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Maybe I missed some piece of news... but... please explain...?
by roundsquare 17y ago
Maybe I missed some piece of news... but... please explain...?
- rms 17y agoIt was one of the dumbest media-driven controversies of all time. Of course there will be no more debate after people hear the exceptional speech, but I'll be surprised if we hear a single apology. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/04/obama.schools/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/04/obama.schools/index.h... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090904/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_speech_schools http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090904/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_...
- roundsquare 17y agoAnd now I'm sad too. Although, I guess I'll do some advocating for the devil and say that I would prefer if instead of saying "I’m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books..." he could say "We're [referring to the government] working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books, equipment and computers you need to learn" This would make it marginally less partisan. However, I would imagine that students are especially inspired by an individual and given Obama's background he's probably in a superb position to inspire students. Sigh Why does everything he does have to be so partisan? What's next? "His dog is spreading socialist ideologies?"
- gjm11 17y agoLots of schools planned to show this to their pupils. Some loonies objected on the grounds, roughly, that Obama was going to brainwash their children with socialist political propaganda. So far as I know, few schools were actually put off by this, but I bet some were.