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Billy obama is giving a speech Tuesday at 11am directed towards school kids and the gov as ALLOWED school districts the right to choose if they wanna air it or not,I called my sons school to find out if they were gonna air it and they said they were but were sending home a paper I could sign if I object to it and I'm gonna sign it,if they didn't give that option he wouldn't have went to school that day!!!
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Billy AMEN BROTHER!!! OBAMA IS AN IDIOT AND OUR KIDS SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO IT ANYMORE THAN THEY ARE ALREADY!!!!!
Kari We're doing the same thing for my nephews, they don't need to waste their time watching that nonsense!!!
Billy Well when I sign the paper saying I dont want him to watch it Im going under the radar in the goverments eyes
Kari But there are SO many parents signing it, EVERYONE is going to be under speculation!
Scott heard on the radio today the newest Obama load of shit is he is wanting students to take a pledge to support their leader every day... someone needs to do something, fast!
Jana I need to look into this...are all schools across the good ole us doing this?
Billy I guess I shoulda added I dont really care if I am...just means they gonna waste thier time on me...
Billy Im pretty sure all the schools will have the option to show it but as far as the school lettin you sign a paper to allow them to watch it I dont know about that part...just call them and ask
Vera I'm with you Billy! My kids won't be subjected to any more of his bull shit if I can prevent it! I'm signing the paper in the biggest sharpie marker I can get my hands on! If my kids are going to have to "pledge to support their leader" they better come up with some sort of pledge toward me because I will be damned before I let them pledge ANYTHING to him!
Kari I think it is TOTAL bs that they question the pledge of allegiance and prayer in school but yet they'll televise this trash!
Julie I signed both forms for my kids!! That should be something shown during the evening hours and not during school. What a waste of valuable instructional time. It's my job to guide my childrens morals and values not Obama's.
Dana Don't get me on my soap box about this. They think it's okay to take God and prayer out of school, but they can bring in the President. We shouldn't talk religion in school, but politics are okay. Oh, yeah, religion is okay, just not JESUS!! This is absurd!! Honestly, I think the children than NEED to hear someone tell them how important education is and that they should be in school so they can grow up and get a job and support themselves and not ask for a handout will be there - my children; however, will not be there!! The Good Lord gave me my children to take care of and to teach them MY values, NOT Obama's.
Dawn i don't think i need to comment on this. i am signin the paper as well. it doesn't belong in the schools. i can watch it from home if i wish,WHICH I WILL NOT!!!!!
Michael Here is the "change" that everyone wanted ( BTW this is not a race issue.. I hate how when you are white and don't support Obame.. The race card is automatically played... I'm not racist.. I would have voted for Condaleeza or Colin Powell.. I watch Opera ..the Cosby Show.. and I like Tupac)
Jeremy I don't have any kids (just the occassional anonymous father's day card), but I'm gonna go around to as many schools as I can and pretend to be someone's dad and start signing papers!! Any one kid saved is worth it!!
Taunya I'm most definitely going to get flamed for this, but wouldn't it be more productive to let your kids watch the President of the United States speak (right or wrong, he is still the President. Maybe not YOUR President, but President nonetheless), and then discuss your problems with his speech later that night, rather than to avoid it altogether? I wasn't a fan of George W's (no need to burn me at the stake for that) - but I would want my daughter to hear everything he had to say and then have a commentary on why I thought he was right or wrong. A "teaching moment" if you will....
Jarrod I second everyone's opinion. Even without kids, I am offended. Now that adult America is awake and saying "Hell No!", do they think they can really plant their seeds in future voters? W doesn't seem so bad anymore does he...
Christopher Dawson while the dislike of a president and his agenda (or the congress, for that matter) is completely yours to discuss with your children, the undeniable fact remains that without discourse the next generation of our country will be more diminished and even more out-of-touch than ours. if you really fear a socialist regime and earnestly desire to protect your children, then the greatest defense to provide for them is a logical and open discourse. nothing will be gained by shoving your kid's heads in the sand. if a patriot is uninformed or misinformed, then he is nothing better than a terrorist and a threat to his own countrymen.
Billy Well I was waitin for some liberals to chime in and glad you did...1st he is my president even though I dont like that 2nd Im not shoving my sons head in the sand its just that he doesnt need to make remarks towards the kids...there was another leader that made great speeches and talked to the youth...his name was Hitler! Look how that worked out! Me and my son can discuss everything that is going on but dont want a liberal school to teach him
Michael... Texas should just secede from the Union and have Chuck Norris for president and Ted Nugent for vice president. Don't mess with Texas!
Sarah I am not going to let my boys see it. I will make sure they stay home if the school doesn't give us a choice. I'm with all of you. Amen Billy!!
Christopher Dawson well, to be exact i am a libertarian, not a liberal. i find that a lot of folks i speak with (libs and reps) have become too easily caught up with name calling and invoking the name of hitler. and, for the record, george bush talked to our youth, too. he also urged that america's youth dedicate themselves to a life of service:
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BTW---neither the republicans or democrats are on your side. all this stuff is a smoke screen to keep us occupied and our attention focused elsewhere.
Billy Chris I do agree with you that the goverment isnt here for us "little" people anymore and hasnt been for many many years.I dont recall Bush giving a speech during school hours where parents were at work and couldnt monitor what was being said...but he was in there 8 years so he might have snuck one in
Taunya Bonner Dawson I am quietly stepping away from this comment and moving to my own (on the same issue). God Bless America! (hahaha)
Kari Like Michael said, this is not a race issue nor is it repubican vs the world. We are not "putting their heads in the sand" by not having our kids watch this presentation at school, we just choose to educate and inform our children at home. I do not have children but am a very active part of my nieces and nephews lives. My 14 yr old nephew was at my house months ago and had questions regarding our president. I explained some isues and posisions to him and also helped him look up info on the internet to educate him on Obama. I do not think they should watch this video at school wthout parental supervision to interject when needed. It almost comes across to me like Obama picked this time (when parents are at work and kids are at school) on purpose; almost like he feels he can "brain wash" their neive minds into supporting him. Above all that, my biggest issue with it is the simple fact that congress has been pushing for years now the seperation of school and state. Why is it ok now???
