Dear Leader in the classroom

By Michelle Malkin  •  September 23, 2009 02:11 PM

Two items for you:

1) Tom Blumer reports on how public school officials in Illinois are following up on President Obama’s education speech with their own attempt to indoctrinate them on the “significant messages inherent in his speech” in order to “educate the whole child.”

Education, after all, is the motor force of revolution.

2) My daughter’s memorizing Paul Revere’s Ride. What’s being put in your kids’ heads? Several readers have sent a link to this YouTube video of a group of schoolkids who memorized…an Obama rap:

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  1. #1
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:18 pm, prendad said:

    “If you get the children early and indoctrinate them, they are yours for life”.

  2. #2
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:18 pm, tre said:

    Yet another reason for private Church schools or home schooling.

  3. #3
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:21 pm, meangreenfan said:

    Sickening.

  4. #4
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:22 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    “The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world”-Rebecca Demornay’s character (movie escapes me)

    GSP

  5. #5
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 pm, jrgdds said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:18 pm, prendad said:

    “If you get the children early and indoctrinate them, they are yours for life”.

    Just ask McDonald’s…

  6. #6
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 pm, mjk said:

    They can recite an Obama rap, but probably can’t find France on a map. Fan-frigging-tastic.

  7. #7
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:26 pm, mjk said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:22 pm, gunslingerpatriot

    Funnily enough, I believe the movie was called “The Hand That Rocks The Cradle”….

  8. #8
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:27 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    mjk-
    Its even worse than that…
    They not only cannot find France on a map or anything academic, Butt they know how to put a condom on a cucumber or do self-love.

    GSP

  9. #9
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:27 pm, corkie said:

    I would rather task a child to memorize Pi out to 72 decimal places. It would be a more useful allocation of their time.

  10. #10
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:29 pm, ajsmom said:

    Everyday my decision to homeschool is backed up by some public school absurdity.

  11. #11
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:30 pm, d1carter said:

    “Fundamentally change America”….this how they will make it last.

  12. #12
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:33 pm, AlabamaMama said:

    All I know is that if this was tried in my son’s school, parents would be storming the doors. One of the benefits of living in an area rife with “right-wing domestic terrorists.” I do feel for parents living in larger or more liberal areas where this kinda stuff flies.

  13. #13
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:34 pm, ThunderHawkk said:

    “Just ask McDonalds…” haha, good one.

    True.

  14. #14
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:38 pm, sonofdy said:

    What school is that?

  15. #15
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:42 pm, RedRepub said:

    There is a line in the rap:
    “red, yellow, black, and white; all are equal in his sight.”

    Umm- that sounds familiar- It’s similar to a line in “Jesus Loves the Little Children”.

    I think I’m gonna be sick.

  16. #16
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm, Connie said:
  17. #17
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm, Hangfire said:

    I’m glad my kids are all out of school.

    The price of lederhosen is astronomical!

  18. #18
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:55 pm, infidel4life said:

    Tyranny patiently plans generations ahead…

    When an opponent declares, “I will not come over to your side,” I calmly say, “Your child belongs to us already… What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.”

    - Adolf Hitler

  19. #19
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:01 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    infidel4life,

    True Dat!

  20. #20
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:01 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    What school is that?

    Barack Obama Junior Madrassa

  21. #21
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:01 pm, stillontheroad said:

    What is next:
    “Sun, sun, if there’s sun, it’s the morning. Sun, sun, if there’s sun, the birds fly. The Great Leader’s picture is the sun, to whom I am grateful. I can’t live without him. I am thankful to him.”

  22. #22
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:02 pm, Truesoldier said:

    Speaking of schools and indoctrination…Obama has announced his latest Czar…His school Czar:

    Jennings was appointed to the position largely because of his longtime record of working to end bullying and discrimination in schools. In 1990, as a teacher in Massachusetts, he founded the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which now has over 40 chapters at schools nationwide. He has also published six books on gay rights and education, including one that describes his own experiences as a closeted gay student.

