The other irony is that the media, from news and TV to music and movies (as well as our “schools”), constantly undermine any moral values parents may try to teach and as any good sociologist will tell you, these “socializing agents” directly impact on the behavior people find acceptable and unacceptable, parents being a part, a big part, but only a part, of the influence on how young people act.

I have two teenage sons and one is definitely drawn into the nonsense of the media/education/entertainment concept of values free education and moral free entertainment, despite my teaching and discipline. I suppose if he does something stupid I should stop talking about morals and values, eh?

The boy comes home one day and says “art is freedom” and is constantly whining about being “judged”: he did not learn this at home and I directly confront that, in a calm, logical manner, but he hears me maybe an hour a day (I actually DO spend time with my sons) while hearing the OTHER message ALL THE TIME!

Here is the REAL headline, folks: Parents Teach Values, Liberal Media and Education Undermines Parents, Tragic Results Abound!

If you want more of the same, keep voting for (D)!

Originally posted at : http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/03/isnt-it-ironic/#comment-435896

Palin, running on a clean-government campaign, executed an upset victory over then-Gov. Murkowski in the Republican gubernatorial primary.[5] Despite the lack of support from party leaders and being outspent by her Democratic opponent, she went on to win the general election in November 2006, defeating former Governor Tony Knowles.[5] Palin said in 2006 that education, public safety, and transportation would be three cornerstones of her administration.[13]

When elected, Palin became the first woman to be Alaska’s governor, and the youngest governor in Alaskan history at 42 years old upon taking office. Palin was also the first Alaskan governor born after Alaska achieved U.S. statehood. She was also the first Alaskan governor not to be inaugurated in Juneau, instead choosing to hold her inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks. She took office on December 4, 2006.

Highlights of Governor Palin’s tenure include a successful push for an ethics bill, and also shelving pork-barrel projects supported by fellow Republicans. Palin successfully killed the Bridge to Nowhere project that had become a nationwide symbol of wasteful earmark spending.[10][17] “Alaska needs to be self-sufficient, she says, instead of relying heavily on ‘federal dollars,’ as the state does today.”[11]

She has challenged the state’s Republican leaders, helping to launch a campaign by Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell to unseat U.S. Congressman Don Young[18] and publicly challenging Senator Ted Stevens to come clean about the federal investigation into his financial dealings.[10]

In 2007, Palin had an approval rating often in the 90s.[11] A poll published by Hays Research on July 28, 2008 showed Palin’s approval rating at 80%.[19]

SOURCE http://thankstopalin.com/2008/08/29/the-book-of-sarah-palin-courtesy-of-wikipedia/