The Associated Press is taken with the new e-book full of letters to President Obama published by the National Education Association (NEA) a liberal teachers union. Naturally, all the kids in this book are filled to overflowing with leftist talking points like pushing the anti-military angle -- one kid even said he was "very luckey because I am not part of a military family."
The kids were all indoctrinated with concern over global warming, infused with unthinking anti-war sentiment, disdain for our soldiers, and enthusiastic for Father Obama and his big government machine. Sadly, it appears that not one of these kids have been taught by their teachers about liberty, freedom, personal responsibility and American principles.
Lawrence Hitchcock, chief executive officer of the Web site kidthing.org where the e-book appears, told the AP of all the god-like powers Obama seems to have that teachers impressed upon kids across the country.
"We had, `My dad's out of work, fix the company, please get more jobs,' Hitchcock said. "There were Latino kids saying, `Please change the immigration laws so my dad can come back from Mexico.' This is a profound snapshot of a social narrative of young kids during an important moment in history. It really kind of stunned us what came in through the front door."
So, teachers are telling kids that it's Obama's job to "fix companies" and tear down our sovereignty so that there is no border between the U.S. and Mexico. I am a bit surprised that these "educators" are pretending to be "stunned" by what they've found that kids think. After all, these teachers are telling kids that they should be feeling in just such a way.
Here as some of the "hopes and expectations for President Barack Obama" published in this left-leaning downloadable document.
Anthony Pape, 10, of DuBois, Pa., offered: "I hope that we will have no war ever again. I mean why are we fighting why can't we all be friends."
Fellow 10-year-old Sasha Townsend of Soquel, Calif., had a similar request, and then some.
"I would appreciate it if you would try to make this a greener planet and try to bring home the troops and end the war," the fifth-grader wrote. "I am very luckey because I am not part of a military family, but it saddens me to hear about all the people who die in Iraque and know that somewhere In the world people are greiving over a lost family member."
Wow, so kids are being told that they are "luckey" if they have no family member in the military? Obviously the U.S. military is seen as odious by teachers and kids respond with disdain revealing what they’ve been inculcated with. This blindly pacifistic anti-war sentiment is also disgusting and simpleminded. These poor kids aren't being exposed to the consequences of pacifism it is clear. Were we a pacifist nation, Europe, if not the whole world, would have been goose-stepping and speaking German these last 70 years!
In fact, this whole book seems like a throw back to the hippie culture of the 1960s with all its empty moralizing and starry-eyed foolishness. Then again, look at who is sponsoring it: the anti-intellectual NEA.
There is a lot more, of course. One child thinks it’s in a president's power to make an international "holiday for children," another, Aaron Van Blerkom, thought that Obama could somehow control all of nature and yet another thought that Obama could "cure cancer."
"Make fires and earthquakes not exist. Make no tornadoes or any of those things that break things."
An 11-year-old boy from Ohio drew himself in tears at the side of a relative. His dream, he wrote, is that a "cure for cancer will be found" with Obama in the White House, "Because it took my aunt to a better place on father's day."
What we see here is the messiah complex that we are used to seeing in the Old Media.
Another child drew Obama as the "new sunrise of America." One made Earth and labeled it "Obamaland," and still another created the president's face as half dark and half light skin tones with the words: "United We Are One."
Sasha's drawing is an all-green globe. Her enthusiasm for Obama and his ability to get the job done speaks volumes: "I just think he's really, really awesome."
Unfortunately, there is no sense from these kids that they have any idea of the concepts of limited government, personal responsibility, or human nature. This is the fault of the teachers encouraging the schmaltz and failed philosophizing of the liberal agenda.
Of course, these are just the juvenile fantasies of kids, to be sure. But the promotion of this nonsense by the NEA proves that such silly, childish, uninformed fantasies truly fit the NEA's agenda of pushing such anti-American ideals. And the further wide-eyed amusement with which the Associated Press treats this story shows that the AP is lined up right there with the NEA.



















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A culture of victims.
February 16, 2009 - 00:38 ET by thebutlerdiditThis is just sad. Public schools have done their part to destroy America. What will you give me? Me, me, me, me! And it is obvious the parents are not doing their job to teach their kids to have independent thoughts.
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
It's Not Only Sad, It's Infuriating!!!
February 16, 2009 - 00:53 ET by Asian ConThis kind of indoctrination is creepy and should be illegal. I know if I was a parent, I'd be PISSED. These reminds me of the kids in Nazi, Germany singing songs praising 'der fuhrer'.
There has to be something done about this. Not just pulling your kids out and sending them to private school. These schools are funded by taxpayers. We should have a say in how they're run.
"Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle." - Thomas Jefferson
Sorry, Asian Con, I can't work up
February 16, 2009 - 01:18 ET by thebutlerdiditrighteous indignation, anymore for the public school system. I fought that battle years and years ago. It didn't do me any good. That is the most corrupt and broken system there is. And it is insidious becuase most people refuse to believe their nice local school district could be bad. Nowadays kids need a deprogrammer to unlearn the crap the learn. I gave up, and paid for private school. I just paid my 3 yr old grandson's deposit for a half day private Christian school kindegarten next fall. The only reason he got in, was some other kid's parents lost their job and moved, otherwise the list is full up already for next September. And yeah, I do think indoctrinating and ruining small kid's minds, many whose parents won't do anything, is very sad.
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
Yeah, TBDI, That's The Problem Though. . .
February 16, 2009 - 01:41 ET by Asian ConIndignation turns to outrage and a desire for change. Then outrage turns to apathy when you realize you can't change the system. It's just like journalism. They push out all these liberal journalists and flood the media with crap that isn't fit to report.
With public education, you get the kids when they're young before their minds are fully formed. By the time college rolls around, and they get those looney leftist professors, it's almost too late. With the unions, it's almost impossible to get a teacher fired. Nothing short of murder or sleeping with a student will do.
"Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle." - Thomas Jefferson
Oh, I agree. I am just a tired old warrior of that battle.
February 16, 2009 - 01:58 ET by thebutlerdiditI think it has reached a point now, if people don't march on Washington with torches, nothing is going to get done. I am seriously beginning to feel like a nut or a troofer. Seems to me, that we either slowly accept Socialism, in all its forms, receiving it in drip and drabs, or we stage a revolt. And not the kind with poster board. This isn't going to be like when Fascism came in fast and hard to Germany. It will be slllooow. And people will still be walking around smiling saying, this isn't so bad, you said we were going to have a revolution. It can only go one of two ways, and the vast majority of this country will lockstep like lemmings off the cliff...gladly.
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
Here is a link to an East
February 16, 2009 - 00:53 ET by Carl KolchakHere is a link to an East German Young Pioneers video. They talk about friendships and peace, but the Stasi didn't seem to have many friends or be very peaceful. Lots of propoganda in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nackQiSUdZ4
Here is a video about
February 16, 2009 - 01:37 ET by Carl KolchakHere is a video about East Germany that the Young Pioneers probably weren't singing about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE1NVACOUCM&feature=related
"The Chancellor-the late chancellor-was only part correct. He was obsolete. But so was the State, the entity he worshiped. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete. A case to filed under 'M' for Mankind in the Twilight Zone" Rod Serling
We will
February 16, 2009 - 00:58 ET by bigtimerWe will Indoctrinate-U...
One way or the other....little steps at a time, which they have been chipping away at for over 40 years now.
Soon, give a generation or two....Mission Will Be Accomplished..
This makes me want to puke
February 16, 2009 - 01:12 ET by bigpapaThe fact is that these kids are influenced to say these absurd things by "adults".
Obviously the NEA has a huge part in the socialication of America if you do any research at all. As one of the few conservative teachers (vocational, you know we work) dealing with the liberal wussy idiots all too often it pains me to reinforce the that this is all too often correct. These people are like freaking robots, it blows the mind of someone who isn't freaking nuts...
And to top it off,, I've found out the new history books don't even include Ronald Reagan when it comes to the fall of the soviet union... The libs hate him so much they have left him out of our history books..
It must suck to be eaten up with such hate and denial,,,
Unbelievable..
Impeach Nobama,, not my president...
