tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post1144378496574683086..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Propagandizing In The ClassroomDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-9717758932266117092007-04-05T22:19:00.000-07:002007-04-05T22:19:00.000-07:00Coward.Coward.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-34740017580291224402007-04-04T18:23:00.000-07:002007-04-04T18:23:00.000-07:00Just to clarify, we didn't watch the ENTIRE movie....Just to clarify, we didn't watch the ENTIRE movie. Only an hour's worth. The parts "not related to biology" (that was actually spoken more than once) were fast forwarded through. Preeeeeetty ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-87535677547856280522007-03-29T21:09:00.000-07:002007-03-29T21:09:00.000-07:00Tom, welcome! A search engine yielded the followi...Tom, welcome! <BR/><BR/>A search engine yielded the following link, which tells about the giveaway and includes the actual link:<BR/>http://www.canmag.com/news/4/3/6146Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-22608927878178844702007-03-29T19:33:00.000-07:002007-03-29T19:33:00.000-07:00Darren...I just happened upon your blog. I guess I...Darren...<BR/><BR/>I just happened upon your blog. I guess I could be referred to as a "Right on the Right Coast" then. If you have the link, or anyone else for that matter, I would love to do the same. Hearing people call you closed minded reminds me of what my friends referred to me as when Farenheit 9/11 came out. Keep up the good work. I like what I've seen so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-68714844668753141872007-03-29T17:04:00.000-07:002007-03-29T17:04:00.000-07:00re Update #2 "He [Ehrlich in the Sixties] dismisse...re Update #2 "He [Ehrlich in the Sixties] dismissed the responsibility of the two most populous countries, China and India, from having to adopt the drastic steps he advocated the U.S. must first take." Sounds familiar... Oh yeah, ignore that "brown cloud" from those same countries today until after the US has eliminated co2 (no matter how many cows have to wear catalytic converters).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-36871538960559315112007-03-28T16:03:00.000-07:002007-03-28T16:03:00.000-07:00I was at a special screening and reception for Min...I was at a special screening and reception for Mine Your Own Business at the headquarters of National Geographic (!) last month. It is depicts the true state of the environmental cronies.<BR/><BR/>http://www.mineyourownbusiness.org/<BR/>The outrageous lies of the so-called environmentalists as well as their patronizing attitude towards third world countries was disgusting.<BR/><BR/>I suggest that you all download the video.The Tour Marmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16701469966951623627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-61489686501412213602007-03-28T10:19:00.000-07:002007-03-28T10:19:00.000-07:00I certainly wouldn't PAY to watch a politicians mo...I certainly wouldn't PAY to watch a politicians movie on anything about science but I thought I'd try for the freebie:<BR/><BR/>Do a Google search for :"Free DVD for Gore's movie" and you get an interesting suggestion.<BR/><BR/>http://kauaimark.blogspot.com/2007/03/gods-love-forteachers-only.htmlKauaiMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02581543514815246743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-53175820468111144812007-03-27T18:11:00.000-07:002007-03-27T18:11:00.000-07:00Denever said... “Refusing to watch the movie now m...Denever said... <BR/><BR/>“Refusing to watch the movie now makes you sound close-minded. No, I haven't seen it yet, either, but this isn't one of my personal mini-obsessions.”<BR/><BR/>I don’t think this is a mini-obsession when a group of leftist hypocrites are trying to indoctrinate children. And yes, I use that word specifically. Fifty thousand copies. Average that to one-thousand a state and you know one copy in a school can be used by more than one teacher.<BR/><BR/>“Watch the damn movie, Darren. Make yourself better informed, not less informed, than the people who take Gore's word for it without watching the movie or reading anything that disputes its conclusions.”<BR/><BR/>Point taken. A few years ago I was in a debate over a piece of shit, err fiction, err movie called Fahrenheit 911. I saw the movie in a theater, but I refused to pay that lying bastard anything. I bought a ticket to Garfield; Bill Murray can have my money. To paraphrase something said about the Warren Report, “the only way to believe it is to not see it”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-21896258538526120002007-03-27T16:27:00.000-07:002007-03-27T16:27:00.000-07:00I'm another teacher who won't be showing it either...I'm another teacher who won't be showing it either...however, we did have a discussion on global warming which moved into a discussion of 'd you believe everything you read or hear?" and "you need to consider the source." I also showed them some copies of some newspapers from the 1970's that predicted the new ice age. My kids found that fascinating...Mrs. Bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283080212189118357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-17487056631307790922007-03-27T15:47:00.000-07:002007-03-27T15:47:00.000-07:00I guess all the wooly mammoths are much happier n...I guess all the wooly mammoths are much happier now that Siberia is a frozen wasteland instead of a having the warm summers and mild winters of its past. Oops, we can't ask any of them because they are all dead. I guess I am confused now, if global warming is so bad and cold is good, why are so many species that flourished in Siberia when it had a long growing season with warm soil and rapid spring growth now extinct since Siberia no longer suffers from the evil global warming of the past? Can one of you global warming propagandists please explain?