Rather than show the health care vigil where about 50 people stood in the rain supporting reforms (with an additional 10-15 weak tea protesters) our local teevee station decided to run this:
Parents are concerned about a speech President Barack Obama plans to make to students across the country Tuesday.
Please read the full story and freep the poll
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Then come back for a short note to the station cc'd to the reporter...
C'mon. Be honest.
For every parent or two who disagrees with the in-school broadcast of President Obama, there are probably 15 ambivalent and a few psyched parents. No, I don't have hard statistics, but your segment this evening didn't either. It was a "Let's focus on the negative" diatribe. To which I must stand up and say: Quit trying to swiftboat Obama with deceitful tactics.
Who cares if a parent or two here and there keeps their kids out of school because of this? Nobody gave a hoot that I kept mine home to watch the Inauguration when it was iffy that it would be broadcast in his classroom. Besides, these same people probably pull their kids out for sex ed and any other reality based science class. It's not news-worthy that they keep their children ignorant.
Parental control? Pffft. Kids can get more info off their internet connected phones (laptops, netbooks, etc...) faster than parents can restrict it. If the child wants to see anything, including the President's speech, they will.
The 65 million people who voted for Obama are grateful he is the President and man that he is. If there were ANY politician I'd want my kids to emulate, it would be Obama for his temperament, patience, hard work, and rope-a-dope style. Start focusing on that---the real--not this crazy bullpucky of the out-voted.
Something to keep in mind: Integrity is the lifeblood of a democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins. ~Edward M. Kennedy (paraphrased)
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BTW, I know I have no right talking about ignorance considering my learning disability involving grammar and structure. I just don't get it. Maybe that's their problem too. They don't get the fact that they lost.