First he attempted to indoctrinate our kids in their classrooms. Now, Barack Obama’s agenda is taking another Great Leap Forward (see what I did there?) to include paramilitary training and “fitness testing” for all American students.

Under the euphemistic title of the “President’s Physical Fitness Test,” Obama’s plan will require children to participate in military-style drills, including pull-ups and a “mile run”. These tests will occur in every school in the nation, and will be evaluated on a national level — in other words, the test results of every child will be on file at a central location, and freely available to Washington operatives.

Children who excel at the test will also receive a certificate from the White House, which educators are being instructed to treat as an “award” worth being proud of. This is a clear and unambiguous case of indoctrination; our children are being trained to seek the approval of “their” President (shades of the Hitler Youth). When the inevitable call for strong young volunteers goes out, don’t be surprised if the recruiters from the ACORN/MoveOn cartel give preference to the children who received these certificates.

On top of all of these concerns, this is also a transparent power grab on the part Washington. As stated earlier, results are to be judged on a national level, effectively placing every student in the country in competition with one another. This is a dangerous first step toward nationalizing the public schools, and demonstrates a callous disregard for school board sovereignty. Even private schools and homeschoolers are encouraged to participate, placing them once and for all under the thumb of big government.

We must also ask whether this new found obsession with “fitness” figures into Obama’s socialist health care plan. Will poor results on the test result in a child being deemed “unfit” for medical care? Will failure to participate affect a child’s grades and potentially endanger his or her academic future and “worth” to society? Will Obama’s good squads take action against the parents of husky children?

Unfortunately, this plan has overwhelming support from both parties. Indeed, advocates of the plan are making the baseless claim that it dates back to the Johnson administration. All we can do is prepare our children to resist this indoctrination effort posing as “Physical Education”. Fortunately, history is on our side; I don’t know about you, but I fucking hated running the mile in gym.