The cult of Barack Obama (Whitehouse, school, dictators, education)

[WesternPilgrim]

Some time ago, reading through a document produced by the Department of Education, I noticed the thing was chock full of pious quotes by President Obama interspersed between charts and graphs and bureaucratic mumbo jumbo. By pious quotes I mean things like:

“We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. ” ~~ Barack Obama

You get the idea. This was a document aimed at America's educators. And the thought occurred to me: Why are all the quotes by President Obama? Does nobody else have anything important to say about education? Is the American educational system his personal fiefdom? Is Obama now our national philosopher-king?

Here's another document that is even worse. It's another taxpayer-produced puff-piece from the White House Council on Women and Girls. It's loaded with not only pious quotes from the President - and no one else! - but photograph after photograph of President Obama, the knight on the white horse coming to the rescue of America's damsels in distress. It has all the subtlety of a third-world dictatorship.

I'm a monarchist at heart, but I find this cult around Barack Obama to be extremely bizarre. This is a republic, not a monarchy, and the president is just an elected official who whose office is temporary by design. I'm wondering when this man is going to have himself carved on Mt. Rushmore.

[Cavaturaccioli]

Originally Posted by WesternPilgrim

Some time ago, reading through a document produced by the Department of Education, I noticed the thing was chock full of pious quotes by President Obama interspersed between charts and graphs and bureaucratic mumbo jumbo. By pious quotes I mean things like:

“We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. ” ~~ Barack Obama

This was a document aimed at America's educators. And the thought occurred to me: Why are all the quotes by President Obama? Does nobody else have anything important to say about education? Is the American educational system his personal fiefdom? Is Obama now our national philosopher-king?

Here's another document that is even worse. It's another taxpayer-produced puff-piece from the White House Council on Women and Girls. It's loaded with not only pious quotes from the President - and no one else! - but photograph after photograph of President Obama, the knight on the white horse coming to the rescue of America's damsels in distress. It has all the subtlety of a third-world dictatorship.

I'm a monarchist at heart, but I find this cult around Barack Obama to be extremely bizarre. This is a republic, not a monarchy, and the president is just an elected official who whose office is temporary by design. I'm wondering when this man is going to have himself carved on Mt. Rushmore.

I know I've said this before, but Obama can't be put on Mt. Rushmore: There's only room for one more face up there.

[ray1945]

Originally Posted by WesternPilgrim

Some time ago, reading through a document produced by the Department of Education, I noticed the thing was chock full of pious quotes by President Obama interspersed between charts and graphs and bureaucratic mumbo jumbo. By pious quotes I mean things like:

“We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. ” ~~ Barack Obama

You get the idea. This was a document aimed at America's educators. And the thought occurred to me: Why are all the quotes by President Obama? Does nobody else have anything important to say about education? Is the American educational system his personal fiefdom? Is Obama now our national philosopher-king?

Here's another document that is even worse. It's another taxpayer-produced puff-piece from the White House Council on Women and Girls. It's loaded with not only pious quotes from the President - and no one else! - but photograph after photograph of President Obama, the knight on the white horse coming to the rescue of America's damsels in distress. It has all the subtlety of a third-world dictatorship.

I'm a monarchist at heart, but I find this cult around Barack Obama to be extremely bizarre. This is a republic, not a monarchy, and the president is just an elected official who whose office is temporary by design. I'm wondering when this man is going to have himself carved on Mt. Rushmore.

If the doc was quoting President Obama and it was aimed at educators, I'm sure it was about Race To The Top, which is his administration's signature program. You know, like No Child Left Behind was Bush's. Can't tell you how many documents teachers had to read/study/listen to during his admin - and they all quoted him.

Why do you always insist on making something out of nothing??