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My children will go to school on 9/8.While I do not agree with Obama ,it is important to our country to listen to what he has to say...it is called freedom of speech.It is what our country was founded on.
It will be seen on the website and CSPAN.
Obama school speech sparking political firestorm - CharlotteObserver.com (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/topstories/story/925517.html - broken link)
And the people who disregard the gov't because they don't agree with everything that happens disgust me.. Our children need to learn, why not take this opportunity to discuss what your kids can do to help our country. I am so very.. very tired of political ideology creating sides. I truly believe it is the left vs. right mentality that holds this country down and keeps us from being great. Liberal bias, conservative bad mouthing, creating hyper reality of statements made here or there creates an unneccasary Paranoia. The internet age has made it too easy to find fault, create fault and assign fault. Why would you stay home.. a protest.. you protest the president speaking to kids? That makes no sense. I hope people look at this as educational experience to hear from the President.
the people who disregard the gov't because they don't agree with everything that happens disgust me..
IMHO if one regularly votes, works hard, and pays taxes, then they have earned the right to disagree and/or complain.
Or do you prefer the gulags for those that might disagree?
Do they teach this stuff anymore, or is there no time between umpteen teacher workdays and hero infomercials?
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IMHO if one regularly votes, works hard, and pays taxes, then they have earned the right to disagree and/or complain.
Or do you prefer the gulags for those that might disagree?
Why would you pull that out of my post.. I said.. people who disagree should not "DISREGARD" the gov't. I disagree with the gov't alot, which means I work to improve it. I.E. you don't just say I won't let the president address my children in an education setting because I disagree with some of the things he says. Listen and communicate, discuss with your kids.. This is an opportunity for our kids to be addressed directly. I think the Charlotte school district is doing it the right way, by providing an option. Some people may not like it, but the president should be a "hero" and aspiration for some. Look at this way, kids may say, wow I like what he says, I wanna be like him, or kids may say, I disagree with what he says, I need to work harder so I can help do things differently.
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