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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:01 PM
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WH to release education speech early
Source: MSNBC

From NBC's Chuck Todd
The White House is releasing the full text of the president's speech to students on Monday -- a full 24 hours before President Obama delivers the speech live at noon ET a local Arlington, VA, high school. Obviously, this means parents and teachers will have plenty of time to read the text of the speech and decide for themselves about the content.

Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/09/03/2051572.aspx
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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:03 PM
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1. Be sure to check it for hidden socialist messages
Check the first letter of every line. Try every third letter. And don't forget to try the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 13th, 21st, ... words in sequence -- I hear they might contain a secret brainwashing text.
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Seedersandleechers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:05 PM
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5. Now you've done it
Letting out the secret. :sarcasm:
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:15 PM
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30. if they read it backwards, will it say
I am satan and u must follow me?
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sarah FAILIN Donating Member (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 08:33 PM
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34. Oh you did it now with the backwards talk, lol!
That's the thing on the BB's around here now, listening to the speeches backwards. Some people never learn. I put up a youtube of Katy Perry's "I kissed a girl", lol, they totally ignored it.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 10:00 PM
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36. do you think the code will spell out ..
Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 10:03 PM by AsahinaKimi
G*L*E*N*N ~O*l*i*g*a*r*h~ B*E*C*K ?
:hide:
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Oregone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:03 PM
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2. At first, I though, "Great"....then less people will make their kids opt out of something probably..
...Benign.



Then I thought..."death panels"
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:08 PM
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7. 'Fewer' people! It's a school thread. Children might be reading...nt
Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 03:08 PM by Captain Hilts
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Oregone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:14 PM
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9. Haha. Got me.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:04 PM
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3. He's going to turn them all into Communists
What the hell has been the hold up on the reeduction camps for the parents?
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:04 PM
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4. How stupid, yet brazen, that the voices of so few win most of the time....n/t
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:07 PM
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6. Smart move! Good on 'em. nt
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byebyegop Donating Member (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:09 PM
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8. Within 1 hour of it being released Faux will be editing it....
or re-arranging it or playing it backwards and whatever other brain dead stunt they can pull to make it say "I am the second coming of Hitler" or something equally ridiculous.
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:57 PM
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14. Played backward..."The walrus is Barack." n/t
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:02 PM
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16. Paul is dead....
"I'm the walrus"
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:18 PM
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26. Welcome to DU!



:toast:
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Mr. Sparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:25 PM
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10. I think its a bad move, it shows the white house is paying attention to those nut jobs on the right
(which allows them into polite society)and it will only go and encourage them to do more of the same into the future.
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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 05:17 PM
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19. Agree.
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Sparky 1 Donating Member (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:01 PM
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24. Me too. Obama humors these cretins too much.
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MrsBrady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:25 PM
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11. yes, because doing well in school is a horrible thing to encourage
do i need the sarcasm thingy?
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Mithreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:48 PM
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12. Yeah the President can't be trusted to speak to kids.
Lends the whole idea credibility otoh maybe it's a smart move that costs us nothing.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 03:50 PM
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13. Why? Stop doing this shit President Obama
The south and white conservatives haven't done dick for this country so don't dick for them.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:01 PM
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15. It is a pernicious communist speech to lure our children into doing well in school
We know that the Bible is the only education our kids need. Jesus had a pet dinosaur, don't ya know?

:sarcasm:
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sarah FAILIN Donating Member (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 08:37 PM
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35. Don't you know they're trying to force our babies to do something..
There's got to be a hidden motive in that, he's going to make them turn.... dem! :tinfoilhat:
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:03 PM
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17. I think it's a smart move.
Simply tell them the truth, respectfully, and then the decision to keep kids away from it is at least at some level a choice based solely on paranoia or unreasoning hatred. Poor kids; it's like selective homeschooling. Heck, record one one a week, release the text, make it nothing but encouraging and positive, and then let them deny that they don't want thir kids to see it simply because they have decided, based on nothing, that Obama wants to...what was the word.."grab" our kids.
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:06 PM
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25. How right you are nolabear.
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:55 PM
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29. I agree, it is a smart move...
His focus is on the students and NOT on playing the students against the haters. Releasing his speech takes one more weapon away from them and at no cost to the students who, again, are his focus.
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Nay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 04:10 PM
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18. I live in VA and made the mistake of joining my coworkers at lunch
today. These are supposedly all college-educated professionals, but the wingnuttery was in full bloom. 5 people out of 7 were going on and on about how they didn't want Obama telling their kids socialist stuff, talking about healthcare, and why the heck was the prez addressing schoolkids anyway? Only the parents oughta be talkin to their kids!!!!

And they wonder why I only sit with them twice a year. There was no convincing them, either -- I and another woman tried. These people are not only stupid and brainwashed, but dangerous. I truly think we are headed for a civil war in this ignorant POS country.
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:48 PM
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27. Ask them where George W. Bush was during 9/11.
It is absolutely routine for a president to address and even visit school children.

This is racism pure and simple and you should call them on it. They did not object when a white president spoke to school children.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 05:25 PM
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20. Wow. It's almost as if someone in The White House watches the media and rapidly responds to stuff.
This is not a "tone-deaf" President.

This is not a President "in a bubble."




Oh, yeah.

He's got this.
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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 05:34 PM
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21. I wonder if the title is "My Pet Goat"
seriously, :wtf: is wrong with these people?

I think releasing the speech is a good thing. When they see it doesn't touch healthcare or anything beyond 'go to school,' 'get good grades,' 'apply yourself' etc. they'll know what fools they are.

Assuming, of course, they're able to read it. Maybe he needs to release the video to the Illiterati first.
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 05:57 PM
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22. Parents can opt out.
Do all Conservative parents use their children for political statements? I mean...c'mon!

I wonder if non-watchers will get picked on or vise versa.
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Sparky 1 Donating Member (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:00 PM
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23. The Repuke reaction to this is absolutely one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.
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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 06:55 PM
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28. Will they read it backwards?
Just to see the hidden messages.
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vadawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:22 PM
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31. good, means that parents can read it and make an informed decision,
whether they think its appropriate for their kids...
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Cass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:48 PM
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32. My child's school will not show it and I am livid.
This is their statement:

XXX District is pleased that it will have the opportunity to tape President Barack Obama’s speech scheduled on Tuesday, September 8TH, 2009. The District will record it and apply the standard process for reviewing instructional materials; and make it available as a supplement to instruction to enhance established Sunshine State Standards. Tuesday will be a normal day of instruction.”

First of all I am angry that they are using my child as a political pawn to satisfy the demands of RW nuts. Secondly, this is censorship of someone they disagree with politically and it is discrimination due to political views IMO. I think I will call our local ACLU office to ask about this. How can they can away with this? What about an opt-out waiver for people who want to keep their kids from seeing the President's speech? Why should all kids be prevented from seeing this just because some object on political grounds??


:grr::grr::grr:
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-03-09 07:55 PM
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33. For fuck's sake. America The Incredibly Insane.
OH NOES a BLACK MAN to speak to school kids!!1!

Be afwaid!!11!
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