http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/brainwashing/ en-us Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:24:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406506/posts Bewildered by what fanatic Muslims do, some conclude that Muslims are brainwashed. Otherwise, how can their totally illogical belief system and barbaric behavior be explained? But the notion of "brainwashing" that is bandied about is the stuff of science fiction and Hollywood movies such as the Manchurian Candidate. The human person arrives in this world with his brains already washed in the sense of being what John Locke called tabula rasa, clean slate -- ready for experience to imprint its script on it. John Locke was only partly correct. The brain also arrives with numerous predispositions already in place. It... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406506/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:24:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390473/posts Compare then and now. What we are reaping now is rot that was planted in the weeds back then. “When Moses finally escaped the Egyptians, he turned to God and asked, ‘There could surely be no one as bad at those people?’ God said to Moses, ‘Yes there are. Beware the honkeys. Beware the crackers. Especially beware the Jews. I hate all those people. Frankly, if you blow up their buildings, that’s okay with me.’ God hates the Jews. Wright said it. That is bold, orthodox Muslim preaching. So blow up Jews’ buildings. That’s Muslim Muslim Muslim written all over... American Conservative Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390473/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:54:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371560/posts PARENTS have accused early childhood centres of "greenwashing" their children by burdening them with the responsibility of saving the world.Tots as young as three have sent letters to Kevin Rudd about their passion for green living and asked companies to reduce their packaging.Others are growing their own food, repairing toys and walking to preschool in an effort to reduce their toll on the environment.But experts have called for caution in teaching children about climate change because of the potential for fear, anxiety, frustration, anger and despair at catastrophic events.Mother Paula Driscoll, from Sydney, said environmental disaster was the new... News.com (Australia) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371560/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:25:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366246/posts "What would Mao do?" seems to be the guiding question in White House communications strategy. Miss Dunn bragged that during the 2008 presidential campaign, "very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control." The Obama White House continues this drive for control using the tools of government, seeking to harness all means of communication and organize a Cultural Revolution Lite. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366246/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:13:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354978/posts Even though Obama's popularity has been sliding significantly, Shepard Fairey, designer of the viral blue-and-red Manifest Hope poster, thinks it's the perfect time to release a slick and comprehensive anthology of celebratory Obama-related artworks: Art for Obama, which he co-edited with Evolutionary Media Group founder Jennifer Gross, comes out October 2. In addition to getting a look at the imagery, we spoke with Fairey about Obama's approval ratings, how political art reaches beyond politics, and his thoughts on the artistic deification of our leader.Watch the Slideshow Siegel: Tell us about the idea behind Art for Obama. Fairey: People undervalue... New York Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354978/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 04:37:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352816/posts Education Secretary Defends Department Official Under Fire...The Obama administration Wednesday defended an Education Department official over advice he gave a gay student about sex 21 years ago. The official, Kevin Jennings, says he should have handled the situation differently when he told the boy he hoped he had used a condom during a sexual encounter with an older man. Jennings, who now heads the department's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, has been under fire from conservatives and right-wing groups... In a statement Wednesday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Jennings has devoted his career to promoting school safety. "He... CBS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352816/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 21:23:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350763/posts "Hear our cry, Obama." "Deliver us, Obama." Video at link. Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350763/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:43:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350744/posts Glenn repeated some of the prayer, it kind of sounds like the Lords prayer only to Obama, to be released to the internet in 15 minutes ... It's a group of community organizers praying to him as if he were God. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350744/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:29:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2347614/posts School children in New Jersey have been taught to chant and sing praises to President Barack Obama. This video (below) was filmed at the B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, NJ and uploaded on June 19, 2009 by YouTube user “brandnuwords” who later removed it. But, several others have now posted it … apparently as documentary evidence. According to Michelle Malkin, “brandnuwords” is an account created by Charisse Carney-Nunes. She is the senior vice president of The Jamestown Project, “the award-winning author of the children’s books, I Am Barack Obama (2009),” and according to her biography, “a graduate of... Common Sense 2020 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2347614/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:29:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347459/posts Apologies if I missed anyone commenting on this, but none of the posts I've seen mentions this-the excerpt from the lyrics the schoolkids had to sing in praise to BO: Barack Hussein Obama He said Red, Yellow, Black or White All are equal in his sight Mmm, mmm, mm! is taken from the children's hymn "Jesus Loves the Little Children Jesus loves the little childrenAll the children of the world Red and yellowBlack and whiteThey are precious in His sight.Jesus loves the little childrenOf the world. I thought it was bad enough when he compared himself with Lincoln and JFK self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347459/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:18:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347229/posts (no article - just YouTube link) YouTube via DrudgeReport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347229/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:30:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347220/posts <p>Nearly 20 young children are captured in an online video as they sing songs that overflow with campaign slogans and praise for "Barack Hussein Obama," as they repeatedly chant the president's name and celebrate his accomplishments.</p> <p>A video posted on YouTube appears to show a New Jersey elementary school class being taught to sing praises of the "great accomplishments" of President Obama.</p> Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347220/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:19:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335292/posts Prior to his nationally broadcast speech to students on Tuesday, President Barack Obama made a pitch for health care reform in a discussion with 40 freshmen at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va. Although the president avoided controversial topics in his speech, he did promote health care reform in a face-to-face discussion at Wakefield High School. Asked by a student how he stays motivated to do his job, Obama replied that his staff gives him 10 letters every day from “ordinary folks.” “Some of the stories are really depressing,” Obama told the 40 freshman, who were chosen to meet with... