Traitors in our midst!

[03_SHOOTER]

It is BEYOND THE PALE when a teacher in a public school, especially in the city that is the home of the 82nd Airborne Division and Special Forces, is so egregiously ignorant and hateful that she would INTENTIONALLY attempt to frighten her students into supporting the bastard son of a known Marxist by saying that his opponant would keep their fathers in Iraq for 100 years!

North Carolina Teacher Caught on Tape Teaching Pro-Obama Lessons
Video shows North Carolina elementary school teacher harshly questioning a student in class for supporting John McCain
By Maxim Lott

FOXNews.com

Friday, November 07, 2008

The election may be over, but more allegations of political bias in public schools are surfacing.

A North Carolina superintendent said Friday that he was "shocked" after viewing video footage of an elementary school teacher harshly questioning a student in class for supporting John McCain.

William Harrison, superintendent of Cumberland County Schools in Fayetteville, has launched an investigation of the teacher, Diatha Harris, and has promised to bring disciplinary action.

In a video produced by a Swedish production company and posted on YouTube, Harris is seen asking her elementary school students whom they support for president. She tells them that they can support whomever they want, but when one student says John McCain, Harris responds derisively, "Oh my, John McCain." When another student said she supports McCain, Harris replies, "Oh Jesus, John McCain."


Click here to view the video.
(contrary to what the video title says, this is in a FAYETTEVILLE school)

Harris also asks a female student to explain why she supports Obama, to which the student replies that Obama meant change -- such as ending the war in Iraq.

"So in other words, Barack is going to end that war in Iraq," Harris said before turning to a girl who had announced her support for McCain. "Now talk to me, because your dad is in the military. Talk."

The student doesn't say anything, but Harris goes on.

"It's a senseless war. And by the way, the person that you're picking for president said that our troops could stay in Iraq for another hundred years if they need to," Harris said. "So that means that your daddy could stay in the military for another hundred years."

Public school teachers are allowed to discuss politics in the classroom but are required by law to present issues from all political sides and not press agendas.

Harrison said he found the military aspect of the interaction especially worrying and promised to take action.

"Most disconcerting was the military slant that made its way into this discussion. We are a military community, serving over 15,000 military students and their families. We value the sacrifices, not only of the military parents but also those of their families," he wrote Friday in a statement on the Cumberland County Schools' Web site.

He continued: "Please be assured that the actions exhibited in this video are not consistent with the vision of the CCS. Moreover, the actions of one teacher do not represent the 7000 employees in our organization."

Click here to read the full statement.

The video was part of "From Bill to Barack," a Swedish documentary that followed up with average Americans who had been thrown into the spotlight in the 1992 election. Harris was featured because her ex-husband, Roy Harris, had convinced former President Bush to come into his North Carolina living room and tell his children what he had done for them.

Harrison said that once the video was brought to his attention, he immediately launched an investigation. "Personnel laws prevent me from releasing information regarding individual employees and personnel action taken. I can assure you that upon completion of the investigation, I will take appropriate action," he said.

A receptionist at Mary McArthur Elementary School said that Harris did not want to comment on the case. Wanda McPhaul, Assistant Superintendent of Cumberland County Schools, said that she would not release the name of the student involved or pass a message on to the family.

This wasn't the first time the 2008 presidential election became fodder for an education controversy.

In October, an eighth-grade literature textbook used in public schools came under fire for including pages featuring Barack Obama's 1995 autobiography, "Dreams on My Father."

And a video came out in October titled "Obama Youth --Junior Fraternity Regiment," in which African American students marched into a classroom and repeated a mantra about how Obama had inspired them. The display was organized by a teacher at the Urban Community Leadership Academy, a public charter school.

In September, a school came under fire for suspending an 11-year-old boy because he wore an anti-Obama shirt to school.

[Woody]

Being a politically biased idiot does not a traitor make .A very poor teacher
maybe but hardly grounds for a firing squad .
Definatly needs to explain herself to her bosses ,who probably need to explain to the parents what they doing about her .Not a career enhancing move .

[03_SHOOTER]

Originally Posted by timwoodhead@hotmail.com

Being a politically biased idiot does not a traitor make .A very poor teacher
maybe but hardly grounds for a firing squad .
Definatly needs to explain herself to her bosses ,who probably need to explain to the parents what they doing about her .Not a career enhancing move .

Well Tim, we each have our own standards, and here, in Fayetteville, the term 'traitor' has been used quite a bit in reference to her, and not just by me.

