Boy, is this stuff childish.

Check it out—> http://www.hallpassonthat.com/

Why not turn this into a learning moment? Every concerned parent should break out Animal Farm and 1984 and introduce the kids to George Orwell and his take on totalitarianism, and the parellels evident in the Pledge myself to Obama movement.

Made my day. Funny!!

Love it, Doug!

Carlos deserves a cookie, hell maybe even his very own flat screen tv, for capturing the lefts view of Obama so perfectly.

As for it being childish? No child can be as good at drawing as Pia Guerra, Adrian Alphona, Steve Ditko or Mike Choi (comic book nerd alert! Y the Last Man, Runaways, Mr. A, X-Force respectively) so dont rain on the childrens parade.

Are you threatened by that Joe?

Excellent, Doug! LOL.
— ReaderRedux, age …(ahem…muffle…cough)

Those are as good as any I've ever seen.

LOL! "Hi, me!"

Now that was good…something tells me kids aren't going to buy whatever is being sold.

I was going to keep my daughter home from second grade but then I read the speech. She'd love a good nap in the middle of the day.

Out of the mouths of babes…

I'm not a democrat, I'm not even american.

Not at all

That's the response I'd expect if one didn't 'get' the humor. Must be a cultural thing-after all few of us find humor from other cultures amusing.

I don't know any children who draw their "e"s backwards. Or how many 7 year olds know who Dr. Kavorkian is. So lets not kid ourselves. This was drawn by adults.

Still well done. Funny stuff.

I can tell.

My son is homeschooled. My nephew goes to year-round school and is out for the next few month. I only wish my niece didn't have to go into tomorrow for the indoctrination lesson, but I imagine there is plenty of it going on the rest of the school year as well. My nephew was actually really, really excited when he misunderstood & thought that Obama was coming to his school. Considering everyone in the family are conservatives he is being taught to have warm & fuzzy feelings for Obama at school.

Duh!!

i have grandchildren in school and i do not want this guy speaking to them, we turn him off on tv, ever time he reads his prompter, i can not stand to hear his lies and the way he rubs it in america;s face, and to believe that some people still fall all over him yet, come on people think about your children in obamas army, will you be proud?

Of coarse not, of coarse not, of coarse not. Damn Joe once is enough

Did you hear the kids in Broward County, Florida are being forced to attend?

If their parents keep them home, they'll be punished when they return.

Der Feuhrer's HitlerJugend speeches are mandatory!

You'll have to excuse him folks.

Like most Democrats, he failed Kindergarten several times.

Got as far as the "Find the Whole Point" exam and choked.

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Joe Biden, ladies and gentlemen.
Let's have a round of applause.
Okay, well, at least stop throwing stuff, then.
Fine.
Be that way.

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You guys are treating the president of the United States like a sex offender. Classy.

No, more like a half-wit, so yuck it up guys!

Well I don't think a 7 year old would be referencing Michaelangelo like in the first one. I don't think many 7 year olds know who Kevorkian is much less how to spell his name, things like that. Really obvious things which is what makes it so stupid. Either kids drew them and were coached by adults or adults drew them and made them look like kids drawings. That's why it's so lame.

Look at that…deductive logic. How cute.

Now you're just embarrassing yourself. What country are you from, anyway? I hope for your sake you're ESL. Sometimes humor just doesn't translate well across language boundaries.

Why not? I knew who those guys were at age 7, and how to spell their names (okay, the first one came from watching a lot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but still…). Maybe these are a few child prodigies who did some really good art. Or maybe they showed them to adults as rough drafts and the adults didn't try to discourage them, they just helped them on the spelling. Out of the realm of possibility? I don't think so. If you actually were an average Joe, you wouldn't have to have that explained to you.

Well there are some people in the comments that… uh… hadn't caught on.

Hey Barack, I… I… mean "Average Joe" (wink, wink) shouldn't you be spending the day with your daughters if you're not going to be working on fixing our country. Go do something productive will ya!

Seconded!

I thought so, but hey, I didn't decide to walk into this…he did.

Kind of like Van Jones…

That’s good stuff Doug, I like it, funny! Hey maybe they can get a grant from Barry and the NEA?

the only reason I felt I had to point out that they weren't drawn by children is because T-Rav seems to be under the impression that they were.

English as a second language. You aren't French, by any chance? That would explain the lack of a sense of humor.

Well, my sister-in-law probably wouldn't let her do that. She's a big Obama fan. But wouldn't you be if you were receiving: WIC, food stamps, Medicaid, and supplements for afterschool care (was getting supplements for daycare until my niece started Kindergarten a few weeks ago) & housing. And don't leave out that taxpayers have paid for her to go to nursing school not once but TWICE. She was too lazy to study for the state exam and failed the first time. So they paid for to take the course the 2nd time. But I love my niece and tolerate to the best of my abilities her mother. How has SIL been rewarded for her irresponsibility? Well, my mother-in-law and husband's stepdad just bought her a house.

