Video: The obligatory “Obama Youth” fraternity
posted at 1:15 pm on October 4, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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I’ve been flooded with e-mails to start a thread on the video of the so-called Obama Youth fraternity, and never let it be said that I kept Hot Air readers from a forum that will undoubtedly pile up hundreds of comments. I don’t consider this anywhere near as egregious as Sing for Change, but your mileage may vary:
There is some difference between having 5-12 year olds singing about Barack Obama and this group, which appears old enough to start forming their own opinions on politics. The quasi-military marching disturbs some, but as Jonah Goldberg notes, there is a tradition of this in black fraternities. The mindless chant of Barack Obama’s health-care slogans are less disturbing than comical, at least to me.
The Sing for Change video was clearly more of an exploitation of children for political indoctrination on behalf of the parents involved. The health-care cadence at least discussed policy specifics in the midst of the hero worship. The Sing for Change video makes Obama a demi-god to whom children should sing hosannas, and is much more creepy.
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Exactly….Brad is acting as though I must be some closeted bigot to be afraid of a politician who is invetted in any serious manner, associates with unreformed domestic terrorists unpologetically, and speaks about saving my very soul having such a powerul tool.
I would not want any one on MY SIDE of the aisle having these tools. This man is representing a party that screams and wails about the “rights” of illegal enemy combatants but is happily, merrily, and perhaps unintentionally following a guy who wants the US to have it first million man plus hybid LE/Paramilitary force….
hell even HUD has a swat team these days….
it just beggars my imagination.
So my saying “perhaps in the near future it may be time for us to part company” is “alarmist and inciteful” and Barry gets a pass for saying such things then hiding it from the easily accfessible public record.
It comes to that I’ll be in Texas…history will take care of the rest.
sven
p.s. yes Brad the 888 hate groups(with oddly no Wahabbi funding organizations included) is by far evil and the Klan is the most efvil thing on God’s green Earth…..
can you explain to me whqat Barry means by “civillian national security force” since you are such a fan of me not being able to judge his 1st amendment executions of ideas I find abhorrent?
sven10077 on October 5, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Brad you seem intent on skipping explaining:
1) why the one seems to want his ownpet Stasi
2) why the one feels the need to hide his desire for a Stasi from the average American if it such a swell idea and worth mentioning twice*
3) why I am not allowed to be wary and antipathetic to the most partisan liberal Senator in the Union wanting this toy
*though admittedly he did go into much further detail on 7/2 than 9/11 eh?
sven
p.s. KKK sucks…888 hate groups but the SPLC can’t find any Muslim groups that fundraise for the terrorist groups in the ME
yadda yadda yadda
sven10077 on October 5, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Maybe his 1984 style civilian military will have an ICE regiment that can serve SWAT style search warrants and clear out the illegals.
*Mojave Mark awakens* Er, what was that…
Mojave Mark on October 5, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Heh I think he’ll swap illegals legality on a one for one basis with conservatives who speak out…..
//sarc
though in all honesty as I said ABarry will either be Carter’s son or Mao Ze Che….
I am hoping for one and preparing for the other,
sven10077 on October 5, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Alpha Omega? That was inscribed on the doomsday bomb in Beneath the Planet of the Apes. So appropriate a chant on so many levels.
rakofgor on October 5, 2008 at 2:18 PM
heh….now now let’s be nice these are fine misunderstood youth with low self-esteem calling for help and thank God the Obaqme$$iah is there for them to praise so they don’t have to bother with praising our nation or the sysytem that gapped them the wealth to ruin those shiny boots…
sven10077 on October 5, 2008 at 2:20 PM
I’m speechless,very Orwellian,yet it has
that Heaven’s gate feel to it!
canopfor on October 5, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Check out these gems….
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=305420655186700
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df2p6867_pw
fast forweard that clip to 16 minutes in and ask yourself why Team Bambi omitted it from the transcripts if it is such a wholesome good idea the average American back?
http://volokh.com/posts/1216451854.shtml
sven10077 on October 5, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Did not ther Germans do this in WWII?????????
foxone on October 5, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Was this crap done during school hours? When these kids should be learning math and English so they can actually get good jobs after they are done with school?
That’s perhaps the biggest outrage of all. These inner city schools waste their students’ potential to achieve and become productive citizens.
funky chicken on October 5, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Saltysam on October 5, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Brad’s funny I wanted Condi Rice for the job but “you racist sven”….no at worst I am an idealist like Mr. Frederick “Uncle Fred these days” Douglas….
sven10077 on October 5, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Michelle’s Boot Camps for Radicals.
sven10077 on Oct 5,2008 at 2:45PM.
sven10077:Thats the one(1,000,000)million jobs that Hopey
is going to create from his acceptance speech,
from the Temple Pillars of Everlasting Change
that he announced at the football stadium!
Energy Corps?= Enviromental Police!
Heres the most(Brown shirts)dangerous term!
A “civilian National Secruity Force” that is
just as POWERFUL,just as STRONG,just as FUNDED”,
as the US.Military!
This is like saying the military is okay,but for
Loyalty,your going to need your own private force,
like the S/S,or Republican guards!!!!
