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Fayette students can opt out of Obama speech

Fri, 09/04/2009 - 10:41am

By: John Munford

President to address kids nationwide via TV Tuesday

A plan by President Barack Obama to address schoolchildren across the country Tuesday by television has upset some local parents, who then phoned and emailed the Fayette County public school system, officials said Friday.

Fayette students will not be required to watch the President's speech, and parents who don’t want their children to see the speech may send a note to teachers asking their children be excused from the TV viewing, said school system spokesperson Melinda Berry-Dreisbach.

Students whose parents opt them out of the speech will be taken to a different area of the school and given alternate work for the approximate 15-20 minutes the speech is expected to last, she said.

The White House has said it would post an advance copy of the president’s speech on its website, www.whitehouse.gov, sometime Monday, Berry-Dreisbach said.

The decision on whether to show the president’s speech during class is up to each individual school, Berry-Dreisbach said. The system is asking teachers who plan to show the speech during class to send notes home to make parents aware, she said.

Not all Fayette schools have the technology to watch the speech live, Berry-Dreisbach said.

According to a post on the president’s website, Obama plans during the speech to “urge students to take personal responsibility for their own education, to set goals, and to not only stay in school but make the most of it.”

The controversy stems from suggested lesson plans initially posted by the federal Department of Education that — among other things — suggested that students write letters about how they could "help" the president achieve his agenda.

Those lesson plans have now been edited to omit the controversial suggestions that critics said seemed to inject politics into a classroom setting.

FIGHT FOR FREEDOM!

Submitted by southernbell on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 10:07am.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a REPUBLICAN and when African Americans gained the right to vote, they were REPUBLICANS as well, because the Republican party stood for equality, freedom, rights, choices, etc...and the DEMOCRATIC party was against all of that. We (Republicans) STILL FIGHT for those rights! It seems to me that the liberal Dems would WANT to fight for the freedom of choice, like the Republicans are doing now, since they're the ones who want to "choose to be gay" or "choose to have abortions" or "choose which religion they want to be" and not have Obama control everything??? (Like health care - that's just the beginning - he wants total control over everything and he's starting with health care - then we won't have a choice). I mean, what if Obama said "Sorry, you can't be gay anymore, we're taking that right away from you." (not that he would, but still) Then what would they do?

Also, WHAT WAS THIS COUNTRY FOUNDED ON? I mean, let's take religious freedom out of it, we DID NOT WANT TO BE CONTROLLED BY THE GOV'T!!! That was the whole point! Hence the reason we founded a FREE country where we could have these RIGHTS! It makes no sense to me! So what, Dems WANT the gov't to have control??? Why??? Do they even realize this is what they're doing, giving him complete power, giving the gov't complete power so we don't have the rights we have now and can't do anything to change it? I don't know all the ins and outs of politics, some of it is confusing (laws, bills, etc...), but I do know that I want to keep my freedom, that's why I'M AMERICAN!

And I'll say this...if I OPPOSE something, I'm not going to allow my children to be exposed to it. If you oppose smoking cigarettes, would you expose your children to it anyway, just so they can form their own opionions on whether or not they want to smoke? Or what about pornography? Just because you're opposed to it doesn't mean you should allow your children to make their own descisions on if they want to watch porn. Or would you allow your kids to watch a video on how an abortion is performed even if you agree with abortion? You see my point. No, children should not be left to make their own descions... That's why we are their PARENTS - we are charged with raising them to have good, right and trustworthy morals, standards and beliefs. That's our JOB!

What rights are my children being denied? Are the thousands of babies that are being aborted every day having their rights denied as well?

(47 Million babies have been aborted from 1973-2006 - the right to life was taken from them. Who knows - one of them might've been the next president.)

ON the Bush thing- when Bush (1 or 2) or Reagan came in to office, #1-neither of them tried to turn this country upside down in a matter of minutes like Obama is doing (cap and trade, healthcare DEform,30 something Czars that no one knows anything about until we dig and find they are communist, racist, and socialist) . #2- there was no internet (during Bush 1 or Reagan) where everyone can see what is going on before it even happens almost- that is what stirred this up so quickly. #3- to my knowledge it was not mandated that the school kids watch. I personally think (just my opinion) that this was one of those left wing tactics that this administration used to try to make it seem that the "right wing extremists" are crazy people and are making something out of nothing.

And again, the reason I LOVE THIS FREE COUNTRY is because I just had the RIGHT to say everything I wanted to say. Can you do that in a Socialist, gov't controlled country? Didn't think so...

What's wrong with Republicans?

Submitted by Vin on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 7:21pm.

Some suggestions to those who always criticize Pres Obama
1 Relax, take a deep breath
2 Be sensitive about other Americans who expect decent behavior
3 Remember you are not always right
4 Republican party you remember has changed, it is now run by cheap talk show hosts
5 Throwing dirt on others does not work any more
6 Do not invoke Reagan - that was 20 yrs ago
7 Do not mention Bush2 in any discussion, it is non-starter, McCain lost election because of that.

Wrong Headed Republicans

Submitted by PTC Observer on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 7:53pm.

What's wrong with Republicans you ask? The same thing that's wrong with Democrats.

They both believe that there is an endless stream of money. They don't mind spending it, and they don't care who gets hurt in the process. As long as they are re-elected.

Both parties don't care a wit about our country, only about their own self-interests.

A financial day of reckoning is coming my friend and with it an end to two party rule.

It will be the cruelest form of “government”.

Freedom?

Submitted by Bonkers on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 12:33pm.

Your comments seem confusing, and even in rereading I'm still not sure just what it is that bothers you the most about politics nowadays that maybe didn't bother you in the Nixon, Reagan, Bush 1 and Bush 2 administrations.

