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As if we don't have enough to worry about with trying to stop the Illegal Alien Invasion we're faced, again, with communism at our every turn. I'd like to echo what a couple of folks on this forum have noted recently. One, "Where is McCarthy when you need him" and Two, "The lesser of two evils is still evil". For sure, Kruschev knew what he was talking about when he mentioned that America would fall from within. Did he also say it would happen without a shot being fired? How will you vote in November?
Distributed by www.ChristianWorldviewNetwork.com
By Brannon Howse
Posted: 06/22/2006
U.S.A. Schooling the Communist Way
Part 1
By Brannon S. Howse
Several weeks ago, I was sitting in a hotel lobby sipping a
Coke and visiting with my friend Michael Reagan who had just given a speech
before several hundred people. Mike, as you may know, is a best-selling
author, radio talk-show host, Fox News contributor, and eldest son of
President Ronald Reagan.
A few minutes into our conversation, Mike remembered something he wanted to
tell me. "Brannon," he said, cocking his head in my direction, "I thought
of you this morning when I read
the newspaper."
I wondered if he were about to crack a joke at my expense but noted that
there was no trace of a smirk on Mike's face. "Really?" I wondered, "What
made you think of me?"
"Well," Mike said before pausing for an instant (I wonder where he picked
up that mannerism) "I was thinking of you because I read in the paper that
Jeb Bush has become the first governor in America to sign into law a
state-wide requirement that ninth-grade high school students pick a career
major and focus on that major from ninth through twelfth grade. You've
predicted something like that on my radio show more than once since
1993-also in your book for which I wrote the foreword."
Mike was correct. It's a prediction I hoped Americans would be wise enough
to stop before it came to pass. As the education reporter and often the
guest host of Michael Reagan's program I had spend countless hours warning
Mike's listeners about Goals 2000, School-to-Work, Outcome-Based Education,
HR6, No Child Left Behind, and other federal plans that have the goal of
merging education with industrial production, thus turning our schools into
vocational centers where students are "trained" rather than educated.
Republicans and Democrats alike are to blame for nailing this tenth plank
of the Communist Manifesto into the educational foundation of schools right
here in the good old U.S. of A. Lest you think I exaggerate, the tenth
principle of the Communist Manifesto states that the goal of schooling for
society's children should be the "combination of education with industrial
production."
Starting in 1992, the transformation of America's schools into vocational
centers greatly accelerated. T.G. Stict, who served under Secretary of
Labor Robert Reich, has observed, "Many companies have moved operations to
places with cheap, relatively poorly educated labor. What may be crucial,
they say, is the dependability of a labor force and how well it can be
managed and trained, not its general education level." In other words, as
long as we can control people, who cares what they know?
Through programs like School-to-Work the "State" decides which children
will go on to college and which go straight into the workforce following
their "training certification." State education authorities review a
student's educational history and determine the career track the individual
will follow. The desires of
Big Brother, I mean, the State take precedent
over the wishes of the individual and his or her parents. Those who conform
to governmental standards are rewarded with further education and a good
job. Those who do not reflect the liberal, Secular Humanist worldview will
likely be pushed to vocational jobs where their Christian worldview is less
likely to have an impact on the culture.
The California PTA has noted that "School-to-Work is based on the premise
that government control can do a better job of training individuals,
satisfying occupational demands and managing the development of economic
activities than can the effort and initiative of millions of individuals."
The draconian educational measures of the past fifteen years
have made strange bedfellows. President
George H. W. Bush gave us America
2000. Although President Clinton later changed the name to Goals 2000, he
supported the program and pushed through several federal bills that further
meshed education with industrial production. President George W. Bush
expanded what his father and President Clinton had begun when he cozied up
with Ted Kennedy to give us a massive federal program with the irresistible
sound-bite name, No Child Left Behind. Florida Governor Jeb Bush then took
advantage of federal funds available from his older brother's program and
on June 5, 2006 signed into law the ninth grade career major requirement.
Florida is the first state in the nation to require this state-wide. Under
Florida's new law, career exploration will begin as early as sixth grade.
By ninth grade, students will need to declare their career major. Several
other states are not far behind and will soon join Florida in this radical
American implementation of the Communist Manifesto.
Did you know what you wanted to do when you were in ninth
grade? Do you wish the government had decided for you then what you would
be doing for the rest of your life to earn a living? Would that seem like a
heavy-handed restriction on your freedom to be self-determining? (In case
you need help on this test, the right answers are No-No-Yes.)
