Elitist City-Dweller

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

"The Latest National Travesty" or "Where the Hell Have You Been the Last 2 Years?" or "Who Are You, Again?"

Now, I've been sitting idoly by... I mean Idoly by (go Billy!) listening to this education nonsense from the President. Who does he think he is talking to school children. Since when do we let the President talk to school children. It just doesn't make any sense.

When I was just a kid and John Wayne was President, we never watched him on TV. Who knows what crap that man might have spewed out that could damage our little psycho kids... I mean our kids' psyches... I think that's what I mean. Tearing down Berlin walls and reducing nuclear missiles. If we had been force fed this crap, who knows what state we might be in today.

Now if we didn't let President Wayne into our schools, we shouldn't let the new President in either. I listened to his speech while at work... worst lunch hour I ever spent. The idiosyncrasies... I mean the idiocies that spewed forth from that man's mouth made me cringe. When he said, "at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world – and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed," I almost lost my lunch. What kind of society is this dude trying to push on us. Then, almost on the heels of his last outrageous statement, he said, "And no matter what you want to do with your life – I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You can’t drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You’ve got to work for it and train for it and learn for it." I was so furious with that dribble... drivel, that I had to get up and leave the office. (I stomped my feet really hard as I walked, too, just so they knew I was having a tantrum.)

I have a good mind to write to this so-called President and give him a piece of my mind. I sat down and read the rest of the speech later, punching my laptop monitor with each word. I read words like, "You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You’ll need the insights and critical thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free." What kind of socialist agenda does he think he can pull here? Where would our drug companies be if we cured cancer or AIDS? Who would we talk about, make fun of, and look down on if there was no poverty and homelessness? I think this guy is out of control.

It was when he said, "Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future," that I completely lost my mind. I didn't sign any permission slips for my kids to listen to this crap. I couldn't restrain myself and threw my laptop across the room.

When I got back home with my new computer that I pulled out of an old Circuit City dumpster that hadn't been emptied in 8 months, I sat down to write this blog. I don't get to do this nearly as much as I want. Luckily I get to do it much more than most of my friends would prefer. So it evens out.

I think we've given this President too much leeway with those people we cherish and hold most dear to our hearts... the automakers... NO! I mean our children. What is meesa sayin'? Our children are our greatest asset and I don't want our President going anywhere near them. At one point, when he told my kids, they probably wouldn't become reality TV stars, you could see their little hearts breaking. Besides, I was counting their income from reality TV to support me in my old age. Oh well, I guess we're stuck with this lunatic for the next 5 years, or however long somebody gets to be President.


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