“I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama”
As if I needed any more evidence to bolster today’s column about the Obama junior lobbyist campaign in America’s schools, here’s another item fresh from the headlines in Utah:
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 they will help the president and the world — and that’s where some say the problem lies…
… Gayle Ruzicka, president of conservative Utah Eagle Forum, said the video was blatantly political. She said other offensive pledges included, “I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama,” “I pledge allegiance to the funk, to the united funk of funkadelica,” and pledges to not use plastic grocery bags and not flush the toilet after urinating.
“It’s very inappropriate to show a radical, leftist propaganda piece that political to children,” Ruzicka said. “If parents want their children to learn about those things and do them in the home, wonderful, fine, but it’s not the place of the school to show a one-sided propaganda piece to children without parents knowing about it.”
Cieslewicz said such values should be decided in the home, not at school.
Coming to a classroom assembly near you…
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The pressure needs to be continuous on this administration. Don’t let up.
You have got to be kidding…are people actually allowing their children to view this? Enough is enough…
I PLEDGE….
to fight this with all I can for the sake of my grand children, and for all children everywhere.
Call your area school superintendents today.
This intrusion into children’s lives cannot be allowed!
This “Cult Of Personality” is frightening!
Will we all be required to hang pictures of Duh One on our wall, next? That’s what’s being done in North Korea.
I would ask the curious students to bring up the following:
What will my pledge of support do for me? If I agree to the terms, what assurances will the president give me that he will not break this agreement, as he has broken many others? If he does break the agreement, what penalties will he suffer and who will enforce these consequences?
“This deal just keeps getting worse all the time”-Lando from Empire Strikes Back. The tune from that movie would be very appropriate for this planned September 8th speech.
Oh sure, but say the Pledge Of Allegiance to the flag and the United States Of America, no can do! Pusilanimous pablum puking pinko bastages! Other than that, I have no strong feelings.
When these hollywood nuts pledge to give up their SUV’s, malibu/hollywood polluting homes and ride a bike maybe we as the normals can take them seriously! Talk about propaganda!
From the calls on Laura Ingraham and other talk shows today, I think The Won may have opened a huge Pandora’s box.
Where’s Rogue and his popcorn. I’m settling in to watch.
OMG, I wonder who many other things like this is going on in other schools? It might be a good idea, parents, to ask your kids what they learned or saw in school every day. This is horrible.
L
“Ask not what you can do for your country, just let me tell you what I expect you to do for me.”
JFKZERO, The Black Kennedy, Sept 8, 2009.Darth: (Obama) “I find your lack of faith disturbing.”
It’s too bad that a laudable message is wrapped inside BO-worship graphics. Most of the stuff here is great, and I don’t think there’s anyone wanting to defend slavery, leaving the lights on, keeping hunger alive, etc. I wish these people had been willing to make the same persuasive pledges during W’s presidency…instead of just sniping at they guy.
What is this we serve Obama? They serve us we don’t serve them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
here’s the new pledge of allegiance….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRY5waZ4IbE
As I said on Michelle’s column-related thread: American parents cannot be entrusted to raise The New Soviet Man. That is why this grave responsibility must be taken from them and exercised by the state.
There was an old ad jingle for a cosmetics line, I believe, which went: “Art steps in where nature fails.” Well, substitute “government” for “art” and “parenting” for “nature” and you have the essence of the attitude behind what leftists are trying to accomplish in our schools.
Rogue, don’t be surprised if the won will need to leave a garrison behind in every school. Another interesting item they share is that there is question of who actually fathered both Darth V. and Obama.
Impeachment. It’s what needs to happen.
And it needs to happen before Osama Obama and his Politburo can do any more damage to young people and the Constitution.
Darth: (Obama) “Impressive. Most impressive. Obi-Wan has taught you well. You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger. Only your hatred can destroy me.”
Are you freakin kidding me?? I pledge service to Barack Obama? I pledge to be a servant to our President? What the…! This is outrageous. We have to stop this. If I have to drop in on classrooms every day, I will do so! This government and its propoganda has to be stopped and now before they destroy another generation of our kids.
I pledge to educate my own children and to fight against all forms of tyranny. Obama, you are NOT a law unto yourself! One day you will answer to God. I pity you not.
I pledge to work to restore the vision of the Founders in the cause of Liberty.
OMG!!!! Actually support the, like, most evil president in US, like really all of mankind, ever!!! No way man! Like we prayed and chanted for him to fail! Support? No way.
