Are we ready to chill out about Obama’s speech to the nation’s government school children next week? Is there a potential for a disaster? Sure there is, but I think it’s unlikely. Obama isn’t going to go on the classroom tubes and tell the kids to “go home and tell your folks to call their elected officials and tell them to support my health care plan. If you don’t, you’re gonna die.”
The White House says that the purpose of the speech is for PrezBO to “address the students on the importance of taking responsibility for their success in school.” Who in the world wouldn’t want this message delivered to our students? Do you think you would have had your panties in a wad if it was George W. Bush delivering the same message to the students?
Obama is in a position to do some good here. Many of these school children look up to him. They have no awareness of his flirtations with Marxism in college. They don’t understand his complete lack of experience as he stood for election last year. They just know that he’s the president, and that’s important. Young black students see him as an incredible roll model. If he delivers them a positive message about personal responsibility we’re all the better off for it.
All this doesn’t mean we sleep through his speech. Let’s watch carefully to see if there is any pro-big government propaganda that needs to be addressed. Until then … find something else to get all worked up over.
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