Then as the guest that you are here, I think you would agree that your views on this issue really don’t matter. Just as one does not go into a neighbors house and demand things be changed.
Maybe a litte. But then I consider the source of the hate which puts it all in perspective.
Karin said:
Karin said:
AMEN!!!
Not really…as a mother whose kids are Americans & Austrians my
If you aren’t a citizen then you are guest pure and simple. But since you live under the protective arm of the United States and enjoy her fruits you must also pay for such. Since your children then are Americans and you are “very concerned with what they learn” I would think that as a good parent you would want them to know who serves in the office of the President and respect that office. If I lived in Austria or any other country I would have no problem with a picture of that country’s leader up on the wall.
If you aren’t a citizen then you are guest pure and simple. But since you live under the protective arm of the United States and enjoy her fruits you must also pay for such. What “fruits” do I enjoy??? Please I am dying to know what all of my taxes go towards!!! ** Since your children then are Americans and you are “very concerned with what they learn” I would think that as a good parent you would want them to know who serves in the office of the President and respect that office. ** They do know who serves in that office…respect ??? If I lived in Austria or any other country I would have no problem with a picture of that country’s leader up on the wall.
I didn’t care for many of the action of President Clinton. However that did not stop me from making my children gather around the TV whenever he addressed the nation as I want them to respect the country they live in. And even knowing how I feel about his personal conduct, this gave them a good lesson in respecting the office. How can you repsect the office if you dont respect the man in that office??? This is question of good citizenship and has nothing to do with personality which is the failing of many leftists. The picture of the standing President of the United States belongs in our classrooms, pure and simple.
thank you…youare right the thread did go a bit astray there… but the question no one has answered is WHY decorate classrooms anyway?? It is not a party and picutres are in textbooks so why do we need things hanging on the wall??
That’s because times are kinda bad right now and many people believe that Bush is the source. Many people feel scared as we lose a little bit more of our freedom each day (or at least we feel that way), we see our businesses closing up and moving overseas and then we see our family members and friends loosing their jobs to someone in China/India.
The sad thing is many of us feel those “fruits and protections” are slowly dissapearing.
The president does not set policy for American companies in their hiring practices that do not discriminate against anyone. His hands are tied unless Congress decides to do something about it. So, write your senator and your congressman instead of reading into GWB’s expressions any smirking or laughing at the plight of displaced workers.
Congress and the president passed the Patriot Act, and for good reason. No true freedoms have been taken away from anyone. If you want to worry about freedoms being grabbed by authority, then look no further than the Supreme Court who gave women the “right” to kill their unborn children and developers the “right” to confiscate private property so the government can make more taxes.
All the presidents portraits were on display. This teacher took it upon herself to eliminate GWB’s because of her own personal animus against him. And what did that teach her students about good citizenship? Answer me that.
Why are you asking me? I was just answering the one poster who wondered why teachers decorate their classroom.
Karin said:
Oh, but it does matter and it isn’t fair. I was no fan of the Clintons, and still am not, but I certainly didn’t see Bill as the “source of all our ills”. The president of the USA is not a potentate/priest who is supposed to literally embody the people before God and man, but is an elected official no different, except in authority, from a senator or a congressman.
Well now not being a “citizen” but a “visitor” my understanding of what make a good citizen is as follows:
But **WHY **decorate? Nothing is wrong with it…but is it really needed?? Is there any benefit to it?? Does it raise test scores, make better students etc.??
I believe it does raise test scores if the test consists of naming all the presidents of the USA (after their pictures have been taken down for the test, of course).
