Here's the Prez's back to school speech

by Lew Rockwell that make sense to me: (http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff310.html)

"There are very good reasons to object to Obama’s speech. I’ll sum up the ones that bother me. There are no doubt others, but I have made no attempt to research them and find out what others are thinking on this matter.

1. The speech is beyond the President’s constitutional powers.
2. The President is supporting a national role in education, which also is unconstitutional.
3. The President is not supporting his oath of office, so he is conveying an anti-constitutional message to children.
4. The President is crossing a boundary between the political and social spheres. That boundary is in place in order to control government power and maintain a healthy free society.
5. The President is augmenting national power and influence.
6. The President is starting a new precedent that has dangerous implications.
7. The President’s speech cannot possibly be non-political. The very act itself is politically in furtherance of government and an enhanced government role.
8. The President also leads his party, and that fact may influence children.
9. The President may have an undue influence over children due to his position and power.
10. Will fairness considerations lead to equal time for opposition leaders?
11. Presidential access to communications is dangerous enough without extending it to youth."

Let me clear the air. I merely said that I didn't think the content of his speech was as bad as others thought it was. An opinion. I thought we were allowed free speech in here. I also, expressed concern that the "speeches" might continue increasingly and contain material that is intended to "indoctrinate" towards socialism. I will definately be watching closely. I encouraged others to read the speech not because I was promoting it. I just couldn't understand having a "stance" against something without knowing what it says. I welcome others opinions and input. But to immediately make me out to be some Obama mole or a traitor to the liberty movement for not wanting to join your lynching party is pretty ridiculous. Not to allow someone to have a different opinion and then calling THEM a socialist. Isn't that like the Commie calling the free thinker RED. DP has become a scary place with conspiracy and fear running amuck.

Remember the video clip of the guy on school grounds with a poster and the cop tells him to put away the poster or he'll arrest him for anything (the cop) wants?

Then the guy says, "this is America," and the cop says "It ain't no more." Some guy on the sidewalk starts talking about how there is no freedom of speech in a school zone.

Maybe somebody should hire that cop to knock on Obama's door.

tend to fade. Here's a reminder.

"Parental control of child rearing, especially education, is one of the bulwarks of liberty. No nation can remain free when the state has greater influence over the knowledge and values transmitted to children than the family."

http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr021103c.htm

The first thing is his attempt to endear himself to my child, and manipulate public opinion through the children. Disney has been doing it to great success for decades, so I guess this administration does learn something from the private sector after all.

Now I will break down the speech and the various problems with it:

"I’ve talked about your teachers’ responsibility for inspiring you, and pushing you to learn."

[I teach my daughter that there is only one person responsible for herself, and that is her, in education as well. This contradicts me.]

"I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track"

[It is not the president who dictates my responsibilities, no matter how great it sounds.]

"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."

[Anyone who believes it is the government's job to educate our children, please raise your hand right now. What, no one here? This flies in the face of everything I teach my daughter.]

"all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers;"

[Their responsibility is to go to school and listen to their teachers, regardless of what is being taught? He does dull it down my throwing parents and grandparents in as an afterthought.]

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.

[3 of the 7 jobs listed are government jobs. One of them, I consider to be a hired murderer, and another to be a paid bully. But he calls them "good" jobs.]

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.

[Social studies and history to not teach critical thinking. They teach heavily propagandized versions of these subjects. More free? By instituting social programs to fix all of the mentioned problems?]

"if you quit on school – you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country."

[Ask not what your country and can do for you, but what you can do for you country. lol.. I am not raising my child to be a cog in a government machine. This flies in the face of my libertarian teachings.]

"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"

[Yep, give the kids another reason to disrespect those who are busting their asses for them.]

"That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school."

[School is not education. Some of our greatest minds were drop outs. And if the teacher is teaching nonsense, I want my child to talk back to them.]

I could actually keep going... But this is long and the point is simple. Stay the hell away from my kid!