Posted by John Romano in Politics on September 24, 2009
It is not often that a site like Yes, But, However! can out-scoop the Drudge Report as happened yesterday when the esteemed Mr. Drudge finally linked to the following video:
The video was shot at an elementary school in Burlington, NJ earlier this year. We posted the video on September 3rd and were quite appalled by it. Simply, can you name another American leader school children were taught to praise? Do you think a video like this brings conservatives and liberals together or just creeps the pants out of much of America?
Obama himself needs to put a stop to this kind of thing. The President needs to show that he is just a man elected to serve the people of the United States of America and indoctrination of school children, like in the above video, is flatly unacceptable to him. He is not a demi-god for school children to worship. He is just a man who had a bad childhood and then turned it around and knocked out of the park in a spectacular fashion.
Until the President addresses the cult like aspects of his ascendancy, expect more and more Americans to be turned off by Mr. Obama’s rhetoric and “change.”
During the election Barack Obama himself said that a “light will shine down” and implore you to vote for him:
Liberals would of tilted with anger if a Republican said or did anything like that, and they’d be right!
I do believe that the President thinks that all he needs to do to push his agenda is go on TV enough times to win over skeptical Americans. If so, that is the height of cynicism on the administration’s part and marks a terrible new standard of the awareness of the American public. We are truly in trouble if Letterman and Leno become a must do for presidents. Why not hit Rachel Ray and TMZ next?
P.S. In retrospect the McCain ad above probably helped Obama during the campaign. I’ll save that discussion for another time.
#1 by Michael on September 24, 2009 - 3:52 pm
George W. Bush!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWvIOPiKFrs
#2 by JohnRomano on September 24, 2009 - 4:03 pm
Michael, while your retort is pretty creepy, I love the cardboard cut out, I must put forth that a private "Jesus camp" is much different than a public school Obama worship fest.
I'd personally be angered by both. Who films these things anyway? Makes you wonder what took place before the availability of cheap videotape.
#3 by JohnRomano on September 24, 2009 - 4:03 pm
Michael, while your retort is pretty creepy, I love the cardboard cut out, I must put forth that a private "Jesus Camp" is much different than a public school Obama worship fest.
I'd personally be angered by both. Who films these things anyway? Makes you wonder what took place before the availability of cheap videotape.
#4 by Hall Monitor on September 25, 2009 - 12:28 am
This story made <a href="http://detentionslip.org” target=”_blank”>http://detentionslip.org ! Check it out for all the crazy headlines from our schools and more controversial Obama news.
#5 by Susan Hicks on September 25, 2009 - 1:18 pm
I can't believe that the schools would even allow such things to happen on their school grounds when many took out the pladge of legion, and that was more inportant than worshipping. I know I woudln't want my children to go to a school where they practiclely brain wash them to think that he has done something beyond what other Presidents have done. I woudl be all over the school and take them out of it.
#6 by TJV on September 25, 2009 - 7:01 pm
My irritation is not so much that we appreciate or honor our president. I was pleased that we did the same during the Bush administration. Uphold the office.
I'm most irritated with using "Battle Hymn of the Republic" which is a clearly religious song written before the Civil War, speaking of the "coming of the Lord". This is clearly the tenor of the Obama song…well and good to think highly about our president. He is attempting to do good America according to his liberal ideals. People who share his views, will sing right along.
#7 by TJV on September 25, 2009 - 7:05 pm
What is troublesome is that President Obama takes God's place in the song. Great song, about God doing what God does to help the down-troden and save the lost. Substitute "Barak Hussein Obama" and its blasphamy.
"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on."
It doesn't matter if you're Jewish, Christian, Islamic or Athesit, elevating the president to God's position ought to get you riled up. I'm not making a political statement based on rebpublican or Democratic philosophy. I'm talking about substituting the president for God! That is a religious statement!
As a Christian I'm offended. Someone took the tune from a worship song and made substituted a man as the object of that worship. THAT is offensive.
I thought Emporer worship went out with the Romans
#8 by Concerned Parent on September 27, 2009 - 10:39 pm
Yes, the Battle Hymn of the Republic is notoriously a religious song.
What about this popular Sunday school song;
"Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in his sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world"
I don't even know what to make of this video. It is the most disturbing thing that I have seen on this matter to date. But I thank you for posting it.