Critics Decry Obama's 'Indoctrination' Plan for Students - Political News - FOXNews.com

I encourage you to read this article, and then take a deep breath. I'm troubled by the the way this has been handled by the Dept of Ed (sending to principals, not the superintendent and school board, and scheduling it on short notice), but I'm also troubled by the outcry.

If you think the President is trying to indoctrinate your kids, how about talking to them, and giving them your side of the story? I find that they listen to Mom or Dad more than a talking head on TV.

I won't be keeping my kids out of school on September 8, but I will talk to them about this.

Critics Decry Obama's 'Indoctrination' Plan for Students - Political News - FOXNews.com

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I Need Your Help

If you are a regular reader of this blog (all four of you), or anyone reading this...

I have a question I am trying to figure out, and I want/need/demand/beg for your input...at the risk of turning into just another informal polling website.

The first question goes this way: I believe them when Sociologists tell us that when you change the communication media, you change the culture. Think of how America changed when we began to implement the telegraph instead of the pony express, or the change from land-line phones to cell phones. So the question is, how do you think the Internet (and related media - TiVO, iTunes, Twitter, IM, txting, etc) has changed our culture in America?

I hope to start a discussion in the feedback threads, or if you are more comfortable, you can email me.

Thanks!

Just Say No

This morning, the US Senate began its work on the climate change legislation known in the House as "Waxman-Markey", "Cap & Trade", "American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009" and HR 2454. The Senate Finance Committee is the first to hear the bill. I urge all 100 Senators to stand up for freedom and do as Nancy Reagan taught us back in the 1980s: Just Say No.

Just Say No to a huge tax increase on the people who can afford it the least. By raising the cost of doing business for the energy providers in the United States, the House bill will force energy prices up, and these increases will be passed on to consumers like you and me. Every year thousands of low-income people have trouble paying their heating bills in the Minnesota winter - and this only make it worse on them. In addition experts indicate a cost of $9.4 trillion to taxpayers and industry - it will cost all companies more to produce the food and other goods we depend on for our everyday existence. This inflation will have the worst effects on our poorest people. Taxes are Tyranny.

Just Say No to creating a regulatory environment that will force some large energy providers into dire financial positions. Will Exelon or General Electric be the next General Motors or Fannie Mae? How long until this Congress forces all industries to either accept a government buyout or leave our shores?

Just Say No to unilateral action. Get India and China on board with this concept, they are major contributors to the greenhouse gasses you are trying to reduce. A trilateral approach would be more appropriate to solving the problem, and would level the playing field in the global marketplace.

Just Say No to the spray-and-pray approach of the House, who passed a 1200 page bill with a gagillion different provisions on how to address the "climate crisis" instead of a well-considered, focused approach, grounded in existing reality and a vision for the future. I hope the Senate leadership at least gives you time to read what you are voting on. Three hours in the House was not long enough.

Just Say No.