Posted on 01/28/2009 5:42:17 PM PST by markomalley
A parent in the Clark County School District of Las Vegas, Henderson area reported today that his son, who is in 1st grade, came home yesterday saying that he didn't want to go back to school anymore.
When asked why, the boy said that during the Pledge of Allegiance the teacher put up a large image of Obama next to the flag.
Thinking that the boy might be exaggerating, the man asked his son if he was sure, and suggested that by "large" he might mean an 8x10 photo of the president. The boy apparently said "No, it is a large picture of Obama and when we are done, the teacher turns off the image."
The same thing was not done for President Bush last year.
After investigating this morning, the other parent reported that what the boy said was true.
At least three of the five classrooms have an overhead projector and as the children stand to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, the teacher turns on the classroom overhead and a full body image of Obama, with six U.S. flags behind him, comes up about 4 feet away from the flag that hangs on the wall. The screen is apparently around five feet by six feet.
In the image, President Obama appears to be staring straight out with no facial expression, just a serious look. All of the kids in each class faced the President, instead of the flag that hangs in the corner.
Local parents are up in arms over this situation. Teachers clearly do not realize the gravity of what they are doing.
You are so right — they know exactly what they are doing.
My three kids are products of the public school system but also products of a Mom that volunteered in the schools plus was very active in parent organizations so I knew what was going on in their schools. We were fortunate that with moving around the Country, we were able to find schools that I interviewed for the kids education and that is why we located in some towns. I tutored reading for years to not only help students with problems but to make sure what my children were being taught.
Anyone sending their kids to public schools has to be very pro-active and involved.
I have always said....teach the mind of a child and you rule the world.... And I guess this is what they are doing.
OBAMA HAS TO BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE, to save our kids.
This is absolutely disgusting. I only wish I could say I was surprised but being California......
Obama's Victory--A British view A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the US mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups. A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done little with his life but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth. Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality.
A victory for Hollywood , the most dysfunctional community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros, Moore, and Sarandon. Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to independence. For those who settle for group think and herd mentality rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be out of step with meager political fashion.
Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and his people have already stated that media has to be controlled so as to be balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement. Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are drastically liberal and anti-conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio. In other words, one of the few free and open means of popular expression may well be cornered and beaten by bullies who even in triumph cannot tolerate any criticism and opposition.
A victory for those who believe the state is better qualified to raise children than the family, for those who prefer teachers' unions to teaching and for those who are naively convinced that if the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity. A victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the painful conclusion that social democracy leads to mediocrity, failure, unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs.
Congratulations America !
— John T. Reed, London Daily Mail editorial 1/6/2009
Just like Hitler making soldiers of the German Army swear loyalty to him instead of to the country.
What is the schools name?
Same here.
Obama to Republicans: I won
Translation: I am the Master! You will obey me!
If parents are smart, they will document, call FOX news, CNS, hire an attorney and sue the school district!!!
I am guessing that if this was occurring in multiple classrooms, it was likely being sanctioned by least the principal if not higher levels of administration!
Can you say “1984”?!
Pretty soon they will have to salute and shout Seig Heil when they pass that picture.
The number one fallen angel encourages his followers to “worship” him.
The new president SHOULD be rebuking his followers, but seems enjoy this stuff.
I wonder about the connection.
Maybe because as far as I can tell, NewsBlaze is basically a blog, albeit a big one, and little things like factual references are just an annoyance to blog readers. Gives the blog all the credibility of the Weekly World News.
Note that the poster is the author of the story. He's trying to drive hits to his blog page to pump it.
Specifics would indeed be welcome, assuming the story is true. I don't doubt it either, but until facts emerge, it's a tabloid story.
I wonder how much longer we will be able to legally home school.
gnip...
You beat me to it.
No, but if my kids came home with this story and I found out it was true, the school system would find out what a screaming raging B*tch I am capable of being.
My apologies -- that is not true. Sorry about that.
I made a stupid reading error.
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