The next address to the schools coming soon

I can not take credit for this. It was written by a good friend of mine in another state. He had never sent me an email as far as I could remember until today. He is the kind of person who just goes to work pays their taxes and votes every two years. He is a part of the great sleeping giant waking up.

Following is his email

President Obama’s 2ND Address to Students Across America (Coming Soon)
PreK-6 Menu of Classroom Activities: President Obama’s Address to Students Across America
Produced by Teaching Ambassador Comrades, U.S. Department of Education
In the Near Future
Before the Speech:
• Teachers can build background knowledge about subjects very important to the President like the
impending end of the world due to climate change and how some evil people in the country don't want
sick people to be able to see the doctor and get well.
• Motivate students by asking the following questions:
Do you want all the Polar Bears in the World to suffer horribly and die?
Do you want your sick grandma to be thrown out into the street to die?
Do you want to see Mommy or Daddy be fired and be poor because they don't have proper collective
bargaining representation like your teacher does?
Do you worry about all the mean people who don't like the president, who is the only person who
really cares about you and the fate of the world?
• Teachers can ask students to imagine the poor president being bullied by all the mean people who don't
like him because of his color and because he cares. What would you want to be done about the bullies?
• Why is it important that we listen to our government officials who, after all, only have our best interests
at heart and have to make difficult decisions in spite of what some less enlightened people think.
During the Speech:
• As the President speaks, teachers can ask students to write down key ideas or phrases that are important
or personally meaningful.
• As students listen to the speech, they could think about the following:
What can I personally do to help the President battle his bullies?
What might happen if the president isn't allowed to stay in office until his job is done?
After the Speech:
• Encourage Students to share their concerns over what the President has said.
• Encourage Students to share concerns about their friend and families that may not agree with or support
the President and his vision.
• Encourage students to ask their friends and families about their feelings about what the President said
and be prepared to come to class and share these with the class and Teacher. Questions may include but
not limited to:
Do Mommy and Daddy talk bad about the President or disagree with his desire to help the Polar bears
and Grandma?
Do Mommy and Daddy talk bad about the President with their friends and other family members?
Do Mommy or Daddy own any guns?
Do Mommy or Daddy not belong to a Union?
Does Mommy, Daddy or any of your brothers or sisters serve in the Military?
Do Mommy and Daddy have health insurance for you so you won't die if you get sick?
Preparations for the next address to the children:
• Look for the new materials to be released before the next address outlining the new "Concerned Child
Citizen's Program (CCCP) to motivate children to be responsible state citizens and report any concerns
they have about their friends and families attitude towards the President's plans.
• Look for an announcement soon for special summer camps, geared toward preparing children for
national service in organizations like the Americorps, ACORN and the new National Security Service. ( End of EMail)

OK: To be honest I don't think there will be anything objectionable in the President's speech to school children next week. My intuition says the content of the President's speech will be much different than the one he originally planned to give and that's a good thing. That is only because we have raised Cain which is still our right for now. Giving a speech at the beginning of the school year just before a national speech to a joint session of Congress on health care has a stench about it.

In 1991 Bush senior gave a speech to school children and the Democrats complained as
is their right. Please see the following link http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/09/03/flashback-1991-gephardt-called-bushs-speech-students-paid-political-a

I received a flier from my Congressman George Miller today and I agreed with nearly every thing it said regarding health care. The only problem I have no trust in Mr. Miller. That's where we are right now many of us simply don't trust anything that comes from Washington. Stay tuned its going to be interesting.

In search of Ronald Reagan

The year was 1980 and the warnings were all around us. If we elected this conservative cowboy the world as we knew it would come to an end. We would surely be the victims of a nuclear Holocaust as the result of a war with the Soviet Union. The children would starve and the elderly would die if this conservative ogre were elected. The intellectuals and the pundits foretold our impeding doom like old testament prophets. Despite all these warnings the American people elected this populist as President. The following eight years were not perfect. The federal budget never once was balanced. The USA however gained so much from this man in his eternal optimism, the championing of the American dream. and the strengthening of national pride, and his good natured wit. You knew where he stood on any issue and after he explained his position you understood what he said whether you agreed with him or not.

