Posted on 10/13/2008 9:18:48 PM PDT by LouD
October 13, 2008
Racine schools hand out textbook with 15 page Obama love-fest...
This comes from the mother of a Racine Unified School District 8th grader. She has asked to keep her name out of this but frankly I can't add much to what she has said here but I do have one question. Did the teacher give equal time and a fair discussion about John McCain and his "life of service"? I think I already know the answer to that question. This is not education folks, this is indoctrination.
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!
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My 8th grade son is in an advanced English class at a public middle school here in Racine, Wisconsin. I just found out that my son's new (copyright 2008) Wisconsin - McDougal Littell Literature book has 15 pages covering Barack Obama.
I was shocked - No John McCain, no Hillary Clinton, no George Bush - Just Barack Obama. I'm wondering how it is that Obama's story gets put into an 8th grade literature book? It would be one thing, if it was just the tidbit about his boyhood days, but 15 pages, and they talk about his "Life of Service". Honestly, what has Obama really done to be included in this book? Not only that, but on page 847 there is a photo of Obama at the 2004 Democratic Convention with at least 8 Obama signs in the background! Front & center is an www.obama2004.com sign.
Now I understand that many teachers are liberals, but does the school have the right to shove Obama down our kid's throats? All the kids grouped together and read the story. After that, they discussed it... I guess it appears that Obama is planning ahead. If he doesn't get his coveted Presidency, Obama is going to make sure, that the younger generations know all about him, and his "life of service".
If you would like to see the 15 page story on Obama, it appears that you can order this book online. There is a note in the book that says, For more on Barack Obama, visit the Literature Center at www.ClassZone.com The book is: Wisconsin - 8th grade - McDougal Littell Literature - copyright 2008. The Obama story starts on page 830. I hope you will take the time to look at this book. I'm really angry about this - In fact, I would love to rip the pages right out of this book.
By the way, you might find this interesting: I did a little checking on McDougal Littell, and it appears that MCDOUGAL, ALFRED L CHICAGO , IL 60611 - N/A/RETIRED has been making contributions to Barack Obama's campaign!
I found that information on this website. http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=IL&last=MCDOUGAL&first=ALFRED
Now I'm not an expert at these things (just a PTA mom), but It looks to me like Alfred McDougal is connected to McDougal Littell the same company that publishes the 8th grade textbook that has 15 pages on Obama. Like I said, I'm not an expert, but I'm sure you have someone who can delve into the dirty little details.
I guess my question is: Is it ethical for an Obama supporter to publish an educational book which has a 15 page Barrack Obama story in it? If the tax payers are paying for these books, why is it okay for McDougal Littell to promote Obama? This really bothers me. I would have no problem with it, if Obama had actually done something important. Why is Obama being put up on a pedestal, before he actually wins the pedestal? All I can say, is we can thank the liberal media, and now the liberal book publishers. Thanks to them, I'm sure there are probably thousands of these books all across the United States.
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Great question, and the answer is no, it is not ethical.
Here’s the link to the original article:
http://realdebatewisconsin.blogspot.com/2008/10/racine-schools-hand-out-textbook-with.html
Superintendent
Dr. James Shaw, Superintendent
(262) 631-7064 Office
Board of Education
Board Members
Mr. Tony Baumgardt (President)
(262) 770-7107
Tony.Baumgardt@racine.k12.wi.us
Mr. Don J. Nielsen (Treasurer)
(262) 639-8552
Don.Nielsen@racine.k12.wi.us
Dr. Gretchen L. Warner (Clerk)
(262) 210-2109
Gretchen.Warner@racine.k12.wi.us
Mrs. Susan F. Kutz (Vice President)
(262) 554-9616
Susan.Kutz@racine.k12.wi.us
Ms. Julie McKenna
(262) 638-9512
Julie.Mckenna@racine.k12.wi.us or JulieMcKenna@netzero.net
Mr. Bill Van Atta
(262) 385-1163
William.VanAtta@racine.k12.wi.us
Ms. Pamala Handrow
(262) 633-4517
Pamala.Handrow@racine.k12.wi.us
Pastor Melvin Hargrove
(262) 681-1691
Melvin.Hargrove@racine.k12.wi.us
Mr. Dennis Wiser
(262) 554-6918
Dennis.Wiser@racine.k12.wi.us
The worst part is the 8th graders being brainwashed with this will get to vote thanks to ACORN.
Time for me to research what took place in Germany in the mid-30’s.
Betcha Ayers WROTE this....just a guess....
Even Hitler didn’t do this before he grabbed power.
I don’t really mean it of course, but part of me actually hopes that this b@st@rd actually wins and has to find out what it’s like to actually be in charge for once in his meaningless little life. Then... that priceless moment when the media turns on him like the stupid sharks they are, when they collectively realize that they never properly vetted him in the first place.
[/bad dream]
Just move. Let them have the state.
Doesn’t take much to figure out where Obama is going with this stuff. Thr re-education by the phony messiah has begun folks.
This is absolutely unbelievable stuff, Lou. Thank you so much for this very important and NEWSWORTHY post.
Anyone got a scan of the pages?
