It's Harry Potter Stupid

"America has become a pagan society .. and we are in a moral, emotional, spiritual free fall. .. We are embracing the era of darkness! When the Boy Scouts of America are censored and penalized for refusing to accept homosexual scout leaders, we are a pagan nation where we're rebirthing Sodom and Gomorrah!

He's a bit out there with some of his other comments, but mad?

Please.

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"America has become a pagan society .. and we are in a moral, emotional, spiritual free fall. .. We are embracing the era of darkness! When the Boy Scouts of America are censored and penalized for refusing to accept homosexual scout leaders, we are a pagan nation where we're rebirthing Sodom and Gomorrah!

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

He's a bit out there with some of his other comments, but mad?

Please.

Is Harry Potter required reading in any school?

Is any child being "commanded" to read or "dictated to consume" Harry Potter? Really?

Finn, yeah please. Hagee's rapture fantasy aint mad either. Bring down the Messiah by creating Armageddon. Bomb bomb bomb Iran. That's the McCain/Hagge signiture song. The Jews bless em can convert or die. Rev. Wright would say G-D condemn that. G-d damn that. The mainstream media would crucify him for picking on poor Hagee.

boomerang wrote:

Is Harry Potter required reading in any school?

Is any child being "commanded" to read or "dictated to consume" Harry Potter? Really?

Stop being so disingenuous.

Do you really doubt that a Harry Potter novel is on the required reading list of junior high school lit classes throughout America?

I certainly hope this is the case, and have no trouble believing it is.

I also have no trouble believing that the same is true in Oz.

Perhaps, Hagee doesn't want school children to read "Catcher In The Rye," "Rumble Fish," and "The Joy Luck Club," but, if so, he is an ass, but an ass is a far cry from a lunatic ---as anyone familiar with nimh can attest.

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

boomerang wrote:

Is Harry Potter required reading in any school?

Is any child being "commanded" to read or "dictated to consume" Harry Potter? Really?

Stop being so disingenuous.

Do you really doubt that a Harry Potter novel is on the required reading list of junior high school lit classes throughout America?

I certainly hope this is the case, and have no trouble believing it is.

I also have no trouble believing that the same is true in Oz.

Perhaps, Hagee doesn't want school children to read "Catcher In The Rye," "Rumble Fish," and "The Joy Luck Club," but, if so, he is an ass, but an ass is a far cry from a lunatic ---as anyone familiar with nimh can attest.

Yes, I really doubt it is required reading mandated by the public school system in any state in America.

The volume and popularity are so amazing that she taught a unit about the Harry Potter phenomenon in publishing history as part of The Book in Society class this fall. The class, one of three required for a Publishing and Printing Arts minor, studies the history of publishing and literacy, the role of print in culture and genres. PLU also offers a children's literature class, taught by associate professor of English Suzanne Rahn that includes a unit on Harry Potter.

California Department of Education > Reading List Web Site


Beauty of the Beast: Poems from the Animal Kingdom Prelutsky, Jack NP Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Been to Yesterdays: Poems of a Life Hopkins, Lee Bennett NP Middle School (6-8)

Black Is Brown Is Tan Adoff, Arnold NP Middle School (6-8)

Canterbury Tales, The Chaucer, Geoffrey, Hastings, Selina (adapter) NP Middle School (6-8)

Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 Thayer, Ernest L. NP Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Celebrating America: A Collection of Poems and Images of the American Spirit Whipple, Laura (compiler) NP Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Dream Keeper and Other Poems, The Hughes, Langston NP Middle School (6-8)

Falling Up Silverstein, Shel NP Primary (K-2)
Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Grassroots: Poems by Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl NP Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Great Frog Race and Other Poems, The George, Kristine O'Connell NP Primary (K-2)
Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Hailstones and Halibut Bones O'Neill, Mary NP Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Heartland Siebert, Diane NP Middle School (6-8)

Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems Greenfield, Eloise NP Primary (K-2)
Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

I Am Wings: Poems About Love Fletcher, Ralph NP Middle School (6-8)

If Perry, Sarah 1 Primary (K-2)
Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

If You're Not from the Prairie Bouchard, David NP Middle School (6-8)

Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings Florian, Douglas NP Middle School (6-8)

I See the Rhythm Igus, Toyomi NP Middle School (6-8)

Jar of Tiny Stars: Poems by NCTE Award-Winning Poets, A Cullininan, Bernice E. NP Middle School (6-8)

Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry Kennedy, X. J., Kennedy, Dorothy NP Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Light in the Attic, A Silverstein, Shel NP Primary (K-2)
Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Lives: Poems About Famous Americans Hopkins, Lee Bennett (selector) NP Middle School (6-8)

Maples in the Mist: Children's Poems from the Tang Dynasty Ho, Minfong NP Primary (K-2)
Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo Feelings, Tom NP Middle School (6-8)

Mind's Eye Fleischman, Paul NP Middle School (6-8)
High School (9-12)

Mojave Siebert, Diane NP Middle School (6-8)

Neighborhood Odes Soto, Gary NP Middle School (6-8)

New Kid on the Block Prelutsky, Jack NP Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel Avi, NP Middle School (6-8)
High School (9-12)

Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems George, Kristine O'Connell NP Primary (K-2)
Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Out of the Dust Hesse, Karen NP Middle School (6-8)
High School (9-12)

Oxford Book of Poetry for Children Blishen, Edward (editor) NP Middle School (6-8)

Popcorn Stevenson, James NP Middle School (6-8)

Quotations for Kids Senn, J. A. (compiler) NP Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Rainbows Are Made: Poems by Carl Sandburg Sandburg, Carl NP Middle School (6-8)

Random House Book of Poetry for Children, The Prelutsky, Jack (selector) NP Primary (K-2)
Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Relatively Speaking: Poems About Family Fletcher, Ralph NP Middle School (6-8)

Salting the Ocean, 100 Poems by Young People Nye, Naomi Shihab (editor) NP Middle School (6-8)

Sierra Siebert, Diane NP Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Soul Looks Back in Wonder Feelings, Tom NP Middle School (6-8)

Suitcase of Seaweed, A Wong, Janet NP Upper Elementary (3-5)
Middle School (6-8)

Waiting to Waltz, a Childhood: Poems Rylant, Cynthia NP Middle School (6-8)

War and the Pity of War Philip, Neil (editor) NP Middle School (6-8)

Water Music Yolen, Jane NP Middle School (6-8)

What Have You Lost? Nye, Naomi Shihab (editor) NP Middle School (6-8)
High School (9-12)

When the Rain Sings, Poems by Young Native Americans Gale, David (editor) NP Middle School (6-8)

Bomb bomb bomb Iran. That's the McCain/Hagge signiture song.

Bomb Iran
(to the tune of "Barbara Ann" by the Beach Boys)

Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, BOMB IRAN!
Let's take a stand, bomb Iran.
Our country's got a feelin'
Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

Went to a mosque, gonna throw some rocks.
Tell the Ayatollah..."Gonna put you in a box!"
Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Our country's got a feelin'
Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

Ol' Uncle Sam's gettin' pretty hot.
Time to turn Iran into a parking lot. Bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

Call the volunteers; call the bombadiers;
Call the financiers, better get their ass in gear.
Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Our country's got a feelin'
Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

Call on our allies to cut off their supplies,
Get our hands untied, and bring em' back alive. Bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Our country's got a feelin'
Really hit the ceilin', bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, BOMB IRAN!
Let's take a stand, bomb Iran.
Our people you been stealin'
Now it's time for keelin', bomb Iran.
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

<snork>

California might have the market cornered on poetry but come up a little north and you'll find that our public school interpretive dance program beats them ten ways to Tuesday.