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Send a Message About Sept. 8 Presidential Address SKIP SCHOOL & P.A.S.S.!

PASS LogoKevin Elliot of LA came up with a beautiful idea regarding the President’s address to schools. A Parent Approved Skip School Day!

Included below is part of the official announcement by the White House regarding the intended address and the letter that Kevin will be sending to his child’s school principal.

He offers the letter as a template for anyone who wishes to use it. I have included the link to his site, below.

If you tweet about this, be sure to include the hashtag #pass !

Aug. 26, 2009 | U.S. Dept of Education |
http://www.ed.gov
Barack Obama will deliver a national address directly to school children nationwide on September 8 at 12pm ET.

We will be keeping our children home in an act of civil disobedience.

P.A.S.S. Civil Disobedience 9/8/09 Website

Sept 2, 2009
Ms Cucchiara – Principal
Mandeville Junior High School

Ms Cucchiara,

We understand that Arne Duncan of the U.S. Dept. Of Education has encouraged you, your teachers, and students to join in watching the President deliver an historic address on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Ed.gov has also provided classroom activities in connection with the President’s speech.

We are writing to inform you that if you choose to air the President’s address, our child, ______________, will not be in attendance.

We, the Parents, are keeping him home in an act of civil disobedience. We wish to make it clear to you, your staff, other parents, and (most importantly) our child, that we do not support this President or his radical leftist agenda.

Please know that this will not be a “day off” for our child. We are going to spend some time on the following subjects:

U.S. History
Our Constitution – Divinely inspired charter of freedom or flawed document that limits the Government’s ability to dispense justice?

Economics
Stimulus – What does a Trillion dollars look like? Also, how does a country get out of debt by borrowing more?

Science
How is man made global warming producing cooler temperatures and growing icecaps? Also, who would profit most from Cap & Trade? (hint: _________-D)

Social Studies
What type of government tries to make everyone equal by “spreading the wealth around”?

After lunch we will take a field-trip the WW2 D-Day Museum in New Orleans to recognize the sacrifices of America’s fallen heroes and celebrate the last time Americans fought against fascism.

Our son, __________ will be prepared to make up any classwork he has missed. We expect he will be given an opportunity to make up any tests as well.

If you wish to discuss our position on this issue please don’t hesitate to call. If you would like to know why we are resisting Obama, his Czars, and the Progressive movement , the following resources will provide a starting point.

http://www.meetup.com/Northshore-912-group/
http://www.youtube.com/Northshore912

Thank you in advance for understanding the difficult position the President has put us in by attempting to interject himself into our children’s lives in the classroom setting. I hope that MJH will show tolerance of our capitalist, conservative views by allowing us to “opt out” of this, and future addresses.

Respectfully yours,
Kevin Elliott

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Shelli Dawdy is first and foremost the mother of three children whom she has taught at home via the classical method since removing her children from school in 2001. During her early years as a homeschool mother, she worked part-time as a freelance writer. Born and raised in the Iowa, Shelli and her husband moved to the state of South Dakota in 1997, attracted to its more limited government and friendly tax environment. In 2006, Shelli and her family relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska, when her husband’s employer offered a new position. She took a break from work and politics for a time, recognizing the need to focus solely on her childrens’ schooling with two now of high school age. Distressed by many things she was witnessing on the national political scene and disillusioned about the Republican Party, she decided to start writing again, this time online. Motivated to get involved with others at the grassroots level, she networked with activists on the social media tool, Twitter. She was involved in organizing the first tea party rallies inspired by Rick Santelli’s “rant” on CNBC in February 2009. Recognizing that activism should generate on the local level, she founded Grassroots in Nebraska in March of 2009. The group’s mission is a return to Constitutional, limited government, according to its original meaning. While the group has held several tea party rallies, it’s focus is to take effective action. Among its many projects, GiN successfully coordinated testimony for the hearing of the Nebraska Sovereignty Resolution, networked with other groups to ensure a large show of public support at the hearing, and coordinated follow up support to ensure its passage in April 2010. While working to build up GiN throughout 2009, she was asked to work as writer and producer of the documentary film, A New America, which lays out how Progressivism is responsible for how America has moved away from its Constitutional roots. You can see more of her work on Grassroots in Nebraska (GiN) and StubbornFacts

This Post Has 2 Comments

  1. jim cooke September 4, 2009 Reply

    you have in the 3rd paragraph under Ms Cucchiara the word his TWICE. i personally like what you are doing here
    God bless America and America must bless God if our country is going to get to the right again.
    sincerely, jim cooke

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