Would someone please explain to me where a women gets paid less because of her gender. I can not think of one example. And does equal work for equal pay stand for illegals?
here ya go, a simple google of "gender pay gap" gives hundreds of links with stats and figures. in 2004 women made $.75 for every dollar a man of equal experience and qualifications made. in the link i am going to post it says the gap in US Gov't jobs has gone down from .19 to .11 cents on the dollar, so women are STILL making less money than men. equal work is inequal to equal pay....
You said you thought I was making it up about the Bush song.
you WERE making it up about the Bush Song. We knew about the Katrina Kids ages ago and didn't burst into tears that someone was trying to "Indoctrinate" the kids but it wasn't at the same school. That's the part you were making up. The song also doesn't say "thank the Lord for George Bush" like you said it did. You made THAT up too.
Having a pearl of truth in a big bag of BS doesn't make it all true, sweets.
I didn't make it up. I clearly stated in my last post that I was mistaken about which school. A mistake, and outright making something up are not one in the same.
They thank the Lord and say they love America....the video stops and jon stewart reads more lyrics about thank congress, bush, fema. so no, I didn't make it up.
They thank the Lord and say they love America....the video stops and jon stewart reads more lyrics about thank congress, bush, fema. so no, I didn't make it up.
But they don't say "thank the lord for George Bush," do they?
Look, I know that for some people, distorting the truth at any cost is the name of the game and when called out on their BS they do that "well, yeah, but, see.. um" thing that you're doing now.
They thank the Lord and say they love America....the video stops and jon stewart reads more lyrics about thank congress, bush, fema. so no, I didn't make it up.
But they don't say "thank the lord for George Bush," do they?
Look, I know that for some people, distorting the truth at any cost is the name of the game and when called out on their BS they do that "well, yeah, but, see.. um" thing that you're doing now.
You are the one distorting..I never said they specifically say "thank the Lord for George Bush"...I never got down to listing exact quotes from the song. Don't put words in my mouth.
I was informed by someone, who is capable of discussing things without resorting to name-calling and insults, that this same school actually did do a song about thanking the Lord for Bush. Your opinion?
I was informed by someone, who is capable of discussing things without resorting to name-calling and insults, that this same school actually did do a song about thanking the Lord for Bush. Your opinion?
I don't see anywhere in that post where it states: here is a quote from the song- "thank the Lord for George Bush"
It was a general description (as in not exact)..notice how you are the only one attempting to make it anything more than that. You are grasping at straws, so I'm done with it...peace.
You are grasping at straws, so I'm done with it...peace.
Actually, you are the one who is grasping at straws. You said there was a song about "thanking the lord for George Bush." There wasn't one. You said it in an attempt to see if you could coax out some outrage from those of us who don't see what the big deal is about the Obama song.
And you REALLY exaggerated in your attempt.
But hey.. go ahead and pretend you only SAID it but didn't really MEAN it.
He went to Denmark, to double-down,
To bring the games to his adopted town.
“The One,” with two other “Big O’s” in tow,
How could the IOC ever say no?
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
They were sent to make the city’s plea,
as a personal favor to their friend, Daley.
They promised their friend an impassioned pitch,
so he could make pals, and union laborers rich.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
He leaned on them with his rock-star ways,
but the IOC was rather unfazed.
And to show the world how much he cared,
he met with McChrystal while he was there.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
The committee returned a resounding “nope,”
should have sent goons, with a fat envelope.
The IOC rendered Obama moot,
“Forest Gump lite,” in a really nice suit.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
The Daley Plaza crowd got punk’d,
heck, they didn’t even have time to get drunk!
Shows you what The Messiah’s worth,
the “Second City” came in fourth.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
It’s Rio in 2016, on that you can bet,
does the rest of the world “love us” yet?
He went to Denmark, to double-down,
To bring the games to his adopted town.
“The One,” with two other “Big O’s” in tow,
How could the IOC ever say no?
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
They were sent to make the city’s plea,
as a personal favor to their friend, Daley.
They promised their friend an impassioned pitch,
so he could make pals, and union laborers rich.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
He leaned on them with his rock-star ways,
but the IOC was rather unfazed.
And to show the world how much he cared,
he met with McChrystal while he was there.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
The committee returned a resounding “nope,”
should have sent goons, with a fat envelope.
The IOC rendered Obama moot,
“Forest Gump lite,” in a really nice suit.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
The Daley Plaza crowd got punk’d,
heck, they didn’t even have time to get drunk!
Shows you what The Messiah’s worth,
the “Second City” came in fourth.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
It’s Rio in 2016, on that you can bet,
does the rest of the world “love us” yet?
