Oct 16, 2011
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President Obama demanded that Americans “preach tolerance” in a proclamation he issued announcing “National Character Counts Week.”
“Together, all Americans must cultivate moral fortitude, preach tolerance, and demonstrate the value of respect for those different from ourselves,” he stated in a press release issued by the White House.
The president said National Character Counts Week is a time to “celebrate our country’s core values and commit to passing them on to the next generation.”
Those virtues, as defined by President Obama, include personal integrity, bold ingenuity and a drive to serve others.
He also said it is “imperative” that public schools create a “climate of acceptance and compassion.”
Those are the virtues, he said, that define “our Nation.”
However, at no point in the proclamation does the president mention the word “freedom” as something that defines the nation.
Following, is a full reading of the proclamation:
NATIONAL CHARACTER COUNTS WEEK, 2011
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
In times of adversity and triumph alike, the American people have been guided by the strength of our character. With resilience and compassion, we have provided for our neighbors, lifted their spirits, and embraced our shared humanity. During National Character Counts Week, we celebrate our country’s core values and commit to passing them on to the next generation.
By setting a positive example for our children, we can inspire in them the virtues that define our Nation: personal integrity, bold ingenuity, and a drive to serve others. America’s role models — from parents and teachers to community leaders and coaches — play an integral role in shaping character. They foster patriotism, promote civic pride, and teach young people to live by the Golden Rule by treating others the way they want to be treated. Together, all Americans must cultivate moral fortitude, preach tolerance, and demonstrate the value of respect for those different from ourselves.
Tragic events in our Nation remind us why it is imperative that we create a climate of acceptance and compassion in our schools and communities. Our country has mourned as we have heard heartbreaking stories of promising young men and women subjected to harassment and bullying, driving some out of school, and others to ultimately take their own lives. No family should have to endure such a loss, and no child should feel that alone. Let us honor their memories by striving to make our neighborhoods and schools safe and affirming places for every child to learn, grow, and dream.
Our Nation’s character is engrained in our past, central to our present, and key to our future. All of us share a responsibility to preserve and uphold the values that have kept our country strong, prosperous, and free. This week, we resolve to stay true to the American spirit and live according to our highest ideals.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 16 through October 22, 2011, as National Character Counts Week. I call upon public officials, educators, parents, students, and all Americans to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.
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"VIRTUES" sounds to me like he's trying to describe "THE TEA PARTY" (personal integrity, bold integrity, drive to serve others, good character)…
"VIRTUES" sounds to me like he's trying to describe "THE TEA PARTY" (personal integrity, bold integrity, drive to serve others, good character)…
Of course that tolerance doesn’t extend to whites, Christians, conservatives, heterosexuals etc.
Of course that tolerance doesn’t extend to whites, Christians, conservatives, heterosexuals etc.
Silence! Czar Obama has spoken!
This nutjob honestly believes he can " make it so " by simply saying it……what a very bad joke. We are living in a nightmare under this man.
This nutjob honestly believes he can " make it so " by simply saying it……what a very bad joke. We are living in a nightmare under this man.
WE ARE YOU MORON WE HAVE TOLERATED YOUR MARXIST NUTTY IDEAS FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS AND WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH SO PUT A SOCK IN IT BUD.
WE ARE YOU MORON WE HAVE TOLERATED YOUR MARXIST NUTTY IDEAS FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS AND WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH SO PUT A SOCK IN IT BUD.
Funny when you look at the article just below it is one "Muslims Cabbies can Censor ads".
Funny when you look at the article just below it is one "Muslim Cabbies can Censor ads".
Funny when you look at the article just below it is one "Muslim Cabbies can Censor ads".
He has a hell of a lot of nerve.
He has a hell of a lot of nerve.
This country's virtue is you have the freedom to make your own way. We do not have an entitlement nation. We are generous with our gifts, but nobody can take what I have. The Obama has squandered what gifts we have given and we will put up with it no longer. Obama has no clue what this nation is about. Let's raise Cain and put a stop to it.
Thank goodness this President is no longer in any position to demand anything of anyone, anytime!
Here is a favorite quote on this subject: "Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." by Gilbert K. Chesterton
this character quality is exactly what the secularist, anti-God society wants of its citizens–promote tolerance as the highest of character qualities… no convictions allows society to be changed into a weak mans version of peaceful coexistance but it also allows the movers and shakers to take over without much difficulty.