[TheLegalShark]

Originally Posted by 03_SHOOTER

Well Tim, we each have our own standards, and here, in Fayetteville, the term 'traitor' has been used quite a bit in reference to her, and not just by me.

I have to disagree with you on that. Somebody making a bad decision (yes this is a very stupid and a very wrong thing for a teacher to do) does not make them a traitor. Does it make them dumb? Yes it does. Should it make them unemployed? Hopefully it does as well. Does it make them a traitor? No. Just because somebody disagrees with you politically doesn't make them a traitor. It just means they have a different view on the direction this country should go. Part of the problem that we have in this country is that people on both sides see only black and white. For every single "conservative" calling "liberals" traitors, you have a "liberal" that calls "conservatives" fascists. With things being the way they are right now; we need people on both sides of the aisle to stop pointing and shouting at each other like a bunch of Neanderthals. Right now, we as a whole need to man up and fix things, and that means both sides have to sit down and compromise.

[El Supremo]

Teachers as "agents" (loose term) of the Board of Education, are not allowed to endorse political preference in their students education. I don't think the word "traitor" is quite the word for it, theres another term that could be used. But i do believe she should be fired as soon as possible.

[dukesix]

The checks that Bill Ayers and the NEA wrote 20-30 years ago...were 'paid in full' on Nov.4th, 2008. If you can afford it, put your kids in a private school. If not, home school them. Believe me, your kids will thank you later.

Dukesix

[03_SHOOTER]

Originally Posted by TheLegalShark

I have to disagree with you on that. Somebody making a bad decision (yes this is a very stupid and a very wrong thing for a teacher to do) does not make them a traitor. Does it make them dumb? Yes it does. Should it make them unemployed? Hopefully it does as well. Does it make them a traitor? No. Just because somebody disagrees with you politically doesn't make them a traitor.

Are you even remotely familiar with the definition of traitor? Try looking it up some time, and then compare it with the words and activities of that Marxist Socialist/Communist Obama and his supporters! They are, knowingly or not, actively providing "aid and comfort" to our enemies, and are ACTIVELY seeking to destroy our nation by subverting the very clear meaning of the Constitution that many of us swore to support and defend, which makes them the "domestic enemies" we swore to defend it against.

Originally Posted by TheLegalShark

It just means they have a different view on the direction this country should go. Part of the problem that we have in this country is that people on both sides see only black and white. For every single "conservative" calling "liberals" traitors, you have a "liberal" that calls "conservatives" fascists. With things being the way they are right now; we need people on both sides of the aisle to stop pointing and shouting at each other like a bunch of Neanderthals. Right now, we as a whole need to man up and fix things, and that means both sides have to sit down and compromise.

No, it does not mean that we have "a different view on the direction the country should go", it means that they are trying to DESTROY IT! As far as I'm concerned, the only "compromise" I'm willing to discuss with them is whether they get a blindfold or not.

[03_SHOOTER]

Originally Posted by dukesix

The checks that Bill Ayers and the NEA wrote 20-30 years ago...were 'paid in full' on Nov.4th, 2008. If you can afford it, put your kids in a private school. If not, home school them. Believe me, your kids will thank you later.

Dukesix

Right you are, and the two responses immediately above your post are a primary example of why one should do that. They've obviously been fully indoctrinated by the Socialists, and have not the first clue what the Constitution says or means.

[ang1sgt]

This past Friday I was part of a news conference to announce a new Race in my area. Afterwords, I talked with a City School Teacher and he voiced his concerns over some of the TEXT messages he had seen the kids passing around just in his school. One stated that If Obama Lost the election that you should punch a whitey the next day in school.

Now while I did NOT see this txt, I have known this teacher for a number of years. He is a good teacher in a terrible school. I have trusted him and he's never abused my trust so I believe him when he tells me something like this.

What does this say about our Young People, our Country, and where we are heading?

[SlightlyCatholic]

What does this say about our Young People, our Country, and where we are heading?

If Facebook is any indication, there will be a coup d'etat relatively soon. I saw one Facebook group today titled "Impeach Obama", and he hasn't even taken office yet! I think the problem lies in the fact that we put so much emphasis on support for a particular candidate (and the democratic system itself) that we forget to tell people that it really IS over once the fat lady sings (or the last polling place closes). It seems right now that we all have our own favorite Roman general and they're all fighting for Rome. I don't think it helps that Obama supporters continue to throw their candidate's victory in everyone's faces...we're all duly aware who won.