Students will be encouraged to select a career that will direct
them either along a vocational track or a college-bound track. With the
assistance (or coercion, perhaps?) of school career counselors, students
will be channeled into the path that
is "right" for them. But here's one of
the big problems that is guaranteed to arise: If a ninth grade student who
decides on the auto mechanic track, for example, changes his mind in the
eleventh or twelfth grade, he's stuck without the schooling needed to go to
college upon graduation. At that point, a vocational track student will not
have taken courses needed for acceptance into college.
Some of you may consider this a good idea since not everyone should be
college bound. And I agree that in many regards, college is a waste of time
and money unless a person aspires to be a doctor, lawyer, nurse, engineer,
or other such professional. Several studies reveal that many, if not most,
of America's millionaires do not have college degrees. Such notables as
Rush Limbaugh, Bill Gates, President Harry Truman, and the late Peter
Jennings
never graduated from college. Yet while a college degree is not
needed for success, an academically sound education from kindergarten
through twelfth grade is essential for every student regardless of their
post-high school plans. It is the only way to have an informed citizenry.
Perhaps even more critical, the federal government is not qualified to
project the supply and demand of the workforce two years-much less ten-from
now. Trying to do so is one of the stultifying aspects of centrally planned
economies (remember the Soviet Union?). Whether the plan is called
ready-to-work, school-to-work, school-to-career, small learning
communities, or any other soundbite-crafted moniker, it is still a
fulfillment of the Communist Manifesto, not the Declaration of Independence
or any other foundational American document.
The frightening reality is that codifying these programs will
only make an already dangerous situation worse. Even without Florida-style
programs solidly in place yet, many students are already finding themselves
channeled where they don't want to go. In part 2 of this series, we will
examine several examples of how honor students that are also conservative
Christians have been funneled into jobs as bartenders and waitresses. And
bear in mind as elections approach that you can't simply assume a given
Republican or Democrat is for or against such programs just because of
party affiliation. You'll have to find out where each individual candidate
stands. Educational communism is not a party-specific issue. So be careful
not to vote for someone who will add a communist plank to an
election platform.
Distributed by www.ChristianWorldviewNetwork.com
Distributed by www.ChristianWorldviewNetwork.com
By Brannon Howse
Posted: 06/22/2006
U.S.A. Schooling the Communist Way
Part 1
By Brannon S. Howse
Several weeks ago, I was sitting in a hotel lobby sipping a
Coke and visiting with my friend Michael Reagan who had just given a speech
before several hundred people. Mike, as you may know, is a best-selling
author, radio talk-show host, Fox News contributor, and eldest son of
President Ronald Reagan.
A few minutes into our conversation, Mike remembered something he wanted to
tell me. "Brannon," he said, cocking his head in my direction, "I thought
of you this morning when I read
the newspaper."
I wondered if he were about to crack a joke at my expense but noted that
there was no trace of a smirk on Mike's face. "Really?" I wondered, "What
made you think of me?"
"Well," Mike said before pausing for an instant (I wonder where he picked
up that mannerism) "I was thinking of you because I read in the paper that
Jeb Bush has become the first governor in America to sign into law a
state-wide requirement that ninth-grade high school students pick a career
major and focus on that major from ninth through twelfth grade. You've
predicted something like that on my radio show more than once since
1993-also in your book for which I wrote the foreword."
Mike was correct. It's a prediction I hoped Americans would be wise enough
to stop before it came to pass. As the education reporter and often the
guest host of Michael Reagan's program I had spend countless hours warning
Mike's listeners about Goals 2000, School-to-Work, Outcome-Based Education,
HR6, No Child Left Behind, and other federal plans that have the goal of
merging education with industrial production, thus turning our schools into
vocational centers where students are "trained" rather than educated.
Republicans and Democrats alike are to blame for nailing this tenth plank
of the Communist Manifesto into the educational foundation of schools right
here in the good old U.S. of A. Lest you think I exaggerate, the tenth
principle of the Communist Manifesto states that the goal of schooling for
society's children should be the "combination of education with industrial
production."
Starting in 1992, the transformation of America's schools into vocational
centers greatly accelerated. T.G. Stict, who served under Secretary of
Labor Robert Reich, has observed, "Many companies have moved operations to
places with cheap, relatively poorly educated labor. What may be crucial,
they say, is the dependability of a labor force and how well it can be
managed and trained, not its general education level." In other words, as
long as we can control people, who cares what they know?