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
(badgerblogger.com)
nice...
I love how the republicans have completely ignored their chance to act like the "party of grown-ups" that they've called themselves over the years... celebrating the fact that the US didn't get the Olympic games, losing their marbles about a supreme court nominee because they don't agree with her, going completely hysterical about a back to school pep talk, crying about a birth certificate for over a year, and making townhall meetings resemble Jerry Springer shows...
Instead of taking the high road and going on TV every chance they get and laying out solutions to our problems, they are acting like petulant children who had their favorite toy taken away... but I guess if they had any solutions, we wouldn't be in a lot of these messes to begin with, and they wouldn't have lost just about every meaningful election i the last few years.
My whole life
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
I love how the republicans have completely ignored their chance to act like the "party of grown-ups" that they've called themselves over the years... celebrating the fact that the US didn't get the Olympic games, losing their marbles about a supreme court nominee because they don't agree with her, going completely hysterical about a back to school pep talk, crying about a birth certificate for over a year, and making townhall meetings resemble Jerry Springer shows...
Instead of taking the high road and going on TV every chance they get and laying out solutions to our problems, they are acting like petulant children who had their favorite toy taken away... but I guess if they had any solutions, we wouldn't be in a lot of these messes to begin with, and they wouldn't have lost just about every meaningful election i the last few years.
welcome to american politics
don't compete; coexist
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
I really don't get he "nya nya nya" dance that conservatives are doing because we didn't get the Olympics which could have brought thousands of jobs and billions of dollars to America. I mean... you're actually celebrating... it's like that "Mean Girls" movie.
He went to Denmark, to double-down,
To bring the games to his adopted town.
“The One,” with two other “Big O’s” in tow,
How could the IOC ever say no?
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
They were sent to make the city’s plea,
as a personal favor to their friend, Daley.
They promised their friend an impassioned pitch,
so he could make pals, and union laborers rich.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
He leaned on them with his rock-star ways,
but the IOC was rather unfazed.
And to show the world how much he cared,
he met with McChrystal while he was there.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
The committee returned a resounding “nope,”
should have sent goons, with a fat envelope.
The IOC rendered Obama moot,
“Forest Gump lite,” in a really nice suit.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
The Daley Plaza crowd got punk’d,
heck, they didn’t even have time to get drunk!
Shows you what The Messiah’s worth,
the “Second City” came in fourth.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
It’s Rio in 2016, on that you can bet,
does the rest of the world “love us” yet?
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
(badgerblogger.com)
nice...
I love how the republicans have completely ignored their chance to act like the "party of grown-ups" that they've called themselves over the years... celebrating the fact that the US didn't get the Olympic games, losing their marbles about a supreme court nominee because they don't agree with her, going completely hysterical about a back to school pep talk, crying about a birth certificate for over a year, and making townhall meetings resemble Jerry Springer shows...
Instead of taking the high road and going on TV every chance they get and laying out solutions to our problems, they are acting like petulant children who had their favorite toy taken away... but I guess if they had any solutions, we wouldn't be in a lot of these messes to begin with, and they wouldn't have lost just about every meaningful election i the last few years.
they clearly have no solutions. they don't even have any SUGGESTIONS for solutions. instead of trying to help they sit back and throw stones. they relish in the fact that obama failed to deliver the olympics. do they really think that the american people are so stupid that the gop believes that a failure for obama is going to result in victory for the gop at the ballot box next year? to me it seems their strategy is to block all votes on everything so that they can say the dems led a "do nothing congress", when in reality they have only contributed to the do-nothing by doing nothing to help, only delay and obstruct.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
He went to Denmark, to double-down,
To bring the games to his adopted town.
“The One,” with two other “Big O’s” in tow,
How could the IOC ever say no?
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
They were sent to make the city’s plea,
as a personal favor to their friend, Daley.
They promised their friend an impassioned pitch,
so he could make pals, and union laborers rich.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
He leaned on them with his rock-star ways,
but the IOC was rather unfazed.
And to show the world how much he cared,
he met with McChrystal while he was there.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
The committee returned a resounding “nope,”
should have sent goons, with a fat envelope.
The IOC rendered Obama moot,
“Forest Gump lite,” in a really nice suit.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
The Daley Plaza crowd got punk’d,
heck, they didn’t even have time to get drunk!
Shows you what The Messiah’s worth,
the “Second City” came in fourth.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
It’s Rio in 2016, on that you can bet,
does the rest of the world “love us” yet?
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
(badgerblogger.com)
nice...