You mention "freedom" often but I can't see where you have lost any freedom! If it is the speech to schools that bothers you is it the man giving it or is it what he said?
If Bush had given the identical speech would you have minded and felt more free?

Is health care for everyone that they can afford without having a pension and health from war wounds or the state that bothers you?

One of the first things Obama did was appoint General Shinsecki to see to it that veterans were better treated--he has seen much progress in that area. Does that bother you?

He is trying very hard to get our young soldiers out of that hell in Iraq when they are killing them even in our hiding anyway!
Nine years has not won anything in Afghanistan where again they are totaling many deaths again. And all the generals call for now is tons more soldiers. You want him to do that? Would you feel more free?

As to turning this country upside down quickly, it was needed or we would have collapsed entirely. No one disagrees with that that knows anything about it.

If you don't want an abortion don't have one. Let others decide for them self---that is called "real" freedom!

Do you know "porn" when you see it? Then don't let your kids watch it---even as college students!
The homosexual J. Edgar Hoover said MLK was a fornicating Communist. First I have heard that he ever voted republican.

If I had a list of what you want as freedom that you aren't going to have next year, maybe I would understand.

Bonkers

Submitted by southernbell on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 9:02am.

Is your screen name Bonkers because you are?

A gov't controlled health care is the 1st of many rights that's being taken from us (eventually, he'll try to take more - wait and see) - IF it's passed, we get no choices, our companies drop their carriers and tell us to go get on that gov't healthcare. Let me guess, you're fine with that because you want to live off the gov't and have someone else take care of you.

Why are we in Iraq? BECAUSE OF 9.11!!! How quickly you forget. Might want to think about how you don't have terroists charging thru your front door tomorrow because of the men and women who have fought and are fighting there for our SAFETY. Yep, you're bonkers.

Do as I say, Not as I do.

Submitted by WakeUp on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 8:38am.

Why is it there are different rules now there is a change in the White House? For those whiners who think if we don't want our kids to hear this speech that we are silly or uninformed; please explain this in October 1991:

"...the House Majority leader at the time, Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), said "The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students." "

Here is a link to an article on MSNBC.

Now, can you have it both ways? You liberal democrats want your cake and eat it too? Go ahead; make up the news and rules as you go along. You are only really embarrassing yourself.

Do you really think

Submitted by milton06 on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 7:49pm.

that if there hadn't been such an uproar about the "speech", that the text would have been released before Obama delivered it? I'm sorry, but he has not been out of campaign mode since he was elected. How many times and in how many speeches has he blamed GW for every problem in the world. Wasn't he the one that said that he was going to "solve all of the problems and didn't want to hear from any of the people who caused it and for them to just get out of the way" (loosely quoted) Who could predict what he would say to the kids. Encouragement yes, but politics no.

Yes...god forbid our children should hear....

Submitted by elle200 on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 7:09pm.

....encouragement from our President. They might actually heed and (gasp) feel inspired. No, no...we can't have THAT. Fox News says it isn't allowed in a red state, and by golly, I believe everything Sean Hannity tells me.

Or maybe Obama should simply read from "My Pet Goat" like the last idiot.

Oh Yeah Elle.... Real Inspiring Stuff There

Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 10:41pm.

After reading 'The Speech', I thought it as lame and reading "My Pet Goat" like the last idiot. Guess this "idiot" is just as lame as the last one. Shocked

Obama.... The Bernie Madoff Of Washington

At least.....

Submitted by msgapeach24 on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 8:42pm.

the last "idiot" as you called him, had some Christian morals and principles..unlike the IDIOT in office now. This is NOT an individual that I want setting any example or preaching to my child. He's a phony!! In time, you and everyone else that voted for him will see that.

idiot?

Submitted by aliquando on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 8:37pm.

I do not believe we have ever had a President with an IQ below 20. You must be an Imbecile. Be real. 1st graders are name callers. Know the definition of the words you choose. Do you just listen to MSNBC?

Sorry don't care if it was GW or Obama

Submitted by rmoc on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 6:53pm.

I would rather have the 20 minutes spent on important subjects, especially math and science. There are enough interruptions in the school day with other crud.

rmoc doesn't want the kids to spend 20 minutes

Submitted by Elfie on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 9:01pm.

listening to the president of the U.S.A. encourage them to stay in school and do their best.How does he feel about students spending twice that long in a mandatory middle or high school pep rally in worship of our over glorified child athletes?

EXACTLY

Submitted by rmoc on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 9:11pm.

I don't care if it is a pep rally or a politician or "special speaker" it is time away from study.

rmoc we agree, but I have

Submitted by Elfie on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 10:04pm.

never heard any parents complain about other functions that take them out of the classroom. Last year I was expected to contribute to the African folk tellers and dancers that performed at my daughter's school during lack history month. She missed math for that event.Oh, and I also am the parent of over glorified high school athlete.

Elfie

Submitted by dawn69 on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 10:53pm.

You do African dance? I LOVE it! During my years at Georgia State, we often had performers in the courtyard. They were usually on Fridays and ranged from local bands, open mic poetry, and dance. My very favorite was the Atlanta African dance group that came to perform. It was amazing how conditioned these women were and how beautiful their dance interpretation was. My heart nearly beat out of my chest with the rhythm of the drumming.

If you ever perform locally, please send me an email. I would love for my kids to have that experience.

