Courtesy of the Tampa 912 Project, inspired by Glenn Beck, kids in Tampa, Florida can spend their summer being indoctrinated into the political ideals of the Tea Party.
The St.Petersburg Times reports:
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."
I think sharing falls under the 'charitable' category for children, so I'm guessing the kids who attend this 'camp' aren't going to be too popular in the sand box.
The group -- organized by conservative writer, Jeff Lukens, has all sorts of 'fun' little activities planned that will teach them the Tea Party idea of what our nation is about...
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.
That's right, they're going to force small children to shoot up their friend's bubbles, and also to burst their own bubbles. Mimics socialism? Well, alrighty then.
Florida, however, is not the first state to have their own 'Tea Party' summer camp. Not surprising, Rand Paul's home state of Kentucky hosted a similar camp last year, serving as the model for Luken's Tampa version.
The group won't be going away once summer is over, they hope to bring their message to the public schools during Constitution Week if they are 'cleared' to do so, a process that involves proving the they do not have a political agenda.
Be on the watch for Zombie-like children with glazed over eyes who lecture on the evils of socialism (Or bubbles?) And teachers, there should be some interesting 'What I did during summer vacation' essays come September.