PROFESSOR OBAMA TO TALK TO KIDS

I heard a lady call in to Glenn Beck's radio show today and say that she is declaring September 8th, Parentally Approved Skip School Day (PASS). What on earth for? Well, at Noon EST on that day, Barack Obama will be appearing in a televised message to be directed at kids in school.

In fact, Education Secretary Arne Duncan (pictured with Obama) and his DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION even sent a letter to all public school principals informing them of this grand event so that all of the kids can be inspired at lunch time.

Since taking office, the President has repeatedly focused on education, even as the country faces two wars, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and major challenges on issues like energy and health care. The President believes that education is a critical part of building a new foundation for the American economy. Educated people are more active civically and better informed on issues affecting their lives, their families and their futures.

As I read that, I couldn't help but wonder if the guy leading the most fiscally irresponsible administration in this country's history is going to go in front of our children and lay it all at their feet under the guise of preparing them to have to deal with it. Sounds like Obama's getting ready to deliver one heck of a pep talk. The cup of hope will no doubt runneth over. But that's not all...

This is the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation's school children about persisting and succeeding in school. We encourage you to use this historic moment to help your students get focused and begin the school year strong. I encourage you, your teachers, and students to join me in watching the President deliver this address on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. It will be broadcast live on the White House website www.whitehouse.gov 12:00 noon eastern standard time.

I know that Obama's buddy Bill Ayers believes in seeking social justice by targeting school children but I wonder if the reason for all of this is nothing more than pragmatism in the face of a weary adult public who is rejecting Obama's pervasiveness on television and he can't handle it. He loves to be in front of people and he hasn't been for quite some time. Maybe he's working back into it by sitting in front of kids (we need someone to tally the number of spit balls that end up on all of the computer screens).

Speaking of Bill Ayers (h/t to MICHELLE MALKIN), check out this OP-ED by Stanley Kurtz from nearly one year ago. In addition to how Ayers targeted schools, note how closely both Obama and he worked together. Here is a portion of Kurtz' column:

The Chicago Annenberg Challenge was created ostensibly to improve Chicago’s public schools. The funding came from a national education initiative by Ambassador Walter Annenberg. In early 1995, Mr. Obama was appointed the first chairman of the board, which handled fiscal matters. Mr. Ayers co-chaired the foundation’s other key body, the “Collaborative,” which shaped education policy.

The CAC’s basic functioning has long been known, because its annual reports, evaluations and some board minutes were public. But the Daley archive contains additional board minutes, the Collaborative minutes, and documentation on the groups that CAC funded and rejected. The Daley archives show that Mr. Obama and Mr. Ayers worked as a team to advance the CAC agenda.

…The CAC’s agenda flowed from Mr. Ayers’s educational philosophy, which called for infusing students and their parents with a radical political commitment, and which downplayed achievement tests in favor of activism. In the mid-1960s, Mr. Ayers taught at a radical alternative school, and served as a community organizer in Cleveland’s ghetto.

Be sure to read the whole thing.