The Kids pass a note to the President

[blogslut]

According to this AP story, 50 high school seniors, representing the US as Presidential Scholars, presented a hand written letter to the President, asking him to stop torture:

"The students had been invited to the East Room to hear the president speak about his effort to win congressional reauthorization of his education law known as No Child Left Behind.

The handwritten letter said the students ``believe we have a responsibility to voice our convictions.''

``We do not want America to represent torture. We urge you to do all in your power to stop violations of the human rights of detainees, to cease illegal renditions, and to apply the Geneva Convention to all detainees, including those designated enemy combatants,'' the letter said..."

link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6735551,00.html

Now take a look at these photos and help me guess, did he get the note before the speech or after?

Before:


During:


After:


The last pic looks like he couldn't wait to get the heck out of there. I thnk he got the letter before. Did the bit. Shook some hands and high-tailed it before he lost his cool. He looks thoroughly pissed when he's not speechifying.

[karlrschneider]

1. He even looks pissed in the Brit sense as well...

;-)

[DemoTex]

56. Or, as my mother says, "stoned."

And she doesn't mean pot. Mom's generations' stoned = Brit's pissed.

[Kikosexy2]

62. Just wait...

you little ungrateful buggers...you're asses are off to Iraq and Iran...and you'll get a first hand look at torture..hehhehehhehe....such a evil, lecherous punk Chimpie is...

[Arugula Latte]

74. ...

:beer:

[acmavm]

2. Things just ain't rolling his way, are they?

[Aristus]

3. The Guardian? Let me guess: No U.S. paper is running the story.

The media in this country suck the big one! :mad:

[blogslut]

6. Not sure about print but it's online

at several MSM sites:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1117585421

[CTD]

27. Link didn't work for me.

Here's the Google News search I did- http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1117586786

The same AP story each time. And when you consider the sheer number of news outlets in the US, this is a disturbingly small number of hits.

[malaise]

9. It's here - bravo kids

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1151AP_Bush_Torture.html

:yourock: :yourock:

[CatWoman]

19. Keith O reported on it

:hi:

[EVDebs]

57. Thumbs up for KO ! As Truman would say, Strike a blow for liberty !

Meaning give that man a beer !

[judaspriestess]

4. That is fantastic

Those poor kids had to clap for them, I'm sure it was just as painful for them too.

[Lisa]

5. the students are more presidential than the President!

Wonderful, inspiring -- and I hope that someday one or more of those students will be in the White House -- representing the people!

``We do not want America to represent torture. We urge you to do all in your power to stop violations of the human rights of detainees, to cease illegal renditions, and to apply the Geneva Convention to all detainees, including those designated enemy combatants,'' the letter said..."

[EVDebs]

66. Not Osama bin laden nor Geo Bush can take away our God-given rights

as granted in the Constitution. His oath was to preserve protect defend that document and he does the opposite daily. Thanks kids !

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

7. Keith Olbermann just reported it. After he read what they wrote I applauded. Then Keith

said "those 50 kids are my heroes" He then applauded!!!!

[blogslut]

8. cool

:)

[malaise]

12. They sure are heroes

The gig is over Bushie.

[Stephanie]

10. OMG I want to kiss those kids!

I have chills from reading this.

[Olney Blue]

11. The future's best and the brightest... spoke truth to power.

I feel hopeful....

[Spazito]

13. Inspirational!

They have more class and intelligence in their little fingers than bush has in his whole body.


:applause:

[helderheid]

14. K & R

[BrklynLiberal]

15. Can he send ALL those kids to Gitmo???

:wow:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[PurpleChez]

52. If he wants to, and if Jesus tells him to....

[lvx35]

16. God! Imagine if our founding fathers could see us now.

The schoolchildren had to present the president with a note to try to get him to stop torturing people.

JEEEEBUS!

[paparush]

17. ...and the young shall lead them....

[proud patriot]

18. Good for those students

:hi:

[symbolman]

20. So when does the right wing echo chamber

start screaming about "Commie" Teachers and the like.

Like O'Reilly when he got his ass handed to him by a 16 year old.. the world is WAKING THE HELL UP, and there are GENERATIONS to go after these monsters now.

God bless those little kids!

[C_U_L8R]

21. A standing ovation for these brave and inspiring kids

:applause: :woohoo: :applause: :yourock: :applause: :headbang: :applause:

[Liberal In Texas]

22. Hey kids...Welcome to the No-Fly list! n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

51. LOL! but on second thought,

i would not put it past the Homeland Scrutiny assholes to act just like that.

[Edweird]

23. Bravo! And they surely willl be able to vote in '08.

[Edweird]

24. Dupe.

[jarnocan]

25. heard it 0n Olberman-great! nt

[SoonerPride]

26. Bush changed his mind and decided to leave those kids behind

bwahahaha


He is an embarrassment to our country.

[Canuckistanian]

28. If he insists on meeting ordinary citizens

He should be prepared to hear their views.

If he was pissed off, he roundly deserved it.

[peekaloo]

29. Bwah! Looks like one of the children wasn't prepared for the future.

Commander Puss N Boots promptly left the stage to go kick Barney.

[rosesaylavee]

30. Get a load of those kids faces as he's talking in the middle pic.

Can they look more appalled? I don't think so.

[orleans]

31. i can imagine it now...kids gave fuckhead the note. fuckhead

was forced to eat the note rather than archive it, did his speech, and had to go and throw up (or wash the note down with a beer!)

