What more is there to say? It is removing parental consent and the school is a place to learn , not be influenced by a politician. It doesnt matter who it is.
My kids will be home for his speach and discuss it with family not a teacher that has nothing to do with our families belief system.
Obama's school speech. What are the reasons you are for or against it?
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Conservatives have gone crazy over Obama's speech to school children. If you are conservative, what is your main issue. Most Democrats support his speech. What is it about his speech to school children do you think is worth supporting.
This is not an "us vs them" question, I just want to better understand each sides perspective. Remember you are not going to change the view of the opposite side, so stay respectful and try to offer a good explanation.
This is not an "us vs them" question, I just want to better understand each sides perspective. Remember you are not going to change the view of the opposite side, so stay respectful and try to offer a good explanation.
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gtstc 2009/09/08 07:33:10
Although, I am definately not an Obama supporter, he had good intentions behind the speech, and I see no problem with him giving it.
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Any speech should not be about the president, but about kids working in the free country to do what they can strive to do.
I think bama's revised speech was pretty good. But, like the other "pledge", I do not pledge my service to b. obama.
And FYI only a student who liked Obama or cared would pay attention to that speech. No reason to keep them out of school.
There are always two sides to a coin. Many of the population have honest and heart-felt issues and disagreements with the President’s ideology. We do not agree with the direction that he is leading the nation. In a republic like ours, this disagreement is healthy and fundamental to the success of our political system. As a parent I influence my children with my political beliefs just like every other parent in this country. When my children become adults they are free to follow their heart and choose their own path. While they are impressionable, I attempt to shield them from influences that I disagree with.
The President is an elected political official. He is currently the top representative of the most powerful nation in the history of the world. As such, his power to influence people for good or bad is immense. There is every possibility that his speech will have a very positive influence on the school children listening to it. There is also a concern that I hear voiced in these comments that the President will use his stature and the authority of the school setting to ga...
There are always two sides to a coin. Many of the population have honest and heart-felt issues and disagreements with the President’s ideology. We do not agree with the direction that he is leading the nation. In a republic like ours, this disagreement is healthy and fundamental to the success of our political system. As a parent I influence my children with my political beliefs just like every other parent in this country. When my children become adults they are free to follow their heart and choose their own path. While they are impressionable, I attempt to shield them from influences that I disagree with.
The President is an elected political official. He is currently the top representative of the most powerful nation in the history of the world. As such, his power to influence people for good or bad is immense. There is every possibility that his speech will have a very positive influence on the school children listening to it. There is also a concern that I hear voiced in these comments that the President will use his stature and the authority of the school setting to gain an unfair political advantage over an entire generation of upcoming voters. This could be seen as a down-payment on the 2010 and 2012 elections. This concern is not something that you can ignore just because you share the political beliefs of the President.
So again I state “Mr. President, Stay out of school.” If you want to address the nation, do so on national television and I’ll decide if I want my children to listen.
However, the companion document I have read presents the office of the presidency in light that I do not agree with. I believe that he should simply stop at the speech and possibly ask the children what their reaction is to Obama's speech. There is no need to coach them. I think there needs to be a more equivalent view that we can disagree with the president and that itself can help this country become better.
At the same time, parents have the right to deny their kids the chance to hear directly from the President. But, as a parent and an American, I feel obligated to let my children hear what they want and make their own decisions. I will not impose my will and philosophies on them, as much as the gov't should not impose on me. That would be unAmerican.
"...Much has been made about the criticism surrounding President Obama's Tuesday speech to the nation's schoolchildren.
But when President George H.W. Bush delivered a similar speech in October 1991 to students at a junior high school in Washington, D.C., Democratic critics went much further and investigated the event, Washington Examiner columnist Byron York reported Tuesday.
Democrats, who controlled Congress at the time, ordered the General Accounting Office to probe the production of the speech and later summoned top Bush administration officials to Capitol Hill for a hearing, York wrote.
The Bush speech at Alice Deal Junior High School cost $26,750 -- an expenditure paid by the Department of Education -- and drew fire from Rep. William Ford, then chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, who ordered the probe.
"As the chairman of the committee charged with the authorization and implementation of education programs, I am very much interested in the justification, rationale for giving the White House scarce education funds to produce a media event."
The GAO found no wrongdoing on the part of the Bush administration
But after Bush spoke, The Washington Post implied in a f...
"...Much has been made about the criticism surrounding President Obama's Tuesday speech to the nation's schoolchildren.
But when President George H.W. Bush delivered a similar speech in October 1991 to students at a junior high school in Washington, D.C., Democratic critics went much further and investigated the event, Washington Examiner columnist Byron York reported Tuesday.
Democrats, who controlled Congress at the time, ordered the General Accounting Office to probe the production of the speech and later summoned top Bush administration officials to Capitol Hill for a hearing, York wrote.
The Bush speech at Alice Deal Junior High School cost $26,750 -- an expenditure paid by the Department of Education -- and drew fire from Rep. William Ford, then chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, who ordered the probe.
"As the chairman of the committee charged with the authorization and implementation of education programs, I am very much interested in the justification, rationale for giving the White House scarce education funds to produce a media event."
The GAO found no wrongdoing on the part of the Bush administration
But after Bush spoke, The Washington Post implied in a front-page story that the speech was staged for the president's political benefit, and Democratic allies continued to pounce on Bush for the cost of the event...."
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While it is not "politically correct" I think it challenges both sides to consider how our society and political policies have helped shape some of the men we meet today. IMO any political ideology should be able to appreciate this article.