Impeach Obama...
February 16, 2009 - 02:57 ET by Army Brat1 - 10 of 35,400,000 for impeach obama
1 - 10 of 1,050,000 for impeach obama bumper sticker
1 - 10 of 26,500,000 for bumper sticker
1 - 10 of 1,220,000 for bumper sticker impeach
I don't...nor do many I would hope, have the time to peruse them all, but...you make the call.
I was just looking for one for my car. I'm not fond of bumper stickers.
Here in the Great Land...Alaska, ya see the rear end of a car (Nearly always a Subaru wagon of some kind...weird...) covered in bumper stickers and sure enough, they're all liberal wish lists. Impeach Bush. Save the Whales. No to drilling, no to fishing, hunting, mining, guns, harvesting timber, roads, coal, and various political figures. No to damn near anything that will have an impact of any kind on the planet!
In my experience, if a car, (Usually not a Subaru wagon.), has only one bumper sticker, it's usually a conservative one. Simply, " McCain Palin" or "Gun Control is Hitting Your Target".
After I apply my new "Impeach Obama" bumper sticker to my car, it will be the second time I have applied one to any of my vehicles.
The only other time I was sufficiently motivated to do so was during the Clinton years. It read,
"My President is Charlton Heston".
Happy Trails...
Pablum Pukers
February 16, 2009 - 07:59 ET by Sergeant ROCKNo mystery as for why the people behind this effort are opposed to school vouchers or any other attempt to escape liberal indoctrination.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
The NEA is more of a threat
February 16, 2009 - 02:28 ET by R D HelmThe NEA is more of a threat to this nation than a whole dessert full of Islamists.
-Dave
Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.
I dunno RD, I ordered a
February 17, 2009 - 09:10 ET by JasonCI dunno RD, I ordered a tiramisu the other day and I could have sworn I heard someone yell "Allah akbar" from underneath one of the ladyfingers. I don't see the NEA topping that.
My grandfather always warned
February 16, 2009 - 03:28 ET by mostlymoderateMy grandfather always warned me that Freedom and Democracy were in constant danger of being overtaken by socialists. As a youngster who grew up during the Reagan Administration, I figured my grandfather was just a loony old-timer. Guess I was wrong and he was right all along. This country IS in danger and we are watching it happen with our very own eyes. To anyone that doesn't understand the emergency we face yet, think about what is happening. Just think long and hard what the democrats and especially liberals in general are doing to our country.
NEA and government schools
February 16, 2009 - 07:51 ET by Andrew H.NEA and government schools failing children as it is their true vocation.
Teach them, contollers, all the want for government, all the lack of discipline, courage, perserverence, individualism and character. That ought to do it.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.
a "liberal" teachers union?
February 16, 2009 - 09:51 ET by nolotrippenIs there another kind?
I am so 'luckey' (sic) that
February 16, 2009 - 10:34 ET by eaglewingz08I am so 'luckey' (sic) that when I was growing up the teachers taught me how to spell correctly instead of indoctrinating me with the libtard factoid flavor of the day.
These children are not so lucky, they are victims of educational malpractice created by the teachers' unions and their political (read democrap) allies.
Nope. That's why I refuse
February 16, 2009 - 10:47 ET by TexasteacherNope. That's why I refuse to join one. It is my opinion that outside of a political science class, politics have no place in the classroom. Unfortunately, my viewpoint is extremely rare. If you want to see an obamagasm, go visit an inner-city school sometime. We have had teachers wear obama t-shirts, which is out of dress code, and nothing is said. However, I guarantee you if I wore an anti-obama t-shirt, I am certain I'd probably lose my job on the spot and would be lucky to make it to the parking lot without being attacked by other teachers or some students.
obama's notion of bi-partisanship is telling conservatives to shut up and do what he wants.
