09-26-2009, 02:06 AM
A big differerence here is that we didn't hear about it because lefties complained about how awful it was that some poor teacher is getting flak for merely having children sing a song.
In other words, more hypocrisy from the right. They can understand the "position of authority" when children are made to sing about a Democrat but are blind to it when it's about their own triangular deity.
In fact, we could probably dig up some Coulter* and posit that refusing to sing a song about Our President During a Time of War is treason.
Another difference is that NJ school authorities recognize that it is not acceptable, whereas in Florida it took the ACLU and the courts to show the unacceptability that the school officials couldn't see, and still "forgot" about afterward.
As one who promotes that people should condemn the things on their own "side" when necessary I'll be direct: the singing was wrong.
Because, as I understand it, this was a public school. If I were sending my kids to the Sierra Club Day School, I'd be happy if they learned that song. In fact, I may watch the video and start singing it myself.
When raging about this video, though, several things should be remembered. Obama had just started his presidency a few weeks prior (during the "Amazing Accomplishment" phase, long before the "Socialist Indoctrinator" phase, and even before Rush's "want him to fail"), he's the first black prez, it was Black History Month, elementary school kids really love America, and are usually uninformed about a president's differences from his opponent party. I'm not defending it, just pointing out that it's not as sinister as it seems, those were happier times.
If you're really bored, consider also the song "Davy Crockett". Do schoolkids in Tennessee learn this song? This song has anti-congress sentiment, as well as saying the Davy fixed the crack in the Liberty Bell (while he was in Washington and the bell was in Philadelphia, and the bell IIRC was not cracked during his lifetime).
-V
*she's obviously undead, so no digging necessary
In other words, more hypocrisy from the right. They can understand the "position of authority" when children are made to sing about a Democrat but are blind to it when it's about their own triangular deity.
In fact, we could probably dig up some Coulter* and posit that refusing to sing a song about Our President During a Time of War is treason.
Another difference is that NJ school authorities recognize that it is not acceptable, whereas in Florida it took the ACLU and the courts to show the unacceptability that the school officials couldn't see, and still "forgot" about afterward.
As one who promotes that people should condemn the things on their own "side" when necessary I'll be direct: the singing was wrong.
Because, as I understand it, this was a public school. If I were sending my kids to the Sierra Club Day School, I'd be happy if they learned that song. In fact, I may watch the video and start singing it myself.
When raging about this video, though, several things should be remembered. Obama had just started his presidency a few weeks prior (during the "Amazing Accomplishment" phase, long before the "Socialist Indoctrinator" phase, and even before Rush's "want him to fail"), he's the first black prez, it was Black History Month, elementary school kids really love America, and are usually uninformed about a president's differences from his opponent party. I'm not defending it, just pointing out that it's not as sinister as it seems, those were happier times.
If you're really bored, consider also the song "Davy Crockett". Do schoolkids in Tennessee learn this song? This song has anti-congress sentiment, as well as saying the Davy fixed the crack in the Liberty Bell (while he was in Washington and the bell was in Philadelphia, and the bell IIRC was not cracked during his lifetime).
-V
*she's obviously undead, so no digging necessary