President's message to schools leads to massive deforestation

My middle son, Teddy, brought home a permission form today that we must sign. This form permits him to watch President Obama's message to schools in school. I wonder how many of these forms were printed at how many schools across the nation. Honestly, folks, this is insanity. When I was a kid, when the President spoke, you listened. In school or at home, it made no difference. Respect of the office trumped politics, and truthfully, whether you were in the President's party or not didn't matter a whit, because what he had to say