After Not Showing Obama Speech, TX School District to Bus Students to Bush Speech

A Texas school district which refused to air President Barack Obama's live classroom address is planning to bus students to see a president, just not the president. The Arlington Independent School District is bussing some students to hear a message from former President George W. Bush on Sept. 21.

[Neocons are Cowards]

He is trying to get through "My Pet Goat" with asking for help with the hard words

[Responsibility]

I hope these fifth graders will be inspired with the old president as they were with the new president.

[Great Read]

Good for these kids..

[Billy Ringo]

C'mon, Texas. Secede already, like you said you would.

[Jim Trebowski]

What a great "strategerie" to encourage kids to stay in school! You think he'll read "My pet Goat" to them?

[Marine Corp Pat]

Blatant racism cut and dry; as if that was ever in question about the opposition by these unpatriotic right-wingers.

Nevertheless, in spite of all the fuss from the right, millions of American children were inspired by the inspiration words of President Obama.

[Les Claypool]

A $3800 fine! Quick, Palin, Bush, race card! Oh my!

I'm seeing the transparency.

[Michelles Deformed Eye]

Jim Trebowski wrote:

What a great "strategerie" to encourage kids to stay in school! You think he'll read "My pet Goat" to them?

What would Hussien read? Michelles college thesis on how white people are out to get her? Even though they footed the bill for her black ass to go to college?

[Michelles Deformed Eye]

Marine Corp Pat wrote:

Blatant racism cut and dry; as if that was ever in question about the opposition by these unpatriotic right-wingers.
Nevertheless, in spite of all the fuss from the right, millions of American children were inspired by the inspiration words of President Obama.

Tell yourself.

[Michelles Deformed Eye]

Neocons are Cowards wrote:

He is trying to get through "My Pet Goat" with asking for help with the hard words

Like president teleprompter could do better.

[Eighthman]

Of all the ridiculous things in President Obama’s prepared remarks for America’s schoolchildren, this is the funniest and saddest:

"The story of America isn’t about people who quit when things got tough. It’s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best. It’s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and found this nation."

Of course, many of America’s founders did not sit in school, let alone a compulsory, government, mindless-drone-factory school as we have today because they didn’t exist and weren’t necessary. For example, George Washington dropped out of school at age twelve. Benjamin Franklin dropped out of school at ten, then proceeded to educate himself, as he documented in his must-read Autobiography.

If these men had been subject to compulsory schooling controlled by a central government, we probably never would have heard of them, and we definitely wouldn’t have had a revolution. The founders were deeply flawed, of course, but such virtues as they had are precisely the virtues government schools attempt to destroy in the interest of forming unthinking obedient citizens. As usual, Mencken put it best:

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever pretensions of politicians, pedagogues other such mountebanks, and that is its aim everywhere else…. Their purpose, in brief, is to make docile and patriotic citizens, to pile up majorities, and to make John Doe and Richard Doe as nearly alike, in their everyday reactions and ways of thinking, as possible.
And of course that’s the purpose of Obama’s speech, too. What a brazen attempt to rewrite history — and to pound into their heads that it’s always been this way.

[Seeking truth]

Who will pay for all those buses and the speaking fee????

[Wolverine]

Ha! Ha! Ha! Well Thats a Slap In The Face, Aint It!....Its OK...Obama Will Have Another Infomercial In A Couple Of Minutes On Obama TV...Oh...I Mean ABC....Ha!

[Great Read]

Marine Corp Pat wrote:

Blatant racism cut and dry; as if that was ever in question about the opposition by these unpatriotic right-wingers.
Nevertheless, in spite of all the fuss from the right, millions of American children were inspired by the inspiration words of President Obama.

You have got to be kidding. Why is EVERYTHING racist now?

[jenny623]

Let's see, it's okay to disrespect the current president, but pay money to bus 500 kids to hear Bush? Sounds like those who were screaming about Obama's "indoctrination" are actually doing their own form of it. What hypocrites. This makes no sense at all. What a fine way to teach to students about respect. This is a disgrace.

[Great Read]

District officials said it's part of a Cowboys Stadium field trip that was planned months ago; the North Texas Super Bowl Host Committee invited 28 fifth-grade classes to attend the event.

In addition to hearing from George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush, the students will hear from "legendary" Dallas Cowboys players as well as North Texas business and community leaders.

[okimar]

Marine Corp Pat wrote:

Blatant racism cut and dry; as if that was ever in question about the opposition by these unpatriotic right-wingers.
Nevertheless, in spite of all the fuss from the right, millions of American children were inspired by the inspiration words of President Obama.

RACISM RACISM RACISM The shrill cry of the left when people tire of or don't adore their Messiah. Your long winded gas bag has spent more time on camera and talking about NOTHING than any president in history. 264 speeches in 230 some days. And the more he runs his suck the LESS people are liking either him OR what he has to say. NBC is in the barrel for him,ABC and CBS are giving him a pass. Its all Obama all the time-24/7 and people are really getting sick of this gas bag. He talks a lot without asying a dam thing. Pretty words but NO substance. People are seeing thru the cheap veneer and finding rotten wood underneath. Enjoy your Messiah while you can.

[inbred Genius]

I would prefer to hear former Pres Bush talk than Obama. Who wouldn't? Obama is on tv about 5 times a week now, and hasn't really said anything yet.

He's starting to make Carter look good.

[Seeking truth]

jenny623 wrote:

Let's see, it's okay to disrespect the current president, but pay money to bus 500 kids to hear Bush? Sounds like those who were screaming about Obama's "indoctrination" are actually doing their own form of it. What hypocrites. This makes no sense at all. What a fine way to teach to students about respect. This is a disgrace.

You are RIGHT. The fright wingers talk in opposites. They clearly are the ones who indoctrinated all their followers, regardless of age.

[shadow]

great job texas..great job. (sarchasm)