We were waiting for our Messiah to appear to do the “Support Our President” gig.
I pledge to Dear Leader:
To eat more algae and expend less energy
To give up the Three R’s and expect everything while contributing nothing.
To recognize people as human beings only between the ages of 18 and 50.
To feel really really good about myself.
To blame America first, for anything and everything.
John Dewey, American educator, philosopher (1859-1952):
The children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society which is coming, where everyone would be interdependent.
Ya think?? My kids are done with school, but my grandkids are just starting. And you can be damn sure I will be involved in their schooling! Those schools will come to dread hearing from me! I called the school quite a few times when my kids were there, but that was nothing compared to what I plan to do now!!
He is simply trying to flood the zone with so many crazy ideas that we will tire and give up. It is too important to stand down. Call or email you child’s school and ask about this kind of propaganda. Stop this at the local level.
Beautiful!!
Some of you may have noticed…this is a very hot button topic for Happyscrapper! They can’t have my grandkids!!!
And the German military took an oath of allegiance to Hitler . . . this is frightening and dangerous.
inspiredhome, I sense an internet emergency coming soon. Your service provider will soon be terminated.
Sound familiar?????
http://histclo.com/Youth/youth/org/nat/hitler/hitler.htm
Yes, this cult of personality surrounding Barack Obama is frightening.
But it’s not as bad as granting amnesty to mexicans. Cause that would have been worse. At least that’s what I was told before the election.
vinny said:
I am wondering if the conservative voices in the country have a backup plan regarding hosting sites. As I see it, it may be a smart and timely move. I forsee something akin to some national Emergency to shut down all sites hosting any kind of desent.
Just pledge and don’t ask questions!
Mike,
Does a burp count? Now that would have been an inspirational video to show kidies. A burping contest intermixed with dumb celebrity pledges.
Like we didn’t see this coming?
Sing with me, now!
“We’re gonna spread happi-ness,we’re gonna spread freeeeee-dom.
Obama’s gonna change it, Obama’s gonn-na leeeead ‘em.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdPSqL9_mfM
Geez, are you still crying over McCain? Not to worry, you’ll get another shot of the White Knight.
Excuse me? Are you a troll?? Your comment doesn’t pass the stink test.
Eeeewww.
Dirty smelly hippies.
The principal “apologized?”
The principal should have been walked to the door and a box of his personal items from his office delivered to his house.
Egad. That’s so extreme I did not really believe that was what they really said until I saw it. I thought it must be what they implied or that it was in some way somewhat out of context.
“I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama.”
???uhhhhhhh???
“I pledge to be a servant to our President.”
???????????!!
What in the HELL are these people thinking??!!?
I triple-dog-dare them to do this kind of thing in one of my teens high school classes. Boy, will they get an earful.
My kids are NOT shy about their politics and are quick to correct friends who meekly parrot their parents’ leftist leanings or their teachers Marxism.
“Ask not what you can do for your country, but ask what youy can do for me.”
Thomas is just pointing out to the McCain bashers who refused to vote for McCain in November to try to stop Obama just how insufferably STUPID they were.
They don’t. That’s the problem.
Obama didn’t have to be the next president, happyscrapper. And some people here thought that getting Obama would be better. So how is this working out for all of us so far?
Yeah. Great. Absolutely fantastic. The real trolls are the ones who wanted the same thing that all the democrats wanted. For the misterevilcheeseMcMaverick to lose. So they got what they wanted. Again, how is this working out for them now? Great, huh?
“Ask not what you can do for your country, but what can your country do for you.”
Reality check.
How many of those pledging have children themselves, and I don’t mean just with baby Mamas.
I pledge to be a servant to the President?
Bass-ackwards!
I pledge to be a better American, always…
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=267428420327&h=1bs0i&u=pGkcq&ref=nf
I pledge not to listen to Hollywood idiots. Who wrote the script for them anyway? I pledge to support the Constitution, the Bill or Rights and to the Republic created by the founding fathers.I pledge to support politicians who will return us to our founding values. I pledge to fight the nanny state mindset and policies of this Administration which violate the Constitution.
O.K. I get it. Sorry for calling you a horrible name!! However, your sarcasm masked your meaning, because I don’t know you yet. I understand your frustration. I held my nose and voted for McCain, as I saw the alternative was far far worse!! We simply cannot allow ourselves to get a turn-coat, lousy candidate like McCain ever again! He is a WAR hero, but a terrible politician. He needs to retire before he does any more harm to this country he loves.
