Thread: Presidential speech to our children.

Originally Posted by honedright

it reads like his typical demagogy, this time aimed at coddling our youth. Let him advise his own children, we'll advise ours.

This is great! Do we need a new thread on the status of american education system or we can refer to one of the old ones?

Nope, I think it's not necessary, this says enough:

Originally Posted by http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demagoguery

• Main Entry: ¹dem·a·gogue
• Variant(s): also dem·a·gog \ˈde-mə-ˌgäg\
• Function: noun
• Etymology: Greek dēmagōgos, from dēmos people (perhaps akin to Greek daiesthai to divide) + agōgos leading, from agein to lead — more at tide, agent
• Date: 1648

1 : a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

the red color is mine

I think it's neat for the President to do this. A local radio show was inviting callers to give their opinions, and I was the only one who called in who did not say they think it is a bad (or worse) idea... Some callers were outraged (why?) and some were bewildered. Most said they do not trust Obama, and some said they were sure he was going to try to weasel a liberal agenda into the minds of their kids

Since then the text of the speech has been released, and though I've only scanned the text, I have no problem at all letting my kid hear it.

I don't even care if it's a political stunt - I like it

Originally Posted by gugi

the red color is mine

I especially liked the red colored part - thanx