Kids to Meet Marx in School – Care of Hollywood and The History Channel
Written by Patrick Courrielche

Children are uniquely malleable beings, readily convinced of magically colorful tales – Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are the first that come to mind. This innocence is beautiful, but it is a quality that can easily fall victim to radically foreign ideas if taught consistently and pervasively at an early age. One need only look at the birth of fascism or socialism to see a recipe for how radical ideas become ubiquitous among a nation’s youth.

Enter Howard Zinn – an author, professor and American historian – who, with the help of Hollywood and the History Channel, intends to change the way our pre-K through high school children learn American history. His current curriculum suggestions, like introducing three-year-olds to the lynching of African-Americans, or quizzing seven-year-olds on which Presidents owned slaves, should be a red flag to parents.

Zinn has spent a lifetime teaching college students about the evils of capitalism, the promise of Marxism, and his version of American history – a history that has, in his view, been kept from students. His controversial 1980-book The People’s History of the United States paints traditional American history as a façade – one that has grotesquely immortalized flawed leaders and is based on principles that victimize the common man. In 2004, Zinn wrote a companion book entitled Voices Of A People’s History Of The United States, which includes speeches and writings from many of the people featured in The People’s History.

These two books have now become the basis for a new documentary, entitled The People Speak, to be aired December 13th at 8pm on the History Channel. The trailer portrays the documentary as a collage of compelling one-person readings, told through the words of “ordinary” people who have struggled throughout American history against oppression. Produced by Zinn, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Chris Moore, the documentary appears to be cloaked, ironically (given Zinn’s admitted socialist agenda), in many of the traditional ideas that were behind our founding. The verdict is still out on the doc, but it is not for the books that inspired the film as well as the educational initiative associated with it.

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http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/pcourrielche/2009/12/07/next-week-on-the-history-channel-hollywood-stars-introduce-your-kids-to-marxism/

Face Forward Comments:

I saw some of the material that is going to be used for this, Documentary.  It is a very one sided presentation that continues the attack on the heart of the nation.  It promotes racial division, and supports the belief held by this administration that we are an arrogant people and should pay for it.

Unless you want your child feeling guilty about something they had nothing to do with, wish for them to be a Marxist, or really think that history needs to be rewritten, I suggest you skip out on this family entertainment.

Laugh if you must, but Cosmopolitan magazine has always been a good steward for public health. For all it’s flaws, their not-afraid-to-get-graphic sex coverage has made it easier for women to speak comfortably about sex, be familiar with their bodies, and stay educated about keeping safe while enjoying those 1,003 sex tips guaranteed to make men crazy. (But speaking of flaws, why aren’t there more tips on sex guaranteed to make women wild?)

Now, the women’s magazine is branching into other aspects of epidemiology: namely swine-flu prevention. In the December issue, Cosmo calls H1N1 “the virus everyone’s talking about” (OMG! acute viral nasopharyngitis must be so jealous!), and provides readers with a handy chart on how to stay healthy this holiday season. First tip? Rely on the reverse cowgirl to keep illnesses at bay.

The entire chart is sourced to a CDC spokesperson (not a doctor) and a practicing M.D. And while it’s almost a parody of a Cosmo article?we had to send an intern to the newsstand to make sure it was for real?it’s not apocryphal. Ridiculous, yes, but not false. The tip about the arm squeeze instead of a bear hug is actually a nice workaround for people trying to avoid germs (or the creepy hugs of in-laws) during the holidays without feeling too antisocial.  And there probably is a slightly reduced risk of inhaling airborne H1N1 spores if you are facing away from your partner during sex. (I say probably because the NIH has yet to fund a definitive study on H1N1 as it pertains to the “23 Bedroom-Busting Positions You Need to Try Tonight.”)

To see the Chart and for the rest of the article:

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thehumancondition/archive/2009/12/01/swine-flu-so-hot-right-now-cosmo-dishes-on-h1n1.aspx

Reviewing books and holding public figures accountable is at the core of good journalism, but the Associated Press’ treatment of Palin’s book seems an unprecedented move at the wire service.  Sarah Palin is no normal politician, and at the Associated Press, apparently “Going Rogue” is no normal book.

When the former Republican vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor wrote her autobiography, the AP found a copy before its release date and assigned 11 people to fact check all 432 pages.

The AP claims Palin misstated her record with regard to travel expenses and taxpayer-funded bailouts, using statements widely reported elsewhere. But it also speculated into Palin’s motives for writing “Going Rogue: An American Life,” stating as fact that the book “has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto.”

Palin quickly hit back on a Facebook post titled “Really? Still Making Things Up?”

“Imagine that,” the post read. “11 AP reporters dedicating time and resources to tearing up the book, instead of using the time and resources to ‘fact check’ what’s going on with Sheik Mohammed’s trial, Pelosi’s health care takeover costs, Hasan’s associations, etc. Amazing.”

The AP, an organization with over 4,000 employees and 49 Pulitzer Prizes earned for asking the hard questions, wouldn’t comment on their own reporting for this story.

For the rest of the attack on Sarah Palin go here:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/17/ap-turns-heads-devoting-reporters-palin-book-fact-check/

Face Forward Comments:

Another great head  line would have been Sarah Palin 1,  Barack Obama 0.

With the release of her book, “Going Rogue, the nation can now officially assume that Sarah Palin will be seeking the Republican nomination to make a run for the White House.

Look, I really like Sarah Palin.  I like how she grew up and what she stands for (or at least what she says she stands for)  I am just not sure that Sarah Palin is the right candidate for the office of president. Not saying that I wouldn’t vote for her,  I just want to see what all of my options are before I commit to anything.  However I can tell you with no uncertain terms that if the left leaning press hates her (and they do) then that moves her way up face forward poll.

Why does the left fear her so?  Why is there such a big campaign to belittle her?  By doing so, the voice of the left is polarizing her support to an almost extreme level.  And maybe that’s the answer.  If they can paint her as the republican conservative choice, then when elections come they think it will split the vote between the Republicans and a “Conservative Third Party”.  Only time will tell.  There are still too many unanswered questions about what kind of national support Palin will be able to generate.

President Obama’s deep bow to Japanese Emperor Akihito on Saturday may not have violated any official protocol, but critics of the presidential act of deference nevertheless say he’s guilty of bad form.

The incident followed Obama’s dip to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in April, which the White House said was not a bow despite the criticism that followed.

But in Japan, the White House could not argue with a photograph that showed him bent at a nearly 90-degree angle while shaking the hand of the emperor, as Empress Michiko smiled faintly next to him.

Instead of denying the gesture, an administration official defended it, telling Politico.com that Obama “observes protocol” and that the greeting “enhanced both the position and the status of the U.S. relative to Japan” — where a bow is just another version of a handshake.

But ‘protocol?’

Pamela Eyring, the president of The Protocol School of Washington, said that while there’s no “hard-and-fast” rule, a bow is not appropriate when national leaders meet.

“They’re peers. … Unfortunately, it isn’t correct for a chief of state to bow to another chief of state,” she told FoxNews.com. “It’s not appropriate. He should not be bowing to other chiefs of state.”

She said Obama was clearly trying to show respect, but that the royal couple would not expect such a gesture from a Western leader. Eyring, who reviewed the video of the encounter, said they seemed a “bit uncomfortable” watching Obama bow.

“When you’re representing the United States of America, everything speaks … on behalf of our country,” Eyring said. “It’s a visual. It shows more of a subservient loo
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