Poll: I need permission to watch the president!?

[Yoshemo]

Also, didn't like 4 other presidents do this and nobody complained?

Not just 4, every president since radio was made public

 

[KaiRai]

How can the leader of their country be brainwashing them? News to you overprotective Michigan parents, HE'S ALREADY IN THE DAMN OFFICE!!!!

You can't accuse your leader of trying to brainwash you. That's just "Aliens have been abducting me for 10 years now!" level of crazy shit.

 

[Megacherv]

At my school, the senior class students were going to watch Obama's speech he made on Wensday. But a bunch of crazy parents complained, saying its propoganda and is brainwashing the children. So instead of dealing with them, they made a permission slip that is needed to be signed in order to watch it. These are 17-19 year old people that need to get mommy's permission to hear our leader talk. This is really pathetic to me. We never needed permission to listen to Bush's idiotic rants

EDIT: I live in Michigan

I'm guessing these parents are Republicans (Michigan doesn't mean anything to me political-belief-wise). Hence why they are evangelical in their nature, and probably really stupid at the same time.

As I've said before, I think it's fantastic that he's doing this, it's like FDR's fireside chats.

-snip-

I take it you're being sarcastic here.

That's bullshit, but I'm assuming everyone who reads that thread already knows it. Personally I wouldn't watch, but that's because I don't think much of him as a leader.

Why not, just out of curiosity.

 

[Hitman 43]

I don't know.

Your avatar matched your post perfectly

Can't see how that can be as my avatar is a facepalm. (If you know what that is)

 

[Low Key]

I never watched the president give a speech EVER in school. It was a non-issue. Watching a presidential speech should be for HOME VIEWING ONLY. It doesn't matter who is in the white house. Kids watch enough TV as is. They don't need anymore in school. That's why our school system sucks.

 

[stone0042]

Why not, just out of curiosity.

Eh, mainly i disprove of his foreign policy and his views on the war. But then, I generally disagree with most democrats on these things.

EDIT: That, and his whole "Hope" thing. I mean yes, hope is a good feeling and everything and we should all have it but what has hope ever done? Hope isnt going to get us out of a recession. Hard work and solid economic policy will.

 

[open trap]

no no no no no, i dont meen that, what im trying to say is that the student should chose if they want to see it or not. the school should set a time aside for those that want to see it can and those who dont can do something else

 

[Naheal]

Forgive me if this has already been answered

If you're old enough to vote (I'm not American so I may be wrong on the voting age) then you should be able to watch your leader speak without permission. Just seems silly to me.

Voting age in the US is 18, as an FYI.

More on topic, the idea of keeping anyone from listening or watching our leaders is a frighteningly dangerous idea. The idea being that, once a child gets to the point where they can vote, they need to be comfortable with the idea of listening to our leaders and be able to form opinions of their own.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

This whole thing is ridiculous. We listened to Reagan, to Carter, to both Bushes, and to Clinton, and we didn't care. Goddam I wish this country would grow up out of their "ooooh, a black man is gonna talk to our kids!" nonsense. And what's sad is that's what it probably is. We've got lunatics like Rush Limbaugh about, spouting about how it's going to corrupt our youth--most of whom won't even listen to the damn speech because they'll be texting each other or fucking around in the back while all the lights are off. Guess what, people? He's broadcasting the message to the Public Schools. If he gets up there and indoctrinates a whole generation--Whooo! Good job! Education Works! Who knew, right? We all thought it was just a joke, know what I'm saying?

Really now. This is just fucking retarded.

He is the President of the United States, the Commander in Chief, and arguably one of the most influential men in the world today. And he wants to address the students so as to apprise them of the current state of things, that they might hear it straight, and not from the massive slant that the media has put on it? Fantastic. Let the man do what he needs to do, and quit'cherbitchin.

 

[dragonburner]

At my school, the senior class students were going to watch Obama's speech he made on Wensday. But a bunch of crazy parents complained, saying its propoganda and is brainwashing the children. So instead of dealing with them, they made a permission slip that is needed to be signed in order to watch it. These are 17-19 year old people that need to get mommy's permission to hear our leader talk. This is really pathetic to me. We never needed permission to listen to Bush's idiotic rants

Do you prehaps live in the southern reigon of the US?

Michigan

Well, the Midwest would be a second guess.

 

[kijo98]

no

90.1% (372)
lol

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I think that's pretty ridiculous considering all he said could be summed up by "Do your work, stay in school."