CO:Boulder High School Students, Teacher Call for Death of Bush, Meet Secret Service Today [11/11]

Political State Report ^ | Nov 11, 2004 | unknown

[Mike Fieschko]

After a busy weekend protesting the Re-Election of President Bush, some Boulder High School students, and their teacher, Mr. Jim Vacca, got a visit from the Secret Service today.

The protest, which managed to attract Congressman Mark Udall (D), who is expected to run for governor in 2006, was only a warmup to the action this week.

Earlier this week, according to several dozen witnesses and the Boulder Daily Camera (you may have to register, no charge), a student band, with Mr. Vacca playing along, played out a song that called for the death of President Bush. The band, the Taliband, played at a student talent show earlier this week.

Earlier today, the Mike Rosen show on 850 KOA was flooded with calls from students who claimed that the band "advocates killing George W. Bush." The band is scheduled to perform tomorrow night at the high school, however, the band is no longer going by "The Taliband" but is now known as "The Coalition of the Willing." There will be a multimedia show during the song showing pictures of President Bush.

Apparently the band sang "George Bush, I hope you die soon" to the tune of their punk version of Bob Dylan's "Masters of War." Jim Vacca, facing a tital wave of public outrage, has dropped out of the band. It remains to be seen how the Secret Service will treat this matter.

[Ichneumon]

That photo is from a 1979 movie, "Rock and Roll High School". Starring the Ramones (with Richie Ramone, a great patriot, on guitar!)

...and the girl in the middle of the front row in that picture is now 54 years old.

[Calico Cat]

Oh, you HAD to mention that, didn't you?

I think I'll go get a drink and watch myself age in the mirror.

Sigh!

[truecons]

From their web site:

 

 

Jim Vacca

 

 

Period	Session Number	Course Number	Course Title	Room
1	01	L08	Freshman Language Arts	153
2	02	L20	American Literature & Composition	153
3	13	L08	Freshman Language Arts	153
4	01	PL	Planning Time	152
5	05	L84	Biblical Literature / Old Testament	153
6	02	PL	Planning Time	152
7	07	L20	American Literature & Composition	153

 

Whadaya bet he skips the chapter about Sodom and Gomorrah

[Ichneumon]

Oh, you HAD to mention that, didn't you? I think I'll go get a drink and watch myself age in the mirror. Sigh!

LOL! Believe me, I'm right there with you...

But she still looks great:

[CaliGirl-R]

He better watch it. I found this:

http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=50DF6F82-1315-49D6-99E6-3258BF25AEFA

Ps. I'm new at this linking stuff. Hope it works.

[No Surrender No Retreat]

Mike the SS will deal with these clowns. These pathetic idiots probably cried when the band,"Wham" broke up. They will be watched for long long time.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

That photo is from a 1979 movie, "Rock and Roll High School". Starring the Ramones (with Richie Ramone, a great patriot, on guitar!)

Uhhh...that's Johnny Ramone on guitar, who died recently and was a good conservative. There was a Richie Ramone in the early days of the band, BTW.

Rock And Roll High School is in my all-time top ten film list. God bless Roger Corman! And God bless the Ramones!

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Whoa! PJ looks even better these days than in R&RHS. Yowza!

[Eagle Eye]

Didn't the band "Firefall" also to to BHS? I can remember when BHS was mostly known for ropers and dopers. And Fairview was...well, Fairview.

[Colorado Willie]

Thanks for posting the update. Here is the Denver Post on the "Talent Show".

[Velveeta]

Excellent!

[talleyman]

"Academia Nuts" Bump / Ping

[TexasCajun]

These kids seem to be of the same mindset of those Columbine kids, spoiled rotten, always get their way, anyone or anything that disagrees gets in their way better watch out.

Nice little home-grown Rat Anarchists.

[Hat-Trick]

Isn't that girl in the middle the MP from "Stripes" who got the "Aunt Jemima Treatment" from Bill Murray?

[mollynme]

When I went to Fairview, it had the reputation for having the "dopers". BHS had the "alkies". Of course, that was 33 years ago!

I think Firefall's members all migrated to Boulder from other parts of the U.S. I don't believe it was a home-grown group.

[retrokitten]

That is the first symptoms of our disease. We should have taken Elvis out and hanged him, and all the rest and we would be better off today, despite I was an Elvis fan. But, I had no brains at all at that time and should have been able to depend on adults to stamp out the filth.

LMAO! Darn those kids and thier rock n roll!

[mollynme]

If this hadn't been exposed in the media, it would have gone ahead as originally planned. Now that the cat is out of the bag, they have had to change the song back and change the name of the band.

They interviewed the weak-kneed principal on the news last night and, of course, he denied that there was ever going to be such a performance. People who work with this man say that he just doesn't have the guts to stand up to the loud-mouth libs who are running his school for him.

They also had a short interview with one of the students who stated that the teachers who were planning to play back-up for the group shouldn't have gotten involved. She said something to the effect that they are supposed to keep their political values out of teaching and not influence "impressionable minds". LOL! It sounds like not all of the students at BHS are brainwashed.

[Fiddlstix]

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