[rurallib]

32. Why would you think he would bother to read their note?

He is MR. PRESIDENT, they are just kids. Besides there are some words in there he may not understand.

[Clark2008]

33. Saw this on KO.

Hubby said these kids have more balls (or ovaries, as is your want) than our Congress.

Hubby's been a bit peeved at the alleged Democratic "leadership" of late. :)

[young_at_heart]

34. A real sign of hope for our country---the kids care!

I feel such a strong sense of pride in our young people---thank you, thank you, thank you!

[goddess40]

47. the best and the brightest

I'm so proud of them they give me hope for the future of this country and the rest of the world.

[TacticalPeek]

35. Bravo!

:kick:

:kick:

:kick:

[Senator]

36. And ... (drumroll) ... Here They Are !!

My Heroes Too.

***************************************
The 2007 (p)Residential Scholars (and Butt-Kickers)
***************************************



Only Impeachment ... can live up to this level of patriotism.

It IS our positive agenda.

It is our ONLY moral, patriotic option.

-----

[Hissyspit]

37. REAL AMERICAN VALUES, MR. BUSH

REAL AMERICAN VALUES

[wordsaladwithranch]

38. This brings back memories

of when i was in eighth grade and my english teacher gave us a class assignment to write a letter of encouragement to Our Great Leader and we couldnt write anything critical or negative. (makes me cringe now) Those kids are the true patriots, God bless them.

[EVDebs]

67. I remember when the Yuppies took over the Chicke 'O The Sea ship at Disneyland

and hung up a "Free Mickey Mouse" banner, all the while park employees and police were climbing up into the rigging to get them.

Those were the good ole days.

[Daphne08]

39. That took courage, and I'm proud of those students. n/t

[SeattleGirl]

40. Standing O for these kids!!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[MarinCoUSA]

41. Bravo. These strong young Americans broke through the bubble!

- and they all know that they would get thrown in jail if they tried this at an actual campaign rally.

Way to go kids!

[AtomicKitten]

42. that is what genuine patriotism looks like

There are some very proud parents out there in America.

[swimmernsecretsea]

43. Oh, I am so happy! Sometimes, something comes along and just brightens my day!

The only thing that would have topped it was if they had a food fight with * as the target.

[KT2000]

44. It was on NBC News tonight

The kids were definitely the stars of the story and bush looked like the fool he is.

[Preening Fop]

45. If Only, an "Impeach Me" sign had been Slapped Onto his Back..!!

:yoiks:

[Hubert Flottz]

46. That last picture...

"Can you find the spoiled brat in this picture?"

Bush knows the kids got the last laugh on him this time.

[SammyWinstonJack]

48. George passes notes too, bathroom break notes to condi.

:evilgrin: To these students... :yourock: :applause:

[Philosoraptor]

49. AmBUSHED! Busted by kids with brains!

[EVDebs]

54. I'm glad they hung together, cuz they'll certainly hang separately under *'s other programs !

How many other warrantless surveillance programs is Bush running that we don't know about?

Spying on the homefront
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/homefront/

[LibertyLover]

50. Heard about this last night on the broadcast news -

I actually think it was NBC because we were eating dinner. Both my husband and I cheered. Our 5 year old kidlet wasn't quite sure what to do.

[lonestarnot]

53. Woot! Kids shining lights on the torturer in chief!

[helderheid]

55. KICK!

[EVDebs]

58. NCLB is a testing program that takes the joy out of getting an education

IMHO, a move to the Socratic teaching method, asking more questions (ahem, something Journalism schools don't teach anymore) needs to be implemented ASAP.

[lonestarnot]

59. These genuinely intelligent kids give me hope.

[JAbuchan08]

60. The kids look happy

in the picture where Bush is leaving. They look to be very proud of themselves and they have every reason to be. I am proud of them as well.

[MasonJar]

61. Let me add my accolades to this year's presidential scholars for standing up

for what is right. Brave and noble action! Thank you!

[janetle]

64. My thoughts, too.

I am so proud of these kids. It took guts to use this special white house ceremony as a way to express themselves and speak out to Bush's face. I love it!!

[whistle]

63. Did Shrub* give the high school students the finger bird? He really has

...shit for brains.

[txwhitedove]

65. CNN interviewed 3 of the students this morning. Bravo.

[Hissyspit]

68. Video of Keith Olbermann's Report Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x36359

[colorado_ufo]

69. Fabulous young people!

They have my deepest gratitude for speaking for all of us who could not have this access.

[gentlegiant]

70. Nah, I doubt he read the note at all.

He probably just skimmed it for headlines. Actually, I'd be surprized if his staff even delivers it to him. No bad news for the boss. Everybody loves you, chief. The polls are skewed by the liberal media. Stay the course. Probably never saw it.

[Brigid]

71. See? Even the kids know better . . .

than to trust the Bush regime.

[dicknbush]

72. Hooray for the students.

This reminds me of a time when Eartha Kitt took Johnson to task for the Vietnam debacle. She was getting some sort of presentation in the white house and she gave Johnson a little speech about the war and he was pissed. Jr is not used to this kind of reality infiltrating his Cheney Bubble. Bravo to those brave students and keep up the good work.

[fooj]

73. That's why I love me my teenagers!!!

They can be BRUTALLY honest. They can spot a hypocrite a mile away. They are absolutely FEARLESS!!!