A Wisconsin school is accused of employing 1940s-style German propaganda tactics after it played a video of celebrities proselytizing an intense love for the state, and in particular the Obama Administration, at a school assembly.
During the Hudson School District’s Peace One Day event – an occasion meant to build peace awareness and promote the notion of global unity – the school played a YouTube video from Oprah Winfrey’s “I Pledge” campaign launched soon after President Obama took office.
The video shows actors Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Alyssa Milano, P Diddy and Cameron Diaz, to name a few, pledging to make the world a better place through the adjustment of certain behaviors.
But it was the video’s overarching political thrust that had parents, students and faculty upset.
At one point in the video, Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis says, “I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama,” and at the end of the video, Demi Moore states, “I pledge to be a servant to our president…” Full story...
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During the Hudson School District’s Peace One Day event – an occasion meant to build peace awareness and promote the notion of global unity – the school played a YouTube video from Oprah Winfrey’s “I Pledge” campaign launched soon after President Obama took office.
The video shows actors Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Alyssa Milano, P Diddy and Cameron Diaz, to name a few, pledging to make the world a better place through the adjustment of certain behaviors.
But it was the video’s overarching political thrust that had parents, students and faculty upset.
At one point in the video, Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis says, “I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama,” and at the end of the video, Demi Moore states, “I pledge to be a servant to our president…” Full story...
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