These ignorant, uncouth people never cease to amaze me ! A large number of these people are the descendants of slave owners and they have a simular mentally.......They hate Obama more than they love their children....There is no reasonable explanation for this idiotic behavior, but racism.

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http://frontpage.americandaughter.com/?p=2385

daddy didn't want me to hear what the black president had to say.

Those kids will just youtube it out of rebellion. Damn Internetular webs.

He's asking your child to take RESPONSIBILITY for his or her own education.

Oh, the horrors.

And with this misleading headline it goes ot all over the cable world thank to current tv.

The link mentions two republicans who suggested this tactic.

This makes me feel like suing the government for making me sit through so many shitty speeches by Reagan, Bush, Ford, and Nixon. No one consulted my parents before subjecting me to their propaganda and brainwashing about "trickle down" economics.

If we make the rich get richer than the poor will get more crumbs.

@rrawtry

But here's the thing, and I know this is hard to hear, but the Irish war hero lost. He lost and so did you. The American people voted for Obama and all he stands for, and not by a little bit, but by a lot. So, yes there will be backward ass places of the country where the loud minority of racists like yourself will bitch and moan and get your way. And here's the other thing...most people in this country value education and the majority of those people, regardless of who they voted for, are scratching their heads and wondering why the you are all getting so worked up over this. And lets be honest...most of them are making the assumption that this is all about race. Which in many cases it is. So when they hear the President's address next week, and because of all the attention so many more people are going to hear it, who do you think they are going identify with? The very reasonable and well spoken President (who is still incredibly popular) who is talking about how much their kids can achieve if they work hard and stay in school...or the angry, racist, redneck, conspiracy theorists who "wouldn't piss on his head if his hair were on fire"? I think you know the answer to that. So guess what? You lose again.

But thanks for playing your sad, pathetic but predictable part.

Obama and DOE Violate Federal Law Enlisting Kids in Schools to Push Agenda

20 U.S.C. § 3403. The President must cease this illegal activity.

September 4, 2009

20 U.S.C. § 3403 (Pub.L. 96-88, Title I, § 103, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 670)

http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14102&AlertID=1033

www.LC.org

In what is an unprecedented and an illegal political move, President Obama has announced that on Tuesday, September 8, he will bypass parents and directly target their children in an effort to implement his political agenda. Millions of parents are justifiably outraged.

Obama and DOE Violate Federal Law Enlisting Kids in Schools to Push Agenda

20 U.S.C. § 3403. The President must cease this illegal activity.

http://www.lc.org/index.cfm?PID=14102&AlertID=1033

20 U.S.C. § 3403.
Federal law expressly forbids the Secretary of Education or any officer from exercising "any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system."

20 U.S.C. § 3403 (Pub.L. 96-88, Title I, § 103, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 670)

United States Code Title 20.

Education Chapter 48. Department of Education Subchapter I. General Provisions § 3403. Relationship with States (a) Rights of local governments and educational institutions It is the intention of the Congress in the establishment of the Department to protect the rights of State and local governments and public and private educational institutions in the areas of educational policies and administration of programs and to strengthen and improve the control of such governments and institutions over their own educational programs and policies. The establishment of the Department of Education shall not increase the authority of the Federal Government over education or diminish the responsibility for education which is reserved to the States and the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States. (b) Curriculum, administration, and personnel; library resources No provision of a program administered by the Secretary or by any other officer of the Department shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any such officer to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system, over any accrediting agency or association, or over the selection or content of library resources, textbooks, or other instructional materials by any educational institution or school system, except to the extent authorized by law.
(Italics added for emphasis).20 U.S.C. § 3403.

Mathew D. Staver, Esq.
Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel
Mathew D. Staver, Esq.
Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, has argued in numerous state and federal courts across the country, including the United States Supreme Court.

Mat serves as Dean of Liberty University School of Law. He is a trustee for the Supreme Court Historical Society. Mat is considered one of the premier constitutional litigators in the country and conducts hundreds of media interviews each year,

I got an e-mail from my child's school today informing me that they would not be showing Obama's speech on Tuesday. They offered a convenient yet weak excuse (MAP testing, but how long is the speech going to be anyways, 20 min.?) but I suspect that they have been scared by a few parents who have voiced their displeasure.

So I ask parent's considering keeping their kid's out of school, when did it become wrong to listen to someone you don't agree with? What are you afraid of?