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-15772405996842963662007-03-27T14:12:00.000-07:002007-03-27T14:12:00.000-07:00I don't need to watch this movie. I've read what ...I don't need to watch this movie. I've read what others have had to say about it, I've read about scientists who contradict the movie have to say, I have my own judgements about the credibility of Al Gore on this topic--I don't need to see the movie. Neither do I need to be in a gulag to understand Solzhenytsin.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-27626755589550860632007-03-27T13:15:00.000-07:002007-03-27T13:15:00.000-07:00I got my copy, too, for precisely the same reasons...I got my copy, too, for precisely the same reasons as you. I may bring it out sooner, though. <BR/><BR/>An an English teacher, I'm thinking of exploring such concepts as propaganda, hyperbole, and polemic with my students. Then perhaps we'll have a discussion about learning to critically evaluate "expert" sources on a range of topics. I might ask them to research some science "certainties" from our past which have been proven wrong, and evaluate the ways in which experts who have since been proven wrong were presented at the time. I may even ask them to research how the opposition was portrayed in such cases. Then, when we've got all this under our belts, perhaps I'll bring out Al Gore's film…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-56222439676221488152007-03-27T09:42:00.000-07:002007-03-27T09:42:00.000-07:00Refusing to watch the movie now makes you sound cl...Refusing to watch the movie now makes <I>you</I> sound close-minded. No, I haven't seen it yet, either, but this isn't one of my personal mini-obsessions.<BR/><BR/>But I keep getting in discussions with people about the presidential candidates and am constantly amazed at all the Obama love. I recently read an article stating that Obama's autobiography "is primarily about his rejection of his supportive white maternal extended family in favor of his unknown black paternal extended family."<BR/><BR/>I find that interesting - in an appalling sort of way - but I'm not going to take this author's word for it. I have the book on reserve from the library (I'm not going to <I>buy</I> it!) and will read it myself. And then I'll have done something that 90% of the Obama-supporters I keep hearing from haven't done.<BR/><BR/>Watch the damn movie, Darren. Make yourself <I>better</I> informed, not less informed, than the people who take Gore's word for it without watching the movie or reading anything that disputes its conclusions.Deneverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322906867764155527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-11680305569497763012007-03-27T08:50:00.000-07:002007-03-27T08:50:00.000-07:00That's a good plan. I'd like to have a copy of so...That's a good plan. I'd like to have a copy of some of the pieces from the 70's predicting dire global consequences that didn't occur. I think I’ll copy your idea, then at least the world will have 2 copies available. <BR/><BR/>Isn't it convenient that by making predictions of disasters approaching 50 to 100 years out you pretty much guarantee that A) you either won't be around to answer to it if it doesn't happen, or B) the populous with their notoriously short attention span will have moved on to something else anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-54283345168749298242007-03-27T08:17:00.000-07:002007-03-27T08:17:00.000-07:00you should send me the link so i can get one of th...you should send me the link so i can get one of those free copies so I can keep it out of the hands of a teacher who would actually show it and teach it as truth!Pomoprophethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365996287266677853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-33938335626985976252007-03-26T22:23:00.000-07:002007-03-26T22:23:00.000-07:00Darren,To make up, I've decided to buy it and show...Darren,<BR/>To make up, I've decided to buy it and show in my class. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-70340621534567918642007-03-26T19:49:00.000-07:002007-03-26T19:49:00.000-07:00I wish I could muster up enough moxie to care. But...I wish I could muster up enough moxie to care. But frankly after today,I am seriously questioning whether I will be a teacher next year. Between the parents and the administration and the politics, I am frankly just too worn out to care. It's on my blog if you want to read it. Just another straw.....Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.com