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lifeontwowheels
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heresthecasey
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I was cruising through the dispatch comments for this story (i dont know why, maybe just to torture myself) and i was encouraged to see that well-reasoned people still exist out there, especially one fast enough to snag the first comment. There is still a lot of hateful rambling nonsense but a quite a few people also seem to agree that this should not even be an issue. And kudos to CPS for sticking to their guns.
Also, its interesting that Dublin and Hilliard are the districts that won't even let watching the speech be an option. The angry mob prevails once again!
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greenhouse1014
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I'm totally leaving this country. When mob fears outweigh actual real moments, it's time to pack it in and go. We really are becoming a country of stupid people.
Oh, and to answer your question, Berdawn, it's simple racism. It used to be hidden away, more subtle, but now with a black president, the floodgates are open.
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TaraK
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All I can say think of is the torch-bearing mob from Frankenstein. The folks are rabid. That said, I think the solution is to get them chasing an effigy of Obama (make it good, like one where he's strangling gramma, molesting something, or bowing to Mecca), firearms firmly in hand, then lead them off a cliff.
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chaptal
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The Hillard School District has reversed it's decision and will allow its students to see Obama tell the kids to stay in school, study hard and be good comrades in arms. Doh!
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/09/04/obama_backlash.html?sid=101
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berdawn wrote >>
Am I missing something? What is fueling this outrage? Bush and Reagan both did this and I don't recall anyone freaking out about it and I sure as hell didn't need to get a permission slip to listen to Ronnie.Don't know about Reagan, but there was quite a bit of dustup about Bush doing it, but a lot of it seems to be centered around using Department of Education money to film it.
Personally, I'm kind of divided on it, I'd prefer if they would publish the speech ahead of time and let people make an informed decision, this way they are leaving the framing of it to detractors. I supported the guy, but with this and all of the prime time news conferences earlier this year that screwed up the tv schedule, I'm getting the feeling that he's a bit of a megalomaniac.
If I ever get elected president, part of my platform will be only PBS and the network with the lowest rated show in that time slot carries my speech, and we'll do reruns on PBS.
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greenhouse1014
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Educators take heat over Obama school speech
By Alan Silverleib
CNN
(CNN) -- Call it a lesson in contemporary political discourse.
The White House says President Obama's address next week to schoolchildren isn't a policy speech.The White House says President Obama's address next week to schoolchildren isn't a policy speech.
Educators across America found themselves at the center of a political storm this week as conservatives exploded in anger over President Obama's plans to give a speech to the country's schoolchildren.
A stunned White House insisted the address, planned for Tuesday, and accompanying suggested lesson plans are meant simply to encourage students to study hard and stay in school.
But some parents said they aren't buying it. They said they're convinced the president is going to use the opportunity to press a partisan political agenda on impressionable young minds.
"Thinking about my kids in school having to listen to that just really upsets me," a suburban Colorado mother, Shanneen Barron, told CNN affiliate KMGH-TV in Denver.
"I'm an American. They are Americans, and I don't feel that's OK. I feel very scared to be in this country with our leadership right now."
School administrators are caught in the middle of the controversy. Some have decided to show the president's speech, while others will not. Many are deciding on a class-by-class basis, leaving the decision in the hands of individual teachers.
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TaraK
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"I'm an American. They are Americans, and I don't feel that's OK. I feel very scared to be in this country with our leadership right now."
Don't you just want to punch people in the face? Or at least buy them a ticket out? I didn't agree with anything Bush did in office, but I was never "afraid," nor would I have cared if he addressed kids in school. Does she think he's going to brainwash them?
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TaraK wrote >>
"I'm an American. They are Americans, and I don't feel that's OK. I feel very scared to be in this country with our leadership right now."
Don't you just want to punch people in the face? Or at least buy them a ticket out? I didn't agree with anything Bush did in office, but I was never "afraid," nor would I have cared if he addressed kids in school. Does she think he's going to brainwash them?Well, there are certainly nutjobs on both the left and right fringes. Around the time Jesus Camp was getting a lot of press I knew a few self-described hard core leftists who claimed secret death squads were targeting anti-war protesters in the US.
Guess I can see there's fear on the extremes of both sides.
