Americano,
Having individuals talk about their experience in the military is not recruitment. It is no more recruitment when a missionary or an employee from UNICEF, the Federal, state, or local government comes and speaks about what is happening in other parts of the world or where what they do for a living. Whether or not one gets asked questions about their personal feelings is a different matter altogether.

But hey, sheltering kids by pretending or trumping up something as ridiculous your post shows why our public schools are failing.

What part of "Figure of speech" do you not understand?

Adding erroneous information such as how far you live from the high school or the fact that "hockey" is the sport most people are in line with in the area really does not add anything to the debate here nor does it suggest your reading comprehension is at collegiate level. Nor does the information in your post suggest you are "more knowledgeable" about the facts or circumstances of what happened at the school or why the individuals was going to talk about either.

If you want to debate the merits of war in general, that is a different topic altogether.

The part I disagree is that the school has become a surrogate parent on raising the kid. I have no problem with parents raising their kids in their own home, not in a public school or any other public forum. And if the situation was in reverse where you had veterans who came from a political group against the war but was only going to talk about their service, you would still have parents protest, possibly withdraw their kids for that day, and the principal canceling the event because it became "too political." The only exception is that posters here are agreeing with the principal would now question why the principal canceled in the first place. The point I am making is that in either situation, it was the parent, not the principal that forced the debate into the poltiical spectrum under the guise of raising their children. It is why I blame the parents, not the principal. Sheltering your kids from other points of view or to hear something that was not supposed to be political but belieivitng it was based on the parents political ideology truly shows how degraded the public school system has become. It is not just with the secondary education but also with post secondary education, to some extent. And the debate on the war that I am seeing now is mild compared to the debate by DISD to place some form of dress code, but that is a different topic.

I only made an assumption that is how it was done. How else would the parents know, in advance, about the event? For instance, when Obama came and did a town hall meeting on the school premises, permission slips were given, some parents protested and even withdrew their kid from school that day , and the event went off without any incident.

As for the particulars, I have found that newspapers articles really don't give the whole story or all the facts to begin with. Their storyline was that the event was canceled because of parents protesting. Any facts that would either made the principal look better or worse than the parents would have caused even more uproar, IMO.

I have no doubt that the title of the thread was sensationalized (and the same can go about McCain, Clinton, Obama, Bush, etc.) and I also disagree that it was caused by the "anti-American left." No where in my post have I stated explicitly that it was the left. My grudge is on the parents who view the school as their surrogate helping to raise the kids.

What part of me blaming the parents did you not understand, Goober?

There was no propaganda. The only propoganda coming was from certain parents and from you.

You sir are completely out of line. I will not countenance being called a liar and being barraged with personal attacks by the likes of you, in violation of forum rules. I suggest you edit your post appropriately or it will be reported.

The merits of the war are not the topic of this thread, the merits of having persons with a clear political agenda having the ability in a public school to pitch it to a captive audience that includes MY family members is.

No one is forced to join the military.

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Elminate all taxes on income and replace with a national sales tax.

Can we stop the anti war propaganda that they are fed then as well?

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Elminate all taxes on income and replace with a national sales tax.

Please show me where a political message being stated by the vets.

So by your logic, anyone talking about the pro's and benefits of serving your country in the US Armed Forces has a political undertone message to vote republican?

Yes I know we vote at about 60 to 70% republican but there is a good number of democrats in the military. And I would have to say without a doubt the majority would have to agree there is nothing wrong with vets talking to teenagers about considering a career in the military.

You do understand that not all serving in military are combat soldiers right? It takes more troops to support the combat units than troops in combat.

I will hire a 4 year vet with military training over anyone with a 4 year degree in the same field.

The death rates are a tool, nothing more.

I would love it if we left Iraq, but it's a terrible idea. The war is just a public relations campaign using the world media to win public support for criminal activity. The bad guys are using our own media to trick us into letting our guard down. Iran has been prepping Southern Iraq for a takeover and we can't let it happen.

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"We can't screw it up any worse than they have." - Barack Obama

Wanna bet?



"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste...." - Rahm Emmanuel

Did you bother reading your own text?

"The visit, which U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater, had been scheduled to attend, is sponsored by Vets for Freedom"

That's pure recruitment, nothing else, and unsuitable as a school event.

What does that have to do with the topic?

uhm, how about at a career day?

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So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

The Road to Serfdom
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That would be suitable with all participants limited to the usual college standards; X number of representatives, defined as recruitment, booths/tables and no politicians in attendance.

Do high schools have career days?

I beleive they do, they may not call it that, the name escapes me.

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No individual can plan his own existence in their view.

So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

The Road to Serfdom
FA Hayek (interpretation)


Mortgage Backed Security survivor

Seems like it would be a waste of effort. I can't imagine anyone other than a military after unskilled cannon fodder offering signing bonuses being interested in high school level labor recruitment.