Speaking to the kids

Well it's been a long while since my last post, I'll admit I've been pretty busy. I'd like to jump headfirst into the more recent political craziness that is the American Government. First up is the death of Ted Kennedy, which I wasn't very affected by. I mean sure, no one deserves to die from cancer, that really sucks, but I was never a major fan of him. Sure, you can call me heartless, but I think it's all sensationalism. I actually have a funny memory to share about Ted, I wrote to him last year about the bailout, and how I did not support it as one of his constituents. In the letter form to him on his site, he has a drop bar to help categorize the message with all sorts of issues. There was NO economic or economically related issues! I was shocked, I saw gun control, I saw welfare, I saw all sorts of government spending issues, yet NOTHING on the economy! I was outraged! My message to Ted was part opinion on the bailout, and part complaint due to inconsistency and unfair representation.

I got a letter back not from him, but his secretary that was half fruity "We care about your thoughts... blah blah blah" and half "Mr. Kennedy understands your concern, and we will make the changes as soon as we get around to it". I wrote back, outraged again, "No, change it now, the issue is important now, yet we can hardly voice on it". I didn't get a response back for about 3 days, figured the secretary was just going to ignore me, and then I turned on the news. Kennedy was admitted to a hospital and has brain cancer. Ooops!! But seriously, from that point on, I was anticipating his resignation, because there is no way he could represent us if he was battling cancer. It never came. Not surprised, politicians will hold onto power until they die if they can.

Anyway, the past is past. The other issue I wanted to mention was the Presidential speech tomorrow morning. It really doesn't upset me very much, because many other Presidents have made speeches to kids in school, and as long as there is a public school system with the government in charge, I guess the president can really do what he wants. No big deal to me really, besides, it's not that big of a deal. He's telling them to do good in school. Probably wont work at all, but hey, A for effort. I read the speech, he seems to come off as like someone who's out of touch, looking to relate to the kids through humor. I didn't find it funny, but that's also because I'm not into that "cutesy" humor he uses.

If you're interested, check it out here:

Obama Speech to Students