Info about the author (0bama) from the book's official site.
Thread bump.
And the North Korean-style indoctrination begins.
Duh... ya meen ta tell me dat da lefties is in comrol of scholastic buk publishin fer da publik skools? How did dat happen? Mussa been Busch! No moron left buhind or sumpin. Wasn’t dat way wen we was kiz.
All those pages dedicated to him will look so silly when he LOSES!
“Hey, Dad, who is this dude Obama in my text book?”
“Hmmm, son, trying to remember—oooh yeah! That was the guy that ran before President Palin and President Jindahl. Some Socialist from what I remember reading. He tried to contest a LANDSLIDE. Bwahahahaha. There was a movie about it.”
Ayers will be appointed Obama’s Education Secretary.
BEGINS!!!!! Have you LOOKED at a grade school or high school textbook in the last 20 years? It's all leftist/enviro propaganda. Pure brainwashing of the youth. Why do you think the Lefties are about to win the White House? They started in the 1960’s and they've been hammering their agenda ever since. Now its payday. We've been too busy working to pay property taxes to pay attention to book content.
Sorry for the rant.
All the more reason to keep your children out of public schools.
They’re failing. Everyone knows why they are failing. More money is spent on public schools per student than anywhere else in the world. But dare to suggest that teachers play by the same rules as most other professionals in our society and somehow you do not care about “the children.” You get two months off a year. Don’t cry to me about your pay.
The NEA is a worthless piece of crap.
When are Conservatives going to realize,the vast majority of teachers are liberal to far left, the public schools are run by the left wing teacher’s union along with liberal text books.
This isn’t new. I was locking horns with my liberal teachers in the early mid 60s in high school.
Uhhh.... In case you hadn't noticed.... He's black, and he's a socialist. To guilt ridden liberals that trumps any American's "life of service".
Sickening isn't it.
Be sure to include references to OJ Simpson and at least one dead blonde, or Greta van Gasbag will never read it.
It is outrageous that tax dollars are used like this. If it is not criminal, it should be. I feel like I am living in the Twilight Zone.
Have we forgotten why our fathers died at Anzio? The Greatest Generation must be spinning in their graves.
God, please bless America, again.
Don't kid yourself. Obama will never be "in charge". He's just a puppet on the string of his masters, George Soros and the dimocrat party.
Life of service...
1) To mob slumlords
2) To race hustlers
3) To avowed Communists
4) To brutal, murdering Islamic African dictators
5) To unrepentant American terrorists
6) To an country he is not a citizen of
This is OUTRAGEOUS.
The lawsuit needs to be filed TODAY.
Oh yeah, and he’s “clean and articulate”.
Almost forgot the Joe Biden quote.
Yeah, forgot to add that, it’s late. He has the charm of Jim Jones’ love child. In fact he can out Jim Jones, Jim Jones. B-P
Don’t worry...as Savage says, the fake Global Warming, Gay issues and Slave reparations are the topics...
No wonder we import all our tech jobs...our kids can’t read but know Gloria Steinham’s birthday and how Karl Marx was good for Russia.
Significant portions of which were spent hoovering cocaine.
Don't think the textbook mentions that, though.
Wow.
What would the Left’s reaction been if “A Life of Service” was dedicated to John McCain for his real sacrifice as a soldier and statesman?
The Media elites and Academia would have peed all their latte and chardonnay down their legs....the NYT would have had a 10-page report.
Unlike no birth certificate, Kenyan Islamic friends and a mobster who bought a candidate’s home...Yahoo! News is too busy interviewing a fired state trooper and MSNBC is falling all over themselves about the Keating 5.
People even here in NorCal are fuming! I had dinner last night with an Obama supporter (hates Bush, hates the war, no money for schools...la la la...60% of her students are from illegal families and they wonder why there is no tax base....uhhhhhhhhhhh....duhhhhhhhhh...but I digress)
She, the Liberal, said, “Yes, the Media seems to like Obama.”
I felt better for the admission, unlike the WaPo.
Don’t even get me started on how kids are told fables about the “good guys” winning the Russian Revolution.
Get this to Greta Van Susteren, she’s from Wisconsin and her hubby is a PUMA.
Or the terrible Southerners in the Civil War...they really forget that many blacks were treated better in the South after the war than the North.
Funny, Jim Jones was a buddy of Diane Feinstein and Willie Brown, think that made the kool-aid piece?
Right now we are at war. We need to take our nation back from the illegals and Marxists.
Welcome to FR.
It lets you know that you are not alone in Liberal Hell.
ping for tomorrow when I can send e-mails.
Don't sell yourself short, that is where Sarah Palin started her political career.
bookmark
Our election is being bought, by money they extort from our own wallets.
Time to clean house folks.
bttt
Out of Many, One
‘Out of This Long Political Darkness a Brighter Day Will Come’
by Barack Obama
Keynote Speech
Democratic National Convention
Boston, Mass.
July 27, 2004
This group doesn’t appear to cover this exact area but could probably put those concerned in touch with those who can do something about it;
He is black.
Doesn't your town have a Martin Luther Blvd.?
ping me when you report back
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