If you're into folk telling, you may find the quarterly "Parabola" interesting. It's a magazine on language - oral tradition. They often feature African folk tales - my personal favorite: the tale of the talking skull. Smiling

"The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose." - Hada Bejar

Dawn69, did you attend those performances

Submitted by Elfie on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 12:51am.

during your academic classes, or on your free time.My point is why are some parents complaining about their children listening to our president for 20 minutes, and not the time spent on other fluff programs. I do enjoy ethnic dancing, and may I suggest a Rangoli South Asian dance competition. I took my kids down to the one held in Macon in 2007, put on by the Mercer Indian Cultural Exchange. It was fabulous.My young sons were in awe of the male dancers. The African folk tales involving Anansi, were always my kids favorites. Our public library back in New Orleans had a huge selection in the children's section. Their not as easy to find in this area, but their worth the effort for those with young kids.

Elfie

Submitted by dawn69 on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 6:44am.

I see your point. Coming from an art background, I have never minded any of the 'fluff' programs offered at my childrens' school. I have gone to their class before to show my portfolio of drawings, paintings, and prints (etchings, lithographs, wood cuts, etc.). I usually tell them how important Gutenberg, moveable type, and the printing press were to human kind. They are usually pretty engaged and amazed that an artist could do a drawing once on a plate and pull multiple images from that same plate.

Despite any political leanings I may personally have, I don't mind my kids watching a short message from their President on the importance of working hard and staying in school. I don't think anyone could, in a 20 minute speech, undo all that I have tried to instill in them. Sounds like it would only reinforce my constant nagging. Smiling

"Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things." - Dennis Diderot

oh and my son is one of those glorified athletes

Submitted by rmoc on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 9:15pm.

Don't assume or .....

after reading the speech that someone kindly posted

Submitted by suggarfoot on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 5:44pm.

I see no reason for my child ...NOT...to attend. I'll take anyone wanting to give my child guidance anytime!

the speech

Submitted by Jahmiracle Johnson on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 4:37pm.

Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama
Back to School Event
Arlington, Virginia
September 8, 2009

The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad you all could join us today.
I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it’s your first day in a new school, so it’s understandable if you’re a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now, with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you’re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer, and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little longer this morning.
I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived in Indonesia for a few years, and my mother didn’t have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday – at 4:30 in the morning.
Now I wasn’t too happy about getting up that early. A lot of times, I’d fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I’d complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and say, "This is no picnic for me either, buster."
So I know some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I’m here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I’m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school year.
Now I’ve given a lot of speeches about education. And I’ve talked a lot about responsibility.
I’ve talked about your teachers’ responsibility for inspiring you, and pushing you to learn.
I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and get your homework done, and don’t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with that Xbox.
I’ve talked a lot about your government’s responsibility for setting high standards, supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren’t working where students aren’t getting the opportunities they deserve.
But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world – and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.
And that’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself.
Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide.
Maybe you could be a good writer – maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper – but you might not know it until you write a paper for your English class. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor – maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or a new medicine or vaccine – but you might not know it until you do a project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a Senator or a Supreme Court Justice, but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.
And no matter what you want to do with your life – I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You can’t drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You’ve got to work for it and train for it and learn for it.
And this isn’t just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. What you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.
You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You’ll need the insights and critical thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You’ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.
We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems. If you don’t do that – if you quit on school – you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country.
Now I know it’s not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.
I get it. I know what that’s like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mother who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn’t always able to give us things the other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and felt like I didn’t fit in.
So I wasn’t always as focused as I should have been. I did some things I’m not proud of, and got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.
But I was fortunate. I got a lot of second chances and had the opportunity to go to college, and law school, and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn’t have much. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.
Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don’t have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job, and there’s not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don’t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren’t right.
But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life – what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home – that’s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That’s no excuse for not trying.
Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.
That’s what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.
Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn’t speak English when she first started school. Hardly anyone in her hometown went to college, and neither of her parents had gone either. But she worked hard, earned good grades, got a scholarship to Brown University, and is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to being Dr. Jazmin Perez.
I’m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who’s fought brain cancer since he was three. He’s endured all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer – hundreds of extra hours – to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind, and he’s headed to college this fall.
And then there’s Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods, she managed to get a job at a local health center; start a program to keep young people out of gangs; and she’s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.
Jazmin, Andoni and Shantell aren’t any different from any of you. They faced challenges in their lives just like you do. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their education and set goals for themselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.
That’s why today, I’m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education – and to do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending time each day reading a book. Maybe you’ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. Maybe you’ll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all kids deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe you’ll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, I hope you’ll all wash your hands a lot, and stay home from school when you don’t feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.
Whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it.
I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.
But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. You won’t click with every teacher. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. And you won’t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.
That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures. JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was rejected twelve times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time. If you get in trouble, that doesn’t mean you’re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to behave. If you get a bad grade, that doesn’t mean you’re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.
No one’s born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work. You’re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don’t hit every note the first time you sing a song. You’ve got to practice. It’s the same with your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right, or read something a few times before you understand it, or do a few drafts of a paper before it’s good enough to hand in.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don’t know something, and to learn something new. So find an adult you trust – a parent, grandparent or teacher; a coach or counselor – and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.
And even when you’re struggling, even when you’re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you – don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
The story of America isn’t about people who quit when things got tough. It’s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.
It’s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and found this nation. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google, Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.
So today, I want to ask you, what’s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in twenty or fifty or one hundred years say about what all of you did for this country?
Your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I’m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books, equipment and computers you need to learn. But you’ve got to do your part too. So I expect you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don’t let us down – don’t let your family or your country or yourself down. Make us all proud. I know you can do it.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.

I Have No Problem With My Kids Hearing That Fluff Piece Speech

Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 10:37pm.

Although it reminds me of Barney giving one of his lectures on to Andy and the gang, it is harmless enough. But I'll guarantee students are going to roll their eyes to this fluff piece talking down to. Gawd...it was all I could do force myself to read it.

It reminded me of sitting through a Westmoreland speech. For those of you who have been there and done that.... you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about.

