Boulder High's Student Worker Club Stops Protesting Pledge of Allegiance and Starts Campaign To Rename School After Obama

What kind of weirdo world are we living in. The "Student Worker Club" at Boulder High School is pushing to name their high school after Barack Obama. I mean, come on ya'll, what happened to the days kids snuck off campus to conspire against the government while listening to Dead Prez?

According to the Denver Post, Ben Raderstorf, president of the club said:

"We think the election of Barack Obama is one of the most significant events in our country and shows the progress we've made in this country," Ben said Wednesday between classes. "We think he is deserving of recognition like this."

I'm sure Barack Obama will be happy to know that the creepy white paradise of Boulder has honored him by renaming their school; however, doing so appears to be another act of classic Boulder cultural appropriation. Obama's victory is white Boulder's. Yuck.

According to the Post, Mr. Raderstorf is proud because the Student Worker Club has moved beyond being an organization that boycotted the "Pledge of Allegiance," to the following:

"We've reinvented ourselves," he said. "We want to build up the school. It's quite the opposite" of the situation with the 'Pledge of Allegiance,' he said, explaining that renaming the school Barack Obama High would never be considered unpatriotic.

"We initiated this campaign in order to honor the momentous achievement of this African-American, inspire the community with his ideals of unity and hope, and reflect the progressive spirit that is shared by both Barack Obama and our school environment,"

Caught up in Obama Mania, Mr. Raderstorf neglects to note that Obama's policies are far from progressive. Escalating in Afghanistan and off-shore drilling hardly demonstrate a progressive agenda.

I don't know Mr. Raderstorf. I mean, I appreciate the idea that you want to fill your community with hope, but don't you think examining the racist impact of rezoning laws in Boulder might be a better place to start? It's one thing to promote naming the school after Obama. It's another to challenge white supremacy in that creepy racist town.