Teacher teaching that Communism is better than Capitalism

The following article was written by Mike Opelka.

This curious flyer was handed out to students studying the history of the Cold War at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa.

What do you think the lesson was supposed to be?

Let’s review.

The CAPITALISM side of the flyer shows workers in tattered clothing, chained to a machine that delivers all of the money produced to a cigar-smoking man who is also much better dressed.

Over on the COMMUNISM side, there is no boss and the smiling workers are better dressed, don’t have chains on their legs and the money goes back to them.

This gem was discovered by Simon Conway of Iowa’s Who Radio. A listener who is a parent of a student at the high school, sent the hand out to the radio host. Conway read the words of the flyer verbatim:

“Communism stands for equal sharing of the work according to the benefits and ability. But in Capitalism an individual is responsible for his works and if he wants to raise the ladder, he has to work hard.”

He continued to read and clarify further:

“While the profit of any enterprise is equally shared by all in Communism, the profit in the Capitalist structure belongs to the private owner only.”

Conway contacted Roosevelt High School for an explanation and was told that only person who could speak for the school on this topic is the principal. The Blaze has also reached out to Principal Kathie Danielson for comment. The principal has not responded.

Great quote of the day

Parody on an old saying
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day… Give a man a welfare check, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe and some Air Jordens… and he votes Democrat for a lifetime…" by Detroit Paperboy

Obama has become an "Islamist Firster"

The following was written by Charles Hurt. (I say to his words - Ditto!)

"GOLAN HEIGHTS — Surveying the live minefields, cratered roads and mortar-pocked concrete buildings along the border here between Syria and Israel, it is hard not to be reminded of the historic and monumental disappointment President Obama has been.

When he was campaigning to become the most powerful man in the last standing superpower on Earth, he spoke passionately about changing the world, restoring America’s greatness and bringing more peace and fairness to everyone.

In both foreign and domestic matters, Mr. Obama had unique credibility to change things as few presidents ever had.

Despite his background as a liberal street organizer, he campaigned on tax cuts and personal responsibility and preached that the government simply cannot be the answer to every problem. Republicans would have no choice but to go along with an agenda to shrink the tax burden and get the federal government out of our everyday lives.

Instead, Mr. Obama has devoted his administration to raising taxes, adding to the byzantine structure of the federal government, and has created a whole new massive bureaucracy he claims really will cure our every little boo-boo.

As for the rest of the world, Mr. Obama promised to devote himself to healing the grave injustices and halting the atrocities that have afflicted the world since the rise of radical, violent jihadism. With his Muslim roots, Mr. Obama was positioned better than any leader on the global stage to speak with authority to radical Islamists and finally bring about permanent peace.

Instead, Mr. Obama chose to unilaterally alienate perhaps our most strategically important ally in the world and do all he can to cozy up to the very people who are dedicated to destroying not only Israel, but America as well.

Leading Democrats have been in the news lately sliming Americans who stick up for Israel as being “Israel Firsters.” Well, Mr. Obama has become an “Islamist Firster.”

Since becoming president, he has not once visited our greatest ally in the region. Rather, he has gone to places like Cairo to tell the Muslim world how much he likes it. He also stunningly trashed the oath of office he took by saying it is “part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.”

And, of course, he apologized for the “sexuality” and “mindless violence” from the West permeating the Internet. But Internet porn and creepy videos are little match for virginity tests, stoning women and beheading Jews — all for the fun of it.

When Mr. Obama finally addressed Israel, he shockingly said the tiny country should further retrench so its well-armed enemies can retake high ground from which to fire rockets at Israelis and move closer so they can hit major population centers such as Tel Aviv.

Such a twisted and half-baked view of justice is bad enough in a president. But things are about to get much more terrifying when Iran finally gets its hands on a nuclear warhead, which appears likely to happen in a matter of months.

It will be a very complicated situation because the most powerful man in the last remaining superpower on the planet is an Islamist Firster."

National day of Prayer by Pres Obama

I turned on the TV this morning for my usual exercise routine (I watch the news while exercising) and there was Obama talking at the National day of Prayer breakfast. I decided to listen. The more I listened the more I realized that he was using the Bible, specifically Jesus' sayings, to justify his political issues of raising taxes. I had just listened to Ronald Reagan talking about his faith in God several days earlier and I was moved that he believed that there was a God. Obama never once expressed his feelings about God and I was definately not moved. Obama wants us to have faith in ourselves and rely each other. The one scripture that came to my mind was "Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm," Are we not supposed to have faith in Jesus? Not once did he say to pray to God or rely on Jesus. Obama was using scriptures to make us feel guilty to pay taxes because "We are our brothers keeper and we need to rely on each other to help one another." It is interesting to also note that he lumped Islam and Jews along with all the Bible verses of Jesus. The thing is - Nether of them have those scriptures so why should they listen to what Jesus says. It sounds like he is only trying to make us Christains feel guiltly because he knows we love Jesus and would follow him. Jesus did say to beware of Wolves in Sheeps clothing.