Obama.... The Bernie Madoff Of Washington

WHAT A JOKE!!!

Submitted by msgapeach24 on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 4:50pm.

A waste of time and air!!! Phony as a 3 dollar bill!! Beware kiddies of a "wolf in sheep's clothing". And he says "God bless America"..give me a break. He obviously doesn't believe in the same God I believe in. Makes me nauseous how fake he is. Oh well the whole world's going to hell in a handbasket with the crime, gay marriages, etc and HE'S just the one to lead us all there.

Wow...

Submitted by Use Your Head on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 7:43am.

Never ceases to amaze me how "good Christians" can hate so much and so many.....................

Van Jones, Speech to our youth, Swine Flu, are all Distractions

Submitted by The Truth Will ... on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 5:47pm.

. . . . are all distractions to distroy capitalism and our great nation. . . . . thanks to Glenn Beck and a handful of others, America is awakening and the next round of elections should get up back on track, but for now this is what "change" trusting fools voted in, read below:

Take The Swine Flu Vaccine Or You’re Fired
Did that headline get your attention? It should, because as shocking as it sounds, that is exactly what employees at some hospitals around the United States are now being told. Now employees at these hospitals will be forced to choose between their job and taking the swine flu vaccine.

What would you do if you were forced to choose between your job and taking the swine flu vaccine against your will?

In an economy such as this, it can be a heart-wrenching decision.

In New York, health care workers who refuse to take the swine flu vaccine will not be able to work anywhere else in the state due to a new regulation requiring workers there to take the swine flu vaccine.

According to New York state health department spokeswoman Claire Pospisil, the new regulation, which took effect on August 13th, requires all hospitals and health care facilities to provide proof that all of their workers are vaccinated for the swine flu. If they cannot provide such proof by the deadline, these institutions will face fines of $2,000 for the first offense and up to $5,000 for subsequent offenses.. . . . . . .
http://thebirdflupandemic.com/archives/take-the-swine-flu-vaccine-or-youre-fired

I just read Obama's speech to the students

Submitted by heatjam on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 12:29pm.

and if any of you have a problem with what he is going to say, then you have a screw loose somewhere! And this is coming from someone who doesn't like the man nor did they vote for him.

well said

Submitted by fayetteparent on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 7:10am.

Well said, heatjam. Nice to hear some common sense.

Obama's speech to students

Submitted by Eliza on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 1:06pm.

I read it also - anyone who objects to students in the U.S. hearing this speech would have to be an enemy of the U.S. Who else would not want our students to be encouraged to study hard and succeed in school? Are there actually people in our own country who want us to maintain a huge, uneducated "underclass"? Makes you wonder!

I just read one of the court cases being presented

Submitted by The Truth Will ... on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 1:00pm.

I just read one of the court cases being presented tomorrow, 8 Sep 09, 11 am, on www.americangrandjury.org Isn't this the same time our youth will receive their broadcast?

The White House admitted that....

Submitted by Cyclist on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 7:39am.

one of the lessons plans surrounding the speech was written clumsily, subjecting it to misinterpretation, and had to be re-written.

Gee, I wonder when someone in the administration or Congress will acknowledge that HR 3200 is similarly flawed. Laughing out loud

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You republicans need to chill out

Submitted by jefflebowsk1 on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 10:39pm.

I know you lost the election but come on. I doubt one speech by the Obama will deter from your child's education. I'm sure your kids will enjoy not learning things to watch the some television for a bit. He's not going to brainwash them because I'm sure there getting it at home 24/7. Let's get some patriotism. Don't hate, procreate.

The Dude

If your parents are nuts, please raise your hand!

Submitted by mapleleaf on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 7:54am.

If I was a student, I'd be embarrassed no end having to take a note to my teacher asking I be exempted from listening to our president. I'd also be mad to be taken to another area of the school to do "alternate work." A smart parent will view the president's speech as just another opportunity to develop critical thinking in our young people. Our young people don't have to believe everything they are told (including, by their parents).

Old Mapleleaf

Submitted by WakeUp on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 1:32pm.

Read my post closer to the top. When Republicans gripe, it is bad. When the Dems gripe and want to bring the president up on charges for doing the EXACT same thing, it is patriotic. Please explain.....

WakeUp

Submitted by meanoldconservatives on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 2:20pm.

It is an interesting contrast between the Dems reaction to Bush 41's speech in 1991 and now.

"...the Washington Examiner reports the complaints leading up to Obama's speech were relatively muted compared to the outrage 18 years ago.

Back then, some Democrats not only denounced Bush's speech, but even launched congressional hearings into the matter and asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate federal funds used for the speech. The GAO eventually said the administration did nothing wrong.

But at the time -- October 10, 1991 -- the National Education Association said it could not "endorse a president who spends $26,000 dollars of taxpayers' money on a staged media event... while cutting school lunch funds for our neediest youngsters."

But, ahead of President Obama's speech -- September 6, 2009 -- the NEA wrote: "We applaud President Obama for delivering this message to students."

LINK

Get those two main points? Launched a congressional investigation and asked the GAO to investigate funds used. And then the good old NEA can't stomach Bush 41's speaking to students but practically pleasures themselves to the thought of "The One" speaking from the mount. "Staged media event"???? Pot, please meet kettle. Blatant hypocrisy.

President's Speech - listen to the crickets...

Submitted by WakeUp on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 10:12am.

Why is everyone quite on this? Please, someone, reconcile the differences. If you can't, at least acknowledge there is a double standard.

Agreed.....

Submitted by elle200 on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 7:20pm.

....no matter whom the President is, I hope that my child would be patriotic enough to listen and clear-minded enough to make her own interpretation.

