Concerned Citizens

Tuesday President Barack Obama will address school children across the nation in a speech about responsibility, education and the values of staying the course. I’ve read the remarks posted by the White House and find them to be pretty good and reasonable. There’s no political rhetoric like the garbage I’ve seen coming from both sides on health care reform. For example, after remarks about not having great advantages Pres. Obama tells kids that’s no excuse for not doing the right thing. “But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life – what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home – that’s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That’s no excuse for not trying,” according to the remarks. For some reason the conservative right has taken a good speech from a president and made it about evil indoctrination. Give me a BREAK! Read more…