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The above icon is the only way I can express my reaction to the "controversy" surrounding the President of the United States directly addressing the children of the country.
Now, in case i missed something, we are citizens of the United States of America. We citizens elected Barrack Obama as our president. In doing so, we acknowledge he is the Head of State. Our children are also citizens of the United States of America. The "controversy" is about the head of State addressing the youngest citizens of this country.
Really?
You have got to be kidding me.
When i was in school, something like this would be expected. It would be part of a lesson in civic and social responsibility. Just like saying the Pledge of Allegiance or learning the branches of government. It is how children are taught to be part of their society.
They learn the lessons in school, then go home to their parents. The parents either reinforce the lessons or pose a retort to them. Simple.
Today, however, liberal groups want to remove the Pledge of Allegiance because it has the phrase "One Nation under God." And conservatives, not to be outdone on the panic-meter, want permission slips for kids to listen to a speech by the President of the United States.
For those out there who say "this is the first step toward an Obama-youth corps" I urge you to rethink your analogy. As someone who had a relative conscripted into the Hitler Youth as a child, I find such remarks HIGHLY offensive and ignorant.
I support the President of the United States even if I do not support his policies. When my son listens to this speech, I will ask him what he thought, what they did, and what he learned. If there are political points I disagree with or his father disagrees with, we will discuss them.
If the conservatives are indeed so worried about Obama controlling the thoughts of our youth, maybe they should find a rational, well-spoken individual to carry a counter-argument to the youth and teach them about the art of debate and rhetoric.
No, on second thought, that would require them to be actual statesmen.
Now, in case i missed something, we are citizens of the United States of America. We citizens elected Barrack Obama as our president. In doing so, we acknowledge he is the Head of State. Our children are also citizens of the United States of America. The "controversy" is about the head of State addressing the youngest citizens of this country.
Really?
You have got to be kidding me.
When i was in school, something like this would be expected. It would be part of a lesson in civic and social responsibility. Just like saying the Pledge of Allegiance or learning the branches of government. It is how children are taught to be part of their society.
They learn the lessons in school, then go home to their parents. The parents either reinforce the lessons or pose a retort to them. Simple.
Today, however, liberal groups want to remove the Pledge of Allegiance because it has the phrase "One Nation under God." And conservatives, not to be outdone on the panic-meter, want permission slips for kids to listen to a speech by the President of the United States.
For those out there who say "this is the first step toward an Obama-youth corps" I urge you to rethink your analogy. As someone who had a relative conscripted into the Hitler Youth as a child, I find such remarks HIGHLY offensive and ignorant.
I support the President of the United States even if I do not support his policies. When my son listens to this speech, I will ask him what he thought, what they did, and what he learned. If there are political points I disagree with or his father disagrees with, we will discuss them.
If the conservatives are indeed so worried about Obama controlling the thoughts of our youth, maybe they should find a rational, well-spoken individual to carry a counter-argument to the youth and teach them about the art of debate and rhetoric.
No, on second thought, that would require them to be actual statesmen.