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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

The complete text is at the website for Bush Sr.'s presidential library:
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=3450&year=1991&month=10

I think that Obama is very different than any president we've ever had. His 
ways of doing things are different. His entire staff is different, and runs 
the White House differently...very New Age, with tweets and everything on 
the internet. A lot of people don't like 'different' and are afraid of 
'change', but Obama's style obviously resonates with many (younger?) people.

I wonder about people's reaction to 'socialism'. We have a lot of socialized 
systems in this country that work fine...Social Security, Medicare, roads, 
airports,VA hospitals, etc. I remember when Reagan fired all the air traffic 
controllers, and socialized control of them, and,  therefore, the airports. 
There was a fuss, but I don't remember him being called a 'socialist'.

I'm not comfortable with Obama's methods or his policies, but then I've 
never agreed much with any president or the way he ran the country. I 
especially don't like Obama's advisors...Bush was in bed with Big Oil, Obama 
is in bed with Big Finance. But he was fairly elected with a mandate of 
'change', so I'm willing to give him a chance.

Lynn Wigglesworth
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy" <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Talk about disrespect!


> Lynn,  where did you find Bush Sr's speech?
>
> I'm glad they've decided to make the text of the speech available ahead of
> time.  Maybe that will calm some parents' concerns.  Some Americans, I
> think, have been made very nervoius by Obama's campaign/administration.
> Many were concerned by adulation of a political candidate that seemed
> seriously inappropriate.  Also a concern to many were the Marxist-style
> posters, Greek columns, etc.  The serious steps of taking (at some level)
> control of certain financial institutions and car companies shocked many.
> Even if each of these items (and others of concern) can be explained as
> benign/necessary, they were unsettling events. Some Americans think that 
> if
> all these things can happen in such a short amount of time, what else can
> happen?  And, I think, listening/watching to certain talk shows 
> exacerbates
> concerns
> Didn't vote for Bush, didn't vote for Obama.  I've been throwing away my
> vote for decades.
>
> Cathy
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Lynn Wigglesworth 
> <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>wrote:
>
> > I read the original, and they changed the one line about writing down 
> > what
> > you can do to "help the president" (which Obama lifted directly from Bush
> > Sr.'s speech). People went ballistic over the idea that children should 
> > be
> > asked to help the president (wonder if people objected when Bush Sr. said
> > it?), so they changed it to the line about setting short-term and 
> > long-term
> > goals.
> >
> > Lynn Wigglesworth
> > Tioga Co. PA
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