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Intershame On: School Districts Who Censored Obama |
A Terrible Lesson For America's Kids
09/11/2009
"Stay in school and work hard" = Socialism
Below is a list of school districts that did not show President Obama's speech to school children on Tuesday morning.These school districts taught America's children an important lesson... if the president isn't from the political party you support, that president deserves no respect and isn't worth listening to.
I wonder if the parents and administrators in these districts were simply afraid that if their children were exposed to President Obama, they'd quickly discover he isn't the America-destroying communist they're trying to make him out to be.
Whatever the motive was, I'm 100% sure these people weren't driven by the belief that Obama was going to talk policy to their 6 year olds. How could they possibly believe that? The text of the speech was available before hand and had not one sentence of politics within. If opponents didn't read it, then those people are simply ignorant and should be ignored. If opponents did read the speech and still found fault in its contents, they clearly don't have the analysis skills needed to be taken seriously in debate.
However, the most insidious amongst the "speechers" are the ones who could care less what the speech said. For reasons known only to them, they didn't want President Obama addressing their children under any circumstance.
It's these people that shouldn't be ignored. It's these people that should be confronted at every opportunity. To remain silent in the face of unjustifiable hate is to condone it. And hate can't be condoned. Hate must be exposed, not so it can matched with a counter-punch of rage, but so it can be unmasked, reprimanded and shamed out of existence.
Columbia County Schools
Evans, Georgia
Superintendent of Schools: Charles Nagle
Seekonk Public Schools
Seekonk, Massachusetts
Superintendent: Madeline P. Meyer
Speech Notice
Olentangy Schools
Lewis Center, Ohio
Superintendent: Wade Lucas
Speech Notice
Update: Will make speech availible on 9/11
Bellevue School District
Bellevue, Washington
Superintendent: Amalia Cudeiro
Speech Notice
Deer Valley Unified School District
Phoenix, AZ
Superintendent: Virginia McElyea
Speech Notice
Prescott Unified School District
Prescott, Arizona
Superintendent: Kevin J. Kapp
Henrico County Public School System
Henrico, Virginia
Superintendent: Pat Russo
Bremen Public Schools
Bremen, Indiana
Superintendent: Russ Mikel
McHenry County Regional Office of Education
Woodstock, Illinois
Superintendent: Gene Goeglein
Nixa Public Schools
Nixa, Montana
Superintendent: Stephen Kleinsmith
Alief Independent School District
Houston, TX
Superintendent: Louis Stoerner
Galveston Independent School District
Galveston, TX
Superintendent: Lynne Cleveland
Texas City Independent School District
Texas City, TX
Superintendent: Bob Brundrett
Santa Fe Independent School District
Santa Fe, TX
Superintendent: Leigh Wall
Friendswood Independent School District
Friendswood, Texas
Superintendent: Trish Hanks
Dickinson Independent School District
Dickinson, Texas
Superintendent: Leland Williams
Clear Creek Independent School District
League City, Texas
Superintendent: Greg Smith
Boonville RI School District
Boonville, Missouri
Superintendent: Mark Ficken
Shelby County School System
Columbiana, Alabama
Superintendent: Randy Fuller
Community Unit School District 200
Wheaton, Illinois
Superintendent: Richard Drury
Santa Rosa County School District
Milton, Florida
Superintendent: Tim Wyrosdick
Novi Community School District
Novi, Michigan
Superintendent: Peter J. Dion
School District of Collier County
Naples, Florida
Superintendent: Dennis L. Thompson
Speech Notificaion
San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District
San Marcos, Texas
Superintendent: Patricia Shafer
North East Independent School District
San Antonio, Texas
Superintendent: Richard A. Middleton
Polk School District
Cedartown, Georgia
Superintendent: Marvin Williams
Napoleon Area City School District
Napoleon, Ohio
Superintendent: Al Haschak
Denton Independent School District
Denton, TX
Superintendent: Ray Braswell
Letter to Parents
Lakota Local School District
Liberty Township, Ohio
Superintendent: Mike Taylor
Georgetown Independent School District
Georgetown, Texas
Superintendent: Abbe Boring
North Hills School District
Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania
Superintendent: Joe Goodnack
Parma City Schools
Cleveland, Ohio
Superintendent: Sarah C. Zatik
Medina City Schools
Medina, Ohio
Superintendent: Randy Stepp
Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District
Brecksville, Ohio
Superintendent: Thomas P. Diringer
Willis ISD
Willis, Texas
Superintendent: Brian Zemlicka
Auburn Public School District
Auburn, Massachusets
Superintendent: Maryellen Brunelle
Claremore Public Schools
Claremore, Oklahoma
Superintendent: Mike McClaren
Chesterfield County Public Schools
Chesterfield, Virginia
Superintendent: Marcus J. Newsome
Brunswick County Schools
Bolivia, North Carolina
Superintendent: Katie McGee
Video
Del Mar Union School District
Del Mar, California
Superintendent: Sharon McClain
Elmbrook School District
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Superintendent: Matt Gibson
Wauwatosa School District
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Superintendent: Phillip Ertl
McHenry High School District 156
McHenry, Illinois
Superintendent: Teresa Lane
York School District One
York, South Carolina
Superintendent: Vernon L. Prosser
Washington County Public School
Hagerstown, MD
Superintendent: Elizabeth M. Morgan
(A HUGE "thank you" to the fine community over at reddit who helped create this list). If you know more school districts that refused to show Obama's speech, you can let us know or post them in a comment below.
Comments
- 979 days agoI'm glad somebody made sure my city was on this list. The idea the "college towns" are more liberal has gone by the wayside. We have two large universities here in Denton, TX (one has the 4th largest enrollment in the state at nearly 35,000 students), but the city is surrounded by and filled with a variety of racists, misogynists, white-trash, and your basic rednecks. I bet no one at the district took the time to actually read the transcript before making this decision.
nohandouts (gc)978 days agoOf course you're not going to bother to mention it was not the speech itself which was only released a day before, but the curriculum which was given to the districts well before hand that many objected to. I do find it ironic that his speech said what the kids can do for the county when he campaigned on the "what handouts the country can give you" platform. Of course, given the fact that Censored is spelled with an S in the middle not a C in the middle, I wouldn't expect intelligent thought to factor in.- 974 days agoWhat's wrong with asking kids what they can do for their country? There was a nation-wide orgasm when John Kennedy said it. Besides, from what I've seen of the generation that came after mine (and I have a sibling that's in this generation, so I've seen it first-hand), they need to start thinking of others and the nation rather than remain self-centered brats who can't function without their helicopter parents. And what the hell were you trying to say with "...given the fact that Censored is spelled with an S in the middle not a C in the middle, I wouldn't expect intelligent thought to factor in?" If you were alluding to the word "sense," it's a pretty long stretch to get that out of "censor." If you switch the C and S you get "sencor," and if you just have S and no C you get "sensor." One is not a word, and the other has nothing to do with cognition, so your statement about intelligent thought must have been reflexive?
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