Well, my sister-in-law probably wouldn't let her do that. She's a big Obama fan. But wouldn't you be if you were receiving: WIC, food stamps, Medicaid, and supplements for afterschool care (was getting supplements for daycare until my niece started Kindergarten a few weeks ago) & housing. And don't leave out that taxpayers have paid for her to go to nursing school not once but TWICE. She was too lazy to study for the state exam and failed the first time. So they paid for to take the course the 2nd time. But I love my niece and tolerate (to the best of my abilities) her mother. How has SIL been rewarded for her irresponsibility? Well, my mother-in-law and husband's stepdad just bought her a house.

I don't think most people (maybe I should just speak for myself) objected to President Obama speaking to the kids. It was the proposed "lessons" that went along with the speech: i.e., draw pictures to show how you are inspired by Obama, etc. I don't think that would go over well no matter who was in office.

I don't think most people (maybe I should just speak for myself) objected to President Obama speaking to the kids. It was the proposed "lessons" that went along with the speech: i.e., drawing pictures to show how you are inspired by Obama, etc. I don't think that would go over well no matter who was in office. Just substitute George W. Bush in this scenario and ask yourself if people might object to the lessons.

Oh well maybe next time.

I know, I've I've already printed these puppies out, and displayed them in my office.

If you ask me, this is scary stuff. Kids shouldn't be kept ignorant but being brainwashed one way or another at an early age is frightening.

This is one of the reasons why religion scares me – though of course pushing any one worldview on a child is insane since they can't possibly understand at the age most begin indoctrinating. Even Richard Dawkins says it's nonsense to talk as a child as an "Atheist Child" anymore than it is a "Christian Child". They're not really yet in a position to make such judgements about the nature of the universe. Nor are they on politics or health care…

That's the worst fucking comeback I've ever heard. You managed to meet an inane insult with an even more inane retort. Well done.

But kids don't know about any of this, nor should they at that age. I thought that's one thing at least Conservatives would agree with me on over some liberals. As it stands, these partisan issues mostly only affect adults. Do you really want to extend this nonsense to children too? It's not how I would bring up my kids anyway. My politics are my business, and while I would certainly like to influence people to change their mind, I wouldn't take advantage of someone too young to understand.

Again, it's not a case of an innocent stroke of insight from a simple mind(though I'm sure this gives many anti-intellectuals hope their world view is still relevant), it's a case of them just churning out what their parents have essentially programmed into them.

Do you really think these kids are following the news and are able to spot such "obvious flaws"? In something as complicated as healthcare, there are very few "Obvious flaws".

It is frightening and offensive because the only way these kids came to these conclusions was through influence from parents or similar figures. You'd have a hard time proving that the kids came to this on their own. Is this really how you want to bring up the next generation, a bunch of partisan, paranoid dopes?

Wow, racism. I find it amusing how people on this blog proport to be individualist while holding such viewpoints.

It's certainly true many French people can be a bit stuck up compared to other cultures. However, this is also very true with smugness and american conservatives… we can make all kinds of generalisations which are just as true or more true than that.

France is definitely a more productive culture though, partly because they actually teach debate in schools. If you're American and he's French, chances are on law of averages you wouldn't be as good at discussing and understanding issues. No racism there, it's just a flaw in your education system that needs to be fixed.

I'm sorry, you're talking about indoctrination? Because the religious right never does that? You bring your kids up to be the same religion as you. Like it or not that's indoctrination, and statistics show they're unlikely to make their own decision as adults.

Now I know you're kidding, Joe.
I admit, you had me going earlier, but nobody's this stupid.
Well, Democrats…yeah…hmmm.

A hypnotist can have an adult acting like a chicken in about 25 seconds. How long is the forked tongued one going to visit with the children tomorrow?

It was funny, and anyway I don't have a clue if they were made by kids or not. I'll admit, sometimes irony and sarcasm go over my head, and that may have been the case here. The only reason I kept up that discussion with "Less than Average Joe" (wish I'd thought of that first) was that while I don't mind being corrected when I'm wrong, people like that who mix in their own smarminess are just asking for it. There could have been a 7-year-old prodigy who came up with that, but you're right, probably not. In any case, Joe's reaction shows his utter inability to grasp any kind of humor, let alone the paroding kind.

Oh, he's much, much more of a threat than a mere sex offender.

