Revised Letter to Obama from a Fourth Grade Teacher

        On April 17, 2009, Ms. Kathleen Lyday, a fourth grade teacher at Grandview Elementary School in Hillsboro,  Mo.  sent the following letter to the white house.

       “Mr. Obama,” she wrote, “I am very unhappy with you and your administration.

       Your conduct on your recent trip overseas has convinced me that you are not an adequate representative of the United States of America collectively or me personally.”

       Ms. Lyday went on to say: “You are so obsessed  with appeasing the Europeans and the Muslim world that you have abdicated the responsibilities of the President of the United States of  America.  You are responsible to the citizens of the United  States only and are not responsible to the peoples of any other country on  earth.”

        Adding: “I personally resent that you go around the world apologizing for the United States telling Europeans that we are arrogant and do not care about their status in the world.  

       Sir, what do you think the First and Second World Wars were all about if not the consideration of the peoples of  Europe?”  

      Going on, “Are you brain dead?  What do you think the Marshall Plan was all bout?  Do you not understand or know the history of the 20th century?

      Where do you get off telling a Muslim country that the United States does not consider itself a Christian country?  Have you not read the  Declaration of Independence or the  Constitution of the United States? This country was founded on Judeo-Christian ethics and the principles governing this country, at least until you came along, come directly from this heritage.  Do you not understand this?”

     Continuing Ms. Lyday’s letter: “Your bowing to the  king of Saudi  Arabia is an affront to all Americans.  Our President does not bow down to anyone, let alone the king of Saudi Arabia .  

     You did not show Great  Britain, our best and one of our oldest allies, the respect they deserve yet you bow down to the king of  Saudi  Arabia .How dare you, sir!  How dare you!

     You can't find the time to visit the graves of our greatest generation because you don't want to offend the Germans but make time to visit a mosque in Turkey

     You offended our dead and every veteran when you give the Germans more respect than the people who saved the German people from themselves.  What's the matter with you?

     I am convinced that you and the members of your administration have the historical and intellectual depth of a mud puddle and should be ashamed of yourselves, all of  you.”

     Continuing, “You are so self-righteously offended by the big bankers and the American automobile manufacturers yet do nothing about the real thieves in this situation: Mr. Dodd, Mr. Frank, Franklin Raines, Jamie Gorelic, the Fannie Mae bonuses, and the Freddie Mac bonuses. What do you intend to do about them? Anything?  

     What about the U.S. House members passing out $9.1 million in bonuses to their staff members - on top of the $2.5 million in automatic pay raises that lawmakers gave them-selves?  I understand the average House aide got a 17% bonus while I took a 5% cut pay to save jobs with my employer. You haven't said anything about that. Who authorized that? I surely didn't!

      I resent that you take me and my fellow citizens as brain-dead and not caring about what you idiots do. Know that we are watching what you are doing and we are getting increasingly fed up with all of you!”

      Concluding, Ms. Lyday stated: “I also want you to know that I personally find just about everything you do and say to be offensive to every one of my sensibilities and I promise I will work tirelessly to see that you do not get a chance to spend two terms destroying my beautiful country.”

                                       Sincerely, 

                                  Ms  Kathleen Lyday

                                  Fourth Grade Teacher

                                  Grandview  Elementary  School

                                         11470  Hwy. C

                                      Hillsboro,  MO  63050