Hi Everyone,
Well, now that I'm back at school, and going to work, I'm gonna have to start blogging in spurts, but it'll be no less good. Anyway, tonight, I'd like to share with you a short little video on President Obama's recent speech to the nation's schoolchildren. It features a 9-year-old girl named Sarah, from Oklahoma, sharing with us her thoughts on the President's speech. I thought, at first, she would be spouting some dogma about him, but it turns out she had some good responses.
She stated that her favorite part of the speech was where Obama talked about how years ago, the people who invented Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and all went to school way back when. Then he said "what will you have invented 20, 50, 100 years from now?" Also, notice how she talked about the other kid whose parents wouldn't let him watch the speech. An interesting take on the brouhaha around a fear of indoctrination. Well, enjoy; I'll have more in-depth stuff for you soon.
This is the Daily Reeder, Over&out.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Wondering How to Deal With Anti-Health Care Crowds?
Hi Everyone,
Well, last Wednesday I attended a pro-public option rally not far from my home. The amount of support we got was really heartening. There were some hostile passersby, giving thumbs down, but there were only a few of those. There were people that drove by in all kinds of cars, even someone in a tow truck, that honked to show their support. The next day, the rally did get a mention in our local paper. I wonder why the mainstream media isn't covering many of the pro-health care crowds, huh?
Anyway, are any of you wondering how to deal with anti-health care groups you may be confronted by? You may be an average citizen, or a congressperson or senator looking for ways of fending off hecklers. Well, remember from the FreedomWorks report that hecklers don't necessarily want answers; they want conflict. Nevertheless, if they ask questions, answer them in an intelligent way. In the video below, former comedian and Minnesota's newest Senator, Al Franken, shows us how to address the concerns of the "tea-bag" folks while defusing the conflict some undoubtedly sought.
Nicely handled, Al!
This is the Daily Reeder, Over&out.
Well, last Wednesday I attended a pro-public option rally not far from my home. The amount of support we got was really heartening. There were some hostile passersby, giving thumbs down, but there were only a few of those. There were people that drove by in all kinds of cars, even someone in a tow truck, that honked to show their support. The next day, the rally did get a mention in our local paper. I wonder why the mainstream media isn't covering many of the pro-health care crowds, huh?
Anyway, are any of you wondering how to deal with anti-health care groups you may be confronted by? You may be an average citizen, or a congressperson or senator looking for ways of fending off hecklers. Well, remember from the FreedomWorks report that hecklers don't necessarily want answers; they want conflict. Nevertheless, if they ask questions, answer them in an intelligent way. In the video below, former comedian and Minnesota's newest Senator, Al Franken, shows us how to address the concerns of the "tea-bag" folks while defusing the conflict some undoubtedly sought.
Nicely handled, Al!
This is the Daily Reeder, Over&out.
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