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I’m keeping Death Star hours, which means we never get to rest.
“You love Obama but hate your neighbors…”
– What, I would say that’s pretty close. Actually, I don’t mind my neighbours, but they’re nothing to write home about. On the other hand, I’ve written home about Obama many times.
ENY, that’s very funny. Did you say you went to the new stadium yet? I loved it.
Arkady, interesting point about HST and DDE. Of course during their time authority was more respected, no? Maybe we’re heading back that way.
Congrats, G10!
THL, I have no objection to banners like that, or any other sort of “in context” display. I certainly didn’t object to my department’s bulletin board display last year which included both Obama and McCain (it was really fun during the early primaries – we had photos of *all* the candidates). If students create a display with a photo of President Obama and “What should he do about X?” with material from different viewpoints on X, fine. I do object to stand-alone pictures of President Obama with no purpose other than political idolatry. I never saw such pictures of Presidents Bush or Clinton, but I do see them of Obama.
And Rob, Obama condoms? What is this world coming to?
I’m keeping banker’s hours today 🙂 Have a great weekend all my lovely PLUSAs! See you all on the flip side.
rkdy,
Gem isn’t going to know what you’re talking about. I think she was absent yesterday.
– Bff
“ENY, no mention today about the Yankees moving into a first place tie with the BoSox?”
Funny you should ask, Biff. You see, as any classy Yankee fan could tell you, it only matters wwat place you’re in at the end. If I were say, a Phillies fan, I’d probably already be celebrating being tied for first…..in July.
However when one of your team’s all-time great players is nicknamed “Mr. October,” you know when to get excited. Let’s face it – first is better than second. But the game is not yet at hand (although I daresay we do look good right now).
Shoot, I just typed a lengthy response to your post, sixyears, and mistakenly deleted it.
I agree wholeheartedly with you. It’s a tough call. Even as a big supporter of Obama, I am uncomfortable with having educators so openly show a bias. It is an uneasy feeling similar to the one I get when Church and State are so closely intertwined. On the other hand, I can see how Obama can be a source of unity and inspiration to students. At the end of the day, I would prefer consistency, meaning they hang a picture of every President or none.
I also don’t believe they would have shown a McCain inauguration, but I feel Obama’s inauguration was so historically significant that it was the right thing to do to show the students (or at least to attempt to…damn glitches!)
In my elementary school in DC we had pix of pres. HST, DDE.
Mzl tv, Gem!
You love Obama but hate your neighbors…
The What
Someday this hypocrisy is gonna end….