tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post1398765596103298472..comments2024-03-14T05:11:06.565-04:00Comments on The Knight Shift: Now it's a North Carolina school making kids sing about ObamaChris Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-40326789130137703032009-09-30T23:00:04.498-04:002009-09-30T23:00:04.498-04:00Sorry about that link, this one is much better!
ht...Sorry about that link, this one is much better!<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvy0wRLD5s8jessicaash@aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-44931698836955151912009-09-30T22:58:15.354-04:002009-09-30T22:58:15.354-04:00Chris, the program in question was in February, an...Chris, the program in question was in February, and in honor of President's day, if I'm not mistaken. (Not in September, as Rush claimed, but then Rush is well known for using half truths to suit his on purposes.) And I don't know about you, but I remember that songs and music were often used to help us remember facts and history in elementary school. There was a reason Schoolhousejessicaash@aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-45943418685743751442009-09-29T23:32:02.303-04:002009-09-29T23:32:02.303-04:00Jessica, I didn't know that, and admittedly th...Jessica, I didn't know that, and admittedly that *does* put things into some new context. But I still have a problem with *any* song of praise for ANY President. In my mind the greatest President of the modern era was Ronald Reagan... and I would have a HUGE problem with anyone making little kids sing a song about him.<br /><br />I don't think Reagan would have liked that either...Chris Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-49054815372570939902009-09-29T23:25:34.186-04:002009-09-29T23:25:34.186-04:00This is being blown completely out of proportion b...This is being blown completely out of proportion by Rush and his crowd. (And Rush didn't even get the dates right!) The children were participating in a program honoring SEVERAL presidents, and current President Obama was just one of them. Even Matt brought this up when he mentioned it today, after playing Rush's diatribe.jessicaash@aol.comnoreply@blogger.com