Children Complaining About Having to Worship Obama

[Truthed]

Several disturbing stories have come to our attention over the past weeks and days that further highlight how sections of the American population have elevated Barack Obama to a dangerously inflated “messianic” status normally only associated with Royalty or totalitarian leaders.

What makes the following accounts so much more insidious, however, is that they all involve children.

Perhaps the most insidious is to be found on the Tree of Liberty forum where a concerned parent from Las Vegas reveals that his 1st grader son has complained of having to pledge allegiance every day at school to a huge projected image of the new president.

The post reads:

My son, who is in 1st grade, came home yesterday saying that he didn’t want to go back to school anymore. So I asked him why? He said that during the Pledge of Allegiance the teacher put up a large image of Obama next to the flag. I asked him if he was sure of this and I suggested to him that maybe the teacher just put up an 8×10 photo of the president. He said, “No, it is a large picture of Obama and when we are done Ms. **** turns off the image.” I also asked if they did this for Bush last year? He again said, “No.” This was my sons first day back to school since before Christmas, he was on a 5 week track break.

My wife volunteers a couple of days each week with helping out with my sons teacher doing various duties. She said that she would come in early this morning to see what was going on. She just got back and reported that this was true and then some. She said she waited out in the pod area and could see inside 3 of the 5 class rooms in this section of school. She said that when the kids stand each teacher flips on the classroom overhead and a full body image of Obama, with six U.S. flags behind him, comes up about 4 feet away from the flag that hangs on the wall. She said that the image has Obama staring straight at you with no facial expressions, just a serious look. I asked my wife if Obama had his hand over his heart? She said that she was so taken aback by this that she didn’t see it. What is worse is she said that all of the kids in each class faced Obama instead of the flag that hangs in the corner.
What the heck is going on?
Guys and gals, I need some advise on how to approach this. I can be somewhat hot headed so I need to plan accordingly with what to say to the principal when we go in to inquire about this. I am sure I will be brushed off so what is my next step? Obviously it will be the school district but then who? ACLU, Veteran groups, Christian groups? Who would be interested in this vile activity?
This is happening in the Clark County School District here in Las Vegas, Henderson area.

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[Monkey]

speechless. This is not isolated though, we went through it growing up and so did our parents. Back in the old before "Jesus" days, Priests/leaders would do "MAGIC" and "control" nature to amaze the people they ruled. This is still our way after thousands of years. We are amazed when we are kids because everything is magic when you don't know better. Problem is you grow up and feel deceived when the future you were promised by the old people isn't there. Then rebellion occurs.

[Mingus]

I'd like to know what kind of people are elevating Mr. Obama before we all assume Mr. Obama is pulling something. Bush had similar reverence among the Christian right due to his flippant attitude toward science and public education, as well as his very candid remarks about his own faith. Now, I disagree with this stuff in both instances, and if he truly is being elevated to a stature of "messianic" proportions, then I would be a tad bit more worried than I was when children were being told to praise Bush in a similar, but not "messianic-in-stature" way.

[kidflash2008]

I think comparisons to Hitler are all too common in politics these days. The right and left wings may not like Obama and Bush, but to compare each to Hitler diminishes the horrors that were committed during World War II. I disagree with using children for any political reason, whether it is children singing for Obama, or children holding up anti-abortion signs at clinics.
Instead of whining to a right wing blog, that parent should of talked to the school's teacher and principal. If that didn't work, then go to the school board and raise holy hell. A nameless blog complaint just keeps both sides divided when we need to be united to solve our problems.

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Originally Posted by kidflash2008

I think comparisons to Hitler are all too common in politics these days. The right and left wings may not like Obama and Bush, but to compare each to Hitler diminishes the horrors that were committed during World War II. I disagree with using children for any political reason, whether it is children singing for Obama, or children holding up anti-abortion signs at clinics.
Instead of whining to a right wing blog, that parent should of talked to the school's teacher and principal. If that didn't work, then go to the school board and raise holy hell. A nameless blog complaint just keeps both sides divided when we need to be united to solve our problems.

I agree with a lot of what you are saying. I do however have a lot of worry when i see EVERYTHING Obama, plates, coins, lighters, basically anything you can print something on.

EVEN THIS!!!
CLICK HERE FOR PICTURE, MAY BE CONSIDERED NOT SAFE FOR WORK

I do not recall Bush or any other president for that matter ever being held up to such a level.

[kidflash2008]

You have a point about the crass merchandising of President Obama, and it reminds of the the crap they sell with Elvis' name on it.
President Obama is a man who worked hard to get where he is today. He ran one of the best campaigns since Ronald Reagan, and like the former President, knows how to use his oratory skills to calm a nation. (I may not agree with Pres Reagan's policies, but will rate him as one of the best Presidents.)

If people can make a dollar, they will. They do not care how low they go (the X-rated merchandise), and that is a sorry state indeed.

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Originally Posted by Truthed

I agree with a lot of what you are saying. I do however have a lot of worry when i see EVERYTHING Obama, plates, coins, lighters, basically anything you can print something on.

EVEN THIS!!!
CLICK HERE FOR PICTURE, MAY BE CONSIDERED NOT SAFE FOR WORK

I do not recall Bush or any other president for that matter ever being held up to such a level.

This is not the fault of Obama. Look at our culture, sir. Our culture has become absolutely synonymous with capitalism and due to the largely Republican controlled government for the past 30 years, we've been drifting toward unrestricted capitalism, which is fascism with a dressed up name.

To go back to culture, we worship celebrities and nobody has been more popular and more influential than Obama. Celebrities, in today's culture, are commodities. That's why the paparazzi exists and has become a big business. Obama's image, with his celebrity stature, has become a commodity. Stephen Colbert loves to throw out the prophetic phrase "the market has spoken" when it comes to information or events, and this is exactly what is going on. At this point, anything that is popular is said to be the will of the market. That's why nobody, during economic trouble, has said that the will of the market wants large, unstable corporations to die.

[kidflash2008]

It is ironic because it was Republican President Teddy Roosevelt who took on the Robber Barons and the powerful monopolies during his time. Now that era was a true oligarchy.

[kidflash2008]

While some state fascism or capitalism run rapid, today is much different than a century ago: We have minimum wages, 40 hour weeks, child labor laws, OSHA, unemployment and workmen's compensation, the FDA, and on and on. I do know a lot has been done to weaken some of these groups, but they are still in place.

I do believe we are much better off now than the world of 1900.