Update: Kid Pan Alley Admits Occupy Song Lyrics Were Theirs
After a host of conservative media outlets, including the Culture and Media Institute, exposed Kid Pan Alley for "helping" Virginia third-graders write a song praising the Occupy Movement, their director came out and apologized for its attempts at political indoctrination.
Kid Pan Alley's founder, Paul Reisler, has issued an apology and taken full responsibility for the lyrics of the song "Part of the 99." In his apology, Reisler acknowledged that "the message has been overshadowed by the use of phrases that are currently politically charged, such as 'I'm part of the 99' and 'They're the one percent,'" and that "he should have avoided the introduction of these phrases into the songwriting process."
While it's nice that Reisler acknowledges the inappropriateness of "these phrases," what about the inappropriateness of the entire song and its underlying theme? Third-graders at a tax-payer funded public school shouldn't be learning class warfare, whether it's expressed in the phraseology of Occupy Wall Street or not.
Albemarle County School Board member Steve Koleszar had previously denied that Kid Pan Alley had any involvement in writing the lyrics of the song, claiming that the lyrics were entirely written by children. But the Schilling Show found audio of the children singing "Part of the 99." The audio of the song shows that the children singing the song were coached by a song leader.
The Culture and Media Institute had previously detailed the liberal leanings of the heads of Kid Pan Alley. Big Government had also noted that Kid Pan Alley had praised Barack Obama's inauguration.
Even the head of Kid Pan Alley has now been forced to (sort-of, kinda) admit that one of his songs served as an attempt to indoctrinate third graders.
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Wow
Submitted by bkeyser on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 11:51am.
I'm surprised at the admission. If nothing else, it exposes both themselves and the County School Board member as political partisans with an agenda that includes preying on children, and discredits their body of work. Parents should be outraged regardless of their political views as it sets a precedent going forward. Who could condone the idea that clearly implies "we must get them while they're young before they're mature enough to make up their own mind"?
"Inspiring children....."
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 12:05pm.
"....to be creators not consumers."
What the heck does that even mean? Are they going to create matter?
They could create wealth or
Submitted by ant on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 11:24pm.
They could create wealth or jobs...but that would make them evil. And watch yourself...no creator talk around the school children...and no songs about Santa Claus either..we don't need no religious indoctrinat...oh, wait... that's pretty much what this was...just the leftist religion.
SO then
Submitted by Ashrak on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 12:03pm.
is there a letter, or a claim, that "contained inaccuracies" being "retracted" to mimic what the Department of Justice, and its current corrupt leader does when it is cold busted telling outright LIES?
I view those who go after the mind of a child to be just like those who go after their bodies. They are child predators, each in their own way.
And they should be treated in the same way.
Three entities in our society are off limits in my book.
1) Fallen soldiers.
2) The Elderly
3) The Children
Why are they off limits? Well, they cannot protect and defend themselves. Those who go after any of the three examples, especially the children, are the scum of the earth and should be talked about and dealt with as such.
There is no saying sorry, and no meaning it, when adults go after children. There only exists an attempt to get out of the responsibility for doing so in the first place alongside an attempt to avoid accountability for being caught. Being caught, that is where the real sorrow exist. Sad it is.
Disgusting, actually.
Everybody -- and I mean
Submitted by ThisnThat on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 2:10pm.
Everybody -- and I mean EVERYBODY -- involved in this should be publically flogged, tarred, and feathered. To think that a set of "adults" would delibertly use children to advance their agenda -- and then publically deny it to preserve their hides -- is simply unthinkable. Indoctrination my ass -- these people actually used children. My God! And now, how are parents ever going to be able to trust anyone in the entire school system after this? What else is being taught? if I was a parent at this school, I would demand that
I'd do this until I was absolutey sure that the school system was completely purged of these types of "people".
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Liberals make me sick
Submitted by Bill Brasky on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 5:57pm.
Imagine the media uproar if the Tea Party did something like this?
Are there NO conservative
Submitted by ant on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 11:29pm.
Are there NO conservative teachers? Or at least apolitical teachers who recognize partisan indoctrination BS when they see it?