Sept. 8, 2009 - The Messiah visits Cincinnati

What a Labor Day weekend in Cincinnati.

Great Fireworks on the river care of Rozzi’s on Sunday and a small fizzling flicker from a year-old sparkler from President Obama on Labor Day.

Obama spoke to the choir, (union folk), at Coney Island / Riverbend. The Cincinnati Enquirer covered the speech or did they?

Within the text of the articles covering his visit they couldn’t decide if there were 10K, 5K, or 4K spectators. It sounded a lot like his policy. Trying to get the factual policy position is like nailing Jello to the wall. Good Luck.

Today, Obama’s revised speech to schools was nice and non-partisan. A special thanks should go out to all that protested the original framework of the “Lesson Plans” offered by the White House last week.

They removed the original essay question: "Ask not only what your country (Obama Government) can do for you, but ask how you can help support your President implement his wealth redistribution strategy."

Obama’s education speech centered on personal responsibility and the importance of staying in school. It’s hard to argue with that.

Obama did offer a recollection of his mom waking him at 4:30 a.m. to review his studies. Nice touch. I file it in the same category as Bill Clinton’s golf scores. Neither story can be confirmed.

I always tell my kids that I walked to school up hill in the snow, both ways. They are smart enough to understand when someone stretches the truth for effect and when someone just flat out lies to them.