Let’s Learn!
Sneak preview of education in Obamerica: Wisconsin mom outraged on learning her son’s 8th grade English textbook has Obama’s 2004 DNC speech in it. “What makes you proud?” Apparently not withstanding torture in the service of one’s nation. Fox:
A Wisconsin mother is furious that her tax dollars helped buy a middle-school textbook that includes a passage from Barack Obama’s speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention — but has no mention of John McCain.
The woman, who spoke to FOXNews.com on the condition of anonymity because she feared business reprisals, became upset after her 13-year-old son told her his advanced English class in Racine, Wis., had read about Barack Obama in a textbook, “McDougal Littell Literature, Grade 8.”
The textbook, published by an arm of Houghton Mifflin Company, focuses on a portion of Obama’s 1995 autobiography, “Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance,” in which Obama writes about a month-long visit by his Kenyan father when he was 10 and living in Hawaii.
The 20-page section, which kicks off with a student discussion of “What Makes You Proud?” ends with a portion of Obama’s speech, “Out of Many, One,” at the 2004 Democratic Convention in Boston, and a photo of him there, surrounded by Obama placards.
Obama was running for Senate in Illinois in 2004.
“The kicker was the photo towards the end with Obama and at least eight visible Obama signs, and the one with the Web site on it,” she said. “Obviously, it was the 2004 Web site, but you can still go right to it, and I think that to me was just over the top. It didn’t need to be in there.”
The mother said any mention of Obama should have included passages from other politicians, such as McCain.
“McCain is a prisoner of war — that’s a story in itself,” she said.
My dad was from Kenya vs. I was tortured for five years when I could have taken an easy coward’s out. What makes you proud?
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:02 pm on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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October 15th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Obama’s brother still lives in a hut, 13 years after Obama promised to help him and the rest of his family out when he could. Does that make you proud?
The school that Kenyan villagers named after Obama, and that he pledged to support in 2005, is still waiting for that promised support. Does that make you proud?
Remember, this is a man who thinks we should “spread the wealth around.” That’s your wealth, of course, not his. He can’t be bothered to use his own money to help out his relatives or other people he’s made promises to. I suppose it’s because they aren’t registered US voters. (Though I hear ACORN is working on that.)