So, I’m glad that I can agree with Piper’s latest comments (unlike his comment about the tornado) about the president’s upcoming address on Tuesday to the nation’s schools. Shocked that I’m not marching in lockstep with other righty bloggers? That I don’t view this as propaganda? That I actually think for myself?
Well, I do and I think it’s a great idea that Obama is planing a speech about “personal responsibility and challenging students to take their education” seriously. This is a message that our kids need to hear and Obama is probably the perfect person to deliver that message. He’s the leader of the nation and someone the kids respect. I agree with Education Secretary Arne Duncan it’s been way too long since a president has addressed the kids.
And I say Amen to Piper’s prayer:

Father, the condition of our schools and families is so broken that nothing seems to be working, especially for the poor in our urban centers. Help our president to have the courage to use his amazing place of influence to speak into this situation in such a way that boys and girls would take their studies seriously

I find this controversy pretty disrespectful to the office of the president. If George W. Bush had planned a speech and there had been this much uproar, I would be saying something similar. Obama has every right to address the kids and I wish that we could chill and listen to what he has to say and encourage our kids to think for themselves.
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