Reply #90: Except those of us on dialup (rural) who can't download that size file. [View All]

[riderinthestorm]

My kids school isn't showing it. She's staying home to watch it.

I've already sent the email to the superintendent and her principal telling them why she's missing school. I also asked them if they showed President Ronald Reagan's speech, and President George H.W. Bush's speech (they showed both of them live I already know but would like them to offer another contorted response to that question).

They sought to avoid "controversy" by declining to air the speech. Well, that's bullshit in my mind. They can lose the state revenues from my daughter's lack of attendance that day. I've never relied upon the schools to teach my children everything. Tomorrow she gets the lesson on thinking for herself as she watches the speech, we discuss the controversy and Pres Obama's message, with a side benefit of a trip to the Museum of Natural History in Chicago.