Dear President-elect Obama,
You won. Stop campaigning and start governing…preferably with the citizens of this country in mind instead of your stupid ideas of massive government debt, bailouts, and healthcare take-over for which no one voted.
I believe the party people who keep foisting unqualified candidates and try to make the rest of us choose between on puddle of piss over the other as part of some great political strategery, are the insufferably stupid! You can go pound sand! Take Thomas with you.
This guy, Barry Hussein Obama is going to destroy the OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY.
POTUS will never be the same, or at least not for many years.
Respect for the Oval Office is gone.
Faith in the White House is in ruin.
Hope for the future of America is bleeding without tourniquet.
Evil has crept in and is trying to take control.
Hussein Obama, Axelrod and Rhambo are up to one of two things….
1) Force as much socialism and Black Liberation Theology fascist revolution down America’s throats (while the Constitution takes a beating) before everyone knows what they’re up to (MSM is still complicit)
Or 2)
They NEVER plan on leaving. They might not have a 1000 year plan but I think they do have a 30 year plan for the White House and congress…could be a one hundred year plan if they involve the Ayers school ideas.
….oh, what?
ouch, they just did.
Sadly, not thinking is not the problem. They actually think what they are saying is ‘doing good.’ They really do not understand this country nor what it is to be an American.
I am an American Citizen. I make sacrifices for MY COUNTRY. The President is MY servant.
They could not be teaching our children anything more seditious than that piece of cult propaganda filled with ‘nice’ sentiments.
Fragments of this video appeared on TV in my area over this summer. Cut from it were the Obama references and anything sounding leftist …. I suppose my area was a test audience?
A Retort on YouTube
Satire can be a razor.
There is a reason why the military makes a pledge to “..defend the Constitution of the United States of America, against all enemies, foreign and domestic…”
Yeah, keep poking that pitbull…
Obama should be served……..
….with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
They do try to relive Woodstock each and every day of their stinkin’ lives, don’t they.
Dam#, sure wish they would either stop having those LSD flashbacks or get off the one they’ve been on for 40 years. I just don’t know which it is with these
peopleidiots.Checking Amazon.com for the “To Serve Obama” cookbook……
Apologizes to Rod Serling.
Rogue, I loathe McCain. November was about whether or not we had enough sense to crash the car into the embankment in order to avoid going off the cliff.
We did not. YOU did not.
On September 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm, Roland said:
Rogue, I loathe McCain. November was about whether or not we had enough sense to crash the car into the embankment in order to avoid going off the cliff.
We did not. YOU did not.
those dirty smelly hippies practicing free love had a batch of chillen who were raised by these dirty smelly hippies and are now college professors teaching our children the values their hippie parents taught them.
I pledge to stop the attacks against our country, its citizens, and its values that are being orchestrated by Congress, the President Obama, and his czars.
The last opportunity for the German people to prevent Hitler’s rise to absolute power was when the officers and men of the Wehrmacht were required to swear allegiance and fidelity to the person of Der Fuerher. This is chillingly familiar.
ECS
And don’t forget the “youth.”
I pledge to leave my car windows down at a stop light when I have Rush Limbaugh on the radio.
30PCS, there will be things ‘wrong’ with whatever candidate represents the best chance to stop Obama in 2012.
I pledge to do my best to do my duty to keep the funk alive.
Hasn’t Dear Leader done enough unconstitutional things to warrant impeachment proceedings? I’m not kidding. I know his moron lemmings in Congress would never allow it but he is ripping this republic to shreds. I think we should have a class action lawsuit against the administration. At least 100 million people will join.
#9
I am at my kids school all the time. My son came home two years ago and told me I was killing the planet because I am a carpenter and cut down trees to build homes. When confronted, the principal told me that I should watch “Algores” movie. I told her to fall over dead. Every time I hear something that does not have to do with reading, writing and arithmetic, I am at her office door wanting to know who approves the nonsense. She gets a wide-eyed look (think Peloci) whenever I walk in.
hmmmm, Demi is pledging to be a servant to all mankind. Come mow my lawn! That would be a start! How horrifying! More confirmation that our decision to home school our boys is the right and only decision! Wake up and take responsibility for the education of your children. They are yours NOT the government’s.
At this point, I’m not too sure I’d notice anything wrong with a challenger.
