House Republicans Reward The Super Rich At The Expense Of The Poor

Recently, House Republicans passed a budget for 2012 that offers even more tax cuts for America's super rich and new kickbacks for some of the most profitable corporations in the world. To pay for the tremendous cost of this legislation, the Republican budget cuts funding for basic services like education, police and firefighters, and health care, actually raising taxes on middle class and low-income families.

Parents Want Their Children to Miss Historic Speech

I'm having a hard time understanding why the same people who want "under god" in the Pledge and creationism disguised as science under the name"intelligent design" in the schools are having a problem with Obama telling kids to stay in school and work hard. Democrat or Republican, isn't that every parent's message to their own children? One might think a little support from the highest office in government chiming in with them wouldn't pose a problem.

I do understand that I would be upset if one of the Bush Boys tried to teach my children anything, but they have both been in the schools, George W. himself on 911 holding the book upside down, and no one complained. Reagan was there too, discussing taxes and how bad they were with students and I don't remember any uproar at the time. I haven't seen the paperwork on any of those visits, but I would assume that they were funded pretty much in the same way as Obama's would be and while the Republicans are okay with one of their party's Governors using tax dollars to leave the country to cheat on his wife without demanding he be fired, I guess I'm willing to split the bill with them to let Obama tell my kids that staying in school and work hard while there is the right thing to do, especially if becoming president is a goal. What are our taxes for if not to be used for our children's education, even in a round-about way?

Now, about that Governor using tax dollars for his trysts; why isn't it being questioned at least as much as this speech? Are the same people being coached by the Republicans to protest the Health Care Town Meetings the ones making noise about the speech? I'm would not be surprised to learn the coaching is being covered by the Republican National Committee. Would you?