Completely outside the MSM, a lot of people have been talking about this video of the militant Obama youth group. These average people, along with local media outlets, have been trying to figure out what happened. A radio station in Kansas City has interviewed the Director of the Urban Community Leadership Academy, Joyce McGautha. In this interview, she explained that she was fully aware of the group in question, she was aware that the video was being made, but the only thing she’s upset about is that the video was released. So in other words, she’s just angry that they got caught.
In addition to this, she also clarified that it was a teacher who formed this group and trained these children on school grounds. Worst of all, that particular teacher is still employed by the school.
She also states repeatedly that she doesn’t want to discuss the word “militant”, and she doesn’t think that them wearing fatigues, marching, and chanting is “militant”. So in other words, she’s also in denial.

Click here to listen to the interview.

She was aware, she knew the teacher was carrying on these activities, that teacher is still employed, she doesn’t see anything wrong with what these children have been encouraged to do, but she’s angry that it was released for the public to see. The only reason she’s concerned is because oops, someone found out that they were indoctrinating children and that it might have been in violation of the law.
With all of this, I can’t help but wonder, what else is going on in that school that we aren’t seeing?

That said, in the interview, Ms. McGautha further clarified that the school is actually managed and overseen by the University of Central Missouri. Ms. McGuatha is the director, who answers to the Board of Directors, which then answers to the University of Central Missouri. So please continue to contact the University of Central Missouri at the following address, to make sure they know that their school has been violating the law and indoctrinating junior high students in a militant fashion.
Ann Pearce
Associate to the President
660-543-4203
Administration Building 206
apearce@ucmo.edu

It sincerely disturbs me that the leadership of this school can’t even begin to fathom why what their employees have done is so reprehensible. It so greatly upsets me that the adults in this situation don’t even understand their own legal, ethical, and moral responsibilities with regard to the children in their care. This school needs to be either shut down or completely restructured, along with extensive efforts to right the wrongs that have been taught to these children. The damage has been done, it’s time to clean up the mess.

Update: It appears that the teacher in question was suspended yesterday, but according to a statement released by the school, he was only suspended for violating school policy in releasing the video to the public. Honestly, that’s the last thing any of us should be concerned about in this situation.
Oh, and also, according to the Huffington Posts’ campaign contribution database, McGautha donated $375 to Obama’s campaign. Can’t say that’s a huge surprise, though. (Sorry for linking to the HuffPo! They’re about as extreme as you can get.)

I’ve discovered some interesting things about the video that I posted earlier, the one with the troop of African American teenagers marching militantly while chanting, “Alpha! Omega! Alpha! Omega!” about Obama. Guess what?
That took place in a public charter school. Those boys are students of that school. That school receives federal funding. Your taxes paid for those children to wear fatigues, develop their own new Obama salute, militantly worship Barack Obama, and spread propaganda about him.

Ask yourself, if these were white teenagers chanting and marching in military garb about McCain, what do you think the backlash would be like?

The school is apparently also sponsored by the University of Central Missouri, a state university. That means they receive government funding too, and some of that government funding is then being funneled back into the Urban Community Leadership Academy, which is training its teenagers to march for a political candidate and refer to him as a god.

Again. If this were a video of white teenage males chanting about McCain, do you think you’d be hearing about this on a new, tiny, barely noticed blog? Or would CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, all the big news boys, be shouting this from the rooftops at the top of their voices for all the world to hear?

We need to get this out and we need to get this out now. Send the video to your friends, because if the media won’t share this news story, then we’ll have to do it for them. This school has violated so many laws that it’s absolutely sick and Obama’s benefiting from it.

Here’s contact information for the school, just in case you were wondering:
The Urban Community Leadership Academy
1524 Paseo Blvd
Kansas City, Missouri
64108
816-483-8035

And here’s a website about them from the University of Central Missouri.
Oh, and here’s contact information for the staff of UCM’s President Aaron Podolefsky, whom I’m sure would love to know about what this school is doing with their gracious funding:
Ann Pearce
Associate to the President
660-543-4203
Administration Building 206
apearce@ucmo.edu

I’m off to send this video to a few news agencies that I’m sure will be completely fair, balanced, and nonpartisan in their response. I’m sure they’ll do their duty and report this gross abuse of federal laws and taxpayer dollars.
Well, we can hope, right?

Update, Oct 4, 8:19PM: I’ve found a graph that illustrates the school’s sources of funding for 2006, thanks to schoolmatters.com. Take a look for yourself, because these are your taxes at work.