    But critics say Jennings is too radical for the job, citing what they say is his promotion of homosexuality in schools, his writings about his past drug abuse, his onetime contempt for religion and an incident in 1998 in which he did not report an underage student who told him he was having sex with older men.

  23. #23
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:06 pm, Tagwife said:

    I think I am going to be sick…
    No I know I am going to be sick

  24. #24
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:09 pm, stillontheroad said:

    All Praise Dear Leader:
    “Genuinely benevolent Community Organizing based man-centered Chicago style socialist system of the Democratic people’s Republic of The United Socialist states blessed with the flawless ACORN leadership of Dear Leader Comrade Generalissimo Barrack Obama the Heaven-born great brilliant Mt. Obama type General born on the Sacred Shores of Hawaii/Kenya.”

  25. #25
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:10 pm, behiker said:

    Disturbing. I have no other words.

  26. #26
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:13 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:38 pm, sonofdy said:

    What school is that?

    The William Ayers Revolutionary Academy for the Environmentally Responsible, Multiculturally Senstitive, and Ethnically Diverse.

  27. #27
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:14 pm, Auggie Dog said:

    I’d like to rap Obama.

  28. #28
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:15 pm, tiefelj said:

    I’m wondering if they know the “Pledge of Allegiance”?
    Yes, I know a rhetorical question.

    I pray for my granddaughter, Rhylee, born yesterday. As I do all my family and my Country.

  29. #29
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:15 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Kramer:”When there is no work and the people get restless who do you think they come to? EL PRESIDENTE!”

  30. #30
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:17 pm, Hangfire said:

    Congrats, tiefelj.

  31. #31
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:18 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    Would someone post a link to the lyrics? I can’t make them all out.

  32. #32
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:22 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406

    Start memorizing!

  33. #33
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:25 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    educate the whole child.” and that has been their goal for generations. Home schooling is a possibility for those who can and will. Getting involved at the local level is important for those areas having independent school boards. That is where the county and state elected officials are often important–Illinois is a lost cause but other areas are salvageable. Hold any Republican candidates to pledge to abolish the Department of Education.

    Or you end up like Alameda County, California where the Liberty and Pursuit of Family-Gay and Lesbian Alliance-teach “fairness and tolerance” in the schools and are aided by the county in adoptions. They want the whole child.

    We chose private schools-and kept my one good eye on that.

  34. #34
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:27 pm, sonofdy said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:22 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:
    3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406

    Start memorizing!

    Can I just beat my head against the wall to save time? Thanks.

  35. #35
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:29 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    tiefelj said:

    I pray for my granddaughter, Rhylee, born yesterday. As I do all my family and my Country.

    Congratulations and please do pray for us all.

  36. #36
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:33 pm, mattymatt10 said:

    It’s absolutely pathetic that an adult should so worship a politician, any politician, that they need to write a song about it, and then force children to perform said song.

    If I ever catch my kids rapping or doing anything resembling hip-hop, they’ll be locked in their room till their 35.

  37. #37
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:47 pm, Regulus said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:15 pm, tiefelj said:

    I’m wondering if they know the “Pledge of Allegiance”?

    Of course they do:

    “I pledge allegiance to the President
    Of the Socialist States of Amerikkka.
    And to the donkey party for which it stands:
    – A multi-cultural society, free from ‘God,’ with obedience and social justice for all!”

  38. #38
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:06 pm, Tagwife said:
    I think I am going to be sick…
    No I know I am going to be sick

    I just was. This kind of thing is more disturbing to me than anything else that is going on right now. Our children MUST be saved!! What school is that??? I need to know so I can contact them. We all need to contact that school and publicize this as much as possible. There is absolutely NO PLACE in a school setting for this kind of indoctrination. What will these kids think when their great president is led to prison in cuffs? Because I believe that is the end result of his corruption and treason.

  39. #39
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:50 pm, tiefelj said:

    ArizonaNeanderthal

    Congratulations and please do pray for us all.

