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a malcontent rant� 09.07.2009
Glorious Leader Continues to be about Self on Tuesday
By
tha malcontent
ap/afp
Editor in Chief
September 7th...
10:04 AM MST
(ap) - Here is POTUS and my Response, since this "Address" will NOT be Afforded one:
Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama
Back to School Event
Arlington, Virginia September 8, 2009
The President: Hello everyone � how�s everybody doing today? I�m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we�ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I�m glad you all could join us today.
(Let's just make one thing Perfectly Clear... There isn't an Educator alive today who would Agree with Addressing 6-year-olds and 16-year-olds with the same material. His Na�vet� is only outweighed by his Vanity. - tha malcontent)
I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of
you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it�s your first day in a
new school, so it�s understandable if you�re a little nervous. I imagine there
are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now, with just one
more year to go. And no matter what grade you�re in, some of you are probably
wishing it were still summer, and you could�ve stayed in bed just a little
longer this morning.
(Mr. President, along with their Teachers and Administrators, they are BUSY AS HELL!... This couldn't have been a more Inappropriate Time or Place for you to Continue your National "Me" Tour. - tha malcontent)
I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived in Indonesia for a few
years, and my mother didn�t have the money to send me where all the American
kids went to school. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday
through Friday � at 4:30 in the morning.
(This (m)an couldn't be more Self-centered... He couldn't go a couple of minutes without boo-hooing to Children about how rough he had it when he was a kid. If he was any more Predictable!... - tha malcontent)
Now I wasn�t too happy about getting up that early. A lot of times, I�d fall
asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I�d complain, my mother
would just give me one of those looks and say, "This is no picnic for me either,
buster."
(As if this lasted his entire Childhood... If my Memory serves me, he did most of it in the Island Paradise of Hawaii with his Grandparents going to Prep Schools.. - tha malcontent)
So I know some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I�m here
today because I have something important to discuss with you. I�m here because I
want to talk with you about your education and what�s expected of all of you in
this new school year.
(ALL of them, including the Educators and Administrators are "still adjusting" and your Intrusion is an Illustration of what you are as a (m)an. As for you Feeling it's your Job as President to tell the Children of this REPUBLIC what's Expected of them in School, it is NOT your Job, NOR your Constitutional Right to do ANY such thing. - tha malcontent)
Now I�ve given a lot of speeches about education. And I�ve talked a lot about
responsibility.
(If "I" had the Time, "I" would Document how many times Barry makes this about himself in this Speech. - tha malcontent)
I�ve talked about your teachers� responsibility for inspiring you, and pushing
you to learn.
I�ve talked about your parents� responsibility for making sure you stay on
track, and get your homework done, and don�t spend every waking hour in front of
the TV or with that Xbox.
("I've, I've, I've, me, me, me...". What Bore. - tha malcontent)
I�ve talked a lot about your government�s responsibility for setting high
standards, supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that
aren�t working where students aren�t getting the opportunities they deserve.
(The State Government's Responsibility... And Honestly, do you Think you have even ONE Pre-K thru 5th Graders Attention at this point, Barry?... Why are you Wasting Elementary Educators Time with this Pap?... - tha malcontent)
But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most
supportive parents, and the best schools in the world � and none of it will
matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to
those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents,
grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.
(Just Dismiss the lil' one's Barry... They would be more Productive playing with Blocks right now. - tha malcontent)
And that�s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for
your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself.
Every single one of you has something you�re good at. Every single one of you
has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover
what that is. That�s the opportunity an education can provide.
(If only I had the ability to see what Middle Schoolers were doing at this point in the Address... - tha malcontent)
Maybe you could be a good writer � maybe even good enough to write a book or
articles in a newspaper � but you might not know it until you write a paper for
your English class. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor � maybe even
good enough to come up with the next iPhone or a new medicine or vaccine � but
you might not know it until you do a project for your science class. Maybe you
could be a mayor or a Senator or a Supreme Court Justice, but you might not know
that until you join student government or the debate team.
(Go into Journalism and let me be your Inspiration... I am Sure that 2nd Graders are taking Notes at this point Furiously! - tha malcontent)
And no matter what you want to do with your life � I guarantee that you�ll need
an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police
officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our
military? You�re going to need a good education for every single one of those
careers. You can�t drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You�ve got
to work for it and train for it and learn for it.
