I'm Back (to Indoctrinate your Children)

Ok, I am sufficiently outraged as to start blogging again. I took a break for a while (a long while), partly because of school, because I moved, and honestly, because I didn't have much to complain about for a while. True, I've been quite disappointed by the reaction of many Central Texans to Obama's election, but not enough to write too much about it. Let me clarify that statement. I do not expect everyone to bow down and worship Obama. Many of his hard-core supporters think there are some things that he could be doing differently. No, I am simply sick of the fearmongering that is swirling about. I'm tired of Obama's critics tossing out a few political catchphrases designed to get their based good and riled up, and then listening to the ensuing chaos.

One more qualification: I was a Bush-basher. I have a bumper sticker on my car that reads "So the Dixie Chicks were right after all." I was an informed Bush-basher, however. I can handle debate; I can handle disagreement. What I can't handle is the ignorance. If all you've heard is the Fox News version, then please either a.) sit down and shut the up, or b.) do some more research. If you've learned some things about what you are bitching about, and still have the same opinion, bring it on. I'd love to talk to you. If neither choice a. nor b. applies to you, get a hobby or something. Join a monastery and take a vow of silence. Learn to knit...anything but this.

What's gotten me so annoyed is the uproar over Obama's address to students on Tuesday. I'm hearing people saying they are pulling their kids out of school that day. There are so many reasons why this is ridiculous. First of all, my understanding is that the speech is going to be a standard, "hey-kids-stay-in-school-don't-do-drugs" kinda thing. I remember watching George H.W. Bush do the same thing when I was in 1st-2nd grade. There may have been an uproar then, but I was a little to young to join in on the fun. Anyway, unless Obama will be sending subliminal messages to the kiddies, I highly doubt that any of them are going to be receiving instructions on how to get a quickie abortion, join the gay rights movement, hug a treee, or become a Socialist. The message is to do well in school, which, ironically, is best achieved by having good attendance. So, go to school on Tuesday, kids.

All in all, I think this is a minor thing that will hopefully blow over. We have bigger fish to fry. It's not worth getting this upset over. We've got some real problems to fix.

On a side note, I'm going to try to post more often, now that I'm settled at my new school and in my new apartment. Before, I kinda wanted people to read and comment my blog, now I don't care. This is just an outlet for my frustrations. If you like it great, if not...that's also great. This is going to be my equivalent of a punching bag from now on.