Sunday, September 6, 2009

A Teachable Moment or an Alinsky Seduction?

On the surface, there’s nothing really inappropriate for the president of the United States to address America’s children on their first day of school, Tuesday, September 8th. After all, he is the president, a role demanding leadership of all citizens, including kids.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan in his letter to the principals of every school in the country writes that the speech represents an ”historic moment” and that its primary purpose “is to challenge students to set goals, work hard and stay in school. This isn’t a policy speech:” http://bit.ly/YPFH2

All well and good, so far, but here the problems start.

First Problem: The text of the 15-20 minute address won’t be released until Monday, September 7th, which just happens to be Labor Day, a national holiday.

That release date smacks of the tactics near and dear to the hearts of this “transparent” administration, . . .
(Read the rest at http://genelalor.com)

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