Insidious
February 16, 2009 - 11:19 ET by iveseenitallI was an educator on every level from junior high to the university. I know the insidious nature of the institution I tried so hard to reform. Sadly, I too have had to watch as so-called "educators" have taken the socialist path to ruination since the 1960's. And I agree, it is now next to impossible to change what has happpened to an institution which, like the government and the media, could do so much good, yet chooses to be a propganda machine for every kooky left-wing idea on the face of the earth. Ironically, it is ignorance, not learning or thinking, which is promulgated in public schools. In the name of "social justice", diciplined learning is cast aside. In the name of "fairness", competition, the basis of all progress, is castigated. In the name of "multiculturalism", truth is ignored and spin reigns supreme. Moreover, very few people appear to be sounding the alarm as generations of children are brainwashed by "teachers" who are little more than blind soldiers for socialism and missionaries for modern relativism. American public schools are a national disgrace. "Educators' " deceitful practices and an apathetic public who don't know or care how bad it is, are destroying the nation which is sinking deeper into the abyss of ignorance as time goes by. This is not what was envisioned by our Founders, who are spinning in their graves today. Sad.
P.S. Here's what I predict from Obama's administration concerning education: a) billions of wasted dollars. b) a "blue ribbon commission" to study the issue. c) the only "change"that will occur is that it will get worse, not better. Pathetic! As the old saying goes, "You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear".
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
The answer to 'how & why' is in the story
February 16, 2009 - 10:58 ET by locomotivebreath1901"...the National Education Association (NEA) a liberal teachers union..."
And not just any union. The NEA is THE.MOST.POWERFUL. lobby in D.C. The members overwhelmingly vote democrat.
The $115 billion allocated in the stimulus to gub'mint schools is an Obama pay-off for the unions support and votes.
Much of that money will go to hire more liberal administrators, liberal teachers and grant pay raises. That pay goes to NEA dues and those dues support some very unsavory causes - like homosexual rights, ACORN, Democratic Leadership Council, and funding HUGE machine organizations to squash ANY attempt to bring about school chioce initiatives.
See Utah's 2007 failed school choice initiative. The NEA, the ACLU, et al pumped over $6 million dollars to defeat school choice and maintain their monopoly grip on school. The NEA wouldn't do that if there wasn't so much tax dollars to funnel into thier pockets.
Your tax dollars at work, people!
Sounds vaguely familiar....
February 16, 2009 - 11:24 ET by lotrAnd one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. -- Edgar Allan Poe
lotr, that ideology is so
February 17, 2009 - 09:14 ET by JasonClotr, that ideology is so puzzling, especially the second line. One always imagines that Nazi rhetoric was based on Christian supremacy as a natural counterpoint to hatred of Jews and Catholics. Yet, as the song indicates, they leaned more toward Nietzsche and Heidegger than the Gospels. I read once that Nazi infantrymen carried a standard-issue copy of Thus Spake Zarathustra instead of the Bible, but that might be a myth.
true JasonC
February 17, 2009 - 10:12 ET by lotrYes, that's a common misconception out there -- that Hitler was somehow "Christian," and it is patently false. If you read more of his quotes you will find more the same. I can only imagine that Christianity would've been next on the list, given that it was "the invention of the Jew," and that he was presenting himself and his Reich as the "alter-Christi." Although he may have distorted Christianity to stoke German antisemitism, he nevertheless correctly saw Christianity ultimately as a hindrance to his "progressive" vision for humanity (much like Nietzsche as you've pointed out). I fear that I see parallel sentiments out there today, albeit under a somewhat different guise.
And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. -- Edgar Allan Poe
Alfred Rosenberg
February 17, 2009 - 11:07 ET by Carl KolchakAlfred Rosenberg was a very prominent Nazi and was very anti-Jewish and anti-Christian.
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-rosen.htm
From the link below.
"Rosenberg actively participated in the program for elimination of church influence. Bormann frequently wrote Rosenberg in this regard, furnishing him information as to proposed action to be instituted against the churches and, where necessary, requesting that action be taken by Rosenberg's department. See 070-PS dealing with the abolition of religious services in the schools; 072-PS dealing with the confiscation of religious property; 064-PS dealing with the inadequacy of anti-religious material circulated to the soldiers; 089-PS dealing with the curtailment of the publication of Protestant periodicals; and 122-PS dealing with the closing of theological faculties."
http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/imt/nca/nca-02/nca-02-16-responsibility-07-01-02.html