Uhhh isnt this a little bit toooo far?

[twitomy]

Dont know what school this is, if it is a public school it is just a wee tad inappropriate...

You can look forward to this being all over Beck,Hannity,Fox,Limpballs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aqMTD5UFmU

[Mari333]

1. you may be right.

I would have been pretty upset if they would have pulled this shit with Bush in the white house.
Not a good idea.

[twitomy]

2. Bad enough you have to fight the Far Right,

But for Chirst's sake dont give them freakin ammunition!!!

[ThePantaloon.com]

3. It's a little weird

It's a little weird. But, on the other hand, when I was a kid, we wrote letters to the president and said good things about him in composition papers. The Repubs though will call this a "madrassa," watch.

[Lyric]

4. (facepalm)

[abbeyco]

13. +1

[votingupstart]

41. +2 - even though its old

this is the rights equivalent of showing fucked up spelling on signs

[myrna minx]

5. Where was this taken? There's no info about where this was done, by whom etc.

[twitomy]

40. Heres more info:

This was filmed around June 19, 2009 at the B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, NJ.

Lyrics
========
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said that all must lend a hand
To make this country strong again
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said we must be clear today
Equal work means equal pay
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said that we must take a stand
To make sure everyone gets a chance
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said Red, Yellow, Black or White
All are equal in his sight
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
Yes
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama

segue to

Hello, Mr. President we honor you today!
For all your great accomplishments, we all say "hooray!"
Hooray Mr. President! You're number one!
The first Black American to lead this great na-TION!
Hooray, Mr. President something-something-some
A-something-something-something-some economy is number one again!
Hooray Mr. President, we're really proud of you!
And the same for all Americans the great Red White and Blue!
So something Mr. President we all just something-some,
So here's a hearty hip-hooray a-something-something-some!
Hip, hip hooray! (3x)


***********************************

"All Americans are proud of you"
"Your number one"
"The economy is number one again"
"Equal work means equal pay"
"All are equal in his sigh"
"For All your Great accomplishments"

Sorry, I think this is freakin creepy....

[LWolf]

43. Who filmed it?

Is school in session there June 19th, or was this some sort of club or group using school space during the summer?

If school was in session, was this a teacher with her class during the day, or was it an after school club or group using school space?

If it was a school employee with kids during regular instructional hours, it's inappropriate. (Unless all parents of those kids signed permission.)

It would be good to know exactly what we are watching before passing judgment.

[twitomy]

52. Fair questions. NT

[myrna minx]

44. That information wasn't on the vid when I looked at it yesterday.

That's strange that the details appeared overnight after many people here asked about them, yet the vid was posted on Sept 6.

"This was filmed around June 19, 2009 at the B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, NJ." How do we know this? We don't. We have to trust that the person who uploaded this (and added the "scary" music for effect) is telling the truth - which after the manipulated Acorn footage BS, we all need to be dubious about this kind of thing.

When was the last day of school for this school? "Around June 19" seems like the end of the school year. Who shot the video? Who can authenticate the video? I'm afraid that without more details, this smells.

[JonQ]

6. Next step:

report your parents for disloyal comments.

I'd prefer that our schools teach kids to be suspicious of politicians, any politician, rather than loyal to them.

I think we're better off with too much skepticism, than with unquestioning loyalty to the government.

[WonderGrunion]

47. I wish you were as skeptical about this video

As you are about our government. The YouTube uploader is a teabagger. He also has two versions of this video with one having background noise edited out. How come he has access to a clean audio track to do this?

[Cerridwen]

7. Context? Video greeting/message for the President of the US?

A play or performance for a school function celebrating the office of the President and the current holder of said office?

Context?

[johnnie]

8. Of course there is no info on it

For all we know it was a project that the parents of these children allowed for some sort of assembly or something. I bet this will become huge news and then the facts will come out and people will go "Oh..I see...."

[myrna minx]

19. There's no context for it - other than the sinister music added for effect.

I smell another Acorn BS "expose". :eyes:

[asdjrocky]

9. Way, I mean WAAAAAAY out of line.

[tekisui]

10. I question the authenticity.

Barack Hussein Obama in a chant/song. It doesn't smell right to me.

[positrac]

16. It smells exactly like something a rightwinger would do. Odor of Parlock

so to speak.

[blondeatlast]

51. "Eau de Parlock." I think you've got it. nt

[spanone]

11. this is the year of undocumented videos that mean absolutely nothing.

[appamado amata padam]

12. I couldn't understand what they were saying, except,

"Um um um; Barack Hussein Obama."

To me, the scariest part was the creepy background music! Was that added later, to underscore the "sinister" nature of the "indoctrination?"

