Walk a Mile In Their Wingtips

I don't care what political party you favor, or don't favor one at all. I don't care if you are yellow, red, tan, black, brown or white. I don't care if you drive a Honda, BMW, Ford, or a Saturn. I don't care if you are a Catholic, Jewish, an atheist, or a Lutheran. I don't care if you approved of President's Clinton, Bush I or II, Reagan, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Kennedy, and on and on.

What I DO care about is respect for the Office of the President of the United States of America.
Call me old, call me old-fashioned. I remember the days when everything was so different. People disagreed, people even argued. But I've never lived through a time that this office has been under such attack. I could write on and on; give testaments to all sides and give you reason after reason, one opinion after opinion. Chalk it up to over wired, over tired, too much caffeine, under appreciated, over worked or distrust of political power;
whatever the excuse, there is no excuse.
But, in the end..it boils down what Aretha Franklin sang best ~

President George H.W. Bush gave an address to schools nationwide in 1991, from a junior high school in Washington, D.C. News reports from the time said the White House hoped that the address would be shown at schools nationwide, and Bush began his remarks by saying he was talking to "millions" of students "in classrooms all across the country." Read his full speech here.

Ronald Reagan took questions from high school students at the White House in 1986, and the question-and-answer session was broadcast nationally. Reagan urged the students to stay in school and say no to drugs, but he also discussed overtly political matters, such as national defense funding, nuclear disarmament and -- in surprising policy detail -- taxes. Read his full speech here.


Today - President Obama will be speaking directly to our students across our nation. Read the full speech here.

"The President will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning," Duncan wrote, adding, "This is the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation's school children about persisting and succeeding in school. We encourage you to use this historic moment to help your students get focused and begin the school year strong."

Obama would "indoctrinate" school children with "socialist ideology," forcing them "to watch the president justify his plans for government-run health care, banks, and automobile companies, increasing taxes on those who create jobs, and racking up more debt than any other president."

President Obama will be speaking directly to students in their classrooms on Tuesday. "This is creepy," says Laura Ingraham, in for Bill O'Reilly. "It sure is a slick move to market 'brand Obama' (sad...)

"He's recruiting his civilian army. His 'Hitler' youth brigade," wrote one participant in a forum at Free Republic. (can this comment be for real?)

damaging words (lol..) - CARE, EDUCATION, BRAINPOWER, FUTURE, INVOLVED, HELP, RESPONSIBILITY, DESTINY, VOLUNTEER, SUCCESSFUL, GOD BLESS AMERICA, YOU

Belt it out Aretha -

{go forth & live responsibly}
Respect