Can someone PLEASE explain to me why so many are offended by the President wanting to talk to the children of this nation about the importance of a good education?
They're not offended by the President wanting to talk to the children of this Nation. Any "offense" is a product of a kind of sticker shock as a result of recent political changes. Conservatives controlled the Congress for 12 years until 2007 and also the White house for the last 8 years of that 12 until. In the course of two short years though, Conservatives lost control of both the Congress and the WH. Conservatives haven't figured out how or why. Then you have to acknowledge the role that the recession has played in all this and the fact that we elected a black President. For some people it's all just too much. Of course, you then have people who find solace in talk show hosts such as Hannity and Glen Beck plying their listeners with the tonic that Obama is an aberration or that Obama is an illegitimate President or that the Nation is on the road to socialism. Feeling rather powerless to stop it all, some people choose something to rant and rave about that they are familar with such as public schools. The foregoing plays a large part in any objections.
PERHAPS YOU MISSED MY POST ON THE LAST PAGE. IF YOU DID HERE IT IS AGAIN:
I'm not saying he is or isn't. I'm just saying he don't need to be preaching to our kids about political policies.
You wanna qualify that statement, oli? Are you suggesting Mignon is a child molester?
You know how the old saying goes SC :
He who yells thief the loudest..........
ollieboy, we've disagreed many times on these boards about many different subjects and topics. There even have been times that we've probably pissed each other off with what we've exchanged through posts to each other.
But I must tell you, saying something like this about another board member, especially someone like Mignon, really takes the cake. I'm going to chalk it off to sheer ignorance on your part instead of malice.
You're way out of line and Mignon deserves a personal APOLOGY TOPIC FROM YOU!!!
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Until then, as far as I am concerned, your opinions and views are meaningless to me on these boards!