    Yes I do, and I even pray for the President.

    Concerning Rhylee: some babies are pretty, and some are precious (if you get the meaning of this). Rhylee, is pretty…and I am not biased. :-)

  40. #40
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:51 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    the teacher, prinicpal, and school board should all be fired and replaced with someone who’ll teach the kids that politics have NO place in our schools and that this is a man not a god to be worshiped as such…sickening just sickening….

  41. #41
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:52 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Take your kids out of public school NOW. Otherwise you are turning them into little socialists!

    The NEA indoctrinates kids instead of educating them.

    Save America! Take your kids out of The American Komsomol!

  42. #42
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:06 pm, Lockstein13 said:

    Let us all take a moment to remember those who, shortly prior to Obama’s “school” speech, said,

    “His speech is harmless. You’re making much ado about nothing.”

    Okay.

    Moment over.

    Now: go brand this f’ing video into their foreheads.

  43. #43
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 pm, J S Ragman said:

    Tomorrow, the school will be sending a note home to the parents, asking for money to buy each child a cloisonne badge with Barry’s picture on it, so they can wear it over their hearts. Just like in North Korea.

  44. #44
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:13 pm, denver republican said:

    Political kiddie porn.

  45. #45
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:15 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    No, more likely the school will be directly debiting your checking account for several badges. The first will be for your child and the others will be for children who are “victims of social injustice.”

    The amount debited from your account will be based on your latest IRS return which ACORN turned over to the NEA last month.

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 pm, J S Ragman said:

    Tomorrow, the school will be sending a note home to the parents, asking for money to buy each child a cloisonne badge with Barry’s picture on it, so they can wear it over their hearts. Just like in North Korea.

  46. #46
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:16 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    Does anyone else remember classrooms with pictures of George Washington, a Star-Spangled Banner on a pole in the front of the classroom, and starting the day with the Pledge of Allegiance? Does anyone else remember .22 rifles in the cloakrooms waiting for their owners to reclaim them so they could go squirrel or rabbit hunting on the way home? Does anyone else remember The Lone Ranger Creed?

    The Lone Ranger Creed

    1. I believe that to have a friend, a man must be one.

    2. That all men are created equal and that everyone has within himself the power to make this a better world.

    3. That God put the firewood there, but that every man must gather and light it himself.

    4. In being prepared physically, mentally, and morally to fight when necessary for that which is right.

    5. That a man should make the most of what equipment he has.

    6. That “this government, of the people, by the people, and for the people,” shall live always.

    7. That men should live by the rule of what is best for the greatest number.

    8. That sooner or later…somewhere…somehow…we must settle with the world and make payment for what we have taken.

    9. That all things change, but the truth, and the truth alone lives on forever.

    10. I believe in my Creator, my country, my fellow man.

    Does anyone else remember when “cowboy” wasn’t a pejorative?

    ECS

  47. #47
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:16 pm, Hangfire said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 3:51 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    the teacher, prinicpal, and school board should all be fired and replaced with someone who’ll teach the kids that politics have NO place in our schools and that this is a man not a god to be worshiped as such…sickening just sickening….

    …..and our TAX DOLLARS are paying for it. We are financing our own demise.

  48. #48
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:24 pm, greenfairie said:

    …Then at the end, half of that choir beats up the other half, throwing gang signs, while school officials do nothing.

    Boy am I glad I don’t have kids.

  49. #49
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:35 pm, Freddy said:

    Do not worry too much. As Obama goes down in flames, as Jimmy Carter did, these tid-bits will never allow those kids to forget just how stupid idolizing a corrupt politician actually is.

  50. #50
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:38 pm, bradley said:

    It’s probably racist to point out the obvious: the teacher SOUNDS black. An Obama supporter? Noooooo. Why would you ask?

    Karl Marx must be laughing in hell.

  51. #51
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 pm, rightwingmom said:

    I don’t remember being taught a song praising Carter when I was in grade school.

