'Keep Your Kids at Home Day'

Making September 8th a Teachable Moment

Schools are debating what to do with the President's Address to the Nation's School Children [click to read] as the blogosphere lights up with the idea of simply keeping the kids home. The President addressing school children shouldn't be such an issue but in my childhood you could count on the President affirming the values you grew up with. John Kennedy stood up to the Russians during the Cuban Missle Crisis and it was assumed that the leader of the free world believed in defending it.

Now you have a President who apologizes for things we took for granted in the Kennedy era and seems intent on instituting a European socialist state. He's picked people like Van Jones to write his policies. I think the burden of proof is on President Obama to show that he can affirm the 'other' America that he is President over. The 'red' America that didn't vote for him and is honestly skeptical of his 'overhaul' of U.S. Healthcare and energy policy. So, tell your kids to "work hard, set educational goals and take responsibility for their learning." Then, take them to visit a fire station, police station, or maybe the National Guard armory and let them meet some men and women like the heroes of 9/11.

Update:

Here's the Text of the President's Speech [click to read] from the White House website.

Here's How the MSM and NEA Reacted [click to read] to a 1991 speech George H.W. Bush gave at a school. ht/SWAC Girl