FCPS Teacher Does His Share to Re-elect Obama

It is no secret that the NEA, AFT, and other teachers' unions are in the back pocket of the Democrat party.  Needless to say, over 99% of their campaign donations go to Democrats in what can only be described as the scandal of the century where taxpayer dollars are recycled from the unions to Democrats and back in a continuous loop - in other words, financially supporting the ideological enemy of majority of the citizenry.  Those who follow the mini-scandals of the teachers' union leaders are also aware how dedicated they are to cultural Marxism*.  But I digress.

I live in Fairfax County, Virginia where I have two children in county schools which are renowned as being among the very best in the nation, but apparently not immune to the in-and-out of the classroom antics employed by union zealots.  According to a report by the Daily Caller, a middle school teacher in our county has assigned his students a little opposition research project on the GOP candidates' "weaknesses".  Further, the students were asked to prepare a strategy paper to exploit those weaknesses and forward their suggestions to the Obama campaign.

Now, thank God this did not happen in my daughter's middle school but, not being someone to step back and watch the system brainwash my kids, I nevertheless decided to e-mail the county school superintendent's office.  The following is the exchange:

12:25 PM (11 hours ago)

to CWDonohue, NWReese, Jack.Dale

Dear Ms. Donohue and Ms. Reese:

I would like to bring to your attention a serious concern as a parent of two current students in the county schools.  It is regarding lackof impartiality in the County schools.  As part of the Superintendent's Parent Advisory Council, I feel you are the most appropriate contacts for me to write to.

There have been reports that a teacher at Liberty Middle School, Michael Denman, assigned his students what obviously sounds like a partisan task that smacks of what might normally be expected in authoritarian regimes elsewhere.  His students were asked, in mid-January, to do opposition research on the Republican candidates' weaknesses and prepare a strategy paper to exploit those weaknesses, and then to locate an individual inside the Obama campaign to send their suggestions to.  In this group project, no group was asked to do the same for the current President.

This is simply a perfect example of outrageously partisan teacher behavior that gives public schools across the nation a bad reputation.  Partisanship, that seems to be the essence of teachers unions, has no place in the classroom.  We, the tax payers of the county, finance public schools to a great extent (with the rest coming from state and federal tax payer funds).  That, by definition, also means we finance the union dues that go to the same unions that are shamelessly partisan.  As such, these kinds of shameless partisan brain washing tactics are simply unacceptable in our county schools.  Individual
teachers simply cannot promote a political view point regardless of what side of the political spectrum they are demonstrating partiality to.

Fairfax County Public Schools have a great reputation as prime educational institutions among all public schools in the U.S.  Let's not ruin this reputation by letting a few rotten apples upset the whole cart.  Mr. Denman would do service to his students by concentrating more on our founding principles and the sense of fairness our founders displayed over two centuries ago - not assisting the current occupant of the White House to satisfy his selfish political ends.

Might I be so bold as to suggest that the superintendent's office issue a communique to all the teachers to refrain from bringing in partisan politics in to their classrooms?

Thank you for listening to my concerns that also reflect the concerns of thousands of other fair minded residents of the County who entrust you with their childrens' education.

Sincerely yours,

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Shortly after, I received the reply I anticipated:


Donohue, Christine W. CWDonohue@fcps.edu

1:07 PM (11 hours ago)

To Jack, me, Nancy


We are very aware and unfortunately, the media has chosen not to cover the corrective action that was taken despite being sent that information. Thank you for taking the time to share your views. The assignment was meant to teach about the political process and was not intended to be an endorsement of one candidate over another. Students were not instructed to send their "research" to the Obama campaign.   However, the principal advised the teacher about the misperceptions that this assignment created and counseled him that, in the future, students should be given a choice in researching candidates from either major party. Also, the principal advised the teacher that he should emphasize to his students that this assignment was supposed to be learning more about the political  process and it was not to endorse a particular candidate.  The teacher agreed with the principal's direction.

Chris Walsh Donohue
Chief of Staff
Superintendent's Office
Fairfax County Public Schools
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As you will note, the e mail was not even addressed to me personally.  I would not let a canned response be the last word on this matter, so I replied back:


1:41 PM (10 hours ago)

To Christine, Nancy, Jack


Ms. Donohue:

Thank you for your speedy response.  We all believe that the political process is a worthy subject to familiarize students with.  However, doing what amounts to be opposition research does NOT constitute an important part of such a wide subject matter that has a lot more relevant aspects to cover than opposition research unless the students were majoring in it at college.  This is middle school and as the parent of a 7th grader, I am well aware how precious instructional time is.

