Fox Flashback: Sept 2 (Greta)

In His Own Words

Green Job Czar, Van Jones was asked how Republican's were able to get things through when they didn't have the majority in Congress and he responded, "The answer to that is, they are assholes...pause, laughter...and Barack Obama is not an asshole..." (Feb 2009)

So, A.) he is an inappropriate, unprofessional ass himself and B.) an idiot because he goes on to compare them to Barack Obama, which wasn't even the question. duh!

He released a statement to Politico, "These comments, made before I joined the administration, were clearly inappropriate and I apologize for the offensive words I chose to use during that speech."

Just because he apologizes doesn't make it right. It is pretty clear what his views are on the GOP and that pretty much kills the bipartisan front. And this man is in charge of how much money? What is he doing again? Righhht we don't know because he isn't "responsible" to us.


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Tea Party Express

• 16 day Road Trip coast to coast starting in California, ending in Washington, D.C. on September 12th for the March on Washington.
• El Paso, Texas, Day 6, 10th stop on the tour
• They have traveled 1,800 miles so far. The bus is wireless equipped and they blog, contact the press and finalize tea party plans while traveling. There are organizers, blogger and press traveling on the bus.
  
• Some signs:
  A nation of Sheep, Produces a Government of Wolves
  America needs Hope and Change, Its called Term Limits
  I'm wee-weed up because Obama wants to Poo-poo on my Healthcare
  This is not Astroturf because Astroturf doesn't grow like this does
  

Click here to see if the Tea Party Express will be coming to you soon.
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Classroom Controversy: Education or Indoctrination

• Obama will be addressing student across teh country on an internet broadcast on Tuesday of next week.
  
• The Department of Education said that the speech is meant to encourage student to stay in school.
• Here is the controversy: A lesson plan came out with suggested activities for Pre-K-6th grade teacher. Activities to accompany President Obama's speech. One of them advise that the student to write letter to themselves to ask themselves what they can do to help President Obama.
  

Excerpt from the Original, Unchanged Version:

• Why is it important that we listen to the President and other elected officials, like the mayor, senators, members of congress, or the governor? Why is what they say important?
• As students listen to the speech, they could think about the following: What is the President trying to tell me? What is the President asking me to do? What new ideas and actions is the President challenging me to think about?
• Write letter about what they can do to help the president. These would be collected and redistributed at an appropriate later date by the teacher to make students accountable to their goals.
  

• This document is written with a clear tenor that every student would approve and believe what Obama is saying. There are no questions about whether they believe Obama or agree with him.
  
• Guest: It definitely seems like they are trying to get students to get public school student's to talk about how great our President is and there are many people outraged at public funds going towards this...

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• 73 to 50, Scottish Parliament voted to condemn their own government for the release of the Lockerbie bomber.