    I DO remember:
    ~ my mom adding crackers to hamburger to make it go further
    ~ we were even # license plate for gas
    ~ watching a “film” in school that taught me the world would end if I didn’t turn off the light bulb when I left a room

    This is frightening propaganda!!!
    When will we see a special Obama salute???

  52. #52
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:56 pm, swede said:

    greenfairie said:

    Boy am I glad I don’t have kids.

    Mine are grown, but I have two grandkids, and third due any day. My daughter is a public school teacher, but is resigning. She will home school all the kids. It will be hard on the family, but she has seen first hand the public school system, and will not have her kids there. Period. God bless them!

  53. #53
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 5:04 pm, RetFireman said:

    Seig Heil!

  54. #54
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 5:13 pm, swede said:

    I DO remember:
    ~ my mom adding crackers to hamburger to make it go further
    ~ we were even # license plate for gas
    ~ watching a “film” in school that taught me the world would end if I didn’t turn off the light bulb when I left a room

    When Kennedy was shot, we all stood, and the principal led us in prayer over the loud speaker, in our PUBLIC SCHOOL.

    When LBJ was pres, we had Civil Defense drills in case of a nuclear attack. First, DO NOT look out the window. Get under your desk, (every one repeat “Duck and cover, duck and cover…). Then we crawled into the hallway, sat with our backs to the wall with our heads between our knees (presumably to kiss our a$$es goodbye).

    People who remember this period know why Iran, Pyongyang et al must not have nuclear weapons. Ever. And why the war on terror is NOT an “Overseas Contingency Operation”.

  55. #55
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 5:46 pm, Cosmo said:

    If I wrote what I really felt, all my words would be edited out by the vulgarity filter at WordPress.

    I wonder which NEA funded this little “music” class?

  56. #56
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 5:58 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:24 pm, greenfairie said:

    …Then at the end, half of that choir beats up the other half, throwing gang signs, while school officials do nothing.

    Boy am I glad I don’t have kids.

    you should still be concerned especially if your property taxes are paying for this crapola….everyone should be extremely concerned…

    you certainly haven’t seen this with any other President in our nation’s history…

  57. #57
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 6:00 pm, docflash said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 2:38 pm, sonofdy said:

    What school is that?

    Could be lgm’s.

  58. #58
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 6:02 pm, jbh45 said:

    1960′s indoctrination -

    I still can remember singing “IF I HAD A HAMMER” when I attended public schools in Chicago. I’d hammer out justice, I’d hammer out freedom, I’d hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters, all over this land… That anti-war stuff was bad, but what is happening now is worse.

    The answer my friend is blowing in the wind the answer is blowing in the wind….

  59. #59
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 6:19 pm, Living in the PSRK said:

    Swede – I hope they bring back those drills. I think some parts of the country need to remember.

    I am so glad the kids are in KS and my DIL is vigilant about what is happening in the school. And blessed that DS makes enough as a trucker to keep her at home with the kids where she belongs.

    /non-PC rant

  60. #60
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 6:20 pm, Living in the PSRK said:

    And I remember the pledge of Allegiance AND the Lord’s Prayer at school EVERY DAY in three states (IA, AL and CA)

    Dang, I’m old.

    *sigh*

  61. #61
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 6:52 pm, rambler said:

    BHO = more corrupt than Nixon; dumber than Carter; A bigger liar than Johnson.

  62. #62
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 7:07 pm, tampadave said:

    Are you folks starting to get scared? I am. The pendulum historically shifts between liberal and conservative views in every election wherein the incumbent party is ousted. In today’s America, however, the liberals are seeking a complete and permanent transformation of the republic into a socialist state.
    I am not ordinarily an alarmist or conservative radical by any means. I have a post-graduate degree and make a nice living. Yet I see my lifestyle being challenged by the liberal income re-distributors. God help us….

