DOE funds wingnut rockband's indoctrination assemblies in US high schools

[BurtWorm]

(Brought to my attention courtesy of The Huffington Post)

http://www.campusprogress.org/features/650/right-wing-rock

Right-Wing Rock
Coming soon to a school near you, and at taxpayer expense.

By Brian D. Greer
Wednesday, November 16, 2005

First there was Ted Nugent. Then Foghat. (Okay, that was just an ugly rumor.) Now there’s a new right-wing band to vying for the hearts and minds of America ’s youth: Junkyard Prophet.

But, instead of trying to beg its way onto MTV to build its audience, this band is performing directly inside of America’s high schools.

Oh, and the federal government is footing the bill.

That’s right. Over the last few years, a band called Junkyard Prophet (through its youth outreach organization, You Can Run But You Cannot Hide) has been touring across Middle America, spewing its ultra-conservative message at hundreds of school assemblies along the way. And it’s received hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars for its efforts. Armstrong Williams, eat your heart out.

[Loonman]

1. Christian "rock" doesn't make Jesus better

It makes rock 'n roll worse!

-- Hank Hill

[BurtWorm]

4. Amen! Testify, brother!

:headbang:

[izzybeans]

2. This has to be a joke. I see the makings of another classic

Christopher Guest movie. "This is WingNut Rock" or something. Perhaps "Propa, Propa, Propaganda High School. Prop Prop Prop Propaganda High School." Yee Haw!!!!!

Seriously this is F#$#@ up.

[BurtWorm]

5. I was thinking something similar.

If it isn't a joke, I wish it was.

On religion, Dean has praised Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” and members of his entourage distributed religious literature at several stops. He has also told students that “there is nothing in our Constitution or founding documents about separation of church and state” and criticized the theory of evolution.

Speaking of science, in another appearance, Dean attacked Alcoholics Anonymous, stating that alcoholism is not a disease. He also comes armed with statistics: apparently pornography increased by a staggering 97 percent when Bill Clinton was President, according to Dean.

And perhaps most bizarrely, in at least one assembly, the boys and girls were divided into two groups for part of the performance. In the girls’ session a female staffer from the band told the girls that they “would get black spots” on their wedding dresses if they held hands with a boy and would be serving “leftovers" to their husbands if they lost their virginity before marrying a “God-fearing man.”

The Des Moines Register reported that after one 2004 performance, Junkyard Prophet handed out CDs to a few random students that bore this message: “the death sentence on you due to your sins! The very evidence of your sin will be your death! It is appointed to you to die and after that you will be judged according to your ways! His judgment is so thorough every thought will be brought to the light. When all your sin against God is exposed, how will you escape the damnation of hell?"

[izzybeans]

8. I'm speechless.

[Midnight Rambler]

10. Ok, I'm pretty sure that porn statistic is complete bullshit, but...

Let's assume for a moment there actually was a 97% increase in porn under Clinton. Now, logically speaking, wouldn't this have to do more with the internet?

Of course, I never expect wingnuts to use logic. Easier just to blame Clinton.

[BurtWorm]

11. It sounds like one of those wingnut statistics that gets pulled out of

some freeper's ass. Smells like it too.

[AspenRose]

3. Thom Hartmann talked about this today

Along with playing a snip of that awful "Bush Was Right" propaganda song :puke:

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Were there special concerts held for Hitler Youth?

[ComerPerro]

7. How come I can't google these tools? Don't they have a website

with pics, streams, and lyrics?

Damn them...

I want to mock them...

[BurtWorm]

12. They do have a Website

http://www.youcanrunbutyoucannothide.com/youcanrunintro.html

[MindPilot]

9. That is without a doubt, the WORST excuse for a website ever!

Don't even bother, but if you must...

http://www.youcanrunbutyoucannothide.com/youcanrunintro.html

[KitchenWitch]

13. Oh fuck

They are from Minnesota!

On edit, looks like they found a new way to "catapult the propaganda".

:grr: