From CNN

School administrators are caught in the middle of the controversy. Some have decided to show the president’s speech, while others will not. Many, such as Wellesley, Massachusetts, superintendent Bella Wong, are deciding on a class-by-class basis, leaving the decision in the hands of individual teachers.

“The president of the United States has asked us to facilitate his outreach to students. And in that vein, we have decided to honor the request,” Wong told CNN. “We’ll trust in his judgment.”

Republican leaders have not shied away from the debate. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a possible contender for the GOP’s 2012 presidential nomination, said Friday the classroom is no place to show a video address from Obama. 

“At a minimum it’s disruptive. Number two, it’s uninvited. And number three, if people would like to hear his message they can, on a voluntary basis, go to YouTube or some other source and get it. I don’t think he needs to force it upon the nation’s school children,” he told reporters at the Minnesota State fair.

Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer released a statement this week accusing Obama of using taxpayer money to “indoctrinate” children.

“As the father of four children, I am absolutely appalled that taxpayer dollars are being used to spread President Obama’s socialist ideology,” Greer said.

“The idea that school children across our nation will be forced to watch the president justify his plans … is not only infuriating, but goes against beliefs of the majority of Americans, while bypassing American parents through an invasive abuse of power.” 

Nonsense, the White House replied.

“The goal of the speech and the lesson plans is to challenge students to work hard, stay in school and dramatically reduce the dropout rate,” an administration spokesman said. “This isn’t a policy speech. It’s a speech designed to encourage kids to stay in school.”

White House officials noted that Obama’s speech, which will be available for anyone to view on the Web on Monday, is not unprecedented. President George H.W. Bush delivered a nationally televised speech to students from a Washington D.C., school in the fall of 1991, encouraging them to say no to drugs and work hard.

In November 1988, President Ronald Reagan delivered more politically charged remarks that were made available to students nationwide. Among other things, Reagan called taxes “such a penalty on people that there’s no incentive for them to prosper … because they have to give so much to the government.”

Face Fwd Comments:

How soon everyone forgets Dick Gephardt’s rant against Bush’s address to school children.  It seems that the opposing party always has a problem with the president getting free publicity, especially when it concerns innocents like our kids. 

Personally, I don’t really have a problem with a President speaking directly to the school children if his purpose were really to encourage them to stay in school, pull up their pants and take responsibility for their own actions.  It doesn’t matter to me if he is a democrat, a black man, a cowboy or a rock star, anything that will help children develop into productive citizens has to be good, right?  And there is the rub.  What I and many others think of as a healthy approach to life may not be the same as Mr. Obama’s.

Understand this Mr. Obama: the people that I would consider to be the heart and soul of this country, don’t trust you or your motives.  You have attended a church for 20 years pastored by a man who hates this country.  You have palled around with 60′s radicals whose stated goals have been to take down the country.  You have placed people into your administration that are pawns of the Federal Reserve.  You received your political education in Chicago, one of the dirtiest political cities in the US.  You have never held a real job but have been an community organizer for ACORN a proven fraudulent organization. Mr Obama, I don’t trust you.

The US department of Education which is suppose to stay out of curriculum, wrote the following as part of their original study guide, “Write letters to themselves (the school kids) about what they can do to help the president.”which after the controversy changed to  ”Write letters to themselves about how they can achieve their short-term and long-term education goals. Do you think they/he “got it” or got scared?

Many parents have a problem with their child writing a letter about how they can help the president (maybe they don’t want to help the president do the things he is doing). Add to that, the the cult video that was released and you get the idea that this administration is out of touch with just how much middle America distrust them/him. Maybe we dodged a bullet this time, but the battle for the hearts and minds of our children is long from being over.

So yes, America is mad and frightened by where they see Obama and his liberal administration leading us. They hate the spending, they hate the implementation of socialism, they hate the loss of freedoms they see coming and they want the president to keep his hands off of our children. Hopefully, we will be able to keep our values and raise our children as we see fit. Hopefully, we will be able to cut the funding to programs like Americor and organizations like ACORN. Hopefully, we will have some leaders take a stand for what is right rather than what is popular.

Last Tuesday, the Congressional Research Service (CRS), which is the non-partisan “research arm” of the United States Congress, issued a report that concludes that illegal aliens will be able to receive benefits under the House health care bill (H.R. 3200) through two major loopholes.  (See CRS Report and FAIR Press Release, August 26, 2009).

According to its own website, CRS is a legislative branch agency that provides Congress with “policy and legal analysis” that is authoritative, objective and accurate.  (CRS website).  The latest CRS report validates what FAIR has been saying for the past month and a half — that illegal aliens will be able to receive taxpayer-funded health benefits under the House health care bill.  (See FAIR’s Legislative Updates, July 20, 2009; July 27, 2009 and August 3, 2009).

