Grouchy Old Paranoids Keep Students Home: The Country is Saved!

Hallelujah! This morning dawned without word of the takeover of the United States by armed 8th graders or camouflaged guerilla 10th graders. There was no looting the rich and handing it out to the poor. The President spoke to school children and the nation survived!
Of course, the President of the United States of America addressed only those students whose parents don't belong to the Grouchy Old Paranoids (GOP) party.
Just imagine the relief of American bigots like Glenn Beck who was so concerned that a black man would be speaking in lily white schools that he urged parents to keep their children home on Tuesday.
Or William Skilling, Superintendent of Oxford Community Schools whose blood pressure got so high he became confused about what President Obama was speaking about and proclaimed "It is not the role to indoctrinate our students in either politics or religion.". Lordy, that Obama must be some speaker to do all that indoctrinating in 15 minutes.
How did parochial school administrators deal with such a "controversial" video?
Randy Speck, superintendent of Oakland Christian School, admitted that the right wing opposition had grown way out of proportion to the video and allowed his high school students to view it. "This kind of outrage gives conservative Christians a bad name," he said.
And although neither the outrage nor his statement changed my opinion of conservative Christians one iota, I now suspect William Skilling isn't one of the sharper pencils in the cup..
Other Republicans didn't seem quite so threatened by the video. Newt Gingrich thought it was "a good speech and...good for students to hear."
Laura Bush said, "There's a place for the President of the United States to talk to school children and encourage school children."
The far right wing, of course, feared what they most fear about all education: free thinking and analysis. Had the President spoken of independent thought, the next generation of unquestioning ditto heads might be contaminated.
Oh well, sooner or later Americans who aren't proudly ignorant ditto heads will figure out that bashing Obama in advance of his actions says more about the Fox News Channel and Reactionary Radio than about the President. Plus, he's not the real thorn in their sides.
Over 60% of Americans voted for change last year and we intend to have it.