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***I don’t usually get political.  But when it really matters, I feel I have no choice.  My apologies.***

I was shocked when I heard about the outrage many parents felt when they learned that President Obama would be addressing their school-aged children today.  (Actually, my first reaction was “Dang, that’s cool—Clinton and Bush never bothered to talk to me when I was in school.” My second thought was, “What’s up with the overzealous conservative parents?”)

I received many forwarded emails from parents concerned that their children would be forced to listen to the President of the United States—they could not believe that he had the gall to speak to their precious darlings.  What would he say?  He’d try to impose his left-wing political agenda on their innocent minds, to be sure.  He was probably secretly planning a plot to brainwash the children and use them as pawns in his game of taking over the world!  THIS IS JUST HOW HITLER GOT HIS POWER, BY FORMING HITLER YOUTH!  OBAMA IS A NAZI!

I literally read, with my own eyes, a forwarded email from a woman, writing to the superintendent of the school district from which I graduated (Mesa Public Schools), who was pulling her children out of class during the scheduled broadcast.  It was a woman I have met and respect—she sent me a toaster for my wedding (thanks for the toaster, by the way!).  I could not believe how anxiety-ridden so many parents were over Obama’s speech to the children.  THE CHILDREN!

Now that he’s given it, of course, I can see that the concerned parents were totally validated in their protests.  OBAMA IS THE HITLER OF THE NEW CENTURY.  GATHER YOUR FOOD STORAGE AND HEAD FOR THE HILLS.  SAVE YOURSELVES.  And most importantly, SHIELD YOUR CHILDREN FROM THE SINISTER FORCE THAT IS UPON US.  It’s for your own good.

The man started out by telling the students that it’s understandable if they’re nervous to be starting school, and that he knows the feeling of wishing he could stay in bed for just a little longer before school.  Can you imagine?  The president of the United States encouraging the children to feel validated in their exhaustion?  Clearly, Mr. Obama was trying to lure the children into a false sense of security—he wants them to feel like they can trust him.  Just the sort of thing Hitler would have done. RELATING TO THE VICTIM IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD BRAINWASHING, you know.

Then, he went on to say that the students had RESPONSIBILITY for their own educations.  IMAGINE!  Giving America’s CHILDREN their own FREEDOM to take their LIVES into their own HANDS!  The very nerve!  Everybody knows CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS CAN’T BE TRUSTED WITH ANYTHING, least of all their own LIVES!  Just look at what he said {emphasis added by me, but you KNOW he would have added it himself as part of his brainwashing scheme if he were the one writing this post}:

But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world — and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. That’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.

That’s right, my friends.  Barack Obama told our children that they need to take responsibility for their own education.  I have no doubt that he fully expects them to belly up to the bar of the democrats.  There are HIDDEN MESSAGES here, but I can see them CLEAR AS DAY!

But that’s not all!  He goes on to say that an EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT.  He says that the FUTURE OF AMERICA DEPENDS ON THE CHILDREN.  Psh.  As if, Barack. He says that they’ll need knowledge and skills that they learn in school to go on to become productive members of society—CLEARLY, this man is thinking of the future of the country, when what we need is HELP RIGHT NOW.  Why think about the future when we have problems in the present?  Tell me something: What politician do you know who thinks about anyone but him or herself?  DRAWING A BLANK?  That’s because there ARE NONE.  I smell something fishy…

But wait!  There’s more!  He continues:

I get it. I know what it’s like {AGAIN WITH THE RELATING TO THE CHILDREN!  THE CHILDREN!}. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn’t always able to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and I felt like I didn’t fit in.

So I wasn’t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I’m not proud of, and I got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.

THIS MAN IS TELLING THE CHILDREN THAT THEY CAN BE RAISED IN SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES AND STILL MAKE IT OUT ON TOP!  The very nerve.  EVERYBODY KNOWS that THE CHILDREN will only succeed if they are raised by ONE MOTHER and ONE FATHER.  Everybody knows that. Barack Obama is trying to FORCE ALL OUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP AND GET MARRIED AND THEN GET DIVORCED AND WREAK HAVOC ON THE FAMILY.  THE FAMILY!

He tells OUR CHILDREN to write their own destinies, and make their own futures…the next thing we know he’ll be telling them they can think for themselves, and THEN WHERE WILL WE BE?  WHERE???

And then!  THEN! Barack Obama’s three examples of persistent, responsible students were named, “Jazmin,” “Andoni,” and “Shantell.”  Do those sound like AMERICAN names to you?  I DON’T THINK SO, BARACK!  Why not “Bob,” or “Sally?”  Why not use some good, old fashioned AMERICAN names for examples?  I’ll tell you why—because Barack Obama is an IMMIGRANT LOVER!  HE WANTS ALL THE IMMIGRANTS TO HAVE BETTER JOBS THAN THE REAL AMERICANS!  And there is nothing we Americans hate more than having our jobs threatened by an ILLEGAL ALIEN.  THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!

As if that isn’t bad enough, Obama goes on to encourage our children to value hard WORK, and to practice and STUDY.  Why?  Because, according to Barack, “WHEN YOU GIVE UP ON YOURSELF, YOU GIVE UP ON YOUR COUNTRY!”  Well, I have news for President OBAMA: We are not on this earth to FIGHT for our country!  We are here to look out for number one.

He finishes up with a transparent call to action (just the kind the Nazis would have loved) PRACTICALLY FORCING OUR CHILDREN!—THE CHILDREN!—TO TAKE A VOW OF SERVITUDE TO THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF!  Look what he says:

What’s your contribution going to be?

I expect great things from each of you. So don’t let us down. Don’t let your family down or your country down. Most of all, don’t let yourself down. Make us all proud.

See?  Right there—he expects GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS from EACH of the children.  He didn’t say it in so many words, but what he meant—WHAT HE COMMANDED THROUGH SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE BRAINWASHING SUPERSONIC RADIOACTIVE AIRWAVES—was that each American child bring something of value to the table of the LIBERAL POLITICAL AGENDA.  “MAKE US ALL PROUD?” Make WHO proud, Mr. Obama?  Make YOU and your left-wing liberal crusaders proud? I DON’T THINK SO!

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...Phew. I’m glad I got that off my chest.  I tell you what, it’s a sure-tootin’ good thing I don’t have children to defend from this democrat madman, because ALL HELL WOULD BREAK LOOSE if my kids were forced to sit in class and be told by their country’s president to work hard and stay in school.

That is just not the message I want them to hear.