Have to agree with Mapleleaf

Submitted by NUK_1 on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 8:43am.

Guess there is a first for everything.

I can tell you that if I was running a private school(a good one and with a waiting list, of course) I would have already decided that viewing this speech is going to be MANDATORY, either at home or in the classroom, and be prepared to discuss it and what you felt about it. Now, that's EDUCATION. There might be some THINKING, some DEBATE, and even some LEARNING happening! Maybe the kids will grow up and not turn into the mindless demagogues currently infesting the Republican and Democratic parties.

I am a conservative and am

Submitted by aliquando on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 8:44pm.

I am a conservative and am letting my child watch the speech. I communicated with her principle and teacher and am comfortable with how they are dealing with it. I can trounce any influence the President can impose on my child. As long as the teacher is a professional and not an ideologue, I am comfortable with the process.

All I can say is

Submitted by hutch866 on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 12:22am.

If 20 minutes with Obama can change the years you have spent bringing up your child, you haven't spent enough time with you child. This from someone who has a kid in the 11th grade. Kind of like when you let them date, or drive alone for the first times, scary but you have to let them go.

I yam what I yam....Popeye

The President Speaking to Students

Submitted by Eliza on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 7:44am.

"If 20 minutes with Obama can change the years you have spent bringing up your child, you haven't spent enough time with you child."

Absolutely. I feel sorry for the kids whose parents are such misguided "fraidy cats" that they don't want their kids to hear the president's speech.

Why not have them listen, then discuss the pros and cons from your own perspective? Seems to me that many must be very afraid that he's going to make perfect sense, and then they'd be forced to . . . Oh Good Lord . . . gasp . . . agree with the man! Can't let that happen, can they? lol

Don't just boycott the speech!

Submitted by The Crime Dog on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 1:30pm.

While we're at it ...

TEAR DOWN the presidential posters from our classrooms!

CUT his picture out of the students' collages!

SILENCE OBAMA AT ALL COSTS!!!!

C'mon folks! Who's sounding socialist now? Yeah, it would be you clowns!!!

It's ridiculous...

Submitted by MrBeef on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 1:41pm.

Look what we have come to, this country is and has been divided in half, well, your side won, and according to Palosi and Reid, we are supposed to sit down and shut up, you won.

You all bitched when Bush was in office, now it's our turn, don't worry, in 2012, you will have your turn again, or you can start early after the 2010 elections and the democrats don't hold a majority anymore.

It's what we do, but I just don't get why we are supposed to just sit back and take it....YOU didn't.

Mr. Beef... guess again

Submitted by The Crime Dog on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:39pm.

Beef, whaddaya mean I bitched?!?!?

I'm not a Dem, nor a Repub. I an AN AMERICAN who doesn't get my marching orders from Rush, Olberman or anybody. Can you say the same?

I think for myself. You should try it sometime. Turn off talk radio and ALL the news channels (C-SPAN is OK). Download the direct documents at hand. Analyze the issues and use common sense.

When 9/11 occurred, Pres. Bush was reading to schoolchildren in Fla if I recall. Didn't bother me at all ... but I never figured he was "indoctrinating" them on deregulation, fiscal responsibility, et al.

You know, the things Old School Republicans stand for.

Submitted by Git Real on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 9:02am.

No.... we don't know. How bout sharin' them with us? Just a meager request from another "independent". Eye-wink

Can't wait for this one....

Obama.... The Bernie Madoff Of Washington

Git

Submitted by Bonkers on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 2:09pm.

You ought to know, I enumerated them a few days ago!

I suppose you don't read those of opposing opinions!

Bonker$

Submitted by meanoldconservatives on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 2:26pm.

I've been meaning to thank you for the "list of things Repubs stand for" that you composed the other day. Your "work" came in very handy. I printed a copy and my new puppy used them for target practice. Very useful!

Wont show it

Submitted by normal on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 11:13am.

Rising Starr Middle will not interrupt the class rooms for Obamas broadcast. We were advised to tape it at home if we want the kids to see it. Good for RSMS for taking a stand. Barack needs to worry about Rangle and all the tax cheats in congress.

Is it practical to sensor speech in America?

Submitted by Vin on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 9:13am.

In America, it is impractical to sensor speech because it will come out anyway. There is internet, newspapers, lunchtime gossip, cell phones, CNN, Fox, talk radios, text messages, facebook and what not...... no one can stop them, they are all privately owned!

I think Obama is addressing to High School juniors/ seniors who will be entering the workforce/ colleges soon.
These kids are worried about their future as their scholarship and aid money was redirected to oil companies by previous admin.

Obama's speech

Submitted by Joe Kawfi on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 8:33am.

Obama's speech to school children will be piped directly into schools like something right out of Orwell's 1984.

If he really cared about school children, he would make sure that children had a choice in education through successful programs such as school vouchers and charter schools.

The president is too beholden to the teachers union and won't do the right thing for children.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.

Joe.. I do think it's funny

Submitted by S. Lindsey on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 8:44am.

That NOW he is all concerned while he made sure the kids in DC lost their school choice.. but not his kids.

"Any People who expect to be both IGNORANT and FREE, in a state of CIVILIZATION, expects what NEVER was and NEVER will be."
THOMAS JEFFERSON

Opposed to obama's speech

Submitted by JeffC on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 7:44am.

Obama should not be allowed to address the schools. It's totally unprecedented except for Reagan's address to the school kids over C-Span and The Instructional Network in 1988 and Bush 41's address to the little tykes in his 1991 broadcast over CNN, PBS, the Mutual Broadcasting System, and the NBC radio network. Okay, maybe it's not unprecedented, but I'm sure that if Obama does what all the Republican's have done the local children will be permanently psychologically scarred by being addressed by a Democratic President of the United States. So, I'm totally opposed to the address unless President Obama swears in advance that will not be emulating Bush 43's address and that he won't be in any way be using material from, referring to, or quoting from "My Pet Goat".

