Administration’s Suggestions for Teachers: Read Books about Obama, Post Obama Quotes ...

CNSnews ^ | 9/8/09 | Terence P. Jeffrey

[Nachum]

(CNSNews.com) - The “corrected” lesson plans the U.S. Department of Education is suggesting that schools around the country use to turn President Obama’s speech to students today into a “teachable moment” still call for teachers to read books about Obama and to post quotations from Obama in large print on classroom walls.

The Department of Education created two “menus of classroom activities” for use with the president’s speech. One is designed to guide Pre-K through 6th grade teachers, and the other is designed to guide 7th through 12th grade teachers.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[C210N]

The impression this give me is a leader or admin digging in for the long haul.

ie, more than 3 1/2 years.

or even 7 1/2...

[NMEwithin]

Quotes like these:

"My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join me as we try to change it."

"I ceased to advertise my mother’s race at the age of twelve or thirteen, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."

"I found solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother’s race."

"To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists."

[A CA Guy]

Would that be books about Obama and his God D@#$ America pastor and other radical associations?

He's really a loser. Empty suit with only heavy socialism in heavy doses to offer.

The Pimp my Ride, welfare President with the government enslaving drive that only is rivaled by the likes of Castro IMO.

Not a good guy and loves to go around apologizing for the United States on foreign lands like we are not the shining example of what others should be.

With all respect to the Presidency, Obama sucks!

[Always Right]

The “corrected” lesson plans the U.S. Department of Education is suggesting that schools around the country use to turn President Obama’s speech to students today into a “teachable moment” ...

So they get together and have beer???

[wilco200]

a teachable moment huh?

No doubt kids would be up for a beer summit

[massgopguy]

Does the NEA get a commission for pimping his books?

[ETL]

Obama’s Little Blue Book and the Egg of Power
By Michelle Malkin, January 26, 2009

Tons of people have e-mailed about the Little Blue Book of Obama sayings that a firm called the History Company is hawking on its website. Yes, they really are selling them in 10-packs for $49.50 — and yes, the resemblance to Mao’s Little Red Book is striking. Weirdly, “Pocket Obama” has a plain blank cover and smacks of a gag — especially the last line [it was not a gag -etl]:

"Printed in a size that easily fits into pocket or purse, this book is an anthology of quotations borrowed from Barack Obama’s speeches and writings. POCKET OBAMA serves as a reminder of the amazing power of oratory and the remarkable ability of this man to move people with his words. His superb and captivating oratory style has earned comparisons to John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and this historic collection presents words that catapulted his remarkable rise to the American Presidency. It is an unofficial requirement for every citizen to own, to read, and to carry this book at all times-The History Company [the book is no longer listed on the History Company's web site -etl].

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/26/obamas-little-blue-book-and-the-egg-of-power/
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"From May 1966, student members of the Communist Party were encouraged to carry copies of Mao's Little Red Book of quotations. Acting under Mao's leadership, these "Red Guards" used his quotations in their mission to weed out intellectuals. With themes such as Correcting Mistaken Ideas and All Reactionaries are Paper Tigers, the quotations became the standard by which all revolutionary efforts were judged."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/09/99/china_50/little.htm
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Mao Tse-Tung

AKA Chairman Mao, AKA 'The Great Helmsman'. (Tse-Tung can also be spelt Zedong. Translated the name means 'To Shine on the East'.)

Country: China

Kill tally: 14 to 20 million deaths from starvation during the 'Great Leap Forward'. Tens of thousands killed and millions of lives ruined during the 'Cultural Revolution'.

http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/mao.html
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From Amazon.com...

Pocket Obama (Paperback)
by The Editors of History Company (Author)

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Editorial Reviews
Product Description

This is the little blue book that right-wing partisans love to hate. Printed in a size that easily fits into pocket or purse, POCKET OBAMA is an anthology of quotations borrowed from Barack Obama's speeches and writings, intended to keep the momentum going for those inspired by his message of hope and change. The portable book serves as a reminder of the remarkable ability of this man to move people with his words, a primer for readers who want to examine the substance of his thought and reflect on the next great chapter in the American story. His captivating oratory has earned comparisons to John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and this collection presents words that catapulted his remarkable rise to the American Presidency and set a true course for the future. Includes themes of democracy, politics, war, terrorism, race, community, jurisprudence, faith, personal responsibility, national identity, and above all, his hoped-for vision of a new America. POCKET OBAMA is essential reading as we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin the work of remaking America.