(Maybe you could become a Cop, so I could Badmouth you and Assume you were Wrong before I Knew all of the Facts... Or Maybe you could be in the Army so I could Accuse you of Terrorizing Innocent Civilians... The Options are Limitless!... We are the Modern American DemocRAT Party! - tha malcontent)
And this isn�t just important for your own life and your own future. What you
make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this
country. What you�re learning in school today will determine whether we as a
nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.
(Like Healthcare and the Environment?... - tha malcontent)
You�ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and
math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy
technologies and protect our environment. You�ll need the insights and critical
thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and
homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more
free. You�ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes
to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.
("Cancer... AIDS... Environment... Poverty... Homelessness... Crime..." And of course, "Discrimination"!... Don't Forget Kids, we aren't Fair or Free enough either! Do you Need a Potty Break?... - tha malcontent)
We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so
you can help solve our most difficult problems. If you don�t do that � if you
quit on school � you�re not just quitting on yourself, you�re quitting on your
country.
(For the Love of God Barry!... Did you just put the Burden of ALL of the Ills of the World, Real and Perceived, on the Backs of Kindergarteners?... You are a Shameless Hack! - tha malcontent)
Now I know it�s not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have
challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your
schoolwork.
I get it. I know what that�s like. My father left my family when I was two years
old, and I was raised by a single mother who struggled at times to pay the bills
and wasn�t always able to give us things the other kids had. There were times
when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and
felt like I didn�t fit in.
(Your Mother Bailed on you too, "I"!... Your Grandparents gave you the Opportunity you had, and that was a Product of the Greatest Generation, not the Slacker Self-Centered Pukes that Left you High and Dry... Unfortunately, it Seems as if you have Taken from the Wrong Inspirations in your Life. - tha malcontent)
So I wasn�t always as focused as I should have been. I did some things I�m not
proud of, and got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have
easily taken a turn for the worse.
But I was fortunate. I got a lot of second chances and had the opportunity to go
to college, and law school, and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady
Michelle Obama, has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college,
and they didn�t have much. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that
she could go to the best schools in this country.
(He's not going to Mention his Grandparents, is he... - tha malcontent)
Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don�t have adults in your
life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has
lost their job, and there�s not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a
neighborhood where you don�t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you
to do things you know aren�t right.
(Most of those Problems are Illustrative of what DemocRAT Control of Communities Breeds and Fosters. You only have yourself and your Party to look to. - tha malcontent)
But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life � what you look like,
where you come from, how much money you have, what you�ve got going on at home �
that�s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That�s
no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of
school. That�s no excuse for not trying.
(Don't let him "Bamboozle you" and "Lead you Astray", kids... He went to Prep Schools and was Raised in a Life of Privilege in Hawaii! - tha malcontent)
Where you are right now doesn�t have to determine where you�ll end up. No one�s
written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You
make your own future.
That�s what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.
Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn�t speak English
when she first started school. Hardly anyone in her hometown went to college,
and neither of her parents had gone either. But she worked hard, earned good
grades, got a scholarship to Brown University, and is now in graduate school,
studying public health, on her way to being Dr. Jazmin Perez.
I�m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who�s fought
brain cancer since he was three. He�s endured all sorts of treatments and
surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer �
hundreds of extra hours � to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind, and
he�s headed to college this fall.
And then there�s Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Even
when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods, she
managed to get a job at a local health center; start a program to keep young
people out of gangs; and she�s on track to graduate high school with honors and
go on to college.
Jazmin, Andoni and Shantell aren�t any different from any of you. They faced
challenges in their lives just like you do. But they refused to give up. They
chose to take responsibility for their education and set goals for
themselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.
(Could've shortened this Tripe by about 10 Paragraphs and Focused on those Inspirations instead of yourself and your Veiled Agenda... - tha malcontent)
That�s why today, I�m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your
education � and to do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be
something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or
spending time each day reading a book. Maybe you�ll decide to get involved in an
extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. Maybe you�ll decide to
stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how
they look, because you believe, like I do, that all kids deserve a safe
environment to study and learn. Maybe you�ll decide to take better care of
yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, I hope you�ll
all wash your hands a lot, and stay home from school when you don�t feel well,
so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.