Ah, so being French constitutes a race now, does it? Thank you so much for enlightening us on that point and others, such as explaining why our education system is so inferior to that of France's, where they apparently teach you how to talk out both sides of your mouth. I've got news for you: being able to talk a good argument doesn't say anything about how intelligent you actually are. Case in point: well, you pick the member of the Obama Administration, which one doesn't really matter. On the other hand, there are those who simply aren't quick enough with their tongues for a quick comeback, yet can sit down at length and write out reflective, carefully considered arguments (one reason I like sites like these). Maybe talking rapidly and wittily isn't quite as important, methinks, as what actually comes out of one's mouth. But that's just me–and most philosophers from Socrates on.

Hell neither is the President, but he's a democrat.

There are no freethinkers. Everyone evaluates the world based on certain preconceptions he or she has gradually acquired through family, friends, teachers, the state etc. If you think you are exempt from that you are sorely mistaken.

Thanks. I really appreciate it. I realize everyone else here catches on to things faster than I do, but do you have to make it so darned obvious? I can't help it if my sense of irony is less developed than everyone else's.

Actually, its concise and rapier wit.

With just a few brief strokes of pen and crayon, someone has cut to the crux of the argument; should Barry be spending his time looking for a new audience under served by his speeches and pontificating, or should he be doing something Presidential…

Since I haven't seen him do anything like that either, and something that gets him off trying to fleece me and the American body politic while screwing us out of my freedoms, its a toss up…

But I figure, I can have my children do a dry run on homeschooling in prep for the swine flu invasion, and have Barry talk to empty rooms at the same time…

Don't sweat it T-Rav… Just keep an open mind on everything!

Oh no T-Rav, I like all kinds of humor. I think The Office is great, both the american and british versions, I like Big Bang Theory, I love Monty Python and I think Seinfeld and Andy Griffith were the best shows ever put on television but you couldn't pay me to watch 21/2 Men or America's funniest home videos. I get the jokes in the drawing I just don't think they're funny. And I hope paroding was a typo and not how you really spell parodying.

Thank you Weasel, I worked hard on that!

I find it absolutely gullible that anyone would actually believe that the most DIShonest president in the history of this nation would actually stick to the printed and released text. Not only that…but since when does the Fed (Dept. of Ed) actually distribute a curriculum to every school in the nation for student work after the Dear Leader's speech?

Along with his lack of patriotism.

I'm sure the speech that made it to the internet is not the speech that Barry had initially planned on making. When they took his visual aids away it lessened the impact of his socialist words. The conservative uprising also took away Barry's fun of slipping in his revolutionary ideals into the kids' heads. Boy, I bet Barry was bumming when he had to change the tone of his speech from "Do as I say" to "Wash your hands." HA!

Yeah, but will she be able to nap? Not in my school.

Hilarious Doug. I love it.

France also has the same mind set as most of the other countries protected by the NATO Pact, someone else is paying to protect their country for the last 40 years so no need to have a large standing Army. You can afford to have half your country on public assistance and 25 hour work weeks.

"I can't help it if my sense of irony is less developed than everyone else's."
LOL! Another funny!

Since I no longer subscribe to paper, I don't get comics anymore (boo-hoo). This site helps.

You are so wrong.

THIS IS GENIUS.

are you old?, like, real old?

If these are to be judged "lame" by the smarties, then surely you will get NEA funding Doug!

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I'm 53.

Your friends aren't missing much

I said in France they're thought to debate. Not do spin, debate. As in are actually familiar with the basic concepts of logic, unlike most american conservatives. That's what's important.

No, my good chap, I am not "fucking stupid." In fact I have the documentation to the contrary.

I could I suppose point out that economic productivity *is* germane to the discussion, because three hallmarks of French mental culture are laziness, inefficiency and corruption, whose fruits are reflected in the productivity numbers.

But of course what you're on about is how France is fecundly productive of loads and loads of *intellectuals,* which you consider to be the signifier of much-ballyhoo'd French 'culture.' But what these intellectuals 'produce' is by and large nothing more than polysyllabic wanking: Marxisant mental masturbation. Daniel Bendit-Cohn is nobody to be proud of.

(The upsides of French culture are gastronomic and aesthetic and have precisely *zero* to do with being 'taught debate').

I actually regret that American public schools don't teach forensic debate or formal logic any more (the better private ones do)- if only so that our youn'uns are better prepared to see through the sophistry and naked fallacies advanced as 'arguments' by leftists.

Oops, looks like L.R. Weasel got owned!!!

By the way, you yourself don't seem to be too familiar with the basic concepts of grammar. Just sayin'

Kind of like the way US public education system indoctrinates/brainwashes kids every day of their school career with leftist garbage?

Wow, it sure doesn't take much for the bitter hatred to come out of Weasel's turd hole, does it?

If lefties are ignorant, then what does that make you? Many righties are starkly anti-intellectual.

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