Posted on 01/19/2008 8:57:22 AM PST by doug from upland
Georgetown is very nice town about a half hour north of Austin, TX. My older brother retired there after looking around the country for just the right place. After discovering Georgetown, he called me to tell me he had found a home in Georgetown and, because it was very, very conservative, he said he "found his people."
Fast forward from six years ago to today and the local high school, Georgetown High. A FReeper in Georgetown has a daughter in Mr. Garza's 11th grade criminology class at the school. The teacher loved HILLARY! UNCENSORED and planned to show it in the criminology class. It seemed very appropriate.
Unfortunately, the film was not shown. The Curriculum Principal, Rosanne Cantu, determined that "content does not relate to curriculum of the class."
A few days ago, when I was informed of the censorship, I spoke to Principal Randy Weisinger. He knew nothing of the controversy, said he would ask about it, and promised to get right back to me. Well, that hasn't happened.
When Georgetown FReeper and talk show host Ben Barrack tried to show the film at the local library, they were at first reluctant. Finally, they agreed to allow it to be shown, but he had to pay $100 for the room. A reporter for the local newspaper had promised to run a story about the film and Ben's advocacy, so Ben put down the $100 deposit. At the last minute and after three promises, the paper's owner would not allow the story. Yes, she is a big lib. Fortunately, Ben was able to get back his deposit.
From my youth, I remember the term "Banned in Boston." I guess Boston has passed the torch to Georgetown, TX. HILLARY! UNCENSORED is being shown tonight at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Foxboro. Tom Brady was invited, but he has not given an RSVP. I think someone told me he might be busy working the next day.
How many schools and libraries celebrate Banned Books Week, with the implication being that it’s always a bunch of prudish, corn pone conservative Christians keeping kids from reading anything other than the Bible?
It’s actually the Left which is compelled to control.
Yes, it is the left that prevents conservative speakers on campus or tries to shout them down.
I am surprised too. The people there are very conservative. I stay there for dog shows all the time.
Just saying...
Here is the trailer - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7007109937779036019&pr=goog-sl
Hillary supporters want this info suppressed.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2970981220206109356
Actually there are far too many RINO’s in the area. For instance, a MAJOR issue was passed by rino AARP’ers a couple of years ago. Willimason county has a sun city and also a large amount of senior citizens. They gathered support from an incoming RINO female commissioner and turned out in full force to freeze their property taxes for the county!! Now, I agree with the state school tax freeze but the county provides EMS services here and other expensive services geared largely to senior citizens. So, the kids are paying for these services for their parents and heavy school taxes. Instead of forcing the county to cut their spending habits, they just shielded their pockets while the rest of us were at work.
RINO does not equal conservative!
I see. A large retired population.
I wonder if that school pushed the Al Gore film through.
I don’t approve of filling kids’(who can’t even vote)heads with propaganda, be it left or right-wing.
I agree. It is a good thing that this film is not propaganda. It is about a major campaign finance fraud and civil case of business fraud.
If it were about those subjects in general, I might agree but it focuses on one person, the debatable leading contender for the Democratic nomination for president. It’s anti-Hillary political propaganda, plain and simple. If parents want to take their kids to see it in a private venue, that’s great and I mean that sincerely. I just don’t agree with it being shown in school.
Have you seen the film?
Have you seen the film?
ping
In fact, the film discusses much more than Hillary. We chronicle the civil suit against Bill, Gary Smith, and Aaron Tonken. We discuss FEC reporting, complicity by a federal judge and the office of a US attorney, other people involved who solicited the illegal contribution, and the compromising of three branches of the government.
"...that’s great and I mean that sincerely."
(yeah, right)
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Doug, I'm wondering why democrat clinton counselor L98 has constantly begrudged fr conservatives as shown in one of his recent posts.
[less mildly L98, let me kindly inquire - you're in the liberal camp -but joined fr back in '04 supposedly as a conservative? Right? Or is my query somehow off in a wrong direction?
LF98 from 1/14/08:
"Like good liberals, FReepers will swallow anything the LAT, NYT, AJC or any other liberal rag says if it fits their established prejudices and irrational fears." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953361/posts
post # 41
L98 - very curious individual - - -
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