(It's a good thing that by this time, half of the Elementary Aged kids are asleep, and the others are being "Hushed" by their Teachers who are Realizing, if they hadn't already, that this was a REALLY Stupid Idea on Barry's part. Otherwise, all of this Scary Talk the President Decided was Appropriate for 6-year-olds, might have actually caused them Sleep Issues Tuesday night! - tha malcontent)
Whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really
work at it.
I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and
successful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is through
rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star, when chances are, you�re not
going to be any of those things.
(Or you could Ride a Wave of Misplaced Liberal White Guilt into the White House, and then Stand around with your Finger up your Nose for the First Year, going on Dates via Jets and Globetrotting the World on the Taxpayer's Dime until you Realize you could probably get to the Voters via their Kids easier than actually Presenting some Plans and Data on your Agenda and letting the American People Decide for themselves if they want your Particular Brand of Snake Oil! - tha malcontent)
But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won�t love every subject you
study. You won�t click with every teacher. Not every homework assignment will
seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. And you won�t
necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.
(I am Sure the Interruptions of Applause and Cheering from the 3rd Graders at this point is Difficult for the Teachers to Control... - tha malcontent)
That�s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who�ve
had the most failures. JK Rowling�s first Harry Potter book was rejected twelve
times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high
school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of
shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over
again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
(I have no Issue with the above Paragraph... This and couple of others was all that really needed to be said, Assuming he was going to go through with this Unnecessary Disruption of America's Schools. - tha malcontent)
These people succeeded because they understand that you can�t let your failures
define you � you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what
to do differently next time. If you get in trouble, that doesn�t mean you�re a
troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to behave. If you get a bad grade,
that doesn�t mean you�re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time
studying.
No one�s born being good at things, you become good at things through hard
work. You�re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You
don�t hit every note the first time you sing a song. You�ve got to
practice. It�s the same with your schoolwork. You might have to do a math
problem a few times before you get it right, or read something a few times
before you understand it, or do a few drafts of a paper before it�s good enough
to hand in.
(OK with all of that also... - tha malcontent)
Don�t be afraid to ask questions. Don�t be afraid to ask for help when you need
it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn�t a sign of weakness, it�s a sign
of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don�t know
something, and to learn something new. So find an adult you trust � a parent,
grandparent or teacher; a coach or counselor � and ask them to help you stay on
track to meet your goals.
(Speaking of not being Afraid of Asking Questions... Maybe the President should have Asked Parents and Teachers before Forcing his way into the American Classroom at this Unfortunate and Busy time of the Year... Just a Thought! That must be the only "Grandparent" reference we will be getting... May those Generous People Rest in Peace. - tha malcontent)
And even when you�re struggling, even when you�re discouraged, and you feel like
other people have given up on you � don�t ever give up on yourself. Because when
you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
(When you Give up on yourself, you Give up on your Country"?... Seriously, Barry... This would be OK to Exiting Seniors in the Spring... WAY too Heavy for Most Children who are Stressed enough by the Beginning of a School Year! - tha malcontent)
The story of America isn�t about people who quit when things got tough. It�s
about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much
to do anything less than their best.
It�s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to
wage a revolution and found this nation. Students who sat where you sit 75 years
ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights
and put a man on the moon. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who
founded Google, Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with
each other.
(But don't let the Burdens of Society keep you from your Studies!... It's Certainly NOT Keeping the President from his Leisure Time! - tha malcontent)
So today, I want to ask you, what�s your contribution going to be? What problems
are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president
who comes here in twenty or fifty or one hundred years say about what all of you
did for this country?
(Entirely and Completely Inappropriate for anyone but MAYBE Seniors in the Spring... This guy is about as Naive as they get. - tha malcontent)
Your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you
have the education you need to answer these questions. I�m working hard to fix
up your classrooms and get you the books, equipment and computers you need to
learn. But you�ve got to do your part too. So I expect you to get serious this
year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect
great things from each of you. So don�t let us down � don�t let your family or
your country or yourself down. Make us all proud. I know you can do it.
(He has made this Claim more than once now... What EXACTLY is Barry doing for Schools?... Aside from Burdening them with this Self-Serving Speech and Photo-Op as he Struggles to keep his Head above the Political Waters?... Someone let me Know when they Know. - tha malcontent)
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.
(Apparently Glorious Leader
can say "God's" Name in School, but the Students can't!... Classic. - tha
malcontent)
peace,
tha malcontent
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