If it were as simple as telling kids how important an education is, I would have no problem with President Obama addressing our kids. But after speaking with my sister-in-law yesterday who is a teacher and is being forced by the school district to show this speech to her 3rd grade students, I have some serious problems with it. She told me that the lesson plans she was given didn’t just talk about education. The plans included making the children write letters to the president – positive ones which is in no doubt a way to spin PR back into his favor. I seriously doubt that the White House will share with us any letters written by children which criticize him and his policies. If anyone has a child or at least is around them day to day, they will tell you that children are incredibly honest. So, he’s bound to get a few. But we’ll only hear the good ones. You know..the ones that say that he’ll help their Mommy’s and Daddy’s pay for their home and how when Grandma gets terminal cancer, he’ll save her. I dunno. I just have a problem with someone using my kid as a tool. And that’s exactly what he’ll do. If this was a sincere request to speak with our children to give them an uplifting message and not something he’d use later to make him look good, then it’d be fine. But this all sounds so Fidel Castro-ish to me. How much longer will it be before we see our little ones marching around in a daze and repeating words that our President says? What of teaching the children individuality and thinking for ones self?Oh, what harm could this do? The left would ask? He’s just talking to some children! What silly nillies to be so paranoid. Give me one reason to trust you, Barry. You haven’t even been in office a year. Yet, you’ve managed to take over the car industry. You are hell bent on passing legislation that will dictate care and decide when a person is worth saving or not. You’ll do it without the support of the majority of the country just because you know you can. You want cap and trade which will increase costs of livings for every Americans and put American businesses OUT of business. Something tells me that this is a sneaky little way for your government to come in and take that over too and “save the day”. You’re all about control – controlling people’s freedom to drive the cars they want, seek the healthcare they want, get the home loans they want, and thinking the way they want and you’ll start with the little, innocent minds of children. In a way, I’m glad you’ve bitten off more than you can chew because its exposed you as the fraud I always knew you were a little sooner than I anticipated. I sense a revolution brewing and it pleases me to no end that you and your socialist cronies are to blame for it.
I can’t be the only one who thinks this picture is hilarious. It just goes to show you that a picture can be taken out of context…or can it? Is the President really looking at this woman’s butt? Who knows? What I do know is that I certainly wouldn’t want the press following me around all the time. Who knows what kind of crazy stuff they can catch me doing…nah…I’m not that interesting!!
The latest from the Obama administration is their attempt to sell national health care. Yesterday, Obama spoke to the American Medical Association to try to persuade doctors to sign on. He offered up his version of the truth but gave no facts to support his position. He said that in some countries, a single payer system works but he neglected to name one country where it supposedly works and how. In fact, the only thing that the AMA seemed to be happy about after his speech was his claim that he would make it more difficult for people to sue doctors. While I agree that malpractice lawsuits have become frivolous, he offered nothing to support his claims. Now in an effort to sell his idea of socialized medicine, Obama will take to the airwaves by taking over programming at ABC:
On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care — a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm!Highlights on the agenda:ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from the Blue Room of the White House.The network plans a primetime special — ‘Prescription for America’ — originating from the East Room, exclude opposing voices on the debate.MORELate Monday night, Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Ken McKay fired off a complaint to the head of ABCNEWS:Dear Mr. Westin:As the national debate on health care reform intensifies, I am deeply concerned and disappointed with ABC’s astonishing decision to exclude opposing voices on this critical issue on June 24, 2009. Next Wednesday, ABC News will air a primetime health care reform “town hall” at the White House with President Barack Obama. In addition, according to an ABC News report, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, WORLD NEWS, NIGHTLINE and ABC’s web news “will all feature special programming on the president’s health care agenda.” This does not include the promotion, over the next 9 days, the president’s health care agenda will receive on ABC News programming.Today, the Republican National Committee requested an opportunity to add our Party’s views to those of the President’s to ensure that all sides of the health care reform debate are presented. Our request was rejected. I believe that the President should have the ability to speak directly to the America people. However, I find it outrageous that ABC would prohibit our Party’s opposing thoughts and ideas from this national debate, which affects millions of ABC viewers.In the absence of opposition, I am concerned this event will become a glorified infomercial to promote the Democrat agenda. If that is the case, this primetime infomercial should be paid for out of the DNC coffers. President Obama does not hold a monopoly on health care reform ideas or on free airtime. The President has stated time and time again that he wants a bipartisan debate. Therefore, the Republican Party should be included in this primetime event, or the DNC should pay for your airtime.Respectfully,Ken McKayRepublican National CommitteeChief of Staff
Let’s pretend shall we that this was “the other side” doing this. How happy would the liberals be if the Republicans took over airtime – at no charge to them – to propagandize their ideas? There would be no opposing view- not one Pro vs. Con list. I mean, isn’t that what an honest debate is about? Could this be the start of state run television? I mean, in the past 6 months since Obama took office we have state owned banks, state owned car companies and now we have full television networks shutting down regular programming so the President can pitch his idea. And I am supposed to accept this becuuuuuuz? And this is okay becuuuuuuuz? The next thing we know they’ll be cementing over the reflection pond in the Capital Mall to give our troops a place to practice their goosestepping!So before you tell me to get a grip and that I am overreacting, all I can say in response is when will it be okay to overreact? When will it be okay to start questioning what’s going on in Washington? Do we wait until it’s illegal for me to post my opinion on my own website? Do we wait until we are no longer free to decide if we want health care or not? Why do I feel like Obama has us bent over the resolute desk or that the liberals are waterboarding us with their agenda? Because THEY ARE. And it should be stopped before it’s too late and all of our liberties are gone.