Too bad those with a closed

Submitted by miss m on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 7:45pm.

Too bad those with a closed mind do not have a closed mouth as well.

The President's speech is about education and continuing to succeed. Those are things that YOU should be teaching your children at home but based off all of the ignorance on this site (in the comments), it's probably a better idea if someone else tried to instill some values in your children since their parents seem to be so .. I'll let you pick the word.

Moss, could the word you are

Submitted by pomsmom on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 2:40am.

Moss, could the word you are looking for be INFORMED?

It's a matter of trust

Submitted by Tombo100 on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 5:46pm.

The question that many parents face is do they trust Obama not to use propaganda to get to their children. I think that the speech they will hear is different from the one originally written.

Once there was push back and the President had to change the guide that was prepared for the teachers, all hands were placed on deck to make the speech as innocuous as possible.

As liberals did not trust Bush, and they would have screamed bloody murder if he had tried to do what Obama is doing, conservatives do not trust Obama.

It pretty much is that simple.

It's a matter of trust

Submitted by Tombo100 on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 5:46pm.

The question that many parents face is do they trust Obama not to use propaganda to get to their children. I think that the speech they will hear is different from the one originally written.

Once there was push back and the President had to change the guide that was prepared for the teachers, all hands were placed on deck to make the speech as innocuous as possible.

As liberals did not trust Bush, and they would have screamed bloody murder if he had tried to do what Obama is doing, conservatives do not trust Obama.

It pretty much is that simple.

Kids and the President

Submitted by matt.barnes on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 5:33pm.

Over the past few days there have been a lot of people who have said they will not let their kids go to school on tuesday because they are afraid that President Obama will send the children the wrong message. But my question is; what message are you sending by having your kid stay at home? Thats its ok to pout. That when things don't go your way the only thing left to do is whine and complain. Personally I think that message is a lot worse then anything the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERCIA will say on Tuesday.

Let the kids judge and form views.

Submitted by Vin on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 6:52am.

Let the kids think independently and judge, they are not stupid. God gave them ability to think and decide what is right for them.
After FDR, for the first time we have a President who can be a role model. A person who won against odds and inspires the rest.

What a role model

Submitted by jps on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 5:08pm.

That's your opinion. I dont have kids, but if I did... I would not want a President that admitted to using cocaine to be a ROLE MODEL for them

Re: What a role model.

Submitted by Xiphosura on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 7:25pm.

I wouldn't want a president who falsified intelligence to get us into an illegal war in Iraq to be a role model either.

...

Submitted by jps on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 8:15am.

I don't recall saying that I did either. But hey, lets all assume that since I don't like Obama I must be in love with Bush...

EXACTLY....

Submitted by msgapeach24 on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 5:34pm.

Well said!!!

politicians all suck

Submitted by rmoc on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 7:36pm.

I don't want any politician "preaching" to my kids, Republican or Democrat. I want my kids to be focused on studies!!!

Uh, they are children.

Submitted by jokerman on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 7:10am.

They haven't fully developed reasoning skills. Kids know they are going to school to be taught what they do not yet know by adult authority figures. They are sponges. And now Barry wants to indoctrinate the youth of America while they are in a compulsory setting. By the way, I've read his autobiography. A role model, he is not. Dwight Eisenhower. Ronald Reagan. Now those were role models. (And after FDR)

Kids are smart don't worry too much.

Submitted by Vin on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 9:58am.

Kids are smarter and more informed than you think. Did you ever see the Smarter than 5th grader or Spelling Bee shows?
Do not map your childhood scenario on them. It was the time when there were no TVs, no computers and Internet.

I somewhat agree the compulsory setting comment, but then must consider the speech is carried by private TV channels who see value in doing so.

AMEN TO THIS POST!

Submitted by Buckwheat Rules on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 9:47pm.

How sad is it that conservative parents who are still sulking over a lost election will now take out their own bitterness by using their kids as a political statement.

Grow the hell up already!

These are kids and this is the President of the United States of America .. The greatest country on God's green earth! You bitter Repubs may not like President Obama for whatever reason, but after he fixes this 8 year pile of elephant dung your previous GOP regime left on his doorstep, you better damn well respect him.

Don't bite the hand that cleans up your mess.

As you were.

Grow the hell up already.

Submitted by Xiphosura on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 7:28pm.

I suffered immeasurably for eight long years under the "W" administration, so now the Republican right wing nuts are squirming, and I love it!

Wow

Submitted by jps on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 8:18am.

Things must be so much better for you now that you have a Black president sending you $25 extra dollars

ok...

Submitted by jps on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 5:16pm.

How sad is it that there are still morons that think Obama is fixing anything. If you think this is the greatest country on God's green earth, why do we need to change anything?

Did you expect to see

Submitted by miss m on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 9:22pm.

Did you expect to see changes right away?

Agreed.

Submitted by mick613 on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 10:27pm.

I totally agree. The man hasn't even been in office for a year. Some people just need to relax and wait a bit.

Lol Buckwheat

Submitted by nepotism on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:39pm.

Elephant or Donkey you really have to question the timing of this speech. I do not support removing a child from school, I don't have a problem with my child listening to our elected President, and I think that the speech will be so watered down that it will really just waste the airtime and the breath of the current Leader of the Liberal Religion. As far as the 8 year pile the Socialist Liberals that are currently running things have done more damage in less than a year than any other president in the history of the US so congratulations on that humble achievement.

LOL nepotism

Submitted by carbonunit52 on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:49pm.