Schools are supposed to teach our kids how to be responsible participants in our democracy and this speech allows an opportunity for teachers to talk about our system of government and why it is important to be involved and listen to multiple viewpoints. That way our kids (who are people, not a lesser form of life) can learn what it means to be an informed and responsible voter.

Unless of course that is not what you want, you don't want your kids to be able to think for themselves. They then might see how little you think for yourself...

And there you go. "the chimp"

Talk all you want about jobs, and Americans being pissed s0uthc0ast. We all know what you really mean. You don't like that a black man is President. That a black man has proven himself your superior. And you're scared to death that your kids are going to recognize that fact. Everything else is racist bluster.

Gawd what a funny picture of the chimp and the pod children.
Get a job 0 so maybe you have an idea what Americans, not republicans and democrats, Americans are so pissed of at you about.
Honestly, what is going through this tools skull?
I am encouraging my kids to listen to the twattle from the first twit and afterwards consider how wrong he is on so many levels.
But, by now we all know how wrong he is.

@rrawtry

The first thing a right wing drone always says when caught peddling Limbaugh talking points is "I don't listen to Rush". And the 2nd is that they're really more of a Libertarian...not that I blame you, seems like fewer people everyday want to be considered Republican.

As for me being "uncontrollable", I guess you expected to just drop your pearls of wisdom without anyone challenging you on them. Sorry, but this isn't the fox news website. If you just want everyone to agree with you, go someplace else.

And last, can you explain how listening to the elected leader of the country talk about the value of an education is "brain washing"? Are your children so weak minded that they can't be challenged by something as radical as "an education is good"? Or is your parenting so ineffective that exposure to someone you don't agree with makes you this insecure? And is it just Neil Peart who tells you what to think, or are there other drummers from the 70s and 80s influence your world view? Maybe Alex Van Halen or Tommy Lee?

REPUBS are small minded people , hey kids you wanna be like MOM & DAD & make the U.S.A .look Stupid Like
that asshole BUSH & Cheney ????? Then become A
REPUB like your FUCKED UP PARENTS !!!!!!!!!

these are the only people on earth that get dumber each generation.... orwel would be proud.

if you dont watch it
it wont happen

LOL! This is absolutely ridiculous. First it's bogus healthcare accusations and now education? These people are simply a cancer that have stooped to such lows as to challenge what should be fundamental rights for every American. Look, I know people here don't like talking about color, but the fact of the matter is people do not like Obama simply because he is a Black American. If you want to argue policy, let's do that. I'm all for healthy debate. But to argue a positive prompting to stay in school from the leader of the free world is a bad thing, ha, is laughable at best, and clearly shows how bigotry addles the brain of a certain swathe of American citizenry.

This is just disgusting. I sat through many a presidential speech in school, during class, and even when the speeches specifically stated political ideas, agendas, and opinions, never was there such blatant disrespect and disregard for the leader of the free world, even though my views differed from the president's.

I was always taught to respect the president no matter what! I am ashamed of all those promoting disrespect and hysteria, and frankly, I'm very alarmed at the blatant disregard for our elected leader. Since the economy isn't going to take this country down, we should refocus on helping these irrational paranoid conspiracy theorists with their mental illness.

I live in Virgina. Two of the rural counties outside of my city have bowed to Republican pressure and are not broadcasting the speech. Think about that...they are not broadcasting a speech by the President of the United States to the school children of the country about the value of an education and a call to work hard and STAY IN SCHOOL. I don't care if you're a liberal or a conservative...a Republican, Democrat, or Independent...but if you can't recognize the lunacy in that, then you're a hack with an agenda.

And it's as simple as that.

I like the fact that the president is a little more involved than past presidents. And before anyone says it.... He's not asking children to do his job, he's including them and asking for their input.. so if people want to show their ignorance by keeping their kids out of school that day let them. New motto... Never argue with a moron, just let them pull their children out of class

I hope kids who are made to stay home defy their parents and go to school to not only hear the president speak, but also to keep up on school work.

Then I would like to see if they get punished for GOING to school instead of cutting class at home...

What kind of message are we sending our children by doing this: That it is okay to disregard a president if you don't agree with or don't like him/her? That it's okay to cut classes in school as long as some government you didn't vote for is making a speech? That it's okay to listen to a president's speech as long as he's white?

Never before have I heard of a president's speech to children being boycotted by parents, but I suppose there are firsts for everything...

