Comments on: Grade school politics http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/12/04/grade-school-politics/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:23:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jackpine savage http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/12/04/grade-school-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-9400 jackpine savage Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:54:33 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/12/04/grade-school-politics/#comment-9400 From the politics of personal destruction to the politics of the absurd... The interesting thing about this story is that who knows how many third graders have written an "essay" about wanting to be president someday. Very few of them say that they want to be a server at Applebee's when they grow up. If i were the Obama campaign, i'd turn this around and make it the classic, American Dream story. I once taught a class in Korea (kindergarten kids who could tell you why the American flag has 50 stars and 13 stripes...as well as the constituent parts of the Union Jack) once where they played us badly with that game. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" "A donkey!" "A piano!" And one little boy who was adamant about being a mail carrier...we figured he already had the necessary skills. I hope that Suzie gets to be a donkey someday, or comes close, so i can write an expose on her life long lust for power... From the politics of personal destruction to the politics of the absurd…

The interesting thing about this story is that who knows how many third graders have written an “essay” about wanting to be president someday. Very few of them say that they want to be a server at Applebee’s when they grow up. If i were the Obama campaign, i’d turn this around and make it the classic, American Dream story.

I once taught a class in Korea (kindergarten kids who could tell you why the American flag has 50 stars and 13 stripes…as well as the constituent parts of the Union Jack) once where they played us badly with that game. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” “A donkey!” “A piano!” And one little boy who was adamant about being a mail carrier…we figured he already had the necessary skills. I hope that Suzie gets to be a donkey someday, or comes close, so i can write an expose on her life long lust for power…

]]> By: elaine http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/12/04/grade-school-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-9392 elaine Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:24:34 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/12/04/grade-school-politics/#comment-9392 :) The latest movie was much better... :)

The latest movie was much better…

]]> By: Rho http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/12/04/grade-school-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-9305 Rho Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:47:14 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/12/04/grade-school-politics/#comment-9305 I like the comment in the article about how Obama was lucky he was born prior to widespread use of prenatal ultrasounds or who knows what the Clinton campaign would be using against him. I like the comment in the article about how Obama was lucky he was born prior to widespread use of prenatal ultrasounds or who knows what the Clinton campaign would be using against him.

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