Text of Obama's Speech to School Children

[silverhawks]

Don't defend this bullshit. It should have never been allowed the first time. Abolish the federal unconstitutional Department of Education.

This. Any political figure or organisation specifically targeting the most impressionable demographic in the country at a time when the vast majority of parents will not be watching this with them should ring alarm bells, regardless of who does it.

And as innocent as the speech is, I object to the kinds of things that the Dept. of Education is backing it up with, such as:

"Why is it important that we listen to the president and other elected officials, like the mayor, senators, members of congress, or the governor? Why is what they say important?"

Of course, we need to hang on the words of our politicians! Because they're not our employees, they're important.

And then there's this:

"Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the President. These would be collected and redistributed at an appropriate later date by the teacher to make the students accountable to their goals."

Which after objections was changed to:

"Write letters to themselves about how they can achieve their short-term and long-term education goals. Teachers would collect and redistribute these letters at an appropriate later date to enable students to monitor their progress."

Little bit different in intent, yes? The original is purely using peer pressure to force a child to keep to a political agenda.

As for some of the other comments in this speech, I'm fairly sure that they are just dropped in specifically to get reactions from the opposition, and distract us from wider issues, such as while we're all concentrating on President Obama, what is the rest of Congress doing that day?

 

[Dianne]

My view is this is meant to give some type of respect for Obama. This dimwhit doesn't even know how many states are within the USA. My view is that he wants these kids to believe he is some type of authoratarian... the leader of the
"FREE?" world. Obama speaks... all kneel down. Well that's bs... Obama a piece of crap, just like George Bush and the devil himself... Dick Cheney.

Until Ron Paul or his son become President, I will have many sleepless nights.

 

[angelatc]

The idea that an elected President of the USA is being attacked for wanting to deliver a speech to the school children of America is beyond absurd. Other US Presidents have done this without any problem of any kind. This is just silly.

Did the other Presidents spend millions to create study material to go along with their speech?

 

[SimpleName]

Thank goodness this wasn't what it could have been. I doubt that Obama was going to give this particular speech originally though. After the media got their pants in a bunch, they seemed to pull back on the whole thing. How he possibly believes any kids in school could withstand his lecturing is beyond me. I mean, GET TO THE DAMN POINT! You want to brainwash children, we got it. Just say so. We all already know.

 

[angelatc]

Click for my take on the situation or if you can't click that, click http://earlychristianamerica.com/blog/?p=276

He's a dialectition and we better get used to it.

Wayne Sedlak

I had to look that up and I'm still not sure what it means! But it's a great word!

 

[pinkmandy]

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.

Well, that's just a lie. The people who fought for real freedom didn't attend government funded public schools laced with social programming and propaganda. They attended private schools, small community schools, had tutors, were homeschooled or some combination of all of those. Public schools were not created until the mid 1800's.

That sticking point aside, I don't care what he is saying or not as I think the whole thing was just a distraction event because it would have been very easy to release that speech last week knowing that it would cause a firestorm. I homeschool and the sooner more people realize what the schools are doing to our country and get their kids out of them the sooner the education machine will die from lack of funding and participation.

We have a country full of people who didn't understand what Ron Paul was saying and didn't care to learn. Instead most opted to vote for the snickering RINO and his soccer mom sidekick or 'change, yes we can'. We can thank public schools for creating that type of thinking and MSM for reinforcing it in the adults. They work hard to create the future after all.

 

[webstar]

Actually when Pres. George Bush Sr. did it, it was the Democrats complaining. Same game, same teams, different era.

This is simply not the case. I have heard this sort of response at least twice now on TV from GOP spokespersons and both times they were challenged to document that claim. They could not. Can you?

On CNN a new person said they researched the issue and could find no organized opposition to a presidential speech to school kids.

This is absurd partisan silliness taken to a new and disgusting level.

 

[moostraks]

This is simply not the case. I have heard this sort of response at least twice now on TV from GOP spokespersons and both times they were challenged to document that claim. They could not. Can you?

On CNN a new person said they researched the issue and could find no organized opposition to a presidential speech to school kids.

This is absurd partisan silliness taken to a new and disgusting level.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/09/03/2051165.aspx

Ten second google could have found this for you. Not real interested in wasting too much time on this issue. However, I agree with the sentiment that this is just more of the same games from Washington. Well said specsaregood.

Partisan silliness is undertaken by those who are pointing the finger at the supposed other party, not those who are seeing the problem being one party who plays the charade of being two.

 

[webstar]

The link provided proves nothing. It is ridiculous on its face to compare this teeny tiny complaint by two - unnamed at that - Democrats in 1991 that money was improperly spent - to the rabid and huge outcry against the current President speaking to school children. This is not comparable in any way, shape or form and to allege that it is is disingenuous in the extreme.

 

[dannno]

I cried.

It was a moving speech even to read.

He would be really convincing during a crisis, he could probably get the public to do anything if he thought it was the right thing to do.

Still haven't seen any evidence that he's actively working to destroy America by intention.

 

[ForLiberty-RonPaul]

I cried.

It was a moving speech even to read.

He would be really convincing during a crisis, he could probably get the public to do anything if he thought it was the right thing to do.

Still haven't seen any evidence that he's actively working to destroy America by intention.

you too! I thought it was just me! We got baRACK oBAMA....!

 

[dannno]

you too! I thought it was just me! We got baRACK oBAMA....!

I knew I should have taken the vaccine