I love how the republicans have completely ignored their chance to act like the "party of grown-ups" that they've called themselves over the years... celebrating the fact that the US didn't get the Olympic games, losing their marbles about a supreme court nominee because they don't agree with her, going completely hysterical about a back to school pep talk, crying about a birth certificate for over a year, and making townhall meetings resemble Jerry Springer shows...
Instead of taking the high road and going on TV every chance they get and laying out solutions to our problems, they are acting like petulant children who had their favorite toy taken away... but I guess if they had any solutions, we wouldn't be in a lot of these messes to begin with, and they wouldn't have lost just about every meaningful election i the last few years.
they clearly have no solutions. they don't even have any SUGGESTIONS for solutions. instead of trying to help they sit back and throw stones. they relish in the fact that obama failed to deliver the olympics. do they really think that the american people are so stupid that the gop believes that a failure for obama is going to result in victory for the gop at the ballot box next year? to me it seems their strategy is to block all votes on everything so that they can say the dems led a "do nothing congress", when in reality they have only contributed to the do-nothing by doing nothing to help, only delay and obstruct.
First off Obama has been on TV more than any other President in history in the short time he has been Pres. Then he say nothing each time...
Some suggestions
1. 1. I don't want my insurance premiums to go up. change the tax code to allow me to grow my health savings account. Give me an individual tax break to buy health insurance outside of work and allow interstate purchasing of less regulated, lower cost insurance.
2. I refuse to be forced to buy health insurance - or pay a tax, penalty or face jail time! Instead, I'll work to unseat you for this Un-Constitutional act.
3. I do not want a government committee deciding my care and penalizing my doctor for giving me the care I need. Instead: Put the power for medical decisions and payment in my hands.
4. NO RECONCILIATION OR VAPOR BILLS! - We are on to you and we are watching. Don't try this because it says you and your peers are up to no good.
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
1. 1. I don't want my insurance premiums to go up. change the tax code to allow me to grow my health savings account. Give me an individual tax break to buy health insurance outside of work and allow interstate purchasing of less regulated, lower cost insurance.
2. I refuse to be forced to buy health insurance - or pay a tax, penalty or face jail time! Instead, I'll work to unseat you for this Un-Constitutional act.
3. I do not want a government committee deciding my care and penalizing my doctor for giving me the care I need. Instead: Put the power for medical decisions and payment in my hands.
4. NO RECONCILIATION OR VAPOR BILLS! - We are on to you and we are watching. Don't try this because it says you and your peers are up to no good.
OK, where are you getting ANY of this? There's nothing written anywhere saying that you'll be sent to jail for not having insurance and you're still repeating those silly Death Panel stories.
1. 1. I don't want my insurance premiums to go up. change the tax code to allow me to grow my health savings account. Give me an individual tax break to buy health insurance outside of work and allow interstate purchasing of less regulated, lower cost insurance.
2. I refuse to be forced to buy health insurance - or pay a tax, penalty or face jail time! Instead, I'll work to unseat you for this Un-Constitutional act.
3. I do not want a government committee deciding my care and penalizing my doctor for giving me the care I need. Instead: Put the power for medical decisions and payment in my hands.
4. NO RECONCILIATION OR VAPOR BILLS! - We are on to you and we are watching. Don't try this because it says you and your peers are up to no good.
OK, where are you getting ANY of this? There's nothing written anywhere saying that you'll be sent to jail for not having insurance and you're still repeating those silly Death Panel stories.
really dude...
media
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
1. 1. I don't want my insurance premiums to go up. change the tax code to allow me to grow my health savings account. Give me an individual tax break to buy health insurance outside of work and allow interstate purchasing of less regulated, lower cost insurance.
2. I refuse to be forced to buy health insurance - or pay a tax, penalty or face jail time! Instead, I'll work to unseat you for this Un-Constitutional act.
3. I do not want a government committee deciding my care and penalizing my doctor for giving me the care I need. Instead: Put the power for medical decisions and payment in my hands.
4. NO RECONCILIATION OR VAPOR BILLS! - We are on to you and we are watching. Don't try this because it says you and your peers are up to no good.
OK, where are you getting ANY of this? There's nothing written anywhere saying that you'll be sent to jail for not having insurance and you're still repeating those silly Death Panel stories.
really dude...
media
Almost as intelligent and compelling an argument as your "blah blah blah" post. You sir/ma'am/whatever, are truly one of a kind. Who needs proof of anything?
The republicans just passed a bill that says if you don't convert to Christianity, you face lethal injection. I know, I saw it on the media. Believe me? Oh you don't? You want facts or proof you say? Fancy that...
more on this protest from this morning...evidently people have nothing better to do. how about going to work.....most of these protesters do not even have kids attending the school....funny how they have signs that say god bless america and the battle hymn of the republic because they do not want the kids indoctrinated, while singing such "patriotic" songs is just that....
"BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Protesters brought some different songs Monday to an elementary school where students sang in praise of President Barack Obama, bringing criticism from conservative commentators who said children were being indoctrinated.
About 70 protesters stood on a sidewalk across the street from the B. Bernice Young School waving flags and homemade placards, singing "God Bless America" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and chanting slogans such as "No indoctrination" and "Free children, free minds."
A smaller group of counter-protesters watched and occasionally heckled them.
The school is in a diverse suburb 15 miles northeast of Philadelphia and landed in an uncomfortable national spotlight last month when the video, shot last school year during an author's visit, surfaced. In it, second-graders sang a medley that began, "Mmm, mmm, mmm, Barack Hussein Obama/He said that all must lend a hand/To make this country strong again."
Some critics of the president say the song was overtly political and follows a pattern of Obama being viewed as an idol rather than a politician.
Monday's 90-minute protest, held while the school was in session and attended largely by members of anti-tax organizations from around the state, was an outgrowth of that sentiment.
"We should continue protests like this to prevent this from happening again," said Robert Gordan, 66, a retiree from Middletown.
Karen Flowers, a 43-year-old state government social worker, was there to protest the protesters.
"I don't have any problem with the first African-American president, the children singing about it," Flowers said. "They're making a lot out of nothing."
Jim and Gina Pronchick, who were among the few protesters who have children in the school, said they were upset that their son was in the video without their permission - and that school officials hadn't fully explained the context of the song.
The song was performed in February during an assembly that celebrated a number of occasions, from Black History Month to Dental Health Month, the township Board of Education said in a statement Monday. The lyrics were sent home to parents in advance, the board said.
The video was made a month later when Charisse Carney-Nunes, who wrote the children's book "I Am Barack Obama," visited the school and children sang the song again, school officials said.
"There was no intention to make any political statement or promote a political agenda at all," Superintendent Christopher Manno said in the statement.
The teacher who oversaw the class has retired. "
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
waving flags and homemade placards, singing "God Bless America" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and chanting slogans such as "No indoctrination" and "Free children, free minds."
i can't decide if i find it hilarious or really depressing that probably not one of them saw the irony in this.
President Obama is more of a pop star president than he is a leader in my eyes but these people protesting this stupid song is just plain stupid. Get over it.
waving flags and homemade placards, singing "God Bless America" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and chanting slogans such as "No indoctrination" and "Free children, free minds."
i can't decide if i find it hilarious or really depressing that probably not one of them saw the irony in this.
they are too stupid to sense irony. they really think they are trying to make a difference and save the youth from indoctrination.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
Comments
man, after all these years and AC/DC is still kickin it!
I didn't make it up. I clearly stated in my last post that I was mistaken about which school. A mistake, and outright making something up are not one in the same.
They thank the Lord and say they love America....the video stops and jon stewart reads more lyrics about thank congress, bush, fema. so no, I didn't make it up.
But they don't say "thank the lord for George Bush," do they?
Look, I know that for some people, distorting the truth at any cost is the name of the game and when called out on their BS they do that "well, yeah, but, see.. um" thing that you're doing now.
Really? Then what did you mean when you posted this?
I don't see anywhere in that post where it states: here is a quote from the song- "thank the Lord for George Bush"
It was a general description (as in not exact)..notice how you are the only one attempting to make it anything more than that. You are grasping at straws, so I'm done with it...peace.
Actually, you are the one who is grasping at straws. You said there was a song about "thanking the lord for George Bush." There wasn't one. You said it in an attempt to see if you could coax out some outrage from those of us who don't see what the big deal is about the Obama song.
And you REALLY exaggerated in your attempt.
But hey.. go ahead and pretend you only SAID it but didn't really MEAN it.
Children praise Obama, Chicago 2016 redux
He went to Denmark, to double-down,
To bring the games to his adopted town.
“The One,” with two other “Big O’s” in tow,
How could the IOC ever say no?
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
They were sent to make the city’s plea,
as a personal favor to their friend, Daley.
They promised their friend an impassioned pitch,
so he could make pals, and union laborers rich.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
He leaned on them with his rock-star ways,
but the IOC was rather unfazed.
And to show the world how much he cared,
he met with McChrystal while he was there.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
The committee returned a resounding “nope,”
should have sent goons, with a fat envelope.
The IOC rendered Obama moot,
“Forest Gump lite,” in a really nice suit.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
The Daley Plaza crowd got punk’d,
heck, they didn’t even have time to get drunk!
