George Bush is forcing my children's school to be CLOSED!

[Pirate Smile]

Closed on Friday, September 3rd because he will be in the Park across the street sometime during the afternoon or evening.

It is an elementary school and they are also closing a middle school and private school that are right next to the park.

My 6 year-old daughter said in the car on the way home today, "the President is coming to visit, can we go see him?"

I said only if we are going to protest. She asked why. I told her because he is a terrible president. She is a chatter box who shares every detail she hears at home with her teachers and other kids so I'm sure everyone will hear "my mom said he is a terrible president" tomorrow. I told her he wants to help the rich people that don't need help more than the people that do need help and that he sent us into a war we shouldn't have started.

She asked if we could get a better Prez, I said, yes, there is an election in two months and I am doing everything I can to make sure we get a new Prez who will do a much better job.

I'm lucky this doesn't create a problem for me about who will watch the kids that day but I'm sure others aren't so lucky.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I wonder if Bush will require any kids who attend

to sign a loyalty oath. Wouldn't it be interesting if anti Bush parents and their kids are turned away tomorrow?

[thecrow]

2. Good Mommy talk!

You should go and protest and take her with you!
Good luck and thanks for your post.

[seabeyond]

3. lordy i have a 6 year old

that can tell you what bush stands for what kerry stands for bush's wrongs ect..............

how do you keep so quiet in front of your children. really my kids the last year have heard toooooo much news, so good for you

and yea for your daughter take her on her first protest.

[Pirate Smile]

7. My in-laws are Repubs and probably my hubby too (politics can be

a dangerous topic between us)so I have tried to be fair and not make too many partisan comments.

I focus on teaching her the values of compassion and social justice so that she will know how to analyze issues as she gets older. She is very sensitive and compassionate and I have no doubt where her heart and head will lead her as she grows.

My husband was raised in the Repub family where "Repubs were good and Dem's were bad". It is like brain washing and I didn't want to deal with politics that way. I grew up with a Dem/liberal mom and Independent(leaning Repub) dad. I liked getting both sides and I decided myself what I believed.

I'm trying to lay the foundation with my kids but I decided it is time to lay it out - why this Prez is bad for the country and world.

[seabeyond]

13. excellent thanks for sharing

your situation is a lot like mine. my inlaws run and hide when i am around and in a mood. lol lol. hubby sittin in texas has always enjoyed watching me go against the grain, swear is one of the MANY reasons he married me.

he voted for bush in 2000, dont hold it against him. a good couple years ago before iraq he started turning. the other day teasing with him told him to come all the way to our side, be a dem man, they are way more sexy than repug grab crotch male, lol lol. he is almost there. told him liberals have better sex too, lol

i hear you with what you are teaching daughter. excellent. be prooud, they suck it up. ll this really isnt so hard, we just make it so

thanks

[TheRovingGourmet]

4. Your daughter may turn into a Bush supporter because Bush is

getting her a day off from school. :) :)

[Pirate Smile]

20. My 5 year-old son also gets off school. He had no comments.

I'm not sure what he was thinking but he seems to focus much more on how everything effects him than my daughter.

I tell him the same things I tell my daughter. He usually just looks at me and asks for a snack.

[TheRovingGourmet]

21. It sounds like your boy is becoming a man! :)

:) :)

[Fleshdancer]

5. room full of 6 year olds...the only group he can visit w/o a loyalty oath

Just make sure he doesn't try to ship them to Iraq anytime soon.

[eaprez]

6. Would you complain if it was Kerry Edwards and the schools were

closing? Would you be upset at the Bush supporters complaining because of Kerry/Edwards coming to town? I am by no means a Bush supporter but love to delve into human nature.

[Pirate Smile]

10. I'm not really complaining about it or upset. It was a bit of an

over dramatic subject line - kind of as a joke.

If you read my post I'm not really bitching about them closing it. The focus is actually more on my daughter. It may make life hard for the parents that are working and have to find child care but I'm sure they do this everywhere.

[eaprez]

12. yeah my son met Dubya at his school a couple years ago.

...had I known in advance I would have kept him home!!!! :)

[Pirate Smile]

14. My kids won't meet him or be there. They are shutting the schools down

on Friday. The rally is across the street in the park.:-)

[buycitgo]

8. CR=Cedar Rapids, IA?

my sister lives there!

she REALLY can't stand Bush or pugs; yelled at Novak when he was there last winter

[buycitgo]

9. been there a bunch of times, btw

there's a bar down on the west side of the river, near the expressway.....ring any bells?

one story, with tudor outside, and a deck

it might have been the one at which Kerry had a beer with the GQ guy

did you hear about that?

[Pirate Smile]

11. No, I didn't but I would love to get the someone in the national media to

pay attention to a local radio ad that a man started running on his own that is playing on the radio here. Perhaps, since Shrubby is in town they could tie it in to his visit.

Here is a link to a thread about it:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=687047

[buycitgo]

16. hahahaha

hahahahaha

great site

MSNBC had a special on the two Ws the other night, and they had LOTS of cheerleader pix; some that I'd never seen

they should get ahold of them for some of those shots

[Pirate Smile]

17. Yes, it is Cedar Rapids. The rally is in Noelridge Park.

[buycitgo]

18. will ask sis about that....she's coming this weekend

she'd like to hear about this

[drdigi420]

15. Bush is such a wimp he is afraid of elementary school kids

[Pirate Smile]

19. Catholic elementary school kids in their little uniforms.