As I was reading what others said here are some great writings other people said:

"Earth to Obama: Jesus came to change the hearts of individuals, NOT FORM A GOVERNMENT. Paying taxes IS NOT THE SAME as charity!" by Th3oph1lus

LibertyGoddess wrote:

"1. Jesus only asked for 10% in tithing to care for the poor. Obama, you are already taking around 30% and most of that is not going to the poor, but to those who are refusing to care for themselves.

2. Obama you are not asking for more money for the poor, you are asking for more money to waste on projects that are not constitutional and trying to transform this country...

3. Jesus did not put the government in charge of caring for the poor. You are not only doing it wrong, you are not effective. More money has been spent on welfare than ever in history, and we have more broken families, more immorality, more moochers, and more godless people than ever. Do not invoke the Lord’s name again in your speeches, it is sacrilegious."

John Stossel's State of the Union

This is part of a great article written by John Stossel

"Has Barack Obama learned nothing in three years? Last night, during his State of the Union address, he promised "a blueprint for an economy."...Politicians like Obama believe they are the best judges of how we should conduct our lives. Of course a word like "blueprint" would occur to the president. He, like most who want his job, aspires to be the architect of a new society. But we who love our lives and our freedom say: No, thanks. We need no social architect. We need liberty under law. That's it. ...Nobel laureate F.A. Hayek taught, the only "purpose" of law is to enable us all to pursue our individual purposes in peace. If Obama really wanted, as he says, a society in which "everybody gets a fair shot," he would work to shrink government so that the sphere of freedom could expand. Instead, he expands government and raises taxes on wealthier people, as though giving politicians more money were a way to make society better.

What should Obama have said in his speech? Here's what I wish he'd said:

Our debt has passed $15 trillion. ...But if we make reasonable cuts to what government spends, our economy can grow us out of our debt. Cutting doesn't just make economic sense, it is also the moral thing to do. Government is best which governs least.

We'll start by closing the Department of Education, which saves $100 billion a year. It's insane to take money from states only to launder it through Washington and then return it to states.

Next, we'll close the Department of Housing and Urban Development. That saves $41 billion. We had plenty of housing in America before a department was created.

Then we eliminate the Commerce Department: $9 billion. A government that can't count votes accurately should not try to negotiate trade. We will eliminate all corporate welfare and all subsidies. That means agriculture subsidies, green energy subsidies, ethanol subsidies and so on. None of it is needed.

I propose selling Amtrak. Why is government in the transportation business? Let private companies compete to run the trains.

...Still, all these cuts combined will only dent our deficit. We must cut Medicare, Social Security and the military.

I know. Medicare and Social Security are popular. But they are unsustainable. The only way to cut costs and still have medical innovation is to free the market. So I propose that we repeal Obamacare immediately. My proposal was a mistake. We should repeal all government interference in the medical and insurance industries, including licensing. It all impedes competition.

We must shrink the military's mission to true national defense. That means pulling our troops out of Germany, Japan, Italy and dozens of other countries. America cannot and should not try to police the world.

Those cuts will put America on the road to solvency. But that's not enough. We also need economic growth.

Our growth has stalled because millions of pages of regulations make businesses too fearful to invest. Entrepreneurs don't know what the rules -- or taxes -- will be tomorrow.

All destructive laws must go. I endorse the Stossel Rule: For every new law passed, we must repeal two old ones.

OK, Obama will never say that.

But I can dream, can't I?

John Stossel is host of "Stossel" on the Fox Business Network. He's the author of "Give Me a Break" and of "Myth, Lies, and Downright Stupidity."

Mitch Daniels GOP Response

Mitch Daniels, governor of Indiana, gave the GOP reponse to the State of the Union. When he first started talking I thought Oh dear - he's talking like a moderate. But then he got into his talk and he has some great things to say. My favorite is - "We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have nots; we must always be a nation of haves and soon to haves." Another great thing he said was "Out here in Indiana, when a businessperson asks me what he can do for our state, I say 'First, make money. Be successful. If you make a profit, you'll have something left to hire someone else, and some to donate to the good causes we love.' "

State of the Union Address

I have a hard time listening to Obama speak and I could not watch the whole the State of the Union speech. I only saw the last part. But I did listen to some of the pudits afterwards and to Mitch Daniels GOP Response. One of the Fox news guys told us that he sat with with Speaker John Boehner during lunch. The news guys asked him how was it working with Obama. The speaker said that Obama was a likeable guy but Obama has not spoken to him for over a month. He also said that Obama has not done anything in the way of policy making since last August. He said that is not a governing president. All he wants to do this year is pass the payroll tax extension. I could not believe what I had heard. I feel very violated because I sincerely believe that Obama and his family are just lording it up at the White House and spending all of our hard earned tax money on frivolous time wasters. Now all he wants to do is raise 1 billion dollars for his campaign so that he can beat the republican candidate. So he is going around everywhere and doing expensive fund raisers ($35,000 a plate) and bashing the republicans and creating a divide in the already divided country. I heard on the radio that if it weren't because of who he was (black person) the Occupy Wallstreet would be at the doorstep, because of how bad the economy is. This photo just shows how he is always lording it over on us even when he speaks. You can bet that he is saying "I" (He says I way too many times) I pray that he is not elected and that people will wake up to the fact that he is not good for America.