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asil
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Awww, greenhouse, you beat me to it. The CNN article contains my favorite quote on this:
"Thinking about my kids in school having to listen to that just really upsets me," a suburban Colorado mother, Shanneen Barron, told CNN affiliate KMGH-TV in Denver. "I'm an American. They are Americans, and I don't feel that's OK. I feel very scared to be in this country with our leadership right now."This is ridiculous. He's the President, in my opinion there is nothing more "American". He wants to tell your kids to study hard and dream big and listen to their teachers. He wants to invite them to be an active part of their country and talk to him about what their concerns are and what changes they'd like to see. Not suggest they rally for health care reform or start a discussion about the threat of a nuclear armed North Korea. Idiots.
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berdawn
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rus wrote >>
TaraK wrote >>
"I'm an American. They are Americans, and I don't feel that's OK. I feel very scared to be in this country with our leadership right now."
Don't you just want to punch people in the face? Or at least buy them a ticket out? I didn't agree with anything Bush did in office, but I was never "afraid," nor would I have cared if he addressed kids in school. Does she think he's going to brainwash them?Well, there are certainly nutjobs on both the left and right fringes. Around the time Jesus Camp was getting a lot of press I knew a few self-described hard core leftists who claimed secret death squads were targeting anti-war protesters in the US.
Guess I can see there's fear on the extremes of both sides.Well, there were anti-terrorism units sent to identify those who participated in anti-war marches, along with other homeland security measures being used to investigate anti-war organizations.
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berdawn
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greenhouse1014 wrote >>
I'm totally leaving this country. When mob fears outweigh actual real moments, it's time to pack it in and go. We really are becoming a country of stupid people.
Oh, and to answer your question, Berdawn, it's simple racism. It used to be hidden away, more subtle, but now with a black president, the floodgates are open.I don't WANT to think that, I really don't but this all seems so crazy that only something unreasonable makes sense.
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berdawn wrote >>
rus wrote >>
TaraK wrote >>
"I'm an American. They are Americans, and I don't feel that's OK. I feel very scared to be in this country with our leadership right now."
Don't you just want to punch people in the face? Or at least buy them a ticket out? I didn't agree with anything Bush did in office, but I was never "afraid," nor would I have cared if he addressed kids in school. Does she think he's going to brainwash them?Well, there are certainly nutjobs on both the left and right fringes. Around the time Jesus Camp was getting a lot of press I knew a few self-described hard core leftists who claimed secret death squads were targeting anti-war protesters in the US.
Guess I can see there's fear on the extremes of both sides.Well, there were anti-terrorism units sent to identify those who participated in anti-war marches, along with other homeland security measures being used to investigate anti-war organizations.
Of course there's a difference between investigating possibly radical groups and killing people in the middle of the night.
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TaraK
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rus wrote >>
TaraK wrote >>
"I'm an American. They are Americans, and I don't feel that's OK. I feel very scared to be in this country with our leadership right now."
Don't you just want to punch people in the face? Or at least buy them a ticket out? I didn't agree with anything Bush did in office, but I was never "afraid," nor would I have cared if he addressed kids in school. Does she think he's going to brainwash them?Well, there are certainly nutjobs on both the left and right fringes. Around the time Jesus Camp was getting a lot of press I knew a few self-described hard core leftists who claimed secret death squads were targeting anti-war protesters in the US.
Guess I can see there's fear on the extremes of both sides.I thought leftists loved Jesus Camp. I know I did. Terrifying, hilarious, exploitive -- great entertainment all around.
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berdawn
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rus wrote >>
berdawn wrote >>
rus wrote >>
TaraK wrote >>
"I'm an American. They are Americans, and I don't feel that's OK. I feel very scared to be in this country with our leadership right now."
Don't you just want to punch people in the face? Or at least buy them a ticket out? I didn't agree with anything Bush did in office, but I was never "afraid," nor would I have cared if he addressed kids in school. Does she think he's going to brainwash them?Well, there are certainly nutjobs on both the left and right fringes. Around the time Jesus Camp was getting a lot of press I knew a few self-described hard core leftists who claimed secret death squads were targeting anti-war protesters in the US.
Guess I can see there's fear on the extremes of both sides.Well, there were anti-terrorism units sent to identify those who participated in anti-war marches, along with other homeland security measures being used to investigate anti-war organizations.
Of course there's a difference between investigating possibly radical groups and killing people in the middle of the night.
it seems as tho if one wants to kill people in the middle of the night, one might want to start with a list.
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