Tea Party group starts summer camp in tampa, florida - Polidicks

[url=http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/camp-tea-party]Mother Jones[/url] [url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/tea-party-group-offers-summer-camp/1175119]St. Petersburg Times[/url] [img]http://mjcdn.motherjones.com/preset_16/boyscouts_0.jpg[/img] [release]Think summer camp and most people tend to envision mobs of kids swimming in lakes, rowing canoes, or weaving friendship bracelets and singing campfire songs. But conservative activists in Florida have come up with a novel idea for a summer camp this year: Camp Tea Party. In what sounds eerily like indoctrination camp, a few Tampa kids will be spending part of their summer learning about the evils of European socialism and the Christian roots of the Constitution at the "Tampa Liberty School," a summer camp created by conservative activists from a Tampa 9/12 group. Their camp cheers will include such mottoes as "government can't force me to be charitable" and "I believe in God." The camp is a hybrid of vacation Bible school and Glenn Beck. The organizers modeled the camp after one started in Kentucky last year that seems to have taken much of its curriculum straight from Beck's favorite writer, the late W. Cleon Skousen, author of some dubious and occasionally racist histories of the nation and the bestselling 5,000 Year Leap. In the Kentucky camp, kids learned, among other things, that the early American settlers starved to death because they were communists, a piece of Skousen dogma. The camps are the brainchild of members of groups that sprung up a few years ago at the urging of Beck, who launched what he called the 9/12 project, symbolizing the day after the 9/11 attacks when the country put partisan differences aside and came together. Beck came up with nine principles and 12 values as the basis for the organization. The 9/12 groups have been associated with the tea party movement, but they also tend to have more religious undertones than their tea party compatriots. Many of their members are Mormons, like Beck and Skousen. Still, they are supportive of the tea party's new focus on the next generation. The Florida activists are not alone in trying to foist their agenda on America's youth. Organizers of the Tea Party Patriots organization have recently urged activists to lobby public schools to teach the Constitution using materials created by a group Skousen founded. The Tampa Liberty School founders say they hope to expand their summer camp offering into local public schools as well, according to the St. Petersburg Times. "We've had classes for adults," Karen Jaroch, who chairs the Tampa 912 Project, told the paper. "Now we want to introduce a younger generation to economics and history, but in a fun way."[/release] [release]TAMPA — Here's another option now that the kids are out of school: a weeklong seminar about our nation's founding principles, courtesy of the Tampa 912 Project. The organization, which falls under the tea party umbrella, hopes to introduce kids ages 8 to 12 to principles that include "America is good," "I believe in God," and "I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable." Organized by conservative writer Jeff Lukens and staffed by volunteers from the 912 Project, Tampa Liberty School will meet every morning July 11-15 in borrowed space at the Paideia Christian school in Temple Terrace. "We want to impart to our children what our nation is about, and what they may or may not be told," Lukens said. He said he was not familiar with public school curriculum, but, "I do know they have a lot of political correctness. We are a faithful people, and when you talk about natural law, you have to talk about God. When you take that out of the discussion, you miss the whole thing." Tampa Liberty is modeled after vacation Bible schools, which use fun, hands-on activities to deliver Christian messages. One example at Liberty: Children will win hard, wrapped candies to use as currency for a store, symbolizing the gold standard. On the second day, the "banker" will issue paper money instead. Over time, students will realize their paper money buys less and less, while the candies retain their value. "Some of the kids will fall for it," Lukens said. "Others kids will wise up." Another example: Starting in an austere room where they are made to sit quietly, symbolizing Europe, the children will pass through an obstacle course to arrive at a brightly decorated party room (the New World). Red-white-and-blue confetti will be thrown. But afterward the kids will have to clean up the confetti, learning that with freedom comes responsibility. Still another example: Children will blow bubbles from a single container of soapy solution, and then pop each other's bubbles with squirt guns in an arrangement that mimics socialism. They are to count how many bubbles they pop. Then they will work with individual bottles of solution and pop their own bubbles. "What they will find out is that you can do a lot more with individual freedom," Lukens said. While the Liberty school is the first of its kind in the Tampa Bay area, Lukens said a group in Kentucky ran a similar school, and he learned from their ideas. There is room for 40 students in the Tampa school and as of Monday, eight had signed up. The fee is $15. "We've had classes for adults," said Karen Jaroch, who chairs the Tampa 912 Project. "Now we want to introduce a younger generation to economics and history, but in a fun way." If the school is successful, Jaroch and Lukens will look for ways to run more sessions, either during the summer or after school resumes. In fact, Jaroch said the group might try to bring its curriculum to the public schools during Constitution Week in September. "We definitely teach the Constitution, especially during Constitution Week," said Linda Cobbe, a school district spokeswoman. She said the district would need to make sure the organization does not have a political agenda, and that they would need to be approved by SERVE, a nonprofit agency that clears volunteers in the schools. Lukens said it is too early to speak in detail about what will happen after July 15. But, he said, "we plan on coming back and coming back and coming back."[/release] what a weird world

