Posted by
Bob Siegel on Friday, September 04, 2009 2:48:06 PM
The voices of angry and concerned parents have caused the Obama administration to back peddle and abandon at least one of the follow up projects associated with the president's planned speech to public school children.
Most people have no problem with a president giving some generic, inspirational lecture, void of politics: "Hey, kids! Study hard! Stay in school!" That kind of drivel would have been fine and because of all the bad press, that is now probably all it will be. But one can only wonder what the little nippers might have heard without the paternal hurricane. We do know that essays were going to be recommended where students could write about how to best serve the president. In fact, this same week, Courtney Cox and other Hollywood celebrities have put forth an ad encouraging kids to make a special pledge of allegiance. Hold on to your seat. You are not dreaming. Hollywood did not suddenly revert back toward any kind of patriotic love for our country. No, this was not a pledge to our flag, but rather A PLEDGE TO OUR PRESIDENT! And again, the word servant was used, "I pledge myself to be a servant to my president."
Excuse me, but the United States was not set up so that we could serve our president. It is the president's job to serve us. Perhaps this subtle reminder is needed in an age where our latest Chief Executive gets treated like Henry the 8th.
Encouraging education always sounds so good. But I must say: I am this close to not wanting kids to stay in school and study hard. I guess, for me, it depends on what they are studying and what they are being taught (indoctrinated) with.
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