school teachers letter to obama





----- Original Message -----



..............

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 people 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 people 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, at least
until you came along, and the principles governing this country 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 didn'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 gave 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.

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.

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!

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
(636) 944-3291 Phone
(636) 944-3870 Fax




To every real American:

I rarely ask that e-mails be 'passed around' but PLEASE SEND
THIS TO EVERYONE IN YOUR E-MAIL LIST.

It's past time for all Americans to wake up!

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:59:02 -0400, 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


What a surprise the dope was duped.

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


Never the less, I pretty much agree with what it says.

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

The URL for this page is
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/ihavehadit.asp

Urban Legends Reference Pages © 1995-2009 by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson.
This material may not be reproduced without permission.
snopes and the snopes.com logo are registered service marks of snopes.com.




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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:
Is this better?

E-mail this page E-mail this * * * Share this
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

The URL for this page ishttp://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/ihavehadit..asp

Urban Legends Reference Pages © 1995-2009 by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson.
This material may not be reproduced without permission.
snopes and the snopes.com logo are registered service marks of snopes.com..

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And I would hope that everyone knows about snopes own issues. It
turns out they aren't always correct... we need a snopes site for
snopes.

jps wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:59:02 -0400, 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


What a surprise the dope was duped.


Hey...if you are referring to floridajim, the opposite works, too:

"...the dupe was doped."


--
The modern GOP is little more than an army of moral absolutists led by a
gang of moral nihilists.

On Jun 10, 5:13*pm, Gene wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:12:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

And I would hope that everyone knows about snopes own issues. *It
turns out they aren't always correct... we need a snopes site for
snopes.

Well, here's the difference.....

Q: How do I know the information you've (Snopes) presented is
accurate?

A: We don't expect anyone to accept us as the ultimate authority on
any topic. Unlike the plethora of anonymous individuals who create and
send the unsigned, unsourced e-mail messages that are forwarded all
over the Internet, we show our work. The research materials we've used
in the preparation of any particular page are listed in the
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for themselves.http://www.snopes.com/info/faq.asp

If you have an issue with them.... you *know* (that means *proof,* not
that you *feel* some particular way) they have erred and they have
refused to correct the error, then I'm with you. Otherwise, do
yourself a favor and quit posting "unsigned, unsourced e-mail messages
that are forwarded all over the Internet." In other words, "show your
work."


Unfortunately, what you just wrote means that you are taking them at
face value. There are people that have first hand knowledge of an
issue snopes has "ruled" on, and have tried to correct them, but snope
will not listen, according to them. Their posts are just as
"reliable" as snopes it seems.

Realizing that snopes is just a husband/wife team that started a
website a few years back, and not some team of researchers, should
give you a bit of a pause. If not, then ???.