Okay what the fuck. Aren't educational summer camps supposed to make you [b]smarter[/b]?

brb signing up and sabotaging everything

[quote]Another example: Starting in an austere room where they are made to sit quietly, symbolizing Europe, the children will pass through an obstacle course to arrive at a brightly decorated party room (the New World). Red-white-and-blue confetti will be thrown. But afterward the kids will have to clean up the confetti, learning that with freedom comes responsibility.[/quote] And then the confetti turns out to be asbestos because the union that was pushing for safer work conditions was busted Educational

[quote]In what sounds eerily like indoctrination camp, a few Tampa kids will be spending part of their summer learning about the evils of European socialism and the Christian roots of the Constitution at the "Tampa Liberty School," a summer camp created by conservative activists from a Tampa 9/12 group. Their camp cheers will include such mottoes as "government can't force me to be charitable" and "I believe in God."[/quote] That doesn't [I]sound[/I] eerily like an indoctrination camp. That straight up [I]is[/I] one.

[QUOTE=Lambeth;30485761] Red-white-and-blue confetti will be thrown. But afterward the kids will have to clean up the confetti, learning that with freedom comes responsibility.[/QUOTE] lamest camp [B]ever[/B]

I really don't understand the gold thing conservatives have.

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[QUOTE=Lambeth;30486810]I really don't understand the gold thing conservatives have.[/QUOTE] Well gold standard keeps currency value up which is something Conservatives want I guess.

So, even after the whole Utah "concentration camps", these things are getting the go-ahead? I'm sure it's not too much different, even though there is a different goal.

Damn and Tampa Florida was one of my favorite places too :saddowns:

[quote]Jaroch, who chairs the Tampa 912 Project, told the paper. "Now we want to introduce a younger generation to economics and [b]history[/b], but in a fun way."[/quote] [quote]hopes to introduce kids ages 8 to 12 to principles that include [b]"America is good"[/b] [/quote] I wonder what they'll skip in history to make America look like a totally innocent country. [sp]Indian reservations maybe?[/sp]

How much you want to bed there's going to be little to no minorities there?

[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;30487119]Tampa Florida was one of my favorite places[/QUOTE] well now that's just a bad call

I live in Tampa, yeah could see this happening. [editline]16th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Sumap;30487172]I wonder what they'll skip in history to make America look like a totally innocent country. [sp]Indian reservations maybe?[/sp][/QUOTE] The war of 1812. Losing to the Canadians.

[quote] He said he was not familiar with public school curriculum[/quote] no kidding his parents probably gave up at a certain point [editline]15th June 2011[/editline] [quote] Still another example: Children will blow bubbles from a single container of soapy solution, and then pop each other's bubbles with squirt guns in an arrangement that mimics socialism. They are to count how many bubbles they pop. Then they will work with individual bottles of solution and pop their own bubbles. "What they will find out is that you can do a lot more with individual freedom," Lukens said. [/quote] how the fuck does that even work

Conservative mind set does not equal logic. Hell most of these people still have 50's red scare.

Because the parents have to drag the kids into their shit from the start rather than thinking for themselves. Wow, I hate the world sometimes.

[QUOTE=thisispain;30488241] how the fuck does that even work[/QUOTE] easier to pop your own bubbles because you can get to them sooner just like how capitalism is easier if you're born to a rich father also it teaches that socialism is more fun because you can pop more bubbles

That's just disgusting. Even more disgusting that the people who are starting this camp actualy believe in this shit.

I'm thoroughly disgusted. If you can't convince adults with your argument, go after their children I guess...

Why do people think that having ANY recreational or learning facility being run by a political or religious party could be a good idea? It's pretty blatantly obvious that it's just a way to force their ideas on kids who haven't decided for themselves yet.

[QUOTE=CjienX;30489199]Why do people think that having ANY recreational or learning facility being run by a political or religious party could be a good idea? It's pretty blatantly obvious that it's just a way to force their ideas on kids who haven't decided for themselves yet.[/QUOTE] I find it even more bullshit that they're planting false ideas about the constitution and how the world works into the minds of children. In my opinion doing something like that to a large number of people should have a severe punishment.

It's like the Tea Party is self satire.

I bet these kids will be brainwashed.

The evils of European socialism? "Hngg the wealth is shared the rich sould have that wealth."

Reading what they're planning to do there makes it sound like the least fun summer camp ever

Honestly this is just indoctrination of the highest degree.

I think they are doing this because they know that odds are the non-baby boomers are not going to share there opinion so they indoctrinate them.

Why does this state suck so bad...