Posts: 5780 Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Location: Rialto, CA.
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:59 pm
This is a great commentary on the election of President Obama!
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> >> FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION!!
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> >> "Ice Cream & The Election!"
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> >> From a teacher in the Nashville,TN area.
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> >> Who worries about "the cow" when it is all about the "Ice Cream?"
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> >> The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching
> >> third grade this year. The presidential election was heating up and
> >> some of the children showed an interest.
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> >> I decided we would have an election for a class president.
> >> We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign
> >> speech and the class would vote.
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> >> To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other
> >> class members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these
> >> students should have.
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> >> We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were
> >> picked to run for the top spot. The class had done a great job in their
> >> selections.
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> >> Both candidates were good kids. I thought Jamie might have
> >> an advantage because he got lots of parental support. I had never met
> >> Olivia's parents.
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> >> The day arrived when they were to make their speeches. Jamie
> >> went first. He had specific ideas about how to make our class a
> >> better place. He ended by promising to do his very best.
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> >> Everyone applauded. He sat down and Olivia came to the podium.
> >> Her speech was concise. She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give
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> >> ice cream." She sat down.
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> >> The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream." She surely could
> >> say more. She did not have to.
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> >> A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice
> >> cream? She wasn't sure. Would her parents buy it or would the
> >> class pay for it? She didn't know. The class really didn't
> >> care. All they were thinking about was ice cream.
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> >> Jamie was forgotten.
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> >> Olivia won by a landslide.
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> >> Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream
> >> and fifty-two percent of the people reacted like nine year olds. They
> >> want ice cream.
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> >> The other forty-eight percent of us know we're going to have to
> >> feed the cow and clean up the mess.
This is what it is all about:
RE-RUNS!
Dick _________________ " Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before".
