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Obama’s speech didn’t look like brain washing to me
Posted on 09. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.
In case you missed it, here is Obama’s speech to America’s children. Did you watch it? Did your children watch it? Did you watch it with your children?
I felt I needed to follow up from my post on Monday.
I thought the speech was good. Actually it was really good, a message many of our kids need to hear. It was about failure, hard work and taking ownership of our future. Regardless of whether we like it or not, the president of the United States is someone we all respect because of the tradition of the office. Most kids look up to this office. What kid hasn’t dreamed of one day being the leader of the free world?
So, this is a great message for our kids to hear. It’s a message of encouragement from the guy in the job most of our kids dream of being. What did you think?
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Obama’s speach to our children
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Kenny.
Tomorrow our president is going to address the students of our nation. However, a significant portion of our children will not hear what he has to say. Many parents are pulling their children from their classrooms because they’re afraid that our president is going to indoctrinate our children. Many schools are not even showing the speech because parents have thrown a fit and they are afraid of the backlash. They’re afraid that our president’s views on abortion, health care, marriage and other policies might defile our children.
I’m not really sure I know how I feel about this. The first thoughts that come to my mind are not good ones. I understand that people don’t agree with our president’s policies and stance on moral issues, but is this behavior a little juvenile? The majority of parents and people making a stink about this are conservative families who are still sore about loosing the election last November and here’s a good way to stick it to ‘em!
Before you judge me or this post, read on.
Here is what the speech is about.
Here is pre-speech and post-speech activities and discussions for K-6th graders.
Here is pre-speech and post-speech activities and discussions for 7th-12th graders.
So tell me, where is the socialist agenda? Where is the health care agenda? Seriously. It is a freaking speech from the president to the kids. The speech is meant to encourage kids to step up, take ownership of their education and make learning a priority. This is a good thing. Many kids will not forget this moment, where they felt the president was talking to them. So many kids dream of one day being the president, this could be a great motivator educationally. If this was really about the speech or it’s content, then I’d understand… but I don’t think it is. It’s about what we feel about him and it’s an opportunity to speak out.
However, I do feel that it is our right as free people to protest, to speak up and to practice our freedoms. If this is your way of protesting, of showing the president “I don’t approve” then so be it. I can actually respect that. However, I’m not convinced that this is what all the commotion is about. People have turned it into something much more dramatic, saying that they’re afraid of how our president is going to brainwash our children with his socialist agenda. That, in my opinion, is ridiculous. Certainly we has parents have the influence in our children’s lives to teach them right from wrong and how to know when they’re hearing something that doesn’t line up with what we know to be true. Here’s a great post on how a conservative family might approach this situation.
Personally, I feel that this has given conservatives a black eye (if we didn’t have one already). This wasn’t a protest of people communicating to their government that they don’t approve, this seemed much more messy and ugly than that.
These are just opinions that don’t really matter. 
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Obama goes to camp!
Posted on 19. Feb, 2009 by Kenny.
Our student pastor just posted this video on his facebook account. So Awesome!
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Our election from a fresh and different perspective
Posted on 06. Nov, 2008 by Kenny.
My good friend Joel Hayslip, whois a missionary to Burkina Faso, West Africa wrote an amazing post on the election. He’s been in Africa now for five years, but happened to be in the US this summer and fall and was able to experience all of the politiacal campaign. Since he’s no longer a resident of the United States (but still a citizen), he had quite an interesting perspective. I thought I’d share it with you here.
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I’m hopeful
Posted on 05. Nov, 2008 by Kenny.
I haven’t done any political posting on this blog. However, I felt like I’d add my thoughts after the fact. I’ll admit it, I voted for the Republican ticket. Not that I was in love with what the Republicans had to offer. I guess I’m a little disappointed. The comment I’ve used on many occasions was, “Is this really it? Are these the only two we could come up with?” I feel like I maybe my statements were off though. I think the Democrats had a powerful ticket, and those in support of Obama seem to REALLY love Obama. I just didn’t get that impression with McCain. He’s just the guy who won the nomination. Although it’s easy to get frustrated with politics as it seems to be a very elaborate game, I usually vote on key issues revolving around economics, moral issues and such. That’s why I voted for McCain.
However, Obama is going to be our next president. He seems to have the charisma and confidence we haven’t seen in a long time. He’s young and passionate. Oh, and he want’s to shake things up.
So, I’d have to say I’m hopeful. I know there are a lot of circles that are marking this as a horrible time in our nation’s history where things start to go downhill. Maybe it’s me being an optimist, but I’m not full of dread. Maybe things need to get worse before they get better. All I know is that the Bible does have something to say about leadership. I’m pretty sure God didn’t panic last night when he saw all the blue states light up the map. He’s still in control and I trust him.
So, I’m ready for a new president. I may not like the way it turned out and I may not like the decisions that he makes, but I’m so grateful for the democratic republic and the freedoms it gives me to live, work and worship. So, I am hopeful and look forward to seeing what lies ahead.
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