The Permission Slip Of The Silly (Well Not To Some) Times
My neighbor and I both have daughters in middle school. Both of our daughters came home from school today with a permission slip asking if we wanted our children to participate (or not) in the viewing of President Obama’s “National Address To The Students” on September 11th (school recording it from September 8th). My neighbor walked over to me and said:
You got to be kidding me??
We both did not remember a time when we were kids that we needed permission slip to listen to the President of the United States. I remember we had this television system called Channel 1 back in my middle school days. On several occasions, Presidents Reagan and Bush Sr. were broadcast with pre-recorded messages of working hard, saying in school, and learning. My neighbor had the same system as well and remembered the same messages. We both shook our heads and returned to our homes. I understand the school’s reasoning for this but it’s quite amazing to me that it is needed.
Look I know [SARCASM ON] President Barack “Hussien-Che Guervara-Socialist-New Nazi Party Chairman-America Destroyer-Kenyan Citizen-Usurper-Mister Teleprompter-Death Panel Czar-Unicorn Latte Liberal-Filthy Liar-Half Negro-47 Year Conspiracy-Big Eared Something” Obama [SARCASM OFF] (wow what a middle name) has done too many speeches, but he is the President Of The United States.
And can’t Presidents Of The United States of America challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning? Those three things sound universal. Not partisan.
But we don’t want to infringe on parental rights. So I guess this will be the trend. I think I will go looking for a genie in a magic lamp so I can wish a Sarah Palin presidency in 2012. The amount of permission slips that will be generated would really stimulate the economy (no disrespect intended Mrs. Palin).
Also my friends, it will be extremely difficult for [SARCASM ON] President Barack “Hussien-Che Guervara-Socialist-New Nazi Party Chairman-America Destroyer-Kenyan Citizen-Usurper-Mister Teleprompter-Death Panel Czar-Unicorn Latte Liberal-Filthy Liar-Half Negro-47 Year Conspiracy-Big Eared Something” Obama [SARCASM OFF] to indoctrinate the children with Marxism/Socialism/Nazism with so many eyes watching (and not just “the kids”). Just think about it… Or not!
58 Responses to “The Permission Slip Of The Silly (Well Not To Some) Times”
“Oh it's racism. What people say about the President when black people are not around, is unbelievable”
Try hanging around with a better class of people. Perhaps it's just like calling to like because right now you seem like a bigot to me.
Its easy in the talk radio world to create the false impression that any black liberal Democrat has to be a socialist or a Communist. This is the far right's plan to win back the WH in 2012. Its brainwashing- pure and simple.
You righties want pure capitalism? Why not give back your Social Security checks and refuse your Medicare benefits. We've had pure capitalism, and it resulted in child labor, unsafe working conditions and filthy tenements full of disease. Robber barons made huge fortunes which their descendants used for philanthropic causes. Presently, we have a hybrid of capitalism and socialism and it works pretty well. It enabled a poor fatherless kid born in Hawaii to become president.
“Why not give back your Social Security checks and refuse your Medicare benefits.”
Sure right after you get those assholes to stop taking my money!!!
Kritt11-Well I agree 100% with your first paragraph.
Well, half a loaf is better than none,lol.
But though many conservatives seem to want to go back to the good old days, its important to note that during the last century most people worked until they died and most- before the New Deal could not own their own homes. Workers had to put up with unsafe conditions in many occupations and often worked 6 12 hour days.
In this country wealth is concentrated at the top— we are nowhere near being socialist or communist.
To suggest this is just as bad as comparing Bush and Cheney to Hitler. In other words, its only the desperate who resort to these kind of suggestions.
The right can't fight fair so they conjure up images of a totalitarian state- so that their followers won't even give the new administration a chance. Its fear-mongering at its worst- something the far right has gotten extremely good at.
If there are policy disagreements, come out with them. But put a kibosh on these idiotic comparisons.
“But put a kibosh on these idiotic comparisons”
You mean crap like asking conservatives to give back SSI and Medicare? Practice what you preach and maybe you'll have a little credibility. Right now you're pigs in the same pen bitching about how the “other” pig smells bad.
Obviously, that was not a serious suggestion, but if you have a short fuse– go ahead an vent
I said it to make a point that we do have some elements of socialism already, and they have served the elders, widows and disabled in our society fairly well.
Many on the far right are prepared to oppose Obama no matter what he says or does. He could capture OBL and there would be those who would claim that Osama is no longer important, and that Obama only captured him to create a diversion from the health care mess.
“Many on the far right are prepared to oppose Obama no matter what he says or does.”
Which is why when some overreact you and others overreact in reply and pretend there was never any basis for any concern. Makes sense to you I'm sure.
“Obviously, that was not a serious suggestion”
So maybe you could denote what part of your arguments I should respond to and whats total BS that you will jettison and mock people for countering. Just to save us both the trouble.