Shows you what The Messiah’s worth,
the “Second City” came in fourth.
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
It’s Rio in 2016, on that you can bet,
does the rest of the world “love us” yet?
Barack Hussein Obama. Mmmm. Mmmm. Mmmm.
(badgerblogger.com)
nice...
I love how the republicans have completely ignored their chance to act like the "party of grown-ups" that they've called themselves over the years... celebrating the fact that the US didn't get the Olympic games, losing their marbles about a supreme court nominee because they don't agree with her, going completely hysterical about a back to school pep talk, crying about a birth certificate for over a year, and making townhall meetings resemble Jerry Springer shows...
Instead of taking the high road and going on TV every chance they get and laying out solutions to our problems, they are acting like petulant children who had their favorite toy taken away... but I guess if they had any solutions, we wouldn't be in a lot of these messes to begin with, and they wouldn't have lost just about every meaningful election i the last few years.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
welcome to american politics
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
Good freaking lord, are you 12?
I really don't get he "nya nya nya" dance that conservatives are doing because we didn't get the Olympics which could have brought thousands of jobs and billions of dollars to America. I mean... you're actually celebrating... it's like that "Mean Girls" movie.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
First off Obama has been on TV more than any other President in history in the short time he has been Pres. Then he say nothing each time...
Some suggestions
1. 1. I don't want my insurance premiums to go up. change the tax code to allow me to grow my health savings account. Give me an individual tax break to buy health insurance outside of work and allow interstate purchasing of less regulated, lower cost insurance.
2. I refuse to be forced to buy health insurance - or pay a tax, penalty or face jail time! Instead, I'll work to unseat you for this Un-Constitutional act.
3. I do not want a government committee deciding my care and penalizing my doctor for giving me the care I need. Instead: Put the power for medical decisions and payment in my hands.
4. NO RECONCILIATION OR VAPOR BILLS! - We are on to you and we are watching. Don't try this because it says you and your peers are up to no good.
OK, where are you getting ANY of this? There's nothing written anywhere saying that you'll be sent to jail for not having insurance and you're still repeating those silly Death Panel stories.
really dude...
Almost as intelligent and compelling an argument as your "blah blah blah" post. You sir/ma'am/whatever, are truly one of a kind. Who needs proof of anything?
The republicans just passed a bill that says if you don't convert to Christianity, you face lethal injection. I know, I saw it on the media. Believe me? Oh you don't? You want facts or proof you say? Fancy that...
Obama song prompts protests at elementary school
http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/962954.html
By GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press Writer
"BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Protesters brought some different songs Monday to an elementary school where students sang in praise of President Barack Obama, bringing criticism from conservative commentators who said children were being indoctrinated.
About 70 protesters stood on a sidewalk across the street from the B. Bernice Young School waving flags and homemade placards, singing "God Bless America" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and chanting slogans such as "No indoctrination" and "Free children, free minds."
A smaller group of counter-protesters watched and occasionally heckled them.
The school is in a diverse suburb 15 miles northeast of Philadelphia and landed in an uncomfortable national spotlight last month when the video, shot last school year during an author's visit, surfaced. In it, second-graders sang a medley that began, "Mmm, mmm, mmm, Barack Hussein Obama/He said that all must lend a hand/To make this country strong again."
Some critics of the president say the song was overtly political and follows a pattern of Obama being viewed as an idol rather than a politician.
Monday's 90-minute protest, held while the school was in session and attended largely by members of anti-tax organizations from around the state, was an outgrowth of that sentiment.
"We should continue protests like this to prevent this from happening again," said Robert Gordan, 66, a retiree from Middletown.
Karen Flowers, a 43-year-old state government social worker, was there to protest the protesters.
"I don't have any problem with the first African-American president, the children singing about it," Flowers said. "They're making a lot out of nothing."
Jim and Gina Pronchick, who were among the few protesters who have children in the school, said they were upset that their son was in the video without their permission - and that school officials hadn't fully explained the context of the song.
The song was performed in February during an assembly that celebrated a number of occasions, from Black History Month to Dental Health Month, the township Board of Education said in a statement Monday. The lyrics were sent home to parents in advance, the board said.
The video was made a month later when Charisse Carney-Nunes, who wrote the children's book "I Am Barack Obama," visited the school and children sang the song again, school officials said.
"There was no intention to make any political statement or promote a political agenda at all," Superintendent Christopher Manno said in the statement.
The teacher who oversaw the class has retired. "
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
i can't decide if i find it hilarious or really depressing that probably not one of them saw the irony in this.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."