Taunya Bonner Dawson Simple question. Would you guys have felt the same way when Bush was in office? (There's no tone or accusations there, just genuinely curious. Know that I'm treading as lightly as possible.)
Christopher Dawson actually, congress has been doing the exact opposite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act
passed with a bipartisan vote and has had its funds increased over and over. the reason they are talking to the kids now is because they know most parents dont educate their own kids and their publicly funded schools dont really teach anything. what better time than now to begin the 1984 generation? this is not obamas doing or the current congress. this was started a long time ago and no one is more responsible for this happening than the people who elect these career politicians over and over. for any malady that affects a democracy, only the governed (where the power rests) are responsible for allowing it to continue. if you want to protect your kids, or anyone else's kid, vote for a third party. any one of them. eliminate the two party system. BTW--has anyone paid attention to the most recent anti-food bills that were introduced in congress? do you like food?
Shelly I looked at the link abt bush. yes he did, but those were graduates. Not elementary kids. graduates pretty much know what bs is. our elementary lids don,t btw I wouldn't my kids either
Jarrod I'll tell you what, I SERVED my country before anyone asked me to. My time in the Air Force shaped who I am today and it helped to open my eyes to what really matters. I'm tired of people trying to tell me how what when and where to run my life and then try to cram it down my throat anyway. Time for debate is over in my book. We've taken a wrong turn recently as a government. Continuing in this direction is "sticking our heads in the sand". When will someone pull their head out and make a U-turn? Probably way too late. Our grandchildren will be paying for our mistakes and hesitations.
Some people loved to bitch about the past administration. Guess what, now it's my turn on this one...
Christopher Dawson how can graduates know what BS is if they are taught by liberal universities? i think that arguing semantics might be an exercise in futility. youth is youth. besides, is it a fair assumption to guess how whatever obama chooses to say will impact those kids? i highly suspect they will leave school as obama-zombies. more to my previous point, whatever the case may be, obama is just a figurehead. this is bigger than obama and it has nothing to do with socialism. a leisurely read of 1984 would offer a more realistic possibility. anyway, i did find a transcript of an address by Bush Sr to school children, pumping up learning and how it is cool to be smart. but, i suppose one could argue that this was not the entire nation, but whatever. it is senseless to split hairs...unless one simply insists on being right to support their own opinion, which is neither right nor wrong.
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=3394&year=1991&month
Christopher Dawson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
Dennis For those wondering about BHISD see the following from the school Website. www.barbershill.isd.esc4.n
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Address to students...
President Obama will deliver a national address to students on September 8 at noon ET. The president will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning. BHISD will not broadcast this live to students. There will be a link to the recorded broadcast after Sep 8 so parents and students can watch it together.
Angela thanks denny..my kids go there. that answers my question. i would've kept mine out that day too.
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I don't have any more to say on this. I'm spent just re-reading it. But bless these poor kids hearts, they are our future.
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wow. just. wow.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing to me that these were the same people that were calling "liberals" un-patriotic during the Iraq WAR. I can't think of anything more un-patriotic than pulling your kid out of school during a Presidential address specifically for school children. Moreover, I find it disturbing that schools would notify parents in the first place. This is our PRESIDENT! Okay, really. I'm done.
ReplyDelete"Free speech doesn't protect speech you like. It protects speech you hate." --Ron Jeremy.
ReplyDeleteWhen people believe (and teach their kids) that when they lose, they don't have to respect the winner, then we're all in trouble. My candidate doesn't win every time. But I respect the boss when he's the boss.
Alas, I don't think anyone's ever really won an argument on the Internet.
Taunya, I am furious and terrified. This raises (or lowers?) the bar for ridiculous bullshit. Your comments make great points and I can't believe how they were just ignored. I guess we can always hope for teenage rebellion?
ReplyDeleteI am always down for a Ron Jeremy quote! The sad thing these people don't realize is that it really has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with censoring and underestimating their kids. I meant what I said, show George W. in school and Izzy is there! But then, I'll have the time to sit down later and talk it over with her. In my opinion, these parents are just being emotional and lazy (and I don't judge parents lightly). I just keep thinking how lucky we are to be in Austin where people actually think and discuss.
ReplyDeletedeath to all dining (or is it dinning?) tables!
ReplyDeleteDude, I'm there with you, 100%. Trust me. If I sound like a distant, Sphinx-from-"Mystery Men"-like figure, it's because the majority of my time with my husband is spent with him spiraling sadly and angrily about stuff like what you went through today. It's overwhelmingly hard, to look at the wrongs other people are doing to one another, or how they're trying to silence one another because they disagree. It can take your soul away. And I don't want my husband to lose his soul over some idiot at a Town Hall, or some jackass publicly complaining that he's taking his kid out of school for the Obama speech, because he can't change their minds. I want him to lose his soul to me. :)
ReplyDeleteIn all seriousness, I try to remind him that there's only so much he can do, and the rest is out of his control. And that I need him more than some argument on the Internet does. It's very, very hard for him to walk away from what he sees as an opportunity to enlighten people, to encourage rational debate. It's hard for me, too. But I'm trying to let it go, and focus on what I can change, and putting all my energy into that.
Don't know if this helps, but I hope it did.
Stay strong and "illegitimi non carborundum"--"Don't let the bastards get you down." :)