Through programs like School-to-Work the "State" decides which children
will go on to college and which go straight into the workforce following
their "training certification." State education authorities review a
student's educational history and determine the career track the individual
will follow. The desires of
Big Brother, I mean, the State take precedent
over the wishes of the individual and his or her parents. Those who conform
to governmental standards are rewarded with further education and a good
job. Those who do not reflect the liberal, Secular Humanist worldview will
likely be pushed to vocational jobs where their Christian worldview is less
likely to have an impact on the culture.
The California PTA has noted that "School-to-Work is based on the premise
that government control can do a better job of training individuals,
satisfying occupational demands and managing the development of economic
activities than can the effort and initiative of millions of individuals."
The draconian educational measures of the past fifteen years
have made strange bedfellows. President
George H. W. Bush gave us America
2000. Although President Clinton later changed the name to Goals 2000, he
supported the program and pushed through several federal bills that further
meshed education with industrial production. President George W. Bush
expanded what his father and President Clinton had begun when he cozied up
with Ted Kennedy to give us a massive federal program with the irresistible
sound-bite name, No Child Left Behind. Florida Governor Jeb Bush then took
advantage of federal funds available from his older brother's program and
on June 5, 2006 signed into law the ninth grade career major requirement.
Florida is the first state in the nation to require this state-wide. Under
Florida's new law, career exploration will begin as early as sixth grade.
By ninth grade, students will need to declare their career major. Several
other states are not far behind and will soon join Florida in this radical
American implementation of the Communist Manifesto.
Did you know what you wanted to do when you were in ninth
grade? Do you wish the government had decided for you then what you would
be doing for the rest of your life to earn a living? Would that seem like a
heavy-handed restriction on your freedom to be self-determining? (In case
you need help on this test, the right answers are No-No-Yes.)
Students will be encouraged to select a career that will direct
them either along a vocational track or a college-bound track. With the
assistance (or coercion, perhaps?) of school career counselors, students
will be channeled into the path that
is "right" for them. But here's one of
the big problems that is guaranteed to arise: If a ninth grade student who
decides on the auto mechanic track, for example, changes his mind in the
eleventh or twelfth grade, he's stuck without the schooling needed to go to
college upon graduation. At that point, a vocational track student will not
have taken courses needed for acceptance into college.
Some of you may consider this a good idea since not everyone should be
college bound. And I agree that in many regards, college is a waste of time
and money unless a person aspires to be a doctor, lawyer, nurse, engineer,
or other such professional. Several studies reveal that many, if not most,
of America's millionaires do not have college degrees. Such notables as
Rush Limbaugh, Bill Gates, President Harry Truman, and the late Peter
Jennings
never graduated from college. Yet while a college degree is not
needed for success, an academically sound education from kindergarten
through twelfth grade is essential for every student regardless of their
post-high school plans. It is the only way to have an informed citizenry.
Perhaps even more critical, the federal government is not qualified to
project the supply and demand of the workforce two years-much less ten-from
now. Trying to do so is one of the stultifying aspects of centrally planned
economies (remember the Soviet Union?). Whether the plan is called
ready-to-work, school-to-work, school-to-career, small learning
communities, or any other soundbite-crafted moniker, it is still a
fulfillment of the Communist Manifesto, not the Declaration of Independence
or any other foundational American document.
The frightening reality is that codifying these programs will
only make an already dangerous situation worse. Even without Florida-style
programs solidly in place yet, many students are already finding themselves
channeled where they don't want to go. In part 2 of this series, we will
examine several examples of how honor students that are also conservative
Christians have been funneled into jobs as bartenders and waitresses. And
bear in mind as elections approach that you can't simply assume a given
Republican or Democrat is for or against such programs just because of
party affiliation. You'll have to find out where each individual candidate
stands. Educational communism is not a party-specific issue. So be careful
not to vote for someone who will add a communist plank to an
election platform.
Distributed by www.ChristianWorldviewNetwork.com
Comments
- Tony Clifton
Depending on the day of the week are we there friends or are they are friends. Like we have never spied on our friends? Trust me I am with the US government and I am here to help you. yea right [8D]
Are they paying us $3 billions ANNUALLY and providing all our military equipment? And spy on them as well in exchange?