Yesterday morning as I was getting dressed and ready for work, my wife Suzanne came into the bathroom and asked me a question. "What is this thing about Obama having a speech at school?"
Normally, she has confidence in knowing that I have the answer. This time, she was wrong. I hadn't heard anything about it.
As I made my way through the garage and put my coffee in the drink holder, I started the car and the first few voices came over the radio. From the concerned and upset callers to the radio station, you would have thought that Orson Welles had just informed us that the Martians were landing.
Then, as the day progressed and I had time to absorb the constant talk radio that I listen to every day, and I listened to angry parents and radio show callers, I began to understand the frustration.
Imagine, if by chance, your boss sent you a letter. In the letter, it stated that he was going to come by the house next week for a visit. Also, in the letter he wanted you to gather the children because his focus was on them and he wanted to speak directly to the kids.
In addition, to keep you from worrying, he was only going to talk to them about working hard, maintaining goals, and mostly, how to be successful. Oh, and by the way, how could your children help their dad's company and also their boss?
Maybe call him or email him if your dad has anything bad to say about the company, or if, on Friday for example, he stops working a little early. After all, don't we all just want to help the company?
What could be wrong with just a little friendly advice, or motivation? Where is the harm in that?
Today, I have had several friends ask me why I didn't want the President to speak to my kids. I mean, after all, he is the President and they should look up to him.
My answer to that would be, that if the President has anything to say, say it to me. Leave my children out of it. Suzanne and I have it handled here., or at least we think that we do. Sure, we have to remind Lindy not to write on Garrison's forehead, but that is another story for another time. We are trying to raise good, law abiding, God fearing children.
We elect our Presidents to help keep our country safe from all enemies foreign and domestic, and to stay within the bounds of the Constitution(yea, right). Not to write about what they can do to help him. If he needs advice from my five year old on a domestic agenda, we have bigger problems folks.
So Mr. Obama, the school bell does not ring for thee......
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