The House bill creates an “exchange” and “all individuals,” which would include illegal aliens, are eligible to participate in the exchange.  Anyone who participates in the exchange, and does not otherwise have health insurance, can either enroll in the public option plan created by the House bill or enroll in a private insurance plan.  Accordingly, the first loophole that provides illegal aliens with health insurance is the ability for illegal aliens to freely enroll in the taxpayer-subsidized public option.  According to CRS, “H.R. 3200 does not contain any restrictions on non-citizens — whether legally or illegally present, or in the United States temporarily or permanently — from participating in the Exchange.”  (CRS Report).  Accordingly, illegal aliens can enroll in the public option, courtesy of the American taxpayers, to meet their health insurance needs.  (See CNN.com, August 2009).

For the rest of the this very important article please go here:

http://www.fairus.org/site/News2/1929724780?page=NewsArticle&id=21337&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1012#1

Frigid 2010 Forecast: How Cold will the Winter Weather Be? Old Man Winter doesn’t want to give up his frigid hold just yet, but his hold will mostly be in the middle of the country.

According to the 2010 Farmers’ Almanac, this winter will see more days of shivery conditions: a winter during which temperatures will average below normal for about three-quarters of the nation.

A large area of numbingly cold temperatures will predominate from roughly east of the Continental Divide to west of the Appalachians (see map). The coldest temperatures will be over the northern Great Lakes and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. But acting almost like the bread of a sandwich, to this swath of unseasonable cold will be two regions with temperatures that will average closer to normal—theWest Coast and the East Coast.

What about snow/rain/ice? Near-normal amounts of precipitation are expected over the eastern third of the country, as well as over the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains, while drier-than-normal conditions are forecast to occur over the Southwest and the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes.  Only the Central and Southern Plains are expected to receive above-average amounts of precipitation.

Blizzards?  While three-quarters of the country is predicted to see near- or below average precipitation this winter, that doesn’t mean there won’t be any winter storms! On the contrary, significant snowfalls are forecast for parts of every zone. For the Middle Atlantic and Northeast States, for instance, we are predicting a major snowfall in mid-February; possibly even blizzard conditions for New England (indeed, even shovelry is not dead).

Thanks to the Farmers Almanac for their information.  If you would like more information on weather or for information on the Farmer’s Almanac click on the following link:

http://www.farmersalmanac.com/weather/a/could-this-winters-weather-add-to-economic-woes

Face Fwd Comments:

If you have been following the Sunspots in the news you know that there is a huge correlation between our sun’s activity and the weather.  Sunspot activity over the last 18 months has largely abated which has brought on last years cold weather and this years predicted cold winter.  Does it surprise anyone that Sunspot Activity over the last 400 years and that the weather patterns (yes Al, there is no human induced global warming) including the warmer weather during period between the industrial revolution and now almost perfectly are in sync.  Check out this graph:

If you are interested in learning more about how sunspots impact our weather you will want to look up information on the Maunder Minimum.  You might be surprised to see what all of the hub bub is about. 

 In my opinion the science has now become undeniable that the sun is the villain (or hero depending on your stance) in climate change.  I firmly believe that the only thing stopping Al Gore/the Obama administration and the United Nations from embracing this science, is that they have not figured out how to tax the sun.   Don’t worry America…….Al is working on it.

Bill Clinton and Al Gore were speakers at a political rally in Tennessee.  I do not believe that health care was the message at this rally as the media reported.  Both Bill and Al both said the words health care but that wasn’t the real topic. As always, Al was trolling for backing for his Cap and Trade legislation

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but Bill wanted to accomplish 2 very specific things with his speech. First, stay loyal to the party, and trust the government we know what’s best for you ( Besides, Hilary may still get a shot at the White House, yet). And second, only a poor brainwashed, scared individual, would not agree with the government. You we need to feel sorry for the poor, confused, and scared tea party protesters.

 Here are some quotes from  his remarks.

“You need to back these congressmen and let them know you’re not going to let them be steamrollered by a bunch of people who have been frightened,”

 “We need to pass a bill this year. Doing nothing is not only the worst thing we can do for the economy, it’s the worst thing we can do for the country. It’s also the worst thing we can do for the Democrats. Democrats, you stay in there with your congressmen and you get this done.”

 “I don’t think all these people are coming to these town meetings raising cain with your congressman in bad faith. I think they’ve had the daylights scared out of them. And I get it,”

Sorry Bill, you don’t get it, Big Al doesn’t get it and neither do the rest of the Democrats. The people are coming to the town halls and making their voices heard, because they do not want the country, their country, pushed any further to the left. The do no want the country, their country, placed any further into debt to help an administration redistribute the wealth. They do not want to see the country, their country, having anymore back door deals given to “political friends” of the Federal Reserve. They do not want to see the country, their county, infrastructure being stripped and owned by a power hungry, socialist government.

 But I realized, even before the ink was dry on the paper, my words would never change anything for the die hard liberals and for that matter most politicians that have held elected office. Government should be the last stop for people needing a helping hand……..not the first and only stop.

 Gore, most known of late, for his country crippling, Cap and Trade legislation and almost nothing else, was a bit more passionate but much less believable as he closed with this remark.

The Country, “has a moral duty to pass health care reform. This year.”

 Moral Duty? Give me a break………Well, at least it wasn’t Clinton, talking about moral duties.