"The abnegation of reason is not the evidence of faith, but the confession of despair."
- J.B. Lightfoot
Monday, September 7, 2009
At the risk of beating a dead horse -- and PLEASE read this post with a huge honkin' smiley face superimposed over it -- I believe I have discovered why there's been such pushback to Obama's planned speech to school children.
A few of us have known that Obama's speech is not unprecedented. Both Reagan and Bush Sr. presented nationally televised speeches to school children during class time.
But only the truly inquisitive have seen the insidious nature of these speeches.
I was only a snotnosed kid at the time, but apparently Reagan pushed the "goodness" of his policies.
And take a look at this directive from George H.W. Bush's address:
"Let me know how you're doing. Write me a letter. I'm serious about this one. Write me a letter about ways you can help us achieve our goals."
Holy cow. I'm pretty sure Kim Jong Il asks for letters too. And did you catch the whiff of totalitarianism in the phrase "help us achieve our goals"?
More from the Coke Classic of conservative blogging, Eugene Volokh.
So now I see what's really happening. All the parents upset about our president's speech were subliminally indoctrinated as children toward conservatism.
I keed, I keed!
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Comments on "It Takes One to Know One?":
2. MzEllen
- 09/07/2009 10:49 am CDT
Reagan spoke to school students about the goodness of tax cuts.
It's not the first time.
4. MzEllen
- 09/07/2009 12:38 pm CDT
both the speech and the lessosn plans are available on line.
the plan
the speech
I'd suggest that everybody read both before saying anything else that embarrasses them.
5. Jonathan W.
- 09/07/2009 3:22 pm CDT
"Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America."
Well, it's definitely religious indoctrination, then ....
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Bush's speech was a pretty good one. Thanks for the link.
My favorite line was :
"They took the college entrance exams on an experimental basis last year as seventh graders. Even in junior high, some of them scored well enough to get into college right now."
Then I say why let them rot in middle and high school for another 4 years? Send them to college right now! They could be into a graduate program four years from now.