As I mentioned, FCPS curriculum would do better educating the students more in depth with the rather complex and infinitely more valuable subject matter of our founding rather than focusing on clearly politically motivated antics of certain teachers.

I stay on top of what likes of AFT and NEA are up to, so none of this surprises me.  I just expect the FCPS to hold itself to higher standards than other jurisdictions. Thank you.

Sincerely yours,
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The moral of the story is simple and one to take to your heart if you entrust your precious ones to the NEA/AFT goons who shamelessly call themselves teachers.  Ask them what they learned in school, and if you find anything objectionable, contact your principal right away before you give an earful to your county school superintendent.  Do not back down and confront them at every occasion that calls for confrontation.  The unions are playing hardball while most parents are trying to figure out T-ball.  Wake up America before you find your children replaced by good little robots. 

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*To those unfamiliar with the term, cultural Marxism is the 20th century movement founded by Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci (among other contemporaries as well as late comers such as Frances Fox Pivens), who astutely realized that Marxism could only realistically be achieved over the long run by systematic brainwashing of the society through education and culture rather than by violent revolution.  In other words, like termites devouring a wooden structure, hollowing out and rotting the structure of the society is the best way to prepare for eventually collapsing it. 
This is a rather genius approach as incremental curricular achievements (sarc.) by the public school systems ("Heather Has Two Mommies" anyone?) and cultural outlets like Hollywood or TV (where all sense of traditional decency has long been abandoned) have been overlooked as minor inconveniences while their cumulative effects over the past half a century have prepared society for the right politician to give it the final nudge or "fundamentally" alter.  This is the moment that the movement has been waiting for; but I digress.  More on that later.

Thoughts on Healthcare Law

The most recent Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that fully three quarters of those polled want something other than the SCOTUS to uphold the law.  In fact, two thirds of the population (assuming the poll was done correctly and is a proxy for the sentiments of the citizenry) want Obamacare to be either thrown out completely or stripped of its mandate, without which it could not work (not that it will even if it is upheld in its entirety!)

I have listened to Mark Levin explain the arguments that will be made to the SCOTUS on both sides.  Although I understand the legal arguments, doesn't it beg the question that public sentiment coupled with the circumstances surrounding the passage of the law invalidate the whole damn thing?

The Affordable Patient Care (Obamacare) bill was written by only Democrats.  It was passed without a single Republican vote.  Further, it passed using all the trickery in the books, making false promises, and buying votes of reluctant Democrats, none of whom even read the bill.  After the passage, as details of the bill came to light, even some Democrats, mainly pro-life ones, said that in hind sight they would not have voted for the bill.  Finally, plurality of the public has been against Obamacare since it passed.

It is not the venue of the Court to decide the case based on the above circumstances, however is a law that passes under such dubious circumstances and has no meaningful support from the public really valid?  Forget the constitutionality question; what kind of a country are we living in that a few ideological power wielders can so fundamentally transform this country?  If the SCOTUS does not overturn this sham of a law, how will the American people respond?  Should that eventuality occur, we will finally know if we still live in the land of the free from the swift response or lack thereof come November.

A Blast From the Past

It is my duty - and ours - to point out to the bogus claims so-called experts make that later prove to be bogus.  This time, it is from an article touting the impending disaster of man made global warming in 1986.  Dr. James Hansen, the shady NASA scientist who is at the forefront of the AGW scam and has been caught multiple times falsifying data to make his point, is quoted in the article as saying that by 2006 global temperatures would rise by 2 degrees, making it the hottest in the past 100,000 years. 

As you might have guessed, the mean surface temperature was less than half a degree higher in 2006.

The chart shows the clear cooling trend prior to the 1950s as well as the modest warming of the 1980s as consistent with solar cycles.  Less than a half degree warming trend is statistically insignificant, especially since the data is disproportionately collected from selective sites with bias towards heating.

Marxist symphatizers are everywhere - even in science.  Likes of Dr. Hansen, who once lamented the injustice of uneven wealth distribution in a letter to President Clinton, need to be exposed for the charlatans that they are.

The Ship of Fools

The following quote is supposedly from the comments section of the Czech Republic newspaper PragerZeitung
on April 28, 2010.  I am not sure of its authenticity as I have seen many hoax e-mails lately.  However, Czech people have always been uncharacteristically (for Europeans) freedom loving - like one of my favorite Euro-conservatives, former Czech president Vaclav Klaus (may he rest in peace).  The commenter, who ever it may be, has nailed this one.  Barack Obama might be the captain, but we are most definitely on a ship of fools and that is what really matters after all, isn't it?!  Here it is:

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president.

The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool.

It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."