I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically correct forums.So, why do I bring up this particular Ambien-fueled nightmare? Oh, I don’t know. Maybe because of this.
Tea party group offers summer campSee? Good Christian values. Remember when Jesus said "No, that’s mine, and I don’t have to share it with you!" (I think it was in the Book of Newt somewhere.)
TAMPA — Here's another option now that the kids are out of school: a weeklong seminar about our nation's founding principles, courtesy of the Tampa 912 Project.
The organization, which falls under the tea party umbrella, hopes to introduce kids ages 8 to 12 to principles that include "America is good," "I believe in God," and "I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable."
Why isn’t the Left Wing freaking out over this? Well, possibly because we’re not paranoid and delusional.
But what kind of high-quality teachers will they be learning from at Camp Teabagger?
"We want to impart to our children what our nation is about, and what they may or may not be told," (conservative writer Jeff) Lukens said. He said he was not familiar with public school curriculum, but, "I do know they have a lot of political correctness."You have to admire the honesty, anyway. "I don’t know what they’re learning, but here’s what I think they’re learning. Because I listen to Michele Bachmann."
And they’ll be doing fun activities, too!
Children will win hard, wrapped candies to use as currency for a store, symbolizing the gold standard. On the second day, the "banker" will issue paper money instead. Over time, students will realize their paper money buys less and less, while the candies retain their value. "Some of the kids will fall for it," Lukens said. "Others kids will wise up."Not that any of the children will be tempted to eat their "gold." Meaning that the paper money will buy more than the "gold," if only because there’s more of it around.
Another example: Starting in an austere room where they are made to sit quietly, symbolizing Europe, the children will pass through an obstacle course to arrive at a brightly decorated party room (the New World). Red-white-and-blue confetti will be thrown. But afterward the kids will have to clean up the confetti, learning that with freedom comes responsibility.Actual lesson learned? Don’t throw confetti.
Still another example: Children will blow bubbles from a single container of soapy solution, and then pop each other's bubbles with squirt guns in an arrangement that mimics socialism. They are to count how many bubbles they pop. Then they will work with individual bottles of solution and pop their own bubbles. "What they will find out is that you can do a lot more with individual freedom," Lukens said.And they’ll learn this because.... um... Jesus!
(Let’s be honest: I have no idea what the hell that little exercise is expected to teach these kids. Except that they’ll probably make them clean it up like they did with the confetti, because, remember, with great idiocy comes great responsibility.)
"We've had classes for adults," said Karen Jaroch, who chairs the Tampa 912 Project."And for some reason, the confetti didn’t go over as well as we’d hoped."
Jaroch said the group might try to bring its curriculum to the public schools during Constitution Week in September.Yeah, so that will go over well, right? How could a project started by Glenn Beck possibly have a political agenda, right?
"We definitely teach the Constitution, especially during Constitution Week," said Linda Cobbe, a school district spokeswoman. She said the district would need to make sure (the Tampa 912 Project) does not have a political agenda
It's a damned good thing I don't live down there. I would get arrested. That a school district is permitting this perversion is unconstitutional and I hope some sane people stand up and shout!
ReplyDeleteTeabagger camp, eh? Well, that sounds about right. I just can't imagine what it's like being the child of one of these people straight out of a Dickens novel. And then to be sent off to summer Teabagger camp. It's all too much.
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ReplyDeleteNot really a school district. They're currently working out of the Paideia Christian school in Temple Terrace (presumably a suburb of Tampa).
They want to be in schools during "Constitution Week," but I don't see it happening.
This group of tea drinkers are also the same ones who got the child labor laws changed to let kids work longer hours while school is in session in Maine recently.
ReplyDeleteAs to "Teabagger Camp" my mind boggles. SMILE - Charlene
If you haven't seen the documentary Jesus Camp, you should.
ReplyDeleteHey, it's Florida. What do you expect? They burn Quir'ans here and in next door Ft Pierce it took years for local Hindus to get permission to build a temple because it was dangerous to the National Faith and Hindus are just some kind of Muslim, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteWTF is wrong with these people? How has ignorance been elevated to a desirable state? Nameless, thank you for referencing the Book of Newt. It's a long lost volume that has made a resurgence in recent years. I think that we should gather all copies and have our own book burning. Let's aim for October 21; it'll be our Rapture activity.
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