On Sept. 8, 2009, Obama will address America's School Children Across The Entire Nation (drug, Somali)

[scarmig]

Originally Posted by cleanhouse

No problem if that is all it is.

I pay damn good money for my kids to be in school. Learning. Not being lectured by smarmy, scumbag politicians (of any party). They'll have plenty of chances to get lied to by oligarchs as adults, when their BS meters are more mature.

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by ViewFromThePeak

Nope, no similarity there...

the book shown at the top was given to my son as a gift from my best friend who is a republican lobbyist in DC. Have you read it?

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by cleanhouse

Im asking sincerely not out of sarcasm -Do you have any link for Bush speaking to schoochildren via TV? I cannot find anything.

Here's one re GWB

Bush Urges Youngsters to Help Friends on Drugs - The New York Times

And one re his daddy

Using Agency Funds for Bush Speech Is Ruled Legal; Some House Democrats Had Questioned Paying for Broadcast With Education Dept. Money - The Washington Post | Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-1090540.html - broken link)

[mullman]

Originally Posted by GreenGene

Oh, yeah - that sounds awful ... hard work, take responsibility, best education, good jobs, rewarding and productive lives ... why in the world would we want to have our children hear any of that nonsense, eh?

The paradox is that this does not describe Obama supporters.


I don't have a problem with any POTUS reaching out to school children.
Great.

But something about the video I saw was a bit unnerving wrapped in the Obama marketing machine with Hollywood elite and the cold war style graphics.
And IMHO The People, and especially our children, do not 'serve' our elected officials.
They should be serving us.

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by ViewFromThePeak

How about a MovOn.org commercial instead of a broadcast some administrators are going to "compel" teachers to air?

you didn't answer my question. how is "stay in school" a partisan message?

[scarmig]

Originally Posted by rkb0305

you didn't answer my question. how is "stay in school" a partisan message?

When it's a government-run school?

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by mullman

And IMHO the people, and esp the children do not 'serve' our elected officials.
They should be serving us.

Are you deliberately misunderstanding?

[bentlebee]

Normally you would put the best coaches on the youngets athletes so the would have a good basis. What Obama is doing is putting him self..the worst spender in history of this country and the person with no transparency and just some hot air on our kids...that is wrong!

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by scarmig

When it's a government-run school?

Many thousands of kids have gone on to the best colleges in the world straight out of government-run schools.

Of course, they were smart and studied hard, and their parents were often involved with the school and with their kids' educations.

[cleanhouse]

Originally Posted by delusianne

Here's one re GWB

Bush Urges Youngsters to Help Friends on Drugs - The New York Times

And one re his daddy

Using Agency Funds for Bush Speech Is Ruled Legal; Some House Democrats Had Questioned Paying for Broadcast With Education Dept. Money - The Washington Post | Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-1090540.html - broken link)

thank you- actually they are both of Bush Sr. the Drug speech was from 1989. none the less they were speeches with the intent to influence children.

The first one was in respect to the all so succesful "War on Drugs".

Yeah, politicians should not be lecturing our kids.