Time For a New Blog!

Not only was there a lot of controversy over Pres. Obama speaking to the school children, now there is a lot of controversy over whether people should have let them see the speech and why they wouldn't have let them. Here is my take of course!

Our children are already being indoctrinated into liberal views everyday at school. You must keep a dialogue open with them constantly to hear what they are learning and thinking and to let them know what and why you think the way you do. I was less concerned about the speech than I was about what might be said in the classroom afterwards by the teacher. Let's face it, while watching the Pres. on TV in the classroom, most of the kids were probably daydreaming, doodling or sleeping. But, they pretty much have to listen to the teacher and her words will have the biggest impact. I looked at lesson suggestions on-line to see what was being recommended to be taught. I did not like the idea of taking some of the "favorite quotes" from the speech and putting them up around the school with Mr. Obama's picture. I didn't like the idea of asking students what they thought they could do to help the President when we are all wondering what he will do to help the country. A better question would be to ask what we all can do to keep our country great and help it during hard economic times. A good answer would be to not live on the government dole systems. People looking to the government to take care of them instead of working to care for themselves is one of the major strains on our economy. It is causing deeper and deeper cuts to our freedoms. I believe that Thomas Jefferson was correct when he said, "A government that is able to give its citizens everything is capable of taking everything away from them." (I may have got the wording wrong, but you get the idea.)

Well, as it turns out, neither of the teachers that my kids have decided to show the speech in class. Who can blame them? There is already so little time to cover everything that they have to teach in a day. I would have let my children hear the speech. I would have been there to listen with them and to hear the discussion. I think my initial reaction against the speech is that in these 8 months that Pres. Obama has been President, he has tried to force so many issues, taken such unprecedented power unto himself, even away from his own congress with his appointment of unelected or approved Czars, and spoken so ill of anyone who disagrees with him, as have his supporters, that anger was ruling my decision as well as the decision of others who didn't want to hear him speak to the children. Not only that, since many of us feel that we are losing our freedoms, this was a chance to exercise one in protest.

So, that is my take for today!