Obama Indoctrinates the Youth of America
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:04 pm
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Well, when the two "Stars" of the Republican Party are Sara Palin and Rush Limbaugh go figure The Grand Old Party's wheels have fallen off and they are now being disagreeable just to be disagreeable. They had their chance and did not do anything during their time in power now they want to make sure nothing gets done during the next eight years a Democrat is President As always they put their interest such as big buisness before what is best for the countryHostrauser wrote:Wait a second... there's nothing about health care or taxes or even anything political at all in his speech. All that speech boils down to is "make something of your life."
Wow, it's almost like the conservatives have absolutely no idea what they're talking about and are manufacturing an issue out of thin air.
Again.
The fact that the PotUS is making the speech makes it political...Hostrauser wrote:Wait a second... there's nothing about health care or taxes or even anything political at all in his speech. All that speech boils down to is "make something of your life."
Wow, it's almost like the conservatives have absolutely no idea what they're talking about and are manufacturing an issue out of thin air.
Again.
There are more of us in your camp than you think.seanrj wrote: I know that some people are going to be VERY unhappy with my post, and possibly attack me as some kind of right-wing wacko. While I may be conservative, in the sense that I do not believe that government is ALWAYS the answer
Any parent can get just about anything they want if they call the front office and start complaining about it loud enough. Kids won't be forced to see this. However, people in education know that parents continually drop the ball on many fronts, so I see it as a decent idea for Obama to talk directly to the students.This allows PARENTS the opportunity to CHOOSE whether or not their child is presented with this material.
And since it might work, there are people out there who need to decry anything that might, no matter what the value of the idea is.As the approval ratings drop, no doubt Obama is trying to boost them up, and that is all this is.
I always said the same thing about Bush.seanrj wrote:I just can't wait to see what he says when he goes off the teleprompter... Always interesting when he does that. He always seems to get a pass on it too.
Nonsense. That's akin to saying that anytime you talk it's educational. Was Barack picking, on national TV, the North Carolina Tar Heels to win the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament a political statement? Of course not.seanrj wrote:The fact that the PotUS is making the speech makes it political...
One man's negative is another man's positive. That's exactly what I *WANT* in a leader. A former boss once gave me some great advice: "never work for anyone who isn't at least your equal in intelligence." We just spent eight years being led by a guy who I'm 100% certain couldn't best me in Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Jeopardy!, or any other contest of trivia, knowledge and/or critical thinking skills you want to come up with. I do NOT want the President of the United States to be only as smart as I am (or worse, as in Bush Minor and Sarah Palin, less than).seanrj wrote:My perception is that it is a bit condescending for him to demonstrate, yet again, his "I know what needs to be said and done because I am smarter than everyone else" attitude.
I think you have a poor analysis of context, here. He's not addressing the voting public. He's not addressing Congress. He's not speaking in a specific leadership role to the people who would be included in changing the direction of the country.seanrj wrote:One of the things that jumped out while reading is his continuous use of the words, "I, ME, and MY." In studying concepts of leadership, someone that uses that type of wording tends to exhibit borderline narcicistic and self-serving behavioral traits. Does not sound like an inclusive and collaborative type of leadership, something that he inferred through his campaign.
Pft. Give me a break. Thousands of parents across the nation have requested their children be exempted from watching, requests granted on a school-by-school or district-by-district basis. Failing that, thousands of parents have held their kids home from school. But don't try to pass off the baloney argument that parents have no control over what their child sees and hears.seanrj wrote:The best, and least "threatening", way for him to communicate this message is to make a dinner-time address, or post it on the whitehouse.gov site. This allows PARENTS the opportunity to CHOOSE whether or not their child is presented with this material.
This is something that Obama's detractors have been repeating for months (as if the number of times the president says the word "I" actually indicated anything), and yet it's been shown that he doesn't use personal pronouns any more often than any of our other recent presidents.seanrj wrote: One of the things that jumped out while reading is his continuous use of the words, "I, ME, and MY." In studying concepts of leadership, someone that uses that type of wording tends to exhibit borderline narcicistic and self-serving behavioral traits. Does not sound like an inclusive and collaborative type of leadership, something that he inferred through his campaign.
Evidence in the remarks:
The numerous usage of: "I know..."; "I want..."; "I did..."