09/04/09 Ten Neocons Keep 9,000 Greenwich School Kids From Seeing President's Speech Urging Them To Study Hard And Stay In School On Tuesday (Updated)

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Obama's speech to students will be delayed in Greenwich - Greenwich Time

All Greenwich Public Schools students will see President Barack Obama's speech urging them to study hard and stay in school -- just not live on Tuesday, Superintendent of Schools Sidney Freund announced Friday.

Instead, individual principals will choose when the speech will be shown to the students.

"All of the students will see the speech," he promised.......

.....He said 10 residents and parents objected to the speech being broadcast at all in the school system.....
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COMMENT:

Joe Scarborough says that the Obama school speech story is just getting ridiculous.

Scarborough points out in the clip below there simply must be more important issues far right fringe Republicans can focus on instead of the Obama school speech.

Conservative republicans have legitimate concerns about the growing national debt, Afghanistan, Iran, and even the reach of health care reform.

But preventing 9,000 Greenwich students from hearing a school address about hard work and setting educational goals in just bizare at best.

"Silly season": Morning Joe crew criticizes "angry voices" for bashing Obama's stay-in-school speech




UPDATE:

Neocons Debate Students And Parents About

This News Story On The Topix Message Board

Obamabot says:

All hail our Dear Leader! Kneel before him and give him praise!

Greenwich Student says:

This entire "controversy" has been completely overblown. At no point has the Obama administration ever suggested that the speech will be politicized. It seems that, rather, it will just be a good luck speech, telling kids the normal things like,"Stay in school," or, "Don't do drugs."

There is no "secret political agenda" or "plot by the federal government to indoctrinate your children". Frankly, it's insulting that some would choose to treat it as such and is a reflection of the maturity of some.

Obamabot says:

Obama also has at no point expressed a desire to control the auto industry, the banking industry, or the healthcare system in the US.

Bully says:

There is nothing extraordinary or even newsworthy about this.

Ursa says:

It's a sad day when people now feel compelled to get their panties in a bunch over stuff like this.

Bailout says:

The issue was not the idea of the President speaking to our children, the problem was the content. If it were an essay about doing something for our country, your school or your community it would have been appropriate. The speach was connected to "How could you help President Obama" -- that's the problem.

Gail says:

Is it any wonder that very few want to go to Greenwich to be an educator there? If Freund didn't see it coming, he should anticipate that the least little things will set off a controversy. Just look at how much time in meetings and how many people this took to come to a compromise. What a waste.

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