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News & ArtsTuesday, September 8, 2009
Politics The Great Indoctrination
Posted by Dominic Holden on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Here's the first half of Obama's address to America's students:
And here's the second half. See, if those kids just watched Glenn Beck instead, then they could have avoided this one-sided, politicized, sensationalistic brainwashing.
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It was obvious a speach similar to those given by Hitler at any of the Nuremberg rallies in the mid 1930's. Actually, it is far worse than Hilter. My GOD!! This starts the Obama Youth!!!
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I really liked that. I'm sure if the teabagger-types who theoretically honor personal responsibility above all else would listen to this, because I think they would actually be pretty pleased with the message.
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Could it still be true that the medium is the message, though? If what McCluhan (and early Woody Allen) wrote is true, the kerfuffle was never truly about the content of Obama's address, but simply about his exercise of a President's customary power to get onto the teevee kids are instructed to watch at schools whose purse strings are within his reach. That's a power white presidents in the televised age have enjoyed with impunity. As usual, once a nonwhite does the same, whites suddenly notice the raw power at work and struggle to resist.
That Obama got to be friendly on classroom boob tubes in front of so many future citizens had a cost, but resulted in a small win for him, and maybe for those who will run for office claiming his legacy once those kids start voting. That some teachers and parents kept their kids from watching his power and friendliness was a way for them to feel some control, too.
Just as I'm sure lots of kids in the back row claimed a tiny autonomy during the friendly address by passing notes, texting, doodling, or daydreaming.
That Obama got to be friendly on classroom boob tubes in front of so many future citizens had a cost, but resulted in a small win for him, and maybe for those who will run for office claiming his legacy once those kids start voting. That some teachers and parents kept their kids from watching his power and friendliness was a way for them to feel some control, too.
Just as I'm sure lots of kids in the back row claimed a tiny autonomy during the friendly address by passing notes, texting, doodling, or daydreaming.
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Those words will live in the hearts of every young person who heard them today. and I imagine they'll stay there forever.
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My grandmother, who gets most of her news from Fox, and watches Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly religiously, was full of praise for the speech this morning. It's probably the first nice thing she's ever said about the President. But she did say it.
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Bellevue has only one saving grace - by being such dicks about it, they made me actually watch the speech.
Which was really good.
Which was really good.
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You don't understand -- it's all in code. When Obama says "work hard" he is secretly referencing the early days of the labor movement, which was entirely socialist in nature, and was in fact a movement of anti-American pinkos who in fact wanted NOT to work hard but to not work at all, leading us to such destroyers of freedom as eight-hour days, weekends off, and pensions.
When he says "stay in school" he means "do not fail to report promptly to your government-run indoctrination stations; your parents mean nothing to you now, except as a source of food".
When he praises the American spirit of innovation and initiative, he is actually speaking in code about the need to be branded with Satan's barcode on your inner arm, which will enable you to pass easily through the checkout stands of the New World Order.
When he talks about personal responsibility, he is actually talking about Allah, in ways that I can't explain but am absolutely positive are true.
People: do not be fooled. This man is a monster.
When he says "stay in school" he means "do not fail to report promptly to your government-run indoctrination stations; your parents mean nothing to you now, except as a source of food".
When he praises the American spirit of innovation and initiative, he is actually speaking in code about the need to be branded with Satan's barcode on your inner arm, which will enable you to pass easily through the checkout stands of the New World Order.
When he talks about personal responsibility, he is actually talking about Allah, in ways that I can't explain but am absolutely positive are true.
People: do not be fooled. This man is a monster.
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You have cocaine in your nose while reading Slog? How typically degenerate.
Whoa, I think I'm receiving brain signals from Lord Basil. Or his friend A. Birch Steen.
Whoa, I think I'm receiving brain signals from Lord Basil. Or his friend A. Birch Steen.
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@ Fnarf,
Sshhh, we don't want the Republicans to learn of our secret plans for building an educated Socialist Pinko Army.
Sshhh, we don't want the Republicans to learn of our secret plans for building an educated Socialist Pinko Army.
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It's a motivational speech that will resonate stronger in Canada, the UK, the Caribbean, and in Europe with the blacks that live in those countries. I'm currently in Montréal, Canada for an extended weekend. I was walking around yesterday and saw a black kid, probably around the age of 13 wearing an Obama shirt. I wanted to take a pic but was moved by the fact that this black kid is looking at Obama as his role model rather than 50 Cent, Lebron James, or Ronaldo.
I also hear a lot of poster quotes from this speech. This speech will be a motivational speech to kids and adults. I nodded my head when he said "asking for help isn't a sign of weakness. it's a sign of strength" basically, asking for help of where to go to learn what you need to learn in a quick timely matter is better than not asking for help at all. I'd rather spend time with an employee who needs guidance at the start of a project rather than needing help later on when he's going at the wrong direction. i've been that employee myself.
I also hear a lot of poster quotes from this speech. This speech will be a motivational speech to kids and adults. I nodded my head when he said "asking for help isn't a sign of weakness. it's a sign of strength" basically, asking for help of where to go to learn what you need to learn in a quick timely matter is better than not asking for help at all. I'd rather spend time with an employee who needs guidance at the start of a project rather than needing help later on when he's going at the wrong direction. i've been that employee myself.
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