The Ranting and Ravings of an Alabama Educator
By Rob Hood (04/14/06)
Two days ago I got off work and started my drive home while listening to the Sean Hannity show like I always do. When I began listening I figured that the show would consist of the usual content of interviews and commentary on news and political events, but one story stood out that is not getting enough media attention. The Alien Media Nation, as referred to by Bill Bennett, or as most of it know it as, the mainstream liberal media, is ignoring this case purposefully to gain themselves a political front this November.
It all started in Limestone County, Alabama when an eighth grade science teacher show his students film clips about President Bush and other conservative leaders including Sean Hannity, Dr. James Dobson, Tom Delay, Dick Cheney, Tony Blair, Ann Coulter, Donald Rumsfeld, and numerous other conservatives. The film consisted of profanity more than twenty times. The president was referred to as an a**hole several times by what I describe was a very crude song written by very a very untalented band.
I have heard many liberal say to conservatives that creation must not be taught in a science class because it is not science. Well, they may have their own point, but I think you as the reader would agree that this action here has nothing to do with science either, so why is this so called teacher indoctrinating negative political viewpoints to a classroom full of eighth grade science students and why has CBS, NBC, PBS,CNN, or any of the other "news" networks picked up on this yet?
I heard more today from an Alabama talk radio show called the Rick and Bubba show (www.rickandbubba.com). Today they had incumbent Republican House Representative Mickey Hammon on in an interview and Mr. Hammon was pleased to tell everyone that this same school teacher was his opponent in the upcoming November Election. The Alabama Democratic Party has asked the science teacher, Steve White, to step down from his campaign. Mr. Hammon said he wished that the Alabama Democratic party would not have asked him to step down because he could then show his state just how liberal democrats act when angry. Of course I suppose that Mr. White will withdraw his candidacy since the state party asked him to, but will only be replaced by another liberal anyway, so what's the difference?
Mr. Hammon made the remark that Alabama Republicans are working hard to defeat the state legislature's liberals so that they can hand the state government back into the hands of the people. I could not agree more. The discussion on the Rick and Bubba show also talked about some of the same reasons others have discussed about how the South changed from largely Democrat to almost solidly Republican.
So how did this change occur? At one time Democrats stood for the same principles that today's Republicans stand for. They were known as a Christian party that cared for the poor and disabled. Now they are primarily known in the South as liberals who wish for socialism and the extermination of Christianity from the Public square. Fifty years ago you would have seen a Democrat fight to keep the Ten Commandments in that Alabama courthouse. Today you see them as the perpetrators who wished it gone.
So to answer the question, the South has not changed very much. The Southern Evangelical Christians did not leave the Democratic Party. their values are still the same as they were decades ago. it was the Democratic Party who allowed liberals to overrun the party and take full control. When this happened, people started seeking new leadership and the trend continues today.
NBC's Brian Williams once interviewed Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission shortly after the 2004 Presidential election. He was asked what would it take for a president to win back the Southern states. The answer was primarily that the candidate had to be pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, and have the characteristics in faith to be a great moral leader and set the example for the youth of America. In other words, a Southern Evangelical Christian is probably not going to vote for anyone who stands for abortion, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, removal of God from the public square, and is anti-Second Amendment. There are exceptions to this I know, but they are few and far between.
One of the hosts on the show this morning made a great point while talking to the incumbent candidate. He stated that if he were running for public office he would announce what he stood for and who he was. For example: "Hi! My name is ___ and I am running for office of ___. I am an evangelical Christian who believes that _____. If elected, here are my goals for our great state: _____. "
How hard can that be? I agree. Candidates on both sides of the political spectrum should say who they are, what they want, and what they stand for, but liberals cannot do this because if they get up there and say " I want abortion on demand, I want the ten Commandments down and prayer silenced, I want human cloning to take place for scientific discovery, and I want a total ban on all handguns."
No how many votes do you think that person would get? It seems to me they might get a few. john Kerry sure did and he stood for all of this. This eighth grade science teacher stand for the same. He can't win elections so he and his comrades across America are using schools, universities, and the Supreme Court to push their agenda through and indoctrinate young minds and that my friend is a sickening way of grabbing political power for personal gain.
This morning I only knew that the teacher was on paid leave until this mess could be straightened out. There were many complaints from parents and some demanded that this teacher be fired immediately. Of course he was not fired, yet! He should be though. he should be doing his job of teaching science and not politics, and especially mot vulgarities and profanities mixed with politics. he is the adult and is supposed to be setting a good leadership example for the kids. Instead he acts like a stark raving lunatic because of his hatred for people whom he ahs never met and does not even know on a personal level.
My friends we can learn from this. People often ask why private schools and home school is so popular and I believe I just gave you the answer of a lifetime. Who wants to send their kids off to a school to learn about science, but instead learns about conservative "a**holes" from an indecent filmstrip that was picked out for the sole purpose of a political victory.
I agree with Representative Hammon. Let's not make him step down as a candidate. instead we should encourage him to run on these beliefs that he has and let the people decide who they want for a leader. While what Mr. White done was unnecessary and totally uncalled for, the lack of attention from the news media is just as bad. Even though I did not like President Clinton's policies did not mean that I hated him and wanted to show profane filmstrips about him and other democrats to eighth grade science students. Can you imagine what the mainstream media would do if a southern conservative evangelical republican were to do the exact same thing to a Democrat President? The media would harp on this for a month, but as long as Bush is getting the heat, the media says nothing. How is that for "fair and balanced"? You tell me. All I can say to you readers out there is to start questioning your kids about what goes on in school because there are some out there that are not doing their job as teacher. They are there to run a campaign and an not so good campaign at that. Sean Hannity was absolutely right to start this thing where conservative students start recording the ranting of professors gone wild in the classroom and exposing them for what they really are. If these teachers have the guts to say these things in a classroom then why not in public? This pretty much does it for me. I don't have kids, but when I do, I plant to send them to a private school or even home school. At least they will learn about the science of life and not how conduct scientific research on how to hate Bush more.
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