In Carson City, Nevada school children have been given the right to opt out of watching President Obama’s back to school speech. In Lyon county (in northern Nevada) the children need permission slips to watch the speech! WTF? If it was Bush or McCain our children would be expected to sit down and watch but because Obama is Obama (fill in the blanks yourself) it gives everyone the right to freak out and “protect” the children? From what? A back to school pep talk! I am shocked and sickened by this – how dare we as Americans say that our president is less than important for any given reason? Come on -  I am sure when Clinton was in office – if he had sent a speech out to the schools we would have all had to sit and watch. Why do we stand for the pledge? Why do we place one hand over our hearts? If we are one nation – why the hell don’t we act like it! People are reacting to Obama in office as if Hitler himself has come back from the dead and been elected President! What is happening to Americans? I cannot believe the morons and idiots walking around with their misguided beliefs…. Okay, I am upset. I want to believe in our nation and I want to this to be the country everyone wants to be a part of because we are the best! I am all for choice and I am all for not forcing anything onto anyone – but I am about support and I am about team work. We are team America and a winning team has members who work together! Our public schools are government run – you wouldn’t send your child to Catholic school and not allow him/her to sit and watch a back to school pep talk given by the Pope! This is over the top ridiculous! Our kids have pep talks all the time given by teachers and administrators – are we going to stop that too? What if I don’t like my child’s principal? I get to decide if my child listens to their principal? Follows their directions and rules? What if I don’t like the way the government is run – does that give me the right to pull my kid out of US Government class??? Come on! There is more being said between the lines here – and I do not like the message. This is our America and we do have the freedom to choose what we do, say, see and hear – but why are we going to turn our backs on our president? He is not an evil force such as Saddam or Hitler- he is an American just like the rest of us trying to do his best at leading our country. Now he wants to reach out to our school children and give them guidance and hope to stay in school and do their best – and we spit on him! I don’t think that send a great message to our children… But hey, that’s just ME…

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