I’m almost like the other side before the election.
Anybody but Obama!
I used to call him Little Napoleon. He is really a Little Lenin with tendencies towards Stalin. This half-pint ego maniac is very dangerous indeed. Not to mention his cadre of “czars”…
Time for patriots to rise.
I pledge to drive my ’77 LTD until it drops dead at the side of the road.
And when that day comes, I will buy another dreadnought to drive.
Hey Roland, I don’t mean to lash out but I get a little incensed when I’m called insufferably stupid because I didn’t vote for a bad candidate that’s used to checkmate another bad candidate. While I’m not looking for the pure candidate (there aint none), I refuse to pick the lesser of two evils as politcal strategery. McCain is not even in the ballpark for me with regard to my beliefs and principles. It’s getting the country nowhere. Thomas and I have had this go round before (ad nauseum). To use your analogy, what good is it that I crashed the car into the enbankment instead of going over the cliff, when the car still rolls over me and crushes my punkin head?
I pledge to take an extra plastic bag or two from Home Depot’s automated checkout line. (Great for depositing used kitty litter.)
That was soooooo fricken creepy. Those “artists” are useful idiots…emphasis on “idiot“.
I pledge to change the order of my favorite TV men.
New order:
Johnny Drama
Ari
Lloyd
Turtle
Vince
then, E!
“We all in this together!” Except, of course for the “stupid” conservatives, “right-wing” bloggers, Fox News and the “tea-bagging nazis” at town hall meetings who don’t seem to want “to serve Barak Obama” and won’t get on the health-care bandwagon…. Sheesh. They’re showing this crud to kids in school? Some of it’s OK, but a LOT is skewed left-wing propaganda.
Can you imagine the screaming and nashing of teeth if US school kids had been shown a film with a similar pledge to ‘serve GW Bush.’
Rogue, how would you have voted had it been Romney opposing Obama?
I pledge to shop more at Whole Foods.
I pledge to assure that all people in my state have a right to work without having to join a union.
I pledge to work to make sure that America does not become a socialist nation.
I pledge to work to assure that the government does not take over health care because that would reduce the quality of care for everyone.
I pledge to work for freedom of speech and against the fairness doctine and other attempts by the liberals in this country to silence dissent.
Here’s a good one I learned when I was in school:
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands: one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.”
It works.
I pledge….
…to forcibly remove all the “Do Not Remove” tags on every pillow and mattress in my house.
I’m not purist and I am realize that we may end up with a flawed candidate. How flawed? that remains to be seen and I wholeheartedly believe that we can affect that outcome by the decisions we make from this point forward. The turnout for these townhalls and tea parties are unprecedented. We have their attention and it would be a complete waste if we give the GOP any inkling that putting forth another McCain is acceptable. It’s not and we finally have the momentum and are making our voices heard. We need to keep this in mind.
I appreciate that you have the big picture in mind and are looking ahead. However, we need to concentrate ourselves on the current battles and those that lie ahead … we have to beat back advances against our liberties every day with this administration and if we don’t unite against it today we won’t have a fighting chance in 2012.
Am I the only one who thinks Barak Obama should be pledging to serve us…not the other way around? Or has Obama become our Dear Leader?
How’d that am get in there?
Better, more viable, less a threat to the Constitution, but still not my choice.
I understand your thinking, however keeping the party bozos from thinking we would accept another McCain is not as important as you may think.
Who conservatives vote for in the primaries is what matters most. We must QUICKLY unify around a conservative candidate who can beat Obama, rather than dividing our votes and letting the party pick the worst, like we did in 2008.
Both are real ways to have a minimal impact on the environment.
You still would not have voted for him against Obama?
It was morning.
I pledge
to not support
with my dollars
any person who appears in that video
To not pay for any ticket at a theatre,
or buy any music,
or watch any tv program
that includes any of these people
Come on America won’t you join me.
Together we can…..
THAT I will pledge!!
Ask me what I think? I am not looking for the GOP to rescue us from the situation we face … the fight is going on without them and will continue to be fought while they stand on the sidelines. If they cannot see the writing on the walls, that is not my problem. However, I do realize the importance in making them cognizant of the fact that they too may be jobless along with the Dems come 2010.
Agreed!
I concur. So, can we agree that this infighting is unnecessary?
And who that is, is the gazillion dollar question. It’s a big problem.
There’s tons of support….just no candidate.
Good one!