Posted by
Sean Engmann on Monday, November 10, 2008 3:05:08 AM
supply-side economics has been rendered. The era of multiculturalism and internationalism is upon us. That's what the mainstream media and the liberal Democrats want everyone to think and that's what they will bombard us with over the next several months. They will say that Obama's election represents a fundamental shift in American politics and that the financial crisis that we face is a result solely of conservative policies. While the secular-progressives have taken the first round, the fight for the future of the United States of America is far from over.
Make no mistake, the groundwork for Tuesday's victory has been in the works for decades, and a confluence of events has led to the election of the most liberal American president in history. The bulk of Obama's base lies in the youth, a base that has been cultivated through decades of carefully crafted influence in schools. In America's education system, secular-progressive values are championed and taught as the norm. Rather than an unambilvalent appreciation of America, our civics, our history and our Constitution, educators, who heavily supported Obama this year, have been systematically bombarding our youth about the ills of America. Rather than discussing Columbus's discovery of America, they teach about the maltreatment of the Indians, instead of discussing the greatness of the American Revolution, the focus is on the oppression of minority groups, and instead of discussing the great victory over tyranny in World War II, they talk about the destruction caused by the bombs that ended the war. Rather that focusing on the rich culture that has developed in this country, we celebrate in schools the holidays of other nations, such as Cinco de Mayo, and the Chinese New Year.
In addition to the revisionist version of American history, the left uses the schools to promote their athestic values and their multicultural vision of the world. Students are discouraged from making value judgements and are encouraged to refrain from judging actions in general. The basic concept of right and wrong is being distorted in schools, with right supposedly being "tolerance" or acceptance, and wrong being the ability to stand out from the crowd or to make judgements. We even see this in sports, as participation awards have largely supplanted awards for achievement. The over-arching theme of acceptance and tolerance is the norm, except towards those few souls who challenge the norm, where the swift result is ostricization and isolation. The result: unquestioning conformity and general debauchery.
At the high school in San Francisco where I coach baseball, there was a recent mock-election in which Obama won 95% of the vote among the students, and CA Prop 8, which defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, was defeated by an even larger margin. A player on my team told me it was almost like a communal school effort to get Obama elected. Although this is a private school, these statistics of conformity are alarming and can be devestating to the country at large. This school is not a learning center, it's an indoctrination center.
The battle for our country must begin with reclaiming our schools. The internationalist agenda has been taught for too long, and it's time that we learn again to appreciate the value of America, the last, best hope for the rest of the world. Conservatives must fight for America, and we must preserve our culture, which is under seige.