Comments on: Behind the Scenes: School Kids Sing Praises to Obama

By: hippieslayer

hippieslayer — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:11:43 +0000

Now that's just idiotic. Do note that he said that it belongs at the state and local level, just like our fire departments and police departments.

By: hippieslayer

hippieslayer — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:09:41 +0000

Oh please, it's only 'scarier' because he's a Republican.

And by all these ridiculous comments you do agree that this idiotic song was inappropriate and should not be sung again. It does not matter if it was done in some stupid documentary by a bunch of Christians – in a private, non government funded religious camp, by the way. That stupid Obama song was sung in a school funded by the taxpayers, many of whom did not vote for Duh One.

By: clarify

clarify — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:22:36 +0000

I appreciate your candor. This isn't personal to you as an ndividual but if each teacher can start influencing each other I'm sure there are many more of you than the corrupt leaders. It will take time but if we can fight them from within and without then we are doing all we can. God bless your efforts

By: Old_Tom

Old_Tom — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:13:39 +0000

Good to know. You're now officially my favorite commie.

Gingrich/Palin 2012

By: Old_Tom

Old_Tom — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:51:24 +0000

I think we can agree that the majority of readers of the N.Y. Times support the public option. So, hey, that's a start.

I also agree that the idea of a public option is completely mainstream to the undergirding ideology of the Democratic Party. That reinforces my last point, above.

This may surprise you, but I wholeheartedly encourage you to continue supporting Ralph Nader or whatever other marginal third party candidate happens to come along. Stay true to what you believe. On a related subject, I went back up and gave you "thumbs up" on your other posts to this thread. Even though we probably wouldn't even agree on the color of today's sky, I appreciate the fact that you can advocate a position without lapsing into schoolgirl namecalling. Many of my conservative brethren, and most of your liberal friends, could learn something from this discourse.

You're certainly intellectually consistent in your beliefs, which is rare enough.

By: Arie

Arie — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:52:33 +0000

Brilliant writing. Actually, I do not have to guess what is conversed between people around the country. I meet them every day, and they hold exactly the same opinion. One would think, how come people hate figures like bush many times more than they hate the people who torched 3000 americans alive and powderized both trade center buildings. Then again, do you know how many people (even ones I know for years and would never suspect) are dead sure that the it was an inside job of the bush government ? Some people are too naive to understand evil.

By: andrea2929

andrea2929 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:33:58 +0000

Ha! A very thoughtful, well-stated point-of-view. I think that, at least on this particular issue, we probably agree more than we disagree. How's THAT for a shocking concession, coming from a loony-lefty-pinko-commie?!

By: CSTeacher

CSTeacher — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:26:00 +0000

True. Anybody who has read the constitution knows that control of education was intended to be at the state and local level.

By: CSTeacher

CSTeacher — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:01:35 +0000

Clarify, please read my post below. I'm not sure exactly what you expect of me. I HAVE challenged the state union. When they mocked us and told us to join up in order to fight, I refused. They knew (as did I), that they would take my money and silence me. I REFUSE to give them my financial support in order to try to effect change from the inside. One of the greatest ways to cripple an out of control union is to take away their funding (and I don't know if you've ever seen how high dues are, but they are not insignificant). Meanwhile, my students spend at least a portion of their day sans indoctrination. Do I try to indoctrinate with a conservative bias? No, I don't. I am very conservative, but to do so would violate one of the very principles on which conservatives stand. So, how do I challenge the unions? I have done so verbally, I have done so by deed (and non-deed), and I have done so by refusing to teach things that I know to be false. When dealing with matters of government, we look to founding fathers and political philosophers from the past and the great words of wisdom and caution that they gave us. We discuss the reasoning in these. It is amazing to watch them sort through these.

I used to work in banking. In security training, we were not taught how to recognize counterfeit money, but instead were taught how to recognize authentic currency. When we knew what "the real thing" looked like, it was easy to spot counterfeit. The same principle applies here.

By: Old_Tom

Old_Tom — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:30:24 +0000

I don't know what polls you read, but Rasmussen currently shows approval of the "public option" at an all-time low of 41%. Even if they're a 10 point outlier, that would hardly represent a "significant majority". http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/po... As to Obama's refusal to fight for what amounts to socialized medicine, if I'd figured that would happen I might have considered voting for him. Well, not really. Last point: if the majority of Americans actually knew what most modern Democrats believe, the Dems wouldn't hold on to a single seat in Congress.