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Tech school instructor on leave over Obama remarks
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Posted on 01/21/2009 11:23:35 AM PST by DogBarkTree

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To: DogBarkTree

No way his class should have done anything but networking. If you can’t understand that, get out of the business.

I once had to suffer through the first class of a semester listening to the Dean of Diversity talk about what we were not to say or write with a handy list of words that we were not to use. Burly was one of them, if I remember. She offended everyone in the class with her insipid policies and her ineloquent presentation.

That class time cost me 150.00 and she chewed through it without a thought. Total garbage. The class was Database Management,for Pete’s sake.


21 posted on 01/21/2009 11:41:56 AM PST by texmexis best (uency)
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22 posted on 01/21/2009 11:42:06 AM PST by TonyInOhio (Tell me - Who is John Galt?)
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To: DogBarkTree
"School officials say they are taking the complaint seriously, and that they train their instructors to keep politics out of the classroom."...a policy that has been in effect since about 6am on Inauguration Day.

I believe I just laughed up a lung.

23 posted on 01/21/2009 11:42:38 AM PST by 50sDad (WARNING: This thread may result in several billion posts.)
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To: DogBarkTree
"School officials say they are taking the complaint seriously, and that they train their instructors to keep politics out of the classroom."...a policy that has been in effect since about 6am on Inauguration Day.

I believe I just laughed up a lung.

24 posted on 01/21/2009 11:42:44 AM PST by 50sDad (WARNING: This thread may result in several billion posts.)
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To: Brookhaven

There was a letter to a station because they ran Rush Limbaugh’s program, where he aired the full inauguration without commercial break but WITH onair voiceover commentary (and the network announcers will often say things too).

This is sounding like the Left is once again saying “sit down, shut up, the debate is over”.

I won’t be considered a second class citizen in my own country.

I won’t stand by idle while those who’ve insisted that “dissent is patriotic” now have a new found love of flag pins and idol worship.


25 posted on 01/21/2009 11:43:12 AM PST by a fool in paradise
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To: DogBarkTree
...they train their instructors to keep politics out of the classroom.

Which is why the immaculation was being shown in the classroom in the first place. Okayyyyyy...

26 posted on 01/21/2009 11:44:52 AM PST by Doohickey (The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.)
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To: DogBarkTree

Rush said a school in Green Bay was running his commentary on the speech, a teacher complained that the chilren cried at rush’s comments.


27 posted on 01/21/2009 11:46:13 AM PST by 09Patriot (I am a MILITANT Conservative, compassionate conservatism got us NOWHERE)
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To: BibChr

History will truly be made when the second black man is elected president (perhaps a conservative), because it will be on the merit of his ideas, not to be able to declare “for the first time ever...” or “he doesn’t look like the other guys on the dollar bills”.


28 posted on 01/21/2009 11:46:14 AM PST by a fool in paradise
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To: DogBarkTree
Since the school decided to “bring politics into the classroom” they open the door for dissent.
Someone needs to tell these so called educators that:
1. They brought the politics in. and
2. There is no constitutional “right” not to be offended.

Tell that Young lady to put on her “big Girl” panties and deal with it!

29 posted on 01/21/2009 11:47:00 AM PST by mistfree (The man who does not make any mistakes does not usually make anything.")
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To: DogBarkTree

Ok, I’ll be the one to take the heat. I’m not going to give in to ODS. I’m not going to be the conservative version of my looney Democrat brother.

This is how I see it:
Watching the inauguration at school is understandable. It was an historic event, and Obama is our President. The office demands respect, even if you don’t respect the office holder.
A teacher making political comments about the event, either way, is wrong. The teacher deserves some time off.


30 posted on 01/21/2009 11:47:04 AM PST by brownsfan (We are sooooo screwed.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
"they train their instructors to keep opposing political views out of the Marxist classroom.

There, fixed it.

31 posted on 01/21/2009 11:47:12 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: DogBarkTree
..they train their instructors to keep politics out of the classroom.

32 posted on 01/21/2009 11:47:12 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (Dissent is patriotic - Hussein is not and will never be my president.)
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To: 50sDad

If it were McCain being sworn in, or if this happened 4 years ago, the snide remarks and catcalls from professors would have been *required.*

Having said that, this prof. apparently does not read FR otherwise he would know not to do this. Should have known it could cost him his job or more. We know there are double standards so we have to live with them.


33 posted on 01/21/2009 11:48:42 AM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: Rushlight

Tell your teacher that in the interest of diversity, class should be cancelled next week on the 26th of January for Chinese New Year.


34 posted on 01/21/2009 11:49:04 AM PST by a fool in paradise
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To: Izzy Dunne

I wonder, did this school have Bushes inauguration played in classrooms?


35 posted on 01/21/2009 11:49:44 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: AU72

No kiddin, I start school there Monday and am attending orientation tonight.


36 posted on 01/21/2009 11:51:00 AM PST by Dadofmany
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To: brownsfan

All inaugurations are “historic”. There have been fewer than 50 of them.

What was done for the 2 Bush inuagurations? Was this “more historic”?

Or was it like MTV’s inauguaration balls, something that was only done for Democrats.


37 posted on 01/21/2009 11:51:10 AM PST by a fool in paradise
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To: Red in Blue PA

Nobama: Color trumps Competance....period.


38 posted on 01/21/2009 11:51:14 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: DogBarkTree

What the teacher did was wrong, but I have no doubt this was common practice that went unpunished when anti Bush comments were made in classrooms.


40 posted on 01/21/2009 11:51:53 AM PST by yazoo
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