Posted on 10/02/2008 10:16:55 AM PDT by doug from upland
COMPARE PROPAGANDA USING CHILDREN
SOURCE MATERIAL....TAX RETURN INFO
Here are a few interesting questions. Has the school been involved in something that jeopardizes its status as a public charity? Did Sawada use any time in class to write the song or practice the song with children? Did children use any time at school or school resources? Did Sawada use any school resources, including telephone or email account? Has Sawada used time in the classroom to indoctrinate students? Are students wearing their pro-Obama t-shirts at school? Only a complaint and an investigation can answer those questions.
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She might be a master pianist, but she worte one crappy song regardless of the subject matter!
Does the value of the Obama campaign commercial constitute a contribution to the campaign?
Cuz' she CAN CAN CAN
Cuz' she CAN CAN CAN
This whole thing reminds me of a picture I saw in a National Geographic when I was a kid—it was a pic of North Korean kids lined up in their uniforms singing a song called “Sing a Song For Kim-Il Sung”.
Sounds to me like this ‘school of Obama indoctrination’ needs to loose it’s 501c status. But will it ever be investigated?
I doubt it.
Political activity
Organizations with this classification are prohibited from conducting political campaign activities to influence elections to public office. Public charities (but not private foundations[citation needed]) are permitted to conduct a limited amount of lobbying to influence legislation. Although the law states that "no substantial part" of a public charity's activities may be devoted to lobbying, charities with very large budgets may lawfully expend a million dollars (under the "expenditure" test) or more (under the "substantial part" test) per year on lobbying.
All 501(c)(3) organizations are also permitted to educate individuals about issues, or fund research that supports their political position without overtly advocating for a position on a specific bill. Think tanks such as the Cato Institute, Center for American Progress, and Heritage Foundation and other 501(c)(3) organizations produce reports and recommendations on policy proposals that do not count as lobbying under the tax code. Another example is the The American Foreign Policy Council is a lobbyist organization operating under this code.
It’s ok, because she’s not a church and it’s leftwing. You apparently don’t understand.
Use of that email account really aggravates me. Investigation! /s
I have spoken with the school. Their leadership is investigating. The person who answered the phone took a message and answered a few questions. The children are not from the school, and no one has worn the Obama shirts. She didn’t know if school e-mail was used for the project. She claimed that the school was not involved whatsoever. Well, we’ll see about that.
Send to Drudge and Rush!
I sent an email also...I have donated to them in the past. Now permanently in the past.
Doug - You ROCK! Thanks for the information. Would it help if more of us contacted the school or would it just serve to work against us?
Interesting that the ‘singforchange.com’ website was registered on 8-18-08.
Was that the date they decided to randomly gather at someone’s house to sing? Why did they wait so long to release their song?
Or maybe one of the children registered the site in August, then persuaded his/her little friends to design a website, then they gathered on Sunday to sing?
Or,...
I am sure the school would love to hear your opinion. :) Yes, fire away.
Interesting questions. Who is the registrant (is that a word?) of that website?
Here a song for the children! (adapted from 1940 Nazi lyics)
Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, and all is bright
Only the O’messiah’s steadfast in fight
Watches o’er the planet by day and by night’
Always caring for us.
Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, and all is bright
Barak Obama is America’s wealth
Brings us greatness, favour and health
Oh give us Democrats all power!
Funny you should ask. These are very clever children. They used a proxy service to hide the actual ownership of the website.
I think it is a mistake to underestimate the cleverness of these children.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Can someone come up with an actual instance of a heart being changed through song?
I heard about that kids’ song and I immediately thought of “Getting Gay With Kids” from “South Park”.
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