School children complain of "Obama Worship" during lessons!

Which founding fathers? Some would lose their minds that there is a black man as President.

...the argument that Obama hasn't done anything and then "poof" he is the President.....this is an awesome example of the hypocrisy soooooo many people on ATS have displayed...(not picking on you)

1) many of you do not trust anyone in politics
2) any politician must have sold out to someone or has to be in someone's back pocket and they are just more of the same.
3) AND this is the kicker.....these same people, who say this, also argue out of the other side of their mouth; "who is this guy? what has he done? nothing? Show me birth certificate. Palin is more qualified.
....who in the hell do you people want to see as President? Do you realize that some of the greatest, civic minded, and capable people in the U.S. would never ever run for President because they wouldn't want to run the media guantlet of modern day politics. What President in History would have survived? Lincoln? hardly.
....anyone with a long history in politics these days have probably survived doing things and catering to people that they regret, but maybe they think they are doing more good than bad, the ends justifies the means type thinking....cough.
....But here we have Obama.....he moved too quickly to allow special interests and others to sink their claws into him. They too are probably asking themselves..."what happened? how did he get elected?"

So when some of you argue that "we don't know him" you should think that is a good thing.....then move on and ask the question "ok, does the guy have a brain in his head and what rhetoric or philosophy is coming out of his mouth".....then after getting that answer.....move on to asking, "ok, has he done anything to back up his rhetoric? and/or "has he done anything that flys in the face of his rhetoric"
....at that point you can join the rest of us that want to believe and do believe this Country can be preserved and dare we dream, better than how we remembered it when we were kids.
....we have a rare man in office right now, and at the right time, but yes, even the Patroits can lose a football game but what team do you want to hitch your wagon to between...the Detroit Lions or the New England Patriots?
Giving the man a chance is the very least that a true American can do...
some of you haven't even made an attempt to hide your ignorance and couldn't just wait until he did something you could shout "AH HA...SEE I TOLD ALL YOU SHEEPLE" You guys have jumped on him from the moment Roberts screwed up the Oath and even before. "duh, he didn't have his hand on the Bible the 2nd time...duh, that be meaning he evil"
I guarentee you that he is going to make some sweeeeet mistakes for you and Fox to jump at.....but at least wait until he does....because at this point you have shown nothing more than your "true colors" and you aren't too imaginitive in your color selection.

I don't believe a word that the OP posted. Is ATS becoming a disinformation center? How can people believe crap like this? Or is this just another incredible thread to sow seeds of discord among the gullible American public? How much does anyone want to bet that this will turn out to be nothing but a hoax?

reply to post by Ameneter


Ameneter:

I am going to take your post as a sarcastic joke.

Would you like to give us some more substance of what you think instead of just a blind attack of the free thinking people of this site?

What do you think of Obama?

What do you think of the worship of Obama (not talking about this story)

Is Obama your Savior or Messiah?

In your opinion should people be punished for questioning Obama?

People are here to see stories and reports like this and to be able to DISCERN and come up with their own conclusion of what is going on and to think for themself's instead of to just blindly believe what some one sided cooperate sponsored, scripted reading journalist says...............do you have a problem with this?

If so, why are you here?

P.S. I would like for you to respond please. I will be very interested to hear your answers to these questions.

[edit on 1/29/09 by housegroove23]

reply to post by orderedchaos


Now this was written by a Child:

“You are the best because you are the first African American president in the United States of America!”

This is all I notice about Obama as well and I'm nearly half a century old.

Perhaps even more disturbing is that there is no significant authoritative pressure pushing this kind of activity in schools. Clearly the teachers instigating the activities in the incidents related above are doing so of their own will, the phenomenon is a cultural one.

It is one thing for naive adults to buy into such groupthink, but to also subject young children to this, a mentality akin to the desperate prole worship of Big Brother in George Orwell’s 1984, is profoundly foreboding for any so called free society.

Children cannot grasp Politics their still learning the three R's so how would they Know well they don't!
This is filling childrens heads with meaning less crap! it's actually Brainwashing.

Zelong.

I was always against brainwashing kids in schools (religion an politics). Prayer, anyone ?

I sincerely hope that this gets much more wide spread...That is the only way we would get rid of Pledge of Allegiance in schools (I'm sure that republicans would be the first to jump on it)

And here we have another totally anonymous hit piece with no evidence to back it up, and many are up in arms alluding to the fact Obama-worship is reaching dangerous levels (which, if you read between the lines, means he is either the anti-Christ or the next Hitler), our liberties are being taken away, and our youth are being indoctrinated, bla, bla, bla.

How very odd that a five year old 1st grader is already so entrenched by his parent's idealogies that he pledges to a flag and Obama picture and realizes he is being indoctrinated.

How very odd that the man's wife 'volunteers at the school' and is able to describe Obama, the number of flags behind him, how large the picture is, and how far away from the students it is, but doesn't remember if his hand is on his heart after checking the picture out in 3 of the 5 classrooms?

