I just attended my first class of blogging school and got a background I can dig. Too cool for school.
Speaking of which, my son did not have to watch the President's address. At this time, my opinion on the matter remains simple: I have no problem with the POTUS (any of them) addressing the children of this nation. What I took issue with was the "lesson plan" issued by the DoE to teachers to use along with the speech.
I do not want my child indoctrinated into thinking that "service" means to serve or pledge to one specific man or office. Had the lesson plan followed along the lines of JFK's "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country..." now that would have been acceptable.
But you see, that is the problem we face at this moment in time in our nation: too many people are telling our younger generations that it is not about what they can do for their country, but what the country (or more specifically, the government) has (to quote Miss Jackson) "what have you done for me lately?"
Instead of encouraging a free market health care system, we are told that the system is broken and only the government can fix it. Yes! The system is broken because of government interference. Establish a standard expectation of coverage (similar to auto insurance...you must have liability, for instance) and then allow for the free market competition by allowing interstate selling of insurance. Furthermore, segregate your medical insurance from your employer. We do not go through our employers to get home or car insurance...why must we go through employers for health?
Instead of encouraging responsibility in terms of home loans, the government forced banks to lend to less than reliable customers and now those customers are being encouraged by groups like ACORN to squat in homes that they could never afford in the first place and have been foreclosed upon. Where is the sense of responsibility?
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country!
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