Family Security Matters » Publications » Exclusive: Obama Youth or the Wages of Charisma

Family Security Matters » Publications » Exclusive: Obama Youth or the Wages of Charisma: "Tuesday, the administration’s Department of Education obligingly prepared materials for teachers to help them guide classroom discussions of the speech. One suggestion, asking students to “Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the President,” caused something of a stir. The intention, the White House hastened to explain while changing the offending phraseology, was meant to stimulate children to think about how they could help the President reduce the dropout rate. Oh. But a certain nagging question remains: Why should the President be addressing the nation’s children at all? They’re not participants in the political life of the nation – yet.

All over the country Americans are slowly but surely waking up to the reality of what it was they voted for last November. Those who are old enough to have lived through and remember much of the 20th century are experiencing déjà vu. They are remembering – and recognizing – many things that seem to be beginning, as they began back then, gradually. Gradually, the government insinuates itself into various aspects of national life. It takes over businesses, increasingly regulating the economy
, as it moves into health care and housing, expanding the role of government �"