As far as the 8 year pile the Socialist Liberals that are currently running things have done more damage in less than a year than any other president in the history of the US so congratulations on that humble achievement.

You have raised being delusional to an art form. Please don't be modest regarding this awesome achievement, because I could not detect anything sensible in your statement at all.

It's not easy being the carbonunit

Don't bite the hand that cleans up your mess

Submitted by The Truth Will ... on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:25pm.

Ummmm the 8 year pile of elephant dung seems small compared to the past 8 months of the deliberate destruction of our great nation. Seems a little odd that a national newsbroadcast to our youth is planned about the same time court cases are brewing the same day and time. . . . ., I honestly do not think anyone is thinking about the last election now, they are placing all their energy into the upcoming elections of 09 and 10 to place all Dems and Reps who have been part of this deception, on notice. This attorney and others at http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/blog1/ have been working overtime to defend our freedoms.

You grow up

Submitted by MrBeef on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 12:52pm.

It's people like you spouting how conservatives need to stop sulking over a loss.... the thing is, we all lost, because of people like you that believed Obama was actualy going to bring GOOD change.

Why don't YOU stop sulking over and blaming the last 8 years on all our problems. The Democrats controlled congress the last two years of Bush, the Democrats are the ones that started this bail out process, giving 700 billion to banks. Our mortgage disaster started with a Democrat (clinton) and you ALL would be whining today as well if Bush was going to go into our classrooms across the country to talk to our kids.

Why wouldn't conservatives have a problem with a left wing, socialist and YES, he is, read his books, he quotes socializm and marxism, talking to our kids.

Keep politics out of school. There are good and bad parents, but it is still up to us what they watch and how they are raised, it is NOT the governments role to do that.

"Government is not the solution, it is the problem" Rondald Reagan

Buckwheat..

Submitted by Spyglass on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 10:31pm.

It doesn't take much searching to find an article by Gebhardt railing about Bush Sr. making a speech to the Children. The knife cuts both ways.

Cut and paste at will.

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/
74741197.html?dids=74741197:74741197&FMT=
ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+3%2C+1991&author=
Kenneth+J.+Cooper%3BEric+Pianin&pub=
The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=a.14&desc=
Funding+of+Bush+Speech+Draws+Fire%3B+Democrat+
Calls+Education+Broadcast+Paid+Political+Advertising%27

Respect the Office but

Submitted by S. Lindsey on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 9:54pm.

the man has to earn it.. and as of yet he has not.

If you felt so strongly about the last 8 years.. What does it say about your silence now.. What has changed?

"Any People who expect to be both IGNORANT and FREE, in a state of CIVILIZATION, expects what NEVER was and NEVER will be."
THOMAS JEFFERSON

Think before you let them watch parents...

Submitted by southernbell on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 2:49pm.

Christians need to stand up more for what they believe in and everything I believe in and the morals I instill in my children do not coincide with The Presidents.

I just felt so much safer, as a citizen of the USA, when Bush was in office. I don't care what anyone says about how he wanted to pick up where his dad left off in the Middle East or blah, blah, blah...he CARED about the SAFETY of our country and he cared about the PEOPLE! So what, we shouldn’t have defended ourselves against terrorists when 911 happened? We were just supposed to sit back and let them destroy our country? And the men and women who have fought for our country joined the military to do JUST THAT - FIGHT! If they signed up for the military to get their education paid for by the gov't, then that was the WRONG reason to sign up! I think Bush did a FANTASTIC job taking care of the people of this country. I heard on the radio that the president is starting some kind of citizens defense force for his own protection. Um...Hitler did the same thing. What's up with that? I'm honestly scared. I don't usually follow politics or get caught up in it, because it's always negative and some of it does go over my head, but this man - I do not trust him.

I'm not so insecure that I think the prez will brainwash my kids...I do not believe in anything he stands for and do not want my children exposed to the propaganda. I do encourage them daily to take their education seriously. Allowing my children to watch the prez for 20 min at school is not going to make them better students - parents working with their kids AT HOME and having good educators is what will help make them better in school. But now, since the prez has bailed everyone out, the teachers are having to suffer with pay cuts and furlough days. And this is supposed to make them want to continue their jobs???

And as far as the economy goes – let us go into a depression and stop trying to bail everyone out. We survived one depression and rose out of it. Sure, it'll suck, but that’s how capitalism works. Letting the government take control over everything is how socialism/communism works. I, for one, wish to keep my freedoms, with freedom of speech being one of them! When the prez/gov’t has complete control, that freedom, and all the others will be stripped and we will not have any more rights.

southbell

Submitted by Bonkers on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 7:51pm.

If you want a depression then you must have a fixed income from the government! Also no savings you depend upon for the interest to live on!
Most don't have that.

AMEN TO THAT!!!

Submitted by msgapeach24 on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 6:32pm.

Couldn't have stated it better Southernbell!!! I personally don't think Fayette County Schools should be wasting a second asking anyone, but especially our children to watch or listen to a blessed word that Obama has to utter. I'm ashamed to even live in this country anymore, since some ignorant individuals voted him into office. America, where are you now????? Oh well, I'm certain it's only a matter of time before those same individuals regret their decision that day at the polls.

Obama and ignorance

Submitted by lion on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 7:19pm.

Southernbell and msgapeach24: Your fear and ignorance are astounding.

What exactly do you fear from President Obama? Are tanks coming down your cul-de-sac? There is no Obama "civilian defense' force in
the United States (Hint: stop listening to the delusional Glenn Beck). Have you noticed that the government has not stopped this newspaper from printing very stupid columns and letters? We still have freedom of speech.

You are ashamed to live in this country? You lost an election. This is what democracy is about. You lose an election so you give up on America? We are a much stronger country than you assume.