How very odd that this concerned mother, who I hope has a relationship with the teacher after volunteering for the first semester, doesn't ask the teacher why they pledge to Obama and not the flag? How very odd she doesn't ask the principal, or any of the other teachers. Apparently, she's too fragile and innocent to have a backbone when it comes to her child.

Assuming that this story is confirmed, it seems no different to me than children in the past being forced to worship Hitler or Chairman Mao. Schools are filled with predominantly liberal educators, which is bad enough. Even these educators should know better than to hold a praise Obama session. A public school is not the place for adults to inflict their political beliefs, whatever they are, on children of tender years. If I were a patron of that school district, I would be raising Hell with everyone from the superintendent of schools on down. This in spite of the fact that I have no children of school age.





[edit on 1/29/2009 by TheAvenger]

reply to post by Avenginggecko


Avenginggecko:

Some people are here too take information from stories and reports like this and connect the dots and eventually see a not so pretty picture of what is really going on here. It seems to me that you see the dots but you are denying that they even exist.

If you really pay attention to what really is going out there in the world, reports like this is just a small sliver to what the big picture really is.

Would this story have more meaning to you if you heard it from a one sided cooperate sponsored, scripted reading journalist, NOT from Fox News but from Msnbc or CNN or AP or Huffington Post or NPR?

[edit on 1/29/09 by housegroove23]

People please listen!

I am so happy with the fact that we finally have an African American President! It is awesome it really, really is!

But we need to put that aside now and look at what is really happening here. Its not about black and white or the fake left and right political parties and its not even about Obama!

Its all about a false ideology that is being brainwashed into the minds of not just the American people but the whole world!

People I plead with you, please just please consider what I am saying here!

If you can just consider what I am trying to tell you then all you need to do is too read the following detailed analysis:

www.davidicke.com...

If you read that analysis and really pay attention to what it is saying then you will be fully awake to what is really happening here. Everything is all laid out in that article for you.

Please, Please Read It!

reply to post by Res Ipsa


Res Ipsa,

Elvis was an entertainer, not a politician. So too where the others you mentioned.

I do know this difference. I don't also worship or idolize politicians. I do know the difference. I wont even worship the gods of sports. I know this difference as well.

This...

....But here we have Obama.....he moved too quickly to allow special interests and others to sink their claws into him. They too are probably asking themselves..."what happened? how did he get elected?"

I disagree totally. Politics has become heavily about marketing. Presentation. Obama was handpicked over a candidate with experience in politics because he was more marketable to a wider spectrum of voters. Race as well as sex was indeed one of the dominant factors in this election. Careful preparation for this particular election day has been put in place for over 20 years now. It was judged the proper time and proper candidate based on timing and marketability conditioning.

As to special interests. I disagree once again. It is merely a matter of determining who his handlers are...just like any other president.

One thing William Jefferson Clinton was able to clear up for me ..though I have been thinking along this line for years back...is that the requirements/standards for the office of President of the United States are not as high as most of us think. This is particularly true if one sees the office through the politics of Marketing Strategies for votes. I am sure that this is applicable to many Republicans as well.

I agree with numerous of the posters on this thread...public school is not for this type of brainwashing or idol worship. It should be a place where fundamentals are put in place on which students can profitably use to direct their thinking and abilities in later ages. Reading Writing and Arithmetic. Not political brainwashing.

IN case you dont get it ..we are talking about our Children here ...not Obama per se. This is not pro or anti Obama.. but about our children being used as pawns in a school system financed by politicians.

What does it say about the body politic when it becomes obvious over the years that they are leaning heavily down into the public school system to get predictable controllable votes from a gullible emotional electorate when they come of age.
I can take this much further but this will suffice for now.

This knowledge of which I speak and these trends of which many describe are an offense to many. Many do not like the trend of manipulation which the media and now many zealots in the school systems tend to try to get over on a gullible and uninformed public. Even on our children.
They are particularly offended when they detect that their children are being subject to this programming and choose to speak out so.
Many did not like it in previous administrations and the trends going on then. This type of trend has only been magnified since back then.

I agree with what Zelong has stated here.

“You are the best because you are the first African American president in the United States of America!”

This is all I notice about Obama as well and I'm nearly half a century old.

I have a longer attention span than many folks I know and require more feedback than "This is the first African American President of the United States."

I am not an emotional trainwreck and have somehow escaped most of this type of programming... Sports conditioning, Hollywood and television menus.

I am not interested in his African Americanism. I am interested in his Americanism.

Children cannot grasp Politics their still learning the three R's so how would they Know well they don't!
This is filling childrens heads with meaning less crap! it's actually Brainwashing.

Zelong.

Agree with Zelong again here..well stated olde man. Well stated.


Thanks,
Orangetom