So,Obama has no use for the country’s Military,
but his own ARMY is okay!!!
Thanks sven,that one h#ll of an eye opener!:)
canopfor on October 5, 2008 at 4:27 PM
I suspect that in the event Barry wins but prior to him taking power a lot of places like HotAir will post it before they are “fairness doctrined”.
sven10077 on October 5, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Dear Bradsky, etal,
I stand with Sven. I think he understands the gravity of an Osamabamabidenreidpelosiayersetal alliance.
Yes, we are disturb with the thought os a Stalinist USofA.
I hope very much he’s/I’m wrong.
davidk on October 5, 2008 at 5:12 PM
This was from the “Urban Community Leadership Academy” in Kansas City. It’s grades 5-9.
Vizzini on October 5, 2008 at 5:50 PM
I’m sure that, in this long thread, someone has pointed out that these dupes are chanting “Alpha, Omega” at the beginning.
baldilocks on October 5, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Because of the Alpha and Omega…because of Obama…
baldilocks on October 5, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Alpha Omega? Obama is the beginning and the end?
This has to be a joke, right?
Mr. Joe on October 5, 2008 at 6:10 PM
the style is reminiscent of “stepping’–a phenomenon popularized by black fraternities and sororities. Alpha Phi Alpha and Omega Psi Phi, however, are two separate and competing black fraternities.
baldilocks on October 5, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Not this one. I’m more of your mindset…and preparing to leave my city quickly if need be.
baldilocks on October 5, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Jonah, being Jewish, would be excused if the Alpha/Omega reference didn’t slap him in the face right away like it did me.
rhodeymark on October 5, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Juliette – no matter what happens please let us know that all is well at your earliest possibility. I just told my wife your (and your Father’s) story. I also sent a small bit toward the school awhile back. She is now concerned for the first time how serious this could possibly be.
rhodeymark on October 5, 2008 at 7:20 PM
God bless you. Not panicking, just preparing.
There will be more about the school soon, one way or the other.
baldilocks on October 5, 2008 at 7:39 PM
What is your take on the Alpha-Omega chant, BL? Do you think they are chanting in reference to their fraternity ID or is it something more idolatrous? I still can’t be sure.
ManlyRash on October 5, 2008 at 8:01 PM
The comments on the video are encouraging in that they are mostly negative.
SouthernGent on October 5, 2008 at 8:02 PM
davidk on October 5, 2008 at 8:24 PM
The million dollar question —–
Why couldn’t they do these before Obama ran for President?
And on the bright side of things (if there is one) at least I didn’t hear anyone say they were inspired to be the next great rapper. Or producer. Or gangsta thug.
moonbat monitor on October 5, 2008 at 8:28 PM
ALPHA and OMEGA, indeed.
Less creepy than as damn funny as break dancing.These guys will grow up, get a job, wonder who the mo’fo’ named Mr. FICA is, and get a life. At least one can HOPE.
I love step shows…and enjoyed my share in college…..but this is just beYOND goofy.
seejanemom on October 5, 2008 at 8:31 PM
If you put these fat chumps (who are 15-17 at MOST)in some gold lame kick pleated cheerleading skirts with big purple pompoms, they might actually make it onto ESPN in their lifetimes.
seejanemom on October 5, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Agreed; many of them seem to be, ummm, clean and articulate.
SlimyBill on October 5, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Always room by the campfire for people who believe in America….
I truly think things’ll be okay or at a minimum we’ll endure but “be prepared”.
sven10077 on October 5, 2008 at 9:54 PM
this is the beginning of the same type of youth movement as so did Nazi Germany
randynacol2002 on October 5, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Two words:
“Naziesque” and “Ridiculous”
ErinF on October 5, 2008 at 10:47 PM
.
Check Thomas Sowell’s latest at Townhall. Great, as always, and far from soft:
rhodeymark on October 5, 2008 at 11:10 PM
The times,..they are uh changin;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH-2Fwx5RU0
christene on October 5, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Look, if these little punks actually want to become what they say, they would quit marching around like a bunch of idiots and spend there time studying. Quit yapping and actually do it. Osama ain’t gonna help them get anywhere; that is their job.
In short, shut up and study!!
Bubba Redneck on October 5, 2008 at 11:45 PM
less time at the dance recital and the buffet line.. more time at the desk with the books..
DaveC on October 6, 2008 at 12:31 AM
A bit OT, but speaking of indoctrination, I saw 2 spots promoting Obama on Nickolodeon yesterday, similarly sung by children/young teens. Didn’t see one for McCain. I found this to be a bit disturbing and outrageous.
loudmouth883 on October 6, 2008 at 7:13 AM
Picture of Obama with Father Pfleger at 2000 protest
War69DotCom on October 6, 2008 at 7:43 AM
Can anyone say “Chavista?”
Some people say I’m nuts when I say Obama will be our Hugo Chavez. Then I see stuff like this that confirms I’m right.
Then I read this:
http://daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com/2008/09/change-for-changes-sake-isnt-enough-by.html
It seals it.
Pcoop on October 6, 2008 at 7:58 AM
Too bad they were not inspired by Clarence Thomas, Michael Steele, Lynn Swan, even Colin Powell. At least they have all accomplished something.
