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Arne Duncan: "That's Just Silly" Keeping Kids Home From School Because Of Obama Speech (Video)
hotairpundit ^ | 9/6/09 | talkradio03

Posted on 09/06/2009 5:26:54 PM PDT by Talkradio03

Arne Duncan on Face the Nation saying it's silly what parents are doing, Bob Schieffer going right along with the theme...

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: arneduncan; bho44; bhoeducation; nationalskipday; obamaschooladdress
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1 posted on 09/06/2009 5:26:54 PM PDT by Talkradio03
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To: Talkradio03

What’s an Arne Duncan?


2 posted on 09/06/2009 5:30:08 PM PDT by Adder (Proudly ignoring Zero since 1-20-09!)
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To: Talkradio03

Tuesday is; Take Your Kids to the Gun Range Day.


3 posted on 09/06/2009 5:31:44 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: Talkradio03

What parents should REALLY do is yank their kids OUT of these ‘Gubmint propaganda centers they call schools and home school or private school their kids.


4 posted on 09/06/2009 5:32:26 PM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: Talkradio03

See: Why Parents Don’t Trust the Educator-in-Chief and His Comrades
Friday, September 04, 2009
By Michelle Malkin

http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/article/53553


5 posted on 09/06/2009 5:32:44 PM PDT by Linda Frances
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To: Talkradio03

I’ll bet Arne’s boss told him to say this.


6 posted on 09/06/2009 5:32:49 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare! When "natural causes" just isn't good enough!)
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To: Adder

What’s a Farce the Nation?


7 posted on 09/06/2009 5:32:52 PM PDT by webschooner (First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win -- Mahatma Gandhi)
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To: Adder
Need info...What was with Regan's 1988 speech to school kids and Papa Bush's speech in 1991(?)

Were those similar to O's upcoming speech?

Just curious

in '88 I was in my second year of marriage, still on my honeymoon so to speak, you could have set off a nuke under my bed and I wouldn't have noticed, and I never did pay too much attention to Bush I...
8 posted on 09/06/2009 5:32:59 PM PDT by The Louiswu (I live vicariously, through myself.)
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To: Talkradio03

Why would anyone want this clown to lie to their children?


9 posted on 09/06/2009 5:34:00 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey (The only misinformation about healthcare reform is the words that come out of Obama's mouth.)
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To: Talkradio03
My local paper has the same theme for today's lead editorial.
10 posted on 09/06/2009 5:34:25 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: teletech

I was thinking any reason to keep your child out of public school, even for one day, is a good reason.


11 posted on 09/06/2009 5:34:40 PM PDT by murphE ("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." - GK Chesterton)
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Glad you’re here to tell us all what we oughta do!

What makes you think that private schools are any better politically speaking?

And I’ll bet you know of more than a few people who should never ever dream of homeschooling.


12 posted on 09/06/2009 5:35:34 PM PDT by Eagle Eye (Kenya? Kenya? Kenya just show us the birth certificate?)
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To: Talkradio03

These idiots can just keep talking because people are listening. People who have had enough, that is. They are digging their own graves. Let them.


13 posted on 09/06/2009 5:38:54 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Talkradio03

tuesday....Obamaflu keeps kids out of school.


14 posted on 09/06/2009 5:39:04 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: murphE
I was thinking any reason to keep your child out of public school, even for one day, is a good reason.

You're correct. Mine never went to public school. Lutheran school yes but never public school.

15 posted on 09/06/2009 5:40:55 PM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: Eagle Eye
Glad you’re here to tell us all what we oughta do!

What makes you think that private schools are any better politically speaking?

And I’ll bet you know of more than a few people who should never ever dream of homeschooling.

Hey Obama, is that you?

16 posted on 09/06/2009 5:42:20 PM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: goodwithagun

I wish the media would frame the issue properly. IF this speech by Obama were JUST that - a speech about staying in school and working hard - I would almost be OK with that. The issue is the lesson plans and the background reading - books about Obama - issued by the White House to accompany the speech. It was too much. Now I am not letting my kid go to make a statement. In the end, I believe this will just be a simple speech - but now everyone is watching.


17 posted on 09/06/2009 5:45:31 PM PDT by KatyTexasMom
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To: Adder

That is so Gay!


18 posted on 09/06/2009 5:50:24 PM PDT by 444Flyer (Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.-Ferris)
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To: Talkradio03

Perhaps on Tuesday, instead of listening to the president deliver yet another speech, we could teach our children the history of our National Anthem, penned by Frances Scott Key on September 8, 1814, after the battle of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. Have them look up its history online and let them read all the stanzas that we do not sing.

That would accomplish far more than listening to the president preach about “personal responsibility” when his cabinet members and czars show that is a trait sadly lacking in his circles.


19 posted on 09/06/2009 5:50:54 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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What if the parents want to share the speech with the kids and have home time and a teachable moment?


20 posted on 09/06/2009 5:53:43 PM PDT by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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