Posted on 09/17/2010 10:29:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Normandy School Board voted unanimously Friday to name its new elementary school in Pine Lawn after President Barack Obama.
"If you put all politics aside, he exemplifies the American dream," said School Board President Cozy Marks. "You can be whatever you want to be and whatever you put your mind to and work for, and that's what we want our students to keep in mind and strive for."
Marks said Obama's name was submitted by students to a special board committee overseeing the new school project. The district had asked for name suggestions from all members of the school community.
The president beat out Wellston native Ella Priest. Priest, whose name will be attached to the school's new media center, was an educator in the Normandy district, Marks said.
"This was also a very good candidate because it described the unity we are trying to build between Wellston and Normandy," he said...
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Bull**** Cozy! You really need to read the D'Souza article that has your "messiah" all wrapped around the axel right now. Your boy Barry "exemplifies" no such thing.
First African American President....No. Raised by his white grandmother because his white mother was too busy. His father could have cared less about the whole bunch. Both his mom and Dad got what they wanted. Bammy was just a byproduct of that “want”.
He won the Nobel Prize, and he graduated from some school, somewhere, according to rumor, although I've never actually seen any proof of that... For that matter, has anyone ever seen proof he has a High School diploma?
You can be anything you want to be if you destroy your opponent in the process.
“The Normandy School Board voted unanimously Friday to name its new elementary school in Pine Lawn after President Barack Obama.”
They also named a street after Pete Rose and a parking area after Harrison Williams. We all saw how that worked out.
Actually there are many buildings named after congresscritters before they died. Robert Byrd had quite a few as I recall.
The actual legislation too - Pell grant, Stafford loan. It’s a bad practice though — in the case of the latter two, it implied the money was coming from the politician rather than the taxpayer.
I can see it if a is a private building and people actually donate or cause the raising of it.
For instance if a philanthropist works for and donates to a building based on some great cause.
But taking a vote and naming a building after a political figure while alive - it’s abusive and indoctrination.
Plus you never know what will happen in the future.
“What has this Turd ever done deserving of a honor?
Given Turds a bad name, I suppose.”
Exactly the bigger screw up one is the more reminders are left around.
“He won the Nobel Prize, and he graduated from some school, somewhere, according to rumor, although I’ve never actually seen any proof of that... For that matter, has anyone ever seen proof he has a High School diploma?”
They can name something after him in Kenya,like a dung hut here this guy has done nothing.
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