America's third-graders are not, generally speaking, overwhelmingly aware of the dangers of socialism. This is unacceptable according to the Tampa Liberty School, a 5-day summer camp designed to wash the political correctness out of children's tender, pre-liberal minds. There, kids will learn about Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, the Federalist Papers, the schools of constitutional interpretation and Enlightenment contexts for the American Revolution. Just kidding. They will learn that socialism is evil, paper currency is arbitrarily worthless, and that freedom means cleaning up the giant mess you made all over the floor. It is a helpful coincidence that these lessons are designed for third grade level learning since the class projects are created with about the third grade level understanding of American history known to so many of our beloved Tea Party Patriots.
The real lesson here is that the Liberty Patriot Instructor person is giving the kids' "Candy Investments" bogus triple-A ratings, which of course represents the bankers and their unregulated default swaps that nearly killed the entire world's economies?
Then, the lesson continues as the kids never ever bother to figure out that their candy-backed "banks" are filled with nothing but flavorless candy dust, because they are told to just quiet down, eat this anusburger, and look at this cartoon video of cats dancing.
<blockquote>Children will blow bubbles from a single container of soapy solution, and then pop each other&rsquo;s bubbles with squirt guns in an arrangement that mimics socialism. They are to count how many bubbles they pop. Then they will work with individual bottles of solution and pop their own bubbles.</blockquote>
Bubbles which pop on their own symbolize what, again? Tax cuts? Welfare handouts? Invisible hands of the free market?
I like the ingeniousness of these &#039;educators&#039; ... you can just tack <i>in an arrangement that mimics socialism</i> on the end of literally any activity, and it will satisfy their analogy. Because, of course, Teabaggers / marks / suckers / Survival Seed aficionados will never ever bother to think through any of it.
The real lesson of this camp: a bagger and his money are soon parted.
Holy Cow, I too went to high school in FL andI had to take that same class. I think the name was Capitalism vs. Communism, though. Our teacher was pretty cool IIRC. Pretty much, &quot;capitalism is fine, but it&#039;s not without its problems&quot;.
At what point to they put 11 candies on the table and the Koch portrayor takes ten and the accuses the union portrayor of making the Patriot (child) share his candy?
On one hand, this is appalling. On the other hand, only the children of Teabaggers will be going. Still appalling, but it probably won&#039;t make the kids any stupider. ie- when you&#039;re at the bottom of the hole, you can&#039;t go no further.
Another example: Somebody symbolizing BP/Big Oil, takes a shit in the water fountain, while everyone else is forced to apologize because the fountain was too high for him to sit down comfortably while doing so.
Are loaves and fishes socialist at Vacation Bible School?
&quot;Responsibility&quot; is just another word for making someone else clean up your mess.
Trig?
confetti and small pox blankets
The real lesson here is that the Liberty Patriot Instructor person is giving the kids&#039; &quot;Candy Investments&quot; bogus triple-A ratings, which of course represents the bankers and their unregulated default swaps that nearly killed the entire world&#039;s economies?
Then, the lesson continues as the kids never ever bother to figure out that their candy-backed &quot;banks&quot; are filled with nothing but flavorless candy dust, because they are told to just quiet down, eat this anusburger, and look at this cartoon video of cats dancing.
<blockquote>Children will blow bubbles from a single container of soapy solution, and then pop each other&rsquo;s bubbles with squirt guns in an arrangement that mimics socialism. They are to count how many bubbles they pop. Then they will work with individual bottles of solution and pop their own bubbles.</blockquote>
Bubbles which pop on their own symbolize what, again? Tax cuts? Welfare handouts? Invisible hands of the free market?
I like the ingeniousness of these &#039;educators&#039; ... you can just tack <i>in an arrangement that mimics socialism</i> on the end of literally any activity, and it will satisfy their analogy. Because, of course, Teabaggers / marks / suckers / Survival Seed aficionados will never ever bother to think through any of it.
The real lesson of this camp: a bagger and his money are soon parted.
i hope they remember to teach them that when monster wildfires break out in AZ public spirited citizens with buckets will save your house.
<i>Starting in an austere room ... symbolizing Europe</i>
have these people HEARD of the &#039;baroque&#039; or &#039;rococo&#039; or &#039;the vatican&#039;????
oh. wait. of course not.
Holy Cow, I too went to high school in FL andI had to take that same class. I think the name was Capitalism vs. Communism, though. Our teacher was pretty cool IIRC. Pretty much, &quot;capitalism is fine, but it&#039;s not without its problems&quot;.
At what point to they put 11 candies on the table and the Koch portrayor takes ten and the accuses the union portrayor of making the Patriot (child) share his candy?
Do you know <i>who else</i> took young kids and force fed them ideological indoctrination?
Tampa Liberty School in the am, Vacation Bible School in the pm. Teabagger kids in the Tampa area are livin&#039; large this summer.
On one hand, this is appalling. On the other hand, only the children of Teabaggers will be going. Still appalling, but it probably won&#039;t make the kids any stupider. ie- when you&#039;re at the bottom of the hole, you can&#039;t go no further.
Totally off-topic but with Kirsten&#039;s arrival, I think the official Wonkette image should return to this <a href="http://tiny.cc/js8qg" target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://tiny.cc/js8qg">http://tiny.cc/js8qg</a>
Another example: Somebody symbolizing BP/Big Oil, takes a shit in the water fountain, while everyone else is forced to apologize because the fountain was too high for him to sit down comfortably while doing so.
Plus the kids will get some great ideas for Halloween costumes.