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Yes. It is to no longer be foreign, but one big-happy world village.

Can you tell me who said this?

"Sadly, the arrival of Obama brought with it a lot of hope, but little change"

03Lightningrocks wrote:

Liberty wrote:

Purplehood wrote:I realize that lots of folks don't like the President. But knee-jerk reactions by folks that don't like him simply teach our kids to be totally intolerant and not listen to other peoples points of view. I too don't trust the guy, but I really really try to avoid jumping to conclusions. Let your kids watch the speech. Discuss the good points of it with your kids. If there are any bad, discuss those too. Be adult. Doesn't mean you have to vote for him.

There are enough reasons for most of us too really dislike, perhaps even hate this guy. But letting ourselves get worked up into a frenzy over what he might say is a little much. After all as parents we get the last word. Even a Kennedy sometimes has words of wisdom as mu sig fie quote states..

We let him have his say then we crucify him, at least thats how it is supposed to work.

So do any of you feel the Washington Post will blast this speech like they did George Bush 1 when he gave almost the exact same speech? Does anyone think the democrats will call for congressional hearings over Oduma's speech the way they did George Bush 1?

Of course not. The pendulum swings both ways in American politics. The farther it swings one way, the farther in the opposite direction it swings on the next go-round. After all, we all know what payback is...

Newt Gingrich states that he read the speech and thought it was "good". That came from FOX News.

EDIT: Just watched him again on the news... he stated that both Reagan and Clinton spoke to the students and that they were positive experiences. Gingrich advised anyone that is concerned to go to the White House website and read the speech.

I realize that lots of folks don't like the President. But knee-jerk reactions by folks that don't like him simply teach our kids to be totally intolerant and not listen to other peoples points of view. I too don't trust the guy, but I really really try to avoid jumping to conclusions. Let your kids watch the speech. Discuss the good points of it with your kids. If there are any bad, discuss those too. Be adult. Doesn't mean you have to vote for him.

pdubyoo wrote:

Purplehood wrote:Of course he has an agenda, but he doesn't have to spend every waking moment pursuing it.

That's what he appointed the czars for!

That is actually funny.

Of course he has an agenda, but he doesn't have to spend every waking moment pursuing it.

I have no objection to the President speaking to children in a totally non-partisan fashion. I remember being impressed in grade school whenever we were allowed to watch a TV in class where some special news event was occurring. I think the President would fall into that category and might have a beneficial effect.
Let me reiterate: It must be in a totally non-partisan fashion.

Right where we let it go...

When I read the article I noticed that it made mention of activities and curriculum accompanying the speech. That implies to me that it will be a canned-speech. If so, provide the content ahead of time in writing and let the parents decide if it is non-partisan or not. If it fulfills that requirement than I see it as a positive experience for the kids. If it smacks of whatever boogey-man, socialist ideas you may object to, keep your kid away.