Note: The term "henchmen" refers to all of the teachers, guidance counselors, principals, and anyone else in the state of Maine (or anywhere else) who have been involved with this travesty or any other activity like it.

As military personnel are deployed across the globe, leaving their children behind in the care of others, it is up to us to support those children in any way possible.  Their parents are going off to protect our country, our freedoms, and our rights, so in turn, it is our responsibility to protect the children left behind.  They are already suffering emotional and psychological distress in response to a parent being deployed and risking their life to protect this country.  I would call this common sense if not for the brainless assholes in Maine who, according to news reports and complaints from parents, are verbally and, dare I say, emotionally abusing these children in light of their parents serving in the US military.

I will refrain from using the term "educators" in this article, as that word no longer applies to these people.  After you read this story, I think you'll agree that these impertinent, chronically dissatisfied, impotent people are abusing the children of our military when they need our support the most.

Through recent news reports on the web (try The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, FOXNews, WorldNetDaily, Soldiers for the Truth, and The Washington Times for just a few examples), on television, and in a myriad of other places (email and radio, for instance), I have become aware of a reprehensible, abhorrent, offensive, and truly malicious (dare I say evil) abuse that is being perpetrated on the children of our military personnel.  This is more than political activism, and it certainly must be stopped.

It seems, if one takes all of the reports at face value, that some members of the teaching profession in Maine have decided that their political motivations and ideas are so important that emotionally and psychologically abusing children is an acceptable outlet.  The specifics appear to be that the children of deployed military personnel are being told, in front of their classes and other students, that their parents are immoral and/or unethical for being involved in any possible war with Iraq.

Considering these children, the youngest being seven years old, are already traumatized by losing a parent to military service, it is despicable and reprehensible that anyone would add to that emotional pain by saying anything negative about their parents.  The reported incidents include references to children coming home crying after such abuse, exhibiting signs of increased stress and emotional trauma, and being terribly upset.

Despite my disbelief, this appears to really be happening in Maine, and it doesn't appear to only be teachers involved.

Reports indicate that the perpetrators of these heinous acts, out of more than 30 documented incidents, include teachers, guidance counselors and principals.  WTF are they smoking in Maine that makes these idiots think that such behavior is acceptable or tolerable?  Oh, wait, I think the answer to that would be whatever the state commissioner of education, J. Duke Albanese, is jacked up on.

It seems that Mr. No-Balls Albanese has gone so far as to lie about the incidents to local news sources, clearly stating that there were only three anecdotal claims of such activities mentioned to him by Adjutant General Joseph Tinkham.  When asked about the very same information, General Tinkham provided more than anecdotal claims.  The same information shared with Albanese included more than 30 documented incidents, including names, locations (schools), and dates.  Further investigation showed that the reports had come in from 12 different schools across the state by the time Mr. Albanese began distorting the facts.

General Tinkham went on to say that the complaints and reports about "insensitive" members of the Maine educational system are steady and consistent.

It appears that Maine's state commissioner on education felt it appropriate to lie about the facts — and this adds yet another distasteful and unforgivable act to the growing list of wrongs being done to the children of Maine.

Albanese eventually sent a letter to all of the schools in Maine with instructions to be more "sensitive" to children with parents in the military and to present both sides of the argument regardless of personal views.  Despite his own delusions to the contrary, the letter was less than a reprimand, took no action to correct the abuse that had already taken place, and provided nothing more than a "cover your ass" document for Albanese himself.  Given his record on this thus far, it seems perfectly clear to me that he advocates this type of child abuse (anyone who didn't would take immediate and authoritative steps to halt any further abuse and to ensure that the offenders were removed from any position that would allow them to continue to abuse these children).

There are many facets of this story which are upsetting.  Anyone who would traumatize a child for any reason by verbally attacking their parent(s) is inhuman and deserves to be treated as such.  Anyone willing to attack a child in this manner because their parent serves in the military is a traitor.  Anyone willing to verbally assault a child like this only after their parent has been deployed for military service is a hypocritical coward who deserves nothing less than the maximum penalties for emotional abuse of a child, psychological abuse of a child, treason, and any other crime that may fit what can only be described as the malicious intent to cause harm to a child while verbally pummeling those who fight for our freedoms.

I have always been and will always be a strong believer in and advocate of First Amendment rights to free speech.  I would guess that the perpetrators of these crimes have decided that those who risk their lives to protect that right are unethical people who should be attacked, and that the children of those serving to protect us are easy targets for such attacks.

There are so many things I would like to say to these people, but I try diligently to keep this site at a less than offensive level, so I will not question their ancestry, the involvement of certain farm animals in their direct lineage, their apparent hatred of children, and the inapplicability of the word "educator" with regards to these people.  I also will refrain from calling them evil, insensitive, hypocritical, intolerant, reprehensible, offensive, impotent, impertinent, malicious, and traitorous.  I will instead take the high road on this issue.

Let me be very clear with what I'm saying, since it's apparent that these people are illiterate, inhuman animals who would likely eat the young of others if they thought it would further their cause.  To those who have been involved in such hateful acts, and to J. Duke Albanese, the spineless wimp who, vicariously or otherwise, enjoys watching children suffer, I say this: SHUT THE FUCK UP!

As a final suggestion to Mr. Albanese himself: grow a spine, you twit.  You need to be fired and charged with accessory to all of the crimes being committed under your tutelage.

As for the parents of these children, and perhaps even the military itself, I strongly suggest filing lawsuits, filing official complaints with the state agency in Maine responsible for protecting children (it's Child Protective Services here in Texas), and filing police reports for emotional battery of a child (start there and work your way forward to treason).