Pocket Obama (Paperback):
http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Obama-Editors-History-Company/dp/0978736842
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Yahoo search results for "Pocket Obama":
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22pocket+obama%22&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35
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From August, 2009...

The portable Castro: Cuba issues Fidel dictionary

HAVANA – Cubans accustomed to hourslong speeches, thousand-word essays and lengthy interviews can now get Fidel Castro at a glance, thanks to a new dictionary of El Comandante's teachings.

"Unemployment" and "History" are among the myriad words for which the 339-page paperback provides definitions — based on snippets of speeches, columns and statements dispensed by Castro during the 49 years he governed the communist-run island.

The publication, which the government says is meant to provide guidance to Cuban thinkers, calls to mind the "Little Red Book" of the late Chinese communist leader, Chairman Mao Zedong.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22The+portable+Castro%3A+Cuba+issues+Fidel+dictionary%22&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35

[Freedom56v2]

....”still call for teachers to read books about Obama and to post quotations from Obama IN LARGE PRINT ON CLASSROOM WALLS.”

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The impression this give me is a leader or admin digging in for the long haul.
ie, more than 3 1/2 years.
or even 7 1/2...

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Agreed, sounds more like Dear Leader in North Korea every day! :(

[MrB]

Does anyone know if any other president had the equivalent of Mao's little red book?

Notice, it's a "book of daily readings", kinda like "Obama devotionals".

[NMEwithin]

Another choice Obama quote that should be good for the chilluns...

"I had learned not to care. I blew a few smoke rings, remembering those years. Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though. ..."

[ridesthemiles]

I want kids to learn stuff that will get them a job and contribute to the community at large.

Being able to quote lies from any of NObama’s books or speeches isn’t any job qualification that I have ever heard of.

[ETL]

From Investor's Business Daily (IBD), August 27, 2008:

"Ayers, now a tenured distinguished professor of education at UIC, works to educate teachers in socialist revolutionary ideology, urging that it be passed on to impressionable students.

One of Ayer's descriptions for a course called 'Improving Learning Environments' says prospective K-12 teachers need to 'be aware of the social and moral universe we inhabit and ... be a teacher capable of hope and struggle, outrage and action, teaching for social justice and liberation.

The Annenberg papers are quite extensive — 132 boxes containing 947 file folders with 70 linear feet of material. They undoubtedly contain more surprises regarding Obama's relationship with Ayers, one of many relationships Obama has sought to hide.'..."

Article: Annenberg Papers: Putting On Ayers?
http://www.ibdeditorial.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=304729375940845
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REVOLUTION: Voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA [Maoist]
[Revolution] Interview with Bill Ayers, Revolution #63, October 1, 2006:
"On Progressive Education, Critical Thinking and the Cowardice of Some in Dangerous Times"
http://rwor.org/a/063/ayers-en.html
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The RCP calls for the armed overthrow of the U.S. government...

From the website of the Revolutionary Communist Party (revcom.us or rwor.org) :

"Create Public Opinion, Seize Power: We are preparing minds and organizing forces for the time when there is a major crack in the system, whenever it comes and wherever it comes from: an opening that makes it possible to bring the future Revolutionary Army of the Proletariat (R.A.P.) into the field and wage a revolutionary armed struggle that actually has a chance of winning.

And we have said that building our party itself is the most important part of organizing forces for revolution. This is true now, and it is true looking forward to the creation of that future R.A.P. and the waging of that armed struggle.":

http://revcom.us/a/v20/1000-1009/1000/barw.htm
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"This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English..."
--B.H. Obama

YouTube Video:
The O'Reilly Factor confronts Bill Ayers:
October 24, 2008:
(note the red communist star on his shirt--O'Reilly points it out too, but doesn't inform his large audience that it's a *communist* red star, and only a very small percentage of the viewers would know)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP3uvK9gTIY
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[G Larry]

If you can’t home school, you better be prepared to “supplement” your children’s education with the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers, and a heavy dose from Bill Bennett’s 2 volumes of American History.

This is the only way to combat the NEA’s “Obama indoctrination”!

[Carley]

About using drugs.

Hanging out with the radicals.

Stuff like that.

[Hodar]

One is designed to guide Pre-K through 6th grade teachers, and the other is designed to guide 7th through 12th grade teachers.

What's the point? Based upon the latest published scores, most of our graduates are functioning in Reading skills at the 5th grade level.

[Freedom56v2]

Is this book for real?!!

[a fool in paradise]

A less egotistical president wouldn’t make it about himself and would encourage a lesson plan that was open to reading books on ANY of our nation’s presidents.

[Always Right]

Here is a suggested reading list...