terrynnc wrote:
I would think that if they didnt want to watch it all they had to do was put there head down, but all that is going to do when they have something they need to do, they think that all they have to do is not do it and you are going to back them up, would it have bothered you if Bush or Reagan did it? They both talked to kids in School just like Obama did. Everything that Obama does someone is there to complain, you can tell your kids that they dont have to participate in school functions if you want, but all it is going to do is hurt them in the long run, but their your kids you do what you think is right. The man is not going to make everybody happy, this country is going to hell in a handbasket thats for sure. I hope that he can prove himself to everybody someday, I think most people dont like him because of who he is, not because of what he does. I used to hate to and did things against certain people that I am now ashamed of, its easier to try to understand.
It's obvious we all have our opinions. I have been drawn back into this post...it just won't quit. I was facing something along the lines of your first few sentences above years ago when my kids were in elementary school. My youngest son was in a class with an Athiest, vegetarian, anti-hunter. He has the right to beleive in God or not, eat meat or not and to protest hunting....I drew the line when he started teaching the kids they were "Gullible to believe in God, a superior being", that's a direct quote. He told the kids that eating meat was wrong and would medically kill them and Karma would come around and bad deeds would happen to them for hunting and killing wild animals. I protested to the school and demanded they remove my son from his class or face legal ramifications. I had his literature and handouts with me. Now for Obama to tell them they should Pledge Allegiance to him and his socialistic way is ludacris. (I have not researched it but it apparently happened because the web has been buzzing with it) I and everyone else have the right to remove our kids from a potential life changing brain washing situation, especially at the young impressionable point in their lives. When they are grown they can make their own decisions it's naturally a different situation. Most parents don't need someone giving their kids this kind of hogwash. Bush and Regan (Bless Reagan, our last real president)did address our kids but definitely did not ask them anything of the sort.
You said most people don't like him because of who he is, not because of what he does. I will counter that by saying I am not one of those but I do believe that is how he got elected. Or at least a major contributor to it. I don't approve of his ways, apoligising for our actions in WWII, political avenues, and approach to out youth.
For every Reagan there has to be a Carter. I'm hoping for Palin to unseat this guy in the next election.