Please teach your children to be good citizens and to respect the President of the United States. Fear and hatred are not good civic virtues.

Obama's Army

Submitted by pomsmom on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 11:23pm.

Glenn Beck was not the first person to mention this civillian police force. I was listening to Obama before the election and HE SAID THIS.At the time I turned to my husband and wondered aloud what could he possible mean by this. I know now exactly what he meant. The FBI the National Guard, STATE PATROL, COUNTY SHERIFF,CITY POLICE COUNTY POLICE, All of these law enforcement personel do not report directly to this power hungry president. He can't stand not having the power to RUN EVERYTHING. Every state is not like Illinois and every city is not like Chicago. I think we have enough law enforcement on the job already. And most of them do a fine job. We could use a few less politicians, but i guess that'a never gonna happen.

Hey Lion.. was Obama Lying when

Submitted by S. Lindsey on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 10:01pm.

he said he wanted a "Civilian force as well funded and trained as the Military"
Or is he lying now?

"Any People who expect to be both IGNORANT and FREE, in a state of CIVILIZATION, expects what NEVER was and NEVER will be."
THOMAS JEFFERSON

all I can say...

Submitted by heatjam on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 5:26pm.

is Oh My God!! Are you for real???

about?

Submitted by MrBeef on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 12:57pm.

about the army? Yes, they are for real and he did say it and wants it. People like to say he is not a socialist, and maybe we aren't heading towards socialism, but the fact is, he IS a socialist, read his damn books, he quotes it and believes it and WANTS it. People need to stop saying he is NOT a socialist. He is known to be the most left liberal there has ever been.

We are being lead to socialism under the guise of liberalism.

Join the 21st Century

Submitted by september on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 5:03pm.

Apparently, some Fayette County parents want to continue to make excuses for their children, not require them to attend school, complete assignments, and allow them to act disrespectfully to their teachers and fellow classmates. Finally, we have a President who can speak intelligently and wants to reinforce positive life long learning qualities in our children and some parents feel they do not want their children exposed to such affirmative ideas. It appears our county has not moved out of the days of racism or truly embraces Christian morals.

September, Who Are You Kidding?

Submitted by Use Your Brain on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 6:31pm.

You play the race card and the Christian card but sadly you don't know what you're talking about. Parents not wanting their kids to be subjected to Obama's propaganda has nothing to do with race and everything with not trusting his socialist/fascist beliefs. Personally, I'd vote for Thomas Sowell for President if he were running and he's a black man, so don't toss the race card out there.

As to the comment about truly embracing Christian morals, what about Obama's belief system relates to being a Christian? He believes in partial birth abortion, abortion on demand, gay rights, has horrible past and current associates (can you say so-called "Reverend" Wright?, can you say Williams Ayers, can you say Rahm (f-bomb) Emanuel?). Actually, can you name ONE past or current associate of his that is someone of truly good Christian character? Nope, didn't think so.

Obama is a socialist, he dislikes America, he thinks Muslims have contributed mightily to our country (how? Muhammad Ali's gold medal, earned when he was Cassius Clay?), he bows to Saudi royalty and apologizes for the country whose very structure allowed him to be elected. His cabinet and advisors are a bunch of socialists, and dishonest ones at that.

Obama wanted a transparent Presidency and Administration and he sure got one - - - too bad for him that it's the transparency of elitism, dishonesty, lies, deceit, ego, and a huge desire for power and control.

"USE YOUR BRAIN" When is

Submitted by miss m on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 7:55pm.

"USE YOUR BRAIN"

When is the last time you actually used your brain? I don't believe you were using it during the time in which you posted this comment. I was with you with that first paragraph then .. you started ranting the same tired wikipedia fables. "He's a socialist!" "He's not even an American!" "He likes Muslims" "His wife wears shorts!" "He doesn't use Charmins Ultra Soft!" Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah. People are continuing to play the same cards that have already been on the table.

Making Up things, ce moss?

Submitted by Use Your Brain on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 12:43pm.

First, Obama IS a socialist. Second, I didn't mention that he wasn't an American, but he sure is ASHAMED to be. Third, Muslims have nothing to do with the founding or success of our country and the radical jihadists want to destroy us and Israel, what about THAT don't you understand? Fourth, I didn't mention his wife. Fith, I didn't mention his a## or what paper he wipes it with, so quit making up the crap and start using the Charmin on your opinions....

Southernbell

Submitted by Davids mom on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 3:05pm.

I respect your position, and understand the basis of your fear. I appreciate your acknowledging that the president in a 20-minute speech will not brainwash your child.

So what, we shouldn’t have defended ourselves against terrorists when 911 happened?

There are those who believe that 9/11 should never had happened - and we voiced our support of the 44th President at the last election. We are both fortunate that we live in a country where we can have such divergent views - and not be afraid to express them.

If you feel the same after listening to the president's speech on Monday - you have the right to ask the school to allow your student to go to a room where the speech will not be heard - or keep you child at home. This is still a 'free' country.

Now, kiddies, the subject this week is

Submitted by PTCGOIL on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 1:59pm.

"The big O says "make the most of it".

Next week's subject is "Make sure you blow your nose."

The following week's subject is "Make sure you wash your hands."

And, the following week, the subject will be "Make sure you don't run in the hallway."

Now remember, kiddies, the most important lesson here is, the big O is watching, (can you spell c-z-a-r?) and if you DON'T do as the big O says, your mommy and daddy will pay more taxes, lose their job, the bank will take their retirement money, your grandparents will have to live in your basement till they die due to no medicine or doctors. Just remember it will all be OK if you do what the big O says.

Malia and Sasha would say hi, but they are on vacation all over the world with your mommy and daddy's tax money. Tee, hee.

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