"President Obama is now my homeboy, too."

I admit that I didn't vote last year. To put it simply, I'm not big on politics and I didn't make the effort to become an educated voter. On election day, I only watched McCain's speech after the country watched the number of votes for Obama grow tremendously. I didn't watch the inauguration ceremony, and I rarely stay up-to-date with current events even though I should be aware of the decisions that are being made which ultimately affect me.

However, something caught my eye as I went to My Yahoo! to check my e-mail. The very first headline of Yahoo!'s featured articles was entitled Parents angry over Obama's speech: Some are outraged by the president's planned address to the nation's students next week. 'Excuse to brainwash'. As a student, I was curious to figure out what all the hub & kabub was about. I read the article and I watched the video which was included, and I am appalled as to how some parents are outraged by the President's upcoming speech.

From what I've read/heard so far, it seems to me that President Obama is doing what President Bush neglected to do: instead of simply providing a solution to our society's problems, he's trying to provide a solution to the source of our nation's problems.

With that said, I think it's time I start getting educated.