Oh, I get it, they think they can “become the next…” without having to accomplish anything like Father Obama…Hmm, now I see what a great roll model he is. (snark included at no extra charge)
InTheBellyoftheBeast on October 6, 2008 at 8:48 AM
pathetic
D2Boston on October 6, 2008 at 8:49 AM
That’s storybook, man..
DaveC on October 6, 2008 at 9:11 AM
Interesting that Obama is the alpha and omega to these porky para-militaries. That has until recently been the unique title reserved for Christ. I suppose “Son of God”, and “Lamb of God” are to be revealed in the coming weeks as well. It would appear Obama has surpassed simple political titles and has entered the realm of a god.
Hening on October 6, 2008 at 9:11 AM
Are we repeating 1929? These are the >Obama< youth. Where are their snazzy red armbands?
dogsoldier on October 6, 2008 at 9:12 AM
Buzz the story guys! The button is right there at the end of the post. The Huffs and other leftists are dominating social sites like digg and yahoo buzz. We should change that.
arma_virumque on October 6, 2008 at 9:29 AM
What the hell is up with that ridiculous cheerleaderish choreography?
LOL! Oh YEAH… this kind of thing is really gonna scare the panties off the world’s terrorists!
ErinF on October 6, 2008 at 10:08 AM
THE LEADER IS GOOD THE LEADER IS GREAT
I SURRENDER MY WILL AS OF THIS DATE
Nananananananana fishiiiing
fishiiing
HAHAHA OH WOW on October 6, 2008 at 10:13 AM
SIEG! HEIL!
Spanglemaker on October 6, 2008 at 10:21 AM
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!
Bubba Redneck on October 6, 2008 at 10:24 AM
I remember going to movies in the early 1940s and watching newsreels of the war and this is very reminiscent of pictures of Hitler’s youth groups. Watch out for Obama he is frighteningly dangerous.
rplat on October 6, 2008 at 10:57 AM
“Because of Obama…”
Going viral
Flesh and Blood Obama youth in camo paramilitary gear.
Calm Before the Storm on October 6, 2008 at 11:17 AM
I suggest you all take a very active roll in monitoring what your local schools are up to in the future, if you haven’t already.
Disturb the Universe on October 4, 2008 at 2:14 PM
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Agreed. I absolutely do. My 14 yr. old son is taking a Global Studies class in high school and have been talking presidential politics. Out of the whole class only he and two other kids said they wouldn’t vote for Obama. The Obama supporters in his class cited McCain’s age as the reason they wouldn’t vote for him. He was disgusted that they couldn’t come up with one good reason to vote for Obama yet dismisses McCain simply because of his age. The teacher didn’t discuss further and my son thought the teacher was in the tank for Obama.
Cpoy2 on October 6, 2008 at 11:41 AM
so when these bozo’s are in class giving a presentation do they use “Because of Obama” to preface every sentence?
OF COURSE NOT!!
Organized black gangs trying to take over the “community”. What is it that Barrack Hussein Obama did back in Chicago?
Calm Before the Storm on October 6, 2008 at 11:49 AM
My God. Do they know how stupid they look?
morganfrost on October 6, 2008 at 12:07 PM
FOX News is reporting that the teacher who put together this little “song and dance” and posted it on the internet has been fired.
From FOX News:
Oh, these kids decided on their own last May (which to me means May of 2007 but I believe she means May 2008) to disect Osama/Obama’s health care plan. Question: who bought the Osama/Obama shirts for them? Their parents? Jihad Johnny?
Bubba Redneck on October 6, 2008 at 1:57 PM
The need to offer worship and adoration can be very strong in humans.
YiZhangZhe on October 6, 2008 at 2:48 PM
The whole “alpha, omega” thing creeps me out the worst…they are putting Obama at the diety level on par with God himself. Skip that junior ranking Jesus Christ Messiah crap, let’s go right to the Big Kahuna!
Wyznowski on October 6, 2008 at 3:12 PM
RE: “Soft” black conservatives. I got this in an e-mail today.
davidk on October 6, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Video no longer available.
IrishEi on October 6, 2008 at 6:28 PM
Update: Middle School Teacher Suspended for ‘Obama Frat’ Spat
aengus on October 6, 2008 at 6:52 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mvP0ArKIGY
sven10077 on October 6, 2008 at 9:06 PM
some guru needs to save these for posterity and repost them as needed….
“yes we can”!
sven10077 on October 6, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Like I need another reason to be on guard when a group of young black men approaches me on the street.
argos on October 6, 2008 at 11:12 PM
This is what you get when you let the left teach your children the basics of Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, mind numbed robots that do not know how to read, write, or add or subtract.
The only thing they lean that resembles mathematics is how multiply for the purpose of dividing everything you have worked hard for among themselves without working for it.
MSGTAS on October 7, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Middle School Teacher Suspended for Obama Youth Fraternity
fivebeers2002 on October 7, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Sorry aengus didn’t see it linked already.
fivebeers2002 on October 7, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Video still available here
Connie on October 7, 2008 at 2:23 PM
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