In his last speech as President Reagan warned us of an America which felt patriotism but whose citizens lacked a basic knowledge of the history and events which should shape their patriotism. In 1992 Regan gave his last speech in public and as time passed he faded into Alzheimer's. At that time Conservatives began to yearn for his fatherly advice delivered from the bully pulpit. We conservatives have hoped for some time that another politician others would pick up his torch of the conservative movement. Sadly the GOP has lost its roots and for 20 years has been speaking Reaganise while at the same time ignoring the conservative principles he stood for. Yesterday a congresswoman got in trouble for saying Republicans were looking for "The next great white hope". The choice of words was unfortunate but also hit the nail on the head at the same time.
We have looked in hope at Bush SR. , Dan Quayle , Newt, GW, and Sarah only to be disappointed time after time waiting for them to channel the great communicator.

But a funny thing has happened. The other day I heard a person make a comment at a town hall meeting about how it took Obama six months to pick the family dog a much longer time then the Congress has spent in preparing a national overhaul of the insurance system. I said to myself Reagan would have been proud of that comment and then it struck me. The average Jane and John Doe have picked up the football and are running with it. We can't wait for someone else to do it. And the same as 20 years ago we conservatives are now labeled as neanderthals , and hate mongers lacking the common sense to do what Big Brother demands. Look across America and search no more. The spirit of Ronald Reagan is alive and well. Somewhere I am sure the Gipper is riding high in the saddle across the plains of Heaven with a big smile on his face.

If you had a protest in the forest would any one hear you?

Last Friday something amazing happened just across from the ferry terminal in San Francisco. The Bay Area Patriots organization held a " town hall " meeting to protest the fact that Nancy Pelosi has not scheduled any town hall meetings during the Congressional recess. This protest was just down the street from all the local television stations and the San Francisco Chronicle yet zero coverage was given. I did see on one local news telecasts where a group of about 30 gray panther types marched in Oakland for health care reform on the same day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKPHMAe93q0

A little over a week ago Nancy Pelosi was interviewed by the Chronicle and was asked if she thought the protests against health care reform at town hall meetings were part of a grass roots movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gsc_R12Q-4

This quote appeared nowhere in the Chronicle but fortunately was captured on camera and put immediately on You Tube. I mentioned this comment by the speaker to a young lady at work named Megan who is of liberal persuasion. She had not heard the comment and appeared to be visibly shaken after hearing it. Were you?

The Chronicle which is running on the edge of bankruptcy could have certainly sold a few more papers or gained more web traffic with the above quote in its headline. You may ask why not report the news isn't that their job? This quote like the protest must have occurred in a forest as far as the old media was concerned. What is not reported is not heard. What is never heard never happened. A free press shackled to silence as it serves in slavery to the liberal establishment. Mr. Pulitzer is rolling in his grave.

A Voice In the Wilderness

A Voice In the Wilderness
OK I am 52 years old. Why start a blog you may ask? Well for one thing I saw the movie Julie and Julia last weekend and I was inspired. For another reason I have ideas though sometimes they are hair brained and I want to express them. The traditional outlets for political thoughts from the citizenry are letters to the editors of newspapers. The newspapers are like the giant woolly mammoths who died in the ice age the newspapers as is the rest of the old media is retreating into extinction.

Recently I have tried several times to send a letters on various issues to papers throughout the state of CA. In most instances your letter can only be published if you are responding directly to an editorial expressed in that paper and in many other instances you are limited to less than 200 words in your letter. I must admit that most of my letters have only been published in my local town's paper the Vallejo Times Herald. I have felt like a voice crying in the wilderness ( although I refuse to wear bearskins and eat locusts).

Our political leaders are not listening to us and the old media wishes people like me would just be quiet. I am not a soldier in the mindless army of the beltway GOP but my views tend to be conservative. The name I have chosen for my blog is Barbarians at the Gates. Like the latter days of ancient Rome the USA is a great nation with an increasingly corrupt political system. We have many enemies surrounding us who want to plunder our wealth and we are less and less self sufficient in producing our own products and services.

From time to time I have posted some of my rants to my Face book friends. I know this was not the best format and that is why I am sending this link to you. I am not asking you to agree with me but to pass it on to thinking people both liberal and conservative. To those of you who know me personally I thank you in your prayer and support in this endeavor. I hope I can bring some thought and some humor into all our lives.