  63. #63
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 7:17 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

    For those who mentioned the movie The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, that phrase has its origins in a poem by William Ross Wallace; the penultimate stanza is quoted here:

    Woman, how divine your mission
    Here upon our natal sod!
    Keep, oh, keep the young heart open
    Always to the breath of God!
    All true trophies of the ages
    Are from mother-love impearled;
    For the hand that rocks the cradle
    Is the hand that rules the world.

    Mothers – and fathers – teach and guard your childrens’ hearts and minds well. Complacence is not an option.

  64. #64
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 7:24 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 4:16 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    Does anyone else remember classrooms with pictures of George Washington, a Star-Spangled Banner on a pole in the front of the classroom, and starting the day with the Pledge of Allegiance? Does anyone else remember .22 rifles in the cloakrooms waiting for their owners to reclaim them so they could go squirrel or rabbit hunting on the way home? Does anyone else remember The Lone Ranger Creed?

    We didn’t have them waiting in the cloakroom, but my brothers’ BB-guns were at home, as well as an archery set, and we all learned how to use them.

    I remember watching the Lone Ranger (ah, yes, black and white TV – in more ways than one ;-) ), but I’d forgotten the creed; thanks for the refresher.

    Oh, and I remember starting the day with both the Pledge of Allegiance and the Lord’s Prayer.

  65. #65
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 8:34 pm, infidel4life said:

    On September 23rd, 2009 at 7:07 pm, tampadave said:

    Are you folks starting to get scared? I am.

    Me too. And I’m in my fifties. I fear for the children of my friends and family.

    2 Tim 3:1

  66. #66
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 9:27 pm, Dimsdale said:

    God help the teacher that tries that with my daughter.

    Off to parochial school (if there are any left by the time she is ready to attend school).

  67. #67
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 11:12 pm, rightwingmom said:

    4:56 pm, swede # 493

    Prayers of support for your daughter.
    I made the SAME choice 11 years ago.
    I’ve NEVER regretted resigning as a teacher and LOVE teaching my amazing sons!

    Give her all the support you can!!! Encourage her!!!

  68. #68
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 11:20 pm, sparky1962 said:

    I’m ready to PUKE!

  69. #69
    On September 23rd, 2009 at 11:45 pm, skpman15 said:

    I’m frightened, as a public school teacher, that perhaps instructional time was used for this “project.” Is the class from an under-performing school? Gives new meaning to “no child left behind”…And the teacher said, “I like that!” Great…

  70. #70
    On September 24th, 2009 at 1:32 am, RetFireman said:

    Did everyone already forget tha Obama song that a school did where they made a production video out of it? Or the video of the militant black teens doing a military style chant and marching drill espousing the glories of Obama of a few short months ago? And has everyone forgotten how we were mocked by the Lubs and trolls about how paranoid we all are?

    What about a couple of weeks ago when we were all called racist and paranoid when we brought up the class programs sent by the White House that was to be used following Obamas FIRST DRAFT SPEECH…the one he was planning on giving had not parents stood up and said they would not stand for their children being indoctrinated in their schools?

    We were bullied for eight years with, “are you questioning my patriotism” and it has become, “you are an insane, paranoid, racist”, so that people will be to afraid to speak up and out against this. They learned the words that Conservatives tend to fear having attached to them.

    Well that’s all they are…words. And unless you are those things, then you should not fear them. Stand up and make a stand against what is going on. It needs to be stopped now. Saying you could have stopped it but didn’t want to be called names by some patchouli soaked moron is a pretty weak reason to lose your children to the neo-fascists and neo-Socialists.

  71. #71
    On September 24th, 2009 at 6:42 am, ThatSamIAm said:

    This is ‘I’bama’s favorite weapon. Indoctrination.

  72. #72
    On September 24th, 2009 at 12:24 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    Warfaring Stranger-
    Thanks for the link and stanza. You either are a Good parent, or you have a divine calling for the proper upbringing of kids-Thanks!

    RetFireman-
    Your wisdom continues to inspire me and compared to you “I am just an educated ID10T”. BTW-I found another good BBQ restruant in Memphis.

    GSP

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