Well, here is an example of why I find that so damn difficult, at times. President Obama is visiting a bunch of schools around America at the beginning of the school year (correction: he is only visiting one in person, but his speech is being broadcast to all other schools at 10 am on CSPAN; most school districts are requiring parental permissions slips to allow their children to hear the president's address) and it has aroused (typically) the (expected) choruses from Republicans of "I'm not letting my child go near school that day" and "Obama is embarking on a Hitler Youth Project" and "Brainwashing!, Propaganda", "How DARE he speak to my children, who aren't even voting age. He's just trying to indoctrinate them into his own system of beliefs so they'll vote for him in 2012."
Of course, when you look at the curriculum document the White House has prepared, none of this is (surprise, surprise) the case. All Obama is doing is going around to schools preaching the message to kids of how important it is to stay in school, work hard, go to college, and be successful. Apparently that is a bad message to send our children.
I *know* I shouldn't reply to the imbeciles, but this one post was just so flippin' far off the charts I could not resist. Here is the post, and here is my subsequent reply:
Seig Hiel, Obama
September 03, 2009 (4 hours 11 minutes ago)
The Hitler Youth was a campaign to get the youth of Germany to believe in their leader. Of course, many remember that in the end, it was the greatest downfall for Germany. In speaking to a few German people, they said that they could not believe what they had fallen for in their youth. They said that they were told that Germany could own the world, if they just followed the greatest leader in the world, Hitler. Hitler was so drugged up most of the time that he was relentless in dealing out punishment to those who would not follow him. Millions died. Obama is still new, but his plan is a take-off on Hitler because he feels he can rule the world. He wants to change America the Great, to fullfil his plans. America is waking up and is understanding what Obama's is up to. One can only fool Americans for a short period of time and then it is GAME OVER. In this cases though, I feel Obama is just a pawn, used and soon the be abused because the plans of Obama's leaders will fail. True Americans will prevail and the Constitution will stand. Obama does not speak or understand Texan, but does speak Kenyon and so does his poor brother there,in the hut. Reverend Wright is wrong, America is the land of the free, if one wants to be free. For some, America is not the land of the free because some prefer to shackle themselves to the past or a certain belief because they were brainwashed by others to believe that they are wronged. Twenty years in Wright's wrong church is a great placed to be brainwashed. A great place for simpletons. I am very happy that my children are beyond elementary school. The schools will pay a high price for the lack of attendance on September 8. The States do not pay the schools for days missed by students. Most teachers are Democrats. What a wonder place to brainwash the children into the most upsurd beliefs. Our first child went through the full 12 years of brainwashing, but we were able to save the rest by homeschooling them. They 3 children that followed, were allowed to enter in tho the school system later and have shown leadership for beyond their classmate. For that we thank our Lord, the Almighty. God Bless America, Forever!Reply to Desert Heater
September 04, 2009 (12 seconds ago)
Desert Heater says: "Obama is still new, but his plan is a take-off on Hitler because he feels he can rule the world." How about coming up with something more original than another Hitler comparison. We're all bored of this, now. And you automatically discredit yourself from anything further you might say by doing this. He also says: "I am very happy that my children are beyond elementary school". Well, I am very *un*happy that you decided to procreate. It's bad news for all of us. To add insult to injury, he informs us that: "Our first child went through the full 12 years of brainwashing, but we were able to save the rest by homeschooling them." Buddy, I guarantee that your first child is the only one who's going to be fit for living in society if the rest of them were taught by someone who is comparing the United States President to Adolf Hitler, and who claims that "some people were brainwashed by others to believe that they were wronged". Oh, that's all that slavery, child laborers, sexism and the KKK were, I see. I thought they were *actual* systems of material inequity, oppression and abuse, but they were just systems of brainwashing to make people *believe* they were wronged. Thanks for correcting the historical record on that. "The 3 children that followed were allowed to enter into the school system later..." NO SHIT, SHERLOCK...your local school was probably salivating to get them out of your clutches before you turned them all into brainwashed, (oops, I stole your favorite word...wait, that's what the gov't does, not you, nosireee) raving, sociopaths. Let's hope it's not too late to undo all the damage. Desert Heater closes with a lovely, Christian prayer to round off all the wonderfully un-Christian sentiments of his preceding rant: "For that we thank the Lord, our Almighty! God Bless America, Forever!" You, my friend, are one sick, sick individual. We can only hope your psychosis accelerates so quickly in coming months that you're one of the first to be victimized by Obama's forthcoming "death panels". Let's see, you compare the President to Hitler, trash the school system as a liberal brainwashing camp, and pull your children out of it, yet you're asking the Lord to bless your country forever? There's a precious little nugget of logical consistency.
well put!!!!
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