On Jun 10, 3:04*pm, jim7 wrote:
jim7 wrote:
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:21:07 -0400, jim7 penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|school teachers letter to obama

[Bogus Letter Deleted]

You have, by now (I hope), figured out that you have (yet, again) been
duped by a post not written by the person it is attributed to.....

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/ihavehadit.asp

Gene:
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I Have Had It
Claim: * Text reproduces letter sent to President Obama by a fourth
grade teacher.

* * * * INCORRECTLY ATTRIBUTED

Example: * [Collected via e-mail, May 2009]

TEACHER SLAMS OBAMA

April 17, 2009 The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Mr. Obama:

I have had it with you and your administration, sir. Your conduct on
your recent trip overseas has convinced me that you are not an adequate
representative of the United States of America collectively or of me
personally. You are so obsessed with appeasing the Europeans and the
Muslim world that you have abdicated the responsibilities of the
President of the United States of America .

You are responsible to the citizens of the United States. You are not
responsible to the peoples of any other country on earth. I personally
resent that you go around the world apologizing for the United States
telling Europeans that we are arrogant and do not care about their
status in the world. Sir, what do you think the First World War and the
Second World War were all about if not the consideration of the peoples
of Europe?
Are you brain dead? What do you think the Marshall Plan was all about?
Do you not understand or know the history of the 20th century? Where do
you get off telling a Muslim country that the United States does not
consider itself a Christian country? Have you not read the Declaration
of Independence or the Constitution of the United States?

This country was founded on Judeo-Christian ethics and the principles
governing this country, at least until you came along, come directly
from this heritage. Do you not understand this? Your bowing to the king
of Saudi Arabia is an affront to all Americans. Our President does not
bow down to anyone, let alone the king of Saudi Arabia. You don't show
Great Britain, our best and one of our oldest allies, the respect they
deserve yet you bow down to the king of Saudi Arabia. How dare you, sir!
How dare you!

You can't find the time to visit the graves of our greatest generation
because you don't want to offend the Germans but make time to visit a
mosque in Turkey. You offended our dead and every veteran when you give
the Germans more respect than the people who saved the German people
from themselves. What’s the matter with you? I am convinced that you and
the members of your administration have the historical and intellectual
depth of a mud puddle and should be ashamed of yourselves, all of you.

You are so self-righteously offended by the big bankers and the American
automobile manufacturers yet do nothing about the real thieves in this
situation, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Frank, Franklin Raines, Jamie Gorelic, the
Fannie Mae bonuses, and the Freddie Mac bonuses. What do you intend to
do about them? Anything? I seriously doubt it. What about the U.S. House
members passing out $9.1 million in bonuses to their staff members — on
top of the $2.5 million in automatic pay raises that lawmakers gave
themselves? I understand the average House aide got a 17% bonus. I took
a 5% cut in my pay to save jobs with my employer. You haven't said
anything about that. Who authorized that? I surely didn't!

Executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be receiving $210 million
in bonuses over an eighteen-month period, that's $45 million more than
the AIG bonuses. In fact, Fannie and Freddie executives have already
been awarded $51 million — not a bad take. Who authorized that and why
haven't you expressed your outrage at this group who are largely
responsible for the economic mess we have right now. I resent that you
take me and my fellow citizens as brain-dead and not caring about what
you idiots do.

We are watching what you are doing and we are getting increasingly fed
up with all of you. I also want you to know that I personally find just
about everything you do and say to be offensive to every one of my
sensibilities. I promise you that I will work tirelessly to see that you
do not get a chance to spend two terms destroying my beautiful country.
Sincerely,

Ms Kathleen Lyday
Fourth Grade Teacher
Grandview Elementary School
11470 Hwy. C
Hillsboro, MO 63050

Origins: * This letter to President Obama began circulating in May 2009
as something penned by a fourth grade teacher from Hillsboro, Missouri,
named Kathleen Lyday. However, Ms. Lyday has disclaimed being its
author; her name merely became attached to it when she forwarded it to
others. An earlier version circulated in mid-April 2009 credits
authorship to one Franklin T. Bell of Columbia, Maryland, who may or may
not be its originator.

Last updated: * 1 June 2009

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