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Home Front: Politix
Review Ordered of Video Showing Students Singing Praises of President Obama
2009-09-26
The commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Education ordered a review on Friday following the posting of a YouTube video depicting school children singing the praises of President Obama.
Good. I wonder what that press release from the principal will say.
Education Department spokeswoman Kathryn Forsyth says the commissioner has directed the school superintendent to review what happened. Forsyth says the commissioner wants to ensure that students can celebrate Black History Month without "inappropriate partisan politics in the classroom."

As critics of the video claimed it amounted to "indoctrination," the tension at B. Bernice Young Elementary School escalated to such a degree Thursday that the school was placed temporarily on lockdown after its principal received death threats over a YouTube video that showed nearly 20 children being taught songs lauding the president, though back-to-school night events continuing as planned Thursday night at the school.
Death threats? Utterly unacceptable. I hope the police find the idiots and prosecute them... unless it's an FBI concern.
Video of the students at the Burlington, N.J., school shows them singing songs seemingly overflowing with campaign slogans and praise for "Barack Hussein Obama," repeatedly chanting the president's name and celebrating his accomplishments, including his "great plans" to "make this country's economy No. 1 again."

One song that the children were taught quotes directly from the spiritual "Jesus Loves the Little Children," though Jesus' name is replaced with Obama's: "He said red, yellow, black or white/All are equal in his sight. Barack Hussein Obama."

The video has set off some families in Burlington, who said they were horrified that their children at the being "indoctrinated" to view the president like a cult figure. "I'm stunned -- I can't believe it's our school," said Jim Pronchik, who told FOXNews.com his 8-year-old son Jimmy was one of the 18 students in the video. "We don't want to praise this guy like he's a god or an idol or a king or anything like that. That's the wrong message to be sending."
We shouldn't be teaching the children political things at all, although it's important for them to understand the steps of our political process. I believes that class is generally called Civics, or sometimes American Government.
Posted by:Fred

#15  "Obama is not the Messiah."

Don't tell The Won that, Rambler. You might hurt his widdle feewings.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-09-26 21:12  

#14  The technical medical term for the feeling you get when watching this is 'Douche Chills'.
Posted by: Parabellum   2009-09-26 15:41  

#13  "Adolf Hitler, you are our great Leader. Thy name makes the enemy tremble. They Third Reich comes, thy will alone is law upon earth. Let us hear daily thy voice and order us by thy leadership for we will obey to the end even with our lives. We praise thee! Heil Hitler!"
-- The League of German Girls

"Fuhrer, my Fuhrer, sent to me from God, protect and maintain me throughout my life. Thou who hast saved Germany from deepest need, I thank thee today for my daily bread. Remain at my side and never leave me, Fuhrer, my Fuhrer, my faith, my light. Heil my Fuhrer!"
-- Grace prayer taught to elementary school children
Posted by: Anonymoose   2009-09-26 13:28  

#12  It's creepy-scary.

That sums it up pretty well.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2009-09-26 12:43  

#11  the commissar teacher retired in June. Good timing
Posted by: Frank G   2009-09-26 09:05  

#10  Jesus Loves the Little Children," though Jesus' name is replaced with Obama's

I will fire up the emergency light for:
Muckeeeeeeee!
Posted by: .5MT   2009-09-26 07:58  

#9  The commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Education ordered a review

so they can give the woman a promotion.
Posted by: Jumbo Slinerong5015   2009-09-26 07:56  

#8  "Barack Hussein Obama
He wants to kill your Grandma
Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm"
Posted by: DMFD   2009-09-26 07:32  

#7  ...find the Enemy of the People who leaked the video and fire him/her!
According to Laura Ingraham, the person who composed the song posted it.
Posted by: Pearl Cruque8223   2009-09-26 07:25  

#6  I admit my head assploded when I saw this video. Put up a link on my Facebook, but took it down a couple minutes later to seethe in quiet. It's creepy-scary.
I am a university educator, and one of the small percentage of them that votes center-right.
I live in Estonia (the former USSR), and I show videotapes in class from the Soviet period that look EXACTLY like that clip.
I hope people keep digging on it. I, for one, try to keep my political beliefs out of the classroom. I'm outraged by this.
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2009-09-26 06:24  

#5  The commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Education ordered a review on Friday following the posting of a YouTube video depicting school children singing the praises of President Obama.

Translation: find the Enemy of the People who leaked the video and fire him/her!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-09-26 05:40  

#4  Lefties always go for kids - it's only by indoctrinating the young and naive that they have a chance of any kind of parity of support. Those who are independent thinkers, if they are lucky, pass through the 'educators'' echo chamber unswerved, but most youths are susceptible to some degree, and its often not until into middle age and a life of observing the counter-factuality of Leftist dogma that they realise the sham that it is. Leftist ideology isn't something that many people evolve as a political creed for themselves, as it's simply too patently nonsensical and disadvantageous to decent people and most members of society - it's something which has to be taught.
Posted by: Bulldog   2009-09-26 04:30  

#3  "Kusasa ekuseni ngo 4 o' clock seyo khulula uMandela" that means " Tomorrow morning at 4 o' clock we are going to free Mandela! all the political prisoners and open the borders."
Posted by: Besoeker in Duitsland   2009-09-26 01:40  

#2  One song that the children were taught quotes directly from the spiritual "Jesus Loves the Little Children," though Jesus' name is replaced with Obama's
To me,this is worse than worshiping Mao. Obama is not the Messiah.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2009-09-26 01:40  

#1  This song heaps praises on a man, not praise or respect for our country and it is frighteningly wrong whoever the man is. The parallels between this and songs and other gestures of adulation for despotic leaders like Mao are unavoidable.
Posted by: Richard of Oregon   2009-09-26 01:29  

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