Comments on: Bustin’ Up The Joint

By: NHLANGULELA

NHLANGULELA — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:31:17 +0000

SOMETIME WE ARE MAKING A BIGGEST MISTAKE THINKING THAT
IF YOU ARE A PRESIDENT YOU CAN SAY EVERYTHING
I CAN NOT BLAME OBAMA ON WHAT HE SAID BUT I CAN SAY THAT IF HE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY HE COULD HAVE BEEN QUITE UNLIKE SAYING SOMETHING AT THE END PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING YOU

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:51:52 +0000

I work for a school district that has posted on their website that airing the video of the speech in classrooms will be left to the discretion of teachers and that parents may have their child opt out of this activity by calling the office. (By the way, my district is very small). I did a quick survey of other district websites in our county, and found that the largest ones were not addressing it on their websites at all, while the smallest, most conservative ones did, one of them stating that it was in response to a large number of concerned parents. What b.s.! I can’t believe how we are caving into this level of Fox News-generated garbage! Talk about “fair and balanced” . . . Fox won’t even air his speech on health care reform. Will I show that video? Hell, yes. How ridiculous, how bizarre.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:50:21 +0000

*And they should have put the historical context at the beginning, citing GHWB’s address*

Why? No one gives a damn about that address.

By: Jade

Jade — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:31:25 +0000

The critics on Fox News are saying this is unprecedented not Obama.

By: Skeptic

Skeptic — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:55:10 +0000

The stench of hypocrisy is what has infuriated so many of the rational conservatives though.

When GHWB did this, his Secretary of Education (now Sen.) Lamar Alexander was lambasted. The Department of Education had to withstand two or three hearings about the dangerous politicization of American education. Questions were asked at about the unseemliness of it all, how much taxpayer money was wasted, and so forth.

Lamar Alexander, David Kearns, Bill Hansen, all had their hands full defending themselves and the President at the hands of a terribly angry Chairman Ford and Sen. Claiborne Pell.

There weren’t many defenders of GWHB and Secretary Alexander back then (granted Andy you were in high school I imagine, so you get a pass).

But now that the shoe is on the other foot, let’s not pretend that this is somehow a newly irresponsible act by just the Republicans/conservatives.

Obama/Duncan should have handled it a bit better, by using a little humility and not calling it “historic.”

They shouldn’t have issued the curriculum that was vapid (at best), and contained numerous grammatical errors.

And they should have put the historical context at the beginning, citing GHWB’s address, instead of assuming that any idea they have has to be the first time anyone ever did it.

By: Claus

Claus — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:28:18 +0000

I made a similar point on another blog, and a horde of snarling dog commenters accused me of all sorts of unspeakable things.