy his hooie?
Stop thinking, just obey Dear Leader.
Does the speech make you want to do anything?
Throw a rock at the monitor.
Puke.
Are we able to do what President Obama is asking of us?
Not if we think about it.
Only if we have the self-esteem, independence, and will of a lapdog
What would you like to tell the President?
Um, “Kiss off?”
Resign your office you oath breaking s.o.b.!
Show us your original birth certificate.
Show us your college transcripts.
Show us your college financial aid applications.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Well done, MikeB. You get
September 8, 2009 - 14:06 ET by QueenMumWell done, MikeB. You get an A++.
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money."
—Margaret Thatcher
This is what really sets me
September 8, 2009 - 14:05 ET by QueenMumThis is what really sets me off:
" and later said "the biggest danger to kids in this whole thing is
that a lot of the parents complaining aren't smart enough to raise them
very effectively."
CNN's Roland Martin, when asked whether the lesson plan was a
problem, he responded "No, it's not a problem. What you have is you
have some insane parents who want to bring their ideology into the
table... This is absolute nonsense."
Straight from the Communist playbook. "Give us your children." How dare parents teach their children their own ideology????
The parents who aren't smart enough are the ones who bow down to the Dear Leader.
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money."
—Margaret Thatcher
Yup, a ghostwriter, boys and girls
September 8, 2009 - 14:10 ET by StarAZ"Maybe you could be a good writer--maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper--but you might not know it until you write a paper for your English class." If you find you can't write, you can get Jon Favreau, an educated young man who gets drunk and disrespects female politicians...but don't you be like that. All it got him was a big job in the White House.
Mr. Bozell is on with Dobbs
September 8, 2009 - 14:44 ET by bigtimerMr. Bozell is on with Dobbs right now on Dobbs radio show.
'Go Green...Recycle Congress'
The President gave a speech
September 8, 2009 - 15:39 ET by Conservative VoiceThe President gave a speech using conservative rhetoric…but as this explains…parents became alarmed because of the process, not the actual words the President said.
And its still propaganda, because President Obama…like in his campaign,
sounded conservative…which creates a false level of trust. He is a liar
and a radical.
Otherwise, he sounded like a
September 8, 2009 - 15:52 ET by goldbarOtherwise, he sounded like a republican so don't trust him. Good call!
Goldbar, Ear Leader, like
September 8, 2009 - 16:14 ET by MikeBGoldbar, Ear Leader, like Comrade Bubba before him, talked conservative, but acted leftist. Most of what the lapdog media reported of Obamandius' statements were the ones that sounded (relatively) conservative. They did not bother to inform the sheeple of most of his more radically leftist remarks or statements. (How many of the newspapers or broadcast media reported on Obama's statement before the San Francisco moneybags that he, "would bankrupt the coal industry"? I figure you were not being sarcastic in your statement, but anytime Teh One sounds like a Republican, you hadn't better trust him, because he is lying his gluteus maximus right off. So, yes, it is a good call not to trust the pResident when he sounds like a Republican.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
individual personal responsiblity
September 9, 2009 - 11:23 ET by katainkentbecause there is so much emphasis on that in the democratic platform :)
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The MSM...
September 8, 2009 - 18:44 ET by stage9is a has-been joke and a puppet of the new Socialist State. The only ones dumb enough to even watch them anymore are either aging hippies or those suffering from paranoid delusions (which is redundent I know).
"No, it's not a problem. What you have is you have some insane parents
who want to bring their ideology into the table... This is absolute
nonsense."
And what "ideology" pray tell, are these communist sympathizers referring to? Those based on Judeo/Christian values? An ideology based on universal absolutes rather than the ridiculous idea of postmodern realtivism? What ideology are they referring to? A Constitutional ideology? - a nation "of the people and by the people" (this isn't a liberal idea) - that people are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights? How can a liberal atheist arrive at a statement like "men are endowed with rights by a Creator"? They don't believe the unborn have rights. They don't believe the elderly have rights. And what of the rights of the Terry Schiavos and the terminally ill?
And by the way, doesn't EVERYONE bring an ideology to the table when
addressing sociopolitical issues? Everyone has a worldview, and
everyone comes to the table of ideas with that worldview. The most
coherent and rational worldview should emerge at the end of the
day...but then, what do liberals know about coherence?
It seems to me their ideology is the one that is insane. Maybe this explains why they swoon over Communism. It is a godless, state-run system that forces men to submit to the base will of a sociopathic dictator.
And so, yes, it seems we return to the term: insanity.
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will
be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for
pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner."
— Malcolm Muggeridge
Keep your agenda away!
September 9, 2009 - 07:07 ET by kengieWe don't want their liberal agenda in our children's school!! These are the same liberal fokes who want the bible stuff in our schools. Keep your mind poison away from our children!
Just say no, lkengie.
September 9, 2009 - 07:54 ET by KarmaJust say no. It's a terrible thing to waste.
(reminder... l before k especially after fo.)
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Your in-depth reply (folks
September 9, 2009 - 08:38 ET by kengieYour in-depth reply (folks misspelled) on a very serious issue is now understandable..
Reminder.."Your mind is a terrible thing to waste." so use it as more than a hat rack!!
→ Tango
September 9, 2009 - 08:45 ET by Cool Arrow"Use (your head) as more than a hat rack"
Is that something your dads used to say?
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I'm sorry kengie.
September 9, 2009 - 09:26 ET by KarmaWhen I read, "We don't want their liberal agenda in our children's school!! These are
the same liberal fokes who want the bible stuff in our schools. Keep
your mind poison away from our children!", I assumed, notwithstanding the spelling mistakes that we all make, that your train of thought may have been influenced by drugs or "mind poison" if you will.
Again my apologies for pointing out a spelling error in your well thought out post.
lkeep the faith!
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Thats right!!
September 9, 2009 - 10:57 ET by kengie"We don't want their liberal agenda in our children's school!! These are the same liberal folkes who want the bible stuff in our schools. Keep your mind poison away from our children!",
~Look away everyone
September 9, 2009 - 11:02 ET by choselife3xThe little feller is trying to blend in..
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my 4" spiked heel.
How many times
September 9, 2009 - 11:06 ET by ParagrouperAre you going to re-post the same thing? Nice try at spelling "folks," though.
"Beware the fury of the patient man." - John Dryden
~Go easy
September 9, 2009 - 11:09 ET by choselife3xThe record is skipping, he's confused. And frightened. Don't make any sudden moves, he'll lose bowel control.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my 4" spiked heel.
you are correct
September 9, 2009 - 11:29 ET by katainkentI don't want their liberal agenda in the school. I also don't want religion taught in the school. I don't want my children's teachers to be security guards, life coaches, social workers or amateur psychologists. I don't want them to be surrogate parent, either. I do that all at home. All of it.
What I want them to do, is teach my child sufficiently so they can attend college. That's what my taxes are for. That is all they are for.
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