[tekisui]

14. I think it was all an act, a set up to look like

indoctrination. Maybe Reich Wingers orchestrated the whole thing.

[lapfog_1]

20. yup, that was my first thought.

This is what the teabaggers THINK indoctrination looks like.

[appamado amata padam]

22. Hmmm-

Even if it is real, I don't see the big deal. Maybe they were doing some kind of Social Studies presentation about the life of our President?

Other than maybe questionable timing, am I missing something here?

I think the paranoia about how things might be perceived is getting a little out of hand. Let's not let the "American Taliban" win.

[tekisui]

26. I don't understand you reference to the American Taliban.

Help me out....

[appamado amata padam]

30. Just meant that as a catch-all term for

Republican right-wing extremists. Sorry, I thought it was pretty common parlance.

[tekisui]

33. Got it.

It flew over my head. My brain is about zapped.

[appamado amata padam]

Yeah, it's getting late.

Peace.

[appamado amata padam]

34. Yeah, it's getting late.

Peace.

[WonderGrunion]

49. The teabagging poster of the video has another version up

With a clean audio recording and no background noise. Where did he get access to a clean audio track?

[OneGrassRoot]

15. I swear, the right-wing crazies have taken over the intertubes....

Comments on YouTube, comments on newspaper and magazine sites, Facebook...all filled with typical freeper hatred.

geesh....:eyes:

[tekisui]

17. Even the site I go to

for discussions of reef tank keeping is overrun with wingers.

[notadmblnd]

18. Staged by freepers

I have as much proof of that as you do of it being some kind of indoctrination. Inappropriate? Yes, in that freepers are allowed to get away with staging these things. It's just so sad to see how desperate Republicans are.

[NYC_SKP]

21. I have no problem with this absent any further context. Kids theater do a presidential song n dance

so what?

I know they use his middle name "Hussein" which is real scary cuz, ya know, that's A-RAB stuff.

That and he's black.

[AllentownJake]

23. Do we know this is a School?

For all you know this is some afternoon program.

[tekisui]

29. Or even conservative church!

:think:

[bertman]

24. I can see some overly-enthusiastic, naive, Democratic teacher in a very liberal district

doing something like this in an innocent kind of dumbass way.

No, not really. Maybe a substitute teacher who graduated from Liberty University and wanted to cause trouble for the libruls.

That really sucks no matter what.

[tekisui]

27. Yep.

The zealous liberal wouldn't have used Hussein and it would have been a catchier tune.

[JI7]

25. looks like something done by the right wing

[Ozymanithrax]

28. When I was that age, I played George Washington, chopped...

down a cherry tree, and told people that I never told a lie.

If they were doing a Reagan Rap, no one would complain.

Screw them if they can't take a joke.

[proud patriot]

31. just a couple of points

1)We don't know if the parents gave permission already
2)It sounds like a practice for a visit by the President

If the parents gave permission for their children to participate
in a show for the President then I don't see a problem .

[Tim01]

32. Old video.

I saw it around the time of the election.

[Quantess]

35. I hope there is a good explanation for this.

[gopiscrap]

36. Yes

[The Midway Rebel]

37. Old news, happened when then candidate Obama visited a school during campaign

I think it was in KC. A well intentioned teacher working with some poor kids lets them be creative and sing about his upcoming visit. The right screamed bloody murder back then too. It was discussed on DU I believe. They must be desperate, pulling up this old chestnut and disguising it as news.

[BlooInBloo]

38. It's always loltimes watching DUers fall for whatever the right whines about though.

[redqueen]

45. ...

:thumbsup:

[rug]

39. The link says it's from New Jersey this past June.

Although, the guy who postedit is right wing.

[WonderGrunion]

50. Not just right wing

The YouTube poster is an active teabagger and he has access to a clean audio track of the children singing. This is as fake as Mark Sanford's trip to the Appalachians.

[LWolf]

42. Yes,

if that is a teacher and a class of students during the regular day. The adult doesn't seem bothered by someone taking a video.

If it is an after school club or group preparing a presentation in some community event, that the parents and kids want to participate in, that's okay.

[WonderGrunion]

46. The YouTube poster is a teabagger

This was staged for Faux to "Discover"

[Toucano]

48. And prone to violence, I would say.

Look at his avitar.

[Why Syzygy]

53. SF Gate reports:

First, why in God's name would Malkin link to every conservative flack on the block about this matter, and uh, second, forget that in 2006 school kids were instructed to make up a song praising FEMA and its work in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and then sing it directly to Laura Bush!


And speaking, er, writing of President Bush, what about the "Jesus Camp" where kids were worshiping a cardboard cutout of good old Number 43? Ah, didn't see it? I've got it right here for ya:


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?blogid=95&entry_id=48336