Graduation day! As most of you know my younger son graduated from law school this past Saturday. Besides the customary platitudes, thank you’s to parents and faculty it was an exciting day (never mind that the valedictorian in her speech, attributed a passage in the Bible, “to whom much is given, much is required”, to, get this JFK! Dumb Dumb. Liberals will stop at no expense to worship fellow dems even if it means stealing from the Holy Bible.
It was Clint’s day and I was the typical proud father of his accomplishments. Opportunity lies ahead. What he will do with his degree is now up to him. It’s cost me an arm and a leg, but so be it. Aside from the typical sentimental breakdown that I usually display at these momentous ceremonies for our kids, I once again was ticked by the clearly partisan speech I was forced to listen to our democratic congressman Patrick Murphy. He has a great story. A fresh, young face, his father a Philadelphia policeman. He graduated from Widener University Law School, and ended up in Iraq. But instead of sharing insights from his arduous journey, which I’m sure would have been interesting and motivational, he exhibited sarcasm for the previous administration, highlighted the poor choices made in Iraq, and engaged in name dropping (Barack Obama) whom he had co-sponsored a congressional bill with to denounce the Iraq war. Then we got the Al Gore speech on how to save the planet through wind power and solar under the pretense of “we need to be less dependent on foreign oil” never mind that the democrats have blocked every effort to build even new refineries let alone increase drilling efforts here in the US.
When my older son graduated from Drexel University 6 years ago, I was “tortured” to listen to a faculty member (not even an elected official) criticize the Bush administration and extol the criminality of the Patriot Act. It was excruciating for me to sit and listen to bilge and I felt as a prisoner held “captive.” I was there to see and share in my son’s milestone of achievement, not to be lectured to about the criminality of the Bush administration. Never mind that it was his administration that kept us safe for 7 years after 9/11.
I don’t remember who spoke at my older son’s graduation from Bloomsburg University where he received his masters in Instructional Technology (must not have been political). A famous writer (Judy Bloom) spoke at my younger son’s graduation from NYU. I recall she did a great job of challenging the grads to achieve their goals without ranting and raving about politics.
Why do some speakers feel as though they have the right to impose their personal political views upon me? I’m not there to listen to them and I wouldn’t be there at all if not for my kids. I’ve paid thousands of dollars for a ticket to hear this? Oh well, it will probably be a long time before I attend another graduation so I’ll stop whining … for now.
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