Stay in school, kids!

What the hell is wrong with people today? For 2 or 3 days now, I have been watching people protest Obama's speech to the school children of America. One lady on CNN was actually crying! One would have thought that the devil himself was going to eat her kid at the end of the speech. Did I miss something? We weren't taken over by the rebels or the Commies! This is our duly elected president. Has patriotism died out or is this a result of the "me, me, me" society we're living in? We have 3 basic types of parents. There is the satellite parent who watches or is involved in every breath of their child. There is the parent who thinks school is the best way to get their child out of the house and doesn't get involved in any aspect of their education. Then there's the rest of us who struggle with making sure our kids are fed, clothed, and educated while trying to understand the sometimes interminable study programs our kids are in. But that's another article subject.
It is being said that this school speech is just a platform to push "Obama Socialism" on us. Go here to read the speech: http://tinyurl.com/mqw42h Nowhere in this speech does it mention anything about any of the current or past agendas of Obama like health care reform, global warming, etc. You get the drift. This speech is about staying in school and doing your best to make yourself into a contributing member of our society. He's not preaching " sit on your ass and sell dope all day" or "see how many indigent care programs you can enroll in". He is preaching social and community responsibility. He is preaching that you can't get rich quick, but you can get rich if you work at it. This is how our country was built. This speech doesn't have Republican or Democrat overtones but is a commonsense approach to making good decisions about how you want to turn out when you become an adult.
As a side note, Obama is relating to his upbringing in his speech. The same can't be said for the Bushies who, belonging to the silver spoon crowd, were able to skate along on social positioning. You can't learn anything real that way, as evidenced by our past 8 years.