Burning Vapor

President Obama Speaks to School Kids

My sons came home last week and handed me a piece of paper.  It was informing me that the students in their middle school would be watching President Obama’s speech to kids in the classroom and they needed our permission to watch it.  What??  Why in the world did they need my permission to watch the President of the United States talk to my kids??  I thought perhaps the school was overreacting or being too cautious because we live in the volatile south.  Apparently we are still fighting the civil war down here, hate the ‘Yankees’ and race relations are unstable at best.  But no, it’s not just my son’s school or even the area that we live in.  Apparently it is an issue across the nation.  I searched to see if I could find out what the controversial topic would be and I finally found it.

Our President has the nerve to encourage our kids to work hard, study and do their homework!  The audacity!!  Can you believe it??  Now I understand why we should be causing such an uproar.

I have traditionally voted Republican and I did not vote for President Obama.  I disagree with several things that he wants to accomplish while in office just as I would with any other candidate.  But at the same time I can respect the man and disagree with him.  I also respect the office.  It seems to me that we are bending over backwards to poke at President Obama.  Let’s work on the big issues and be thankful that he is encouraging our kids to work hard.  Some people are so ridiculous.

Here is the speech.

**Additional Thought**

Have we become so distant from our children that we can not carry on thought provoking conversations with them?  Let’s say the speech was about some political issue.  Have we really become so lazy as parents that we can not have good discussions with our children over what we believe and do not believe?  We try to watch the President every time that he addresses the nation.  We love to talk about things that we agree or do not agree with.  Our children always ask great thought provoking questions and sometimes I have to tell them that I don’t know the answer to it, but I’ll find out.  As Christians we need to be able to affirm the good things and work through the things that we disagree on.  Parents…parent.  And know, throwing darts at the President and hiding behind ‘I’m protecting my children’ doesn’t hold water.  It’s a lame, cowardly way out of boldly shepherding your children and applying biblical truth to real life situations.  I’m just sayin…

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