Day 64: Stupid Is As Stupid Does

I don't often express my political opinions because I find it difficult to defend my typically visceral reactions in a thoughtful way (this is another thing for me to work on over the course of the next fifty years). And sadly, these days there seems to be no room for political debate, just ugly fighting. That said, this is one headline grabbing story that I just can't let go by.

What on earth is objectionable about the speech President Obama is going to give to our nation's school children later this morning? Is it not the speech that we're all giving to our own children -- albeit in my case much less eloquently -- in the next few days as they head back to the classroom? Do we not want them to try their hardest? Is it not encouraging for our children to hear that the President of the United States sometimes struggled as a child, that he made mistakes, that he didn't always feel like he fit in? You're going to keep your children home from school over these radical and socialist ideas?

What President Obama so articulately states in his speech is nothing new. Our children have heard it not just from us but from teachers, from coaches, from pastors, from celebrities, from advice columnists. Do we question whether they're Republicans or Democrats? Who cares? Do we accuse them of having a Socialist agenda? It's ridiculous! It's an important message, and one that clearly bears repeating.

Perhaps embarrassingly, I find that Obama's unexceptional remarks rev me up a bit, too. I'm not all that psyched to get back to the routine, but since it's here, I have to embrace it and do my best (the glass is half full, right?). So it serves to get me up off my ass-brain and attack my lengthy to-do lists with renewed vigor. Yes I can!

As Forrest Gump -- another wildly articulate man -- says, "That's all I have to say about that." But if you'd like to hear another opinion (yes, a similar one, it's true), here you go. I guess I'm opening the floodgates. I take full responsibility.

Protecting Our Kids From Obama's Subversive 'Eat Your Peas' Message -- Politics Daily

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