I wouldn't keep my kids home, what's the point? Once they get home sit around the dinner table and discuss the speech/lesson.Make it a learning experience that works at home, too.
Obama should at least allow the teachers a copy of the speech to do lesson plans around it. I thought that's what they have always done. You know transparency......

Millions of children just figured out they are smarter than their parents ...

no, the parents i have seen on tv in this area, from the affluent suburb of barrington, il, are afraid that the president will try to seduce their children with a socialist message.
this coming from the mf'ers who get the most bang for a lot of my bucks.
i say pull your kids out of school. homeschool them. stay home with them.

Part of the yahoo article states that part of what is wrong with Obama's speech is that it's about:

"how to glorify the president and the presidency"

So does that mean President's Day is a socialist holiday and should be abolished?

Do children not learn about presidents in school anymore? When they learn American history, do they learn the opinions of any party that opposed the president on every single issue?

Why is it that when I was in high school, almost everyone watched the OJ verdict, and yet the president's "stay in school" message is inappropriate?

A lot of the objection from parents seems to be because they would like to see a transcript of what their kids are going to be told. That's not an unreasonable request.

Release the transcript so parents can see that the speech is simply an uplifting outreach to schoolchildren without any political slant.

If the speech is just telling kids about the importance of education, I have very little issue with the speech going on as planned.

Also, in direct response to the rant of Found_Avenue at the end of his posting:
TO ANY PARENT WHO IS SO SELF-ABSORBED THAT YOU CARE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR CHILD IS BEING PRESENTED IN SCHOOL; GOOD JOB, CARRY ON!

Ok, so since no one has read the speech, conservatives can assume that he is going to be reading Mein Kampf to your children.

Seriously, every president does this. George W Bush did is when he read a book to school children, Bill Clinton went to speak to several schools across the country. Why is this now "An Issue"? Why are people now worried Obama is "trying to indoctrinate our children"? I didn't know telling kids to stay in school was brainwashing...

Perhaps if we brainwashed more kids with "Stay In School Brainwashing" the High School dropout rates would plummet, national test scores would rise, and we wouldn't be the middle ground of world education.

yep, just like we've done with every president before him.
hold him to the same standards....

All I know is
DID ANYONE FOR OR AGAINST ACTUALLY READ THE SPEECH???
when you do, then you can factually say you know what you're talking about?
Anyone who takes a POLITICIAN for their word is less than intelligent
so all y'all Obaminators please remember he's not a savior, he's not just a regular joe, he's a politician - born and bred.

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that damn Obama...telling kids to strive for their hopes and dreams?..who does he think he is!

Why is it you leftist thugs always cry "Racism!" when someone claims they disagree with Obama's socialist agenda? You throw it out there as a label, it gives you an excuse to refuse any meaningful dialogue as to what our president in trying to force on us. When you have no leg to stand on, you play the race card. ALWAYS! Racists are a low, low class of people. The only thing worse to me is a person who calls those who oppose Obama's agenda "racists". You do a great disservice to your cause by labelling your opponents "racists". It shows just how narrow minded you really are- seeing "racists" every time you hear of someone who disagrees with Obama. You need to deal with reality.

A) such tactics only work if the public doesn't know it's happening. if brain dead republicans could figure it out it would fail...and i think a constitutional law scholar would know that.

B) man...if your kids are dumb enough to be indoctrinated to the political ideals of one man after one "stay in school" speech...man, you got dumb kids

C) admit it people, youre racists. if your screaming about this speech it's purely because your afraid of obama and the only thing scary about obama is that he's a different color. he hasn't done ANYTHING to justify the amount of hysteria he's received, and a helluva a lot less than bush, who is still supported by a number of you kooks

D) I hate racists.

If it is so non-partisan and uplifting, why won't he release a transcript to the parents beforehand so they can decide what's best for their children? Why won't he offer equal time for rebuttal to the other side of the aisle so the children can make their own decisions?

And yahoo...

This is ridiculous, and truly sad.

Oh yargh. I really hope the parents don't pull their own children out of school. Bitch move on their part if they do.

censorship and ignorance

classic conservative move.... keep your children ignorant. that's how they got to be that way themselves... the tradition of voluntary ignorance continues.

Isn't sending your child to PUBLIC school socialist anyway?

Wow. This behavior makes me incredibly angry.

Thats so...ugh!!Dont let them go to school!Go on and show your kids how to be narrow minded and hateful when they grow up.Just like you!