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335292/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:09:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335163/posts PHILADELPHIA — On the very first day of the school year, 12-year-old Mileena Rodriguez was reminded by President Barack Obama himself that hard work can take you places.Mileena listened to Obama's plea to study hard and stay in school Tuesday, watching along with several of her classmates at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School and students across the country. For all the hubbub among adults over the back-to-school speech, many youngsters took the president's message to heart. "He said that we're the future, and he's right," said Mileena, who wants to be a forensic scientist. "That's a president telling you, `I care... The Associated Press (hosted on Google) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335163/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:11:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334108/posts BARACK OBAMA KIDS SING FOR THEIR LEADER (Obama Youth Movement Kicks off Tomorrow?) Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334108/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:26:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333722/posts Parents Not Welcome at President's School Speech By: Michael Noyes | 2009-09-04 BOZEMAN – Parents of students in Bozeman schools may not be welcome if they want to watch the President’s address to students on Tuesday morning with their child. Bozeman Public Schools Superintendent Kirk Miller said the president’s address falls under the school’s policies on guest speakers. That policy states that, “Unless the principal approves otherwise, the teacher will not allow non-class members to hear the speaker.” The rest of the story is here: http://www.montanapolicy.org/main/story.php?story_id=15 Please take a look and pass along as you feel appropriate. And have a... Montana Policy Organization http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333722/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 04:16:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2332714/posts Amidst widespread concern among parents that the President’s address to school children this coming week is an attempt at indoctrination, the President’s Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, derided them as “silly.” “The President is all about the future,” Gibbs said. “It’s imperative that he reach young minds before they are calcified by the ideas of their parents. The speech and accompanying lesson plan are aimed at avoiding this calcification and energizing the momentum for change in the upcoming generation.” Critics contend that their concern isn’t over the speech itself. President Bush addressed school children in 1991. It’s the “accompanying lesson plan”... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2332714/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2009 07:01:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2332540/posts TOP SECRET ADVANCE COPY. Someone we know from Chicago, who works in the White House now, just leaked us this advance copy of the upcoming address Dr. Utopia’s going to make to school children on September 8th. Personally, we’re surprised it’s so subtle and understated, considering the egomaniac, cult-of-personality, Kim Il Jong-wannabe who’s delivering it: ****** Transcript of President Barack Obama’s Indoctrination Day Address to the nation’s youth, September 8th 2009 ****** President Obama addresses the nation's children, September 8th 2009 President Obama: Good morning children, my youngest, most precious, and most devoted followers. You can see me here in... Hillbuzz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2332540/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 23:58:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330952/posts In a move suggestive of the Pyongyang public school system, the U.S. Department of Education recommended that before the speech students collectively brainstorm questions like, "Why does President Obama want to speak with us today? How will he inspire us?" Classrooms are to be festooned with "notable quotes excerpted (and posted in large print on board) from President Obama's speeches about education," presumably alongside benevolent-looking images of the dear leader. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330952/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 03:02:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331044/posts A groundswell of parent opposition to President Barack Obama's speech next week to students on the importance of education has forced many North Texas school districts to question whether to air it live in classrooms. Obama announced the speech weeks ago, but opposition and concerns spread rapidly Wednesday morning through conservative social networking Web sites and radio talk shows. By midday, local school districts say, they were inundated with hundreds of phone calls from parents urging them to not show Obama's speech at school. Some parents threatened to keep their children home from school if the video was aired. "We... Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331044/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:05:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330790/posts What more can be said Drudge; Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330790/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 22:54:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330878/posts The Obama administration late Wednesday withdrew a recommendation that school children who watch a video featuring President Obama next week write about how they might "help the president" as part of a classroom assignment. The decision came after conservative critics attacked the plan by federal education officials that teachers supplement the speech with a special curriculum that was designed in concert with the White House. Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330878/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 00:54:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330652/posts President Obama intends to address schoolchildren across the nation next week about the importance of taking responsibility for success in their studies. But in these polarized times, the first-ever talk has quickly prompted accusations that the White House is using taxpayer money to politically indoctrinate children. Obama will travel to Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va. on Sept. 8 and deliver an address that will be aired on C-Span and the White House web site, whitehouse.gov. The White House says the message is intended to stimulate a discussion about persisting and succeeding in school. In a recent letter to school... CQ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330652/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 20:09:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330142/posts "ABC" stands for All Barack's Children. On Sept. 8, young students across the country will be watching television. Yes, they'll be parked in front of boob tubes and computer screens watching President Obama's address on education. Instead of practicing cursive, reviewing multiplication tables, diagramming sentences or learning something concrete, America's kids will be lectured about the importance of learning. And then the schoolchildren, from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, will be exhorted to Do Something -- other than sit in their seats and receive academic instruction, that is. Education Secretary Arne Duncan dispatched letters to principals nationwide, boasting, "This is the... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330142/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 08:51:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330132/posts A school principal has apologized for showing a video at an assembly that a politically conservative group leader is calling "radical, leftist propaganda." Children at Eagle Bay Elementary School in Farmington were shown a short video called "I pledge" on Aug. 28. The video opens with an image of President Barack Obama and part of a speech in which he says, "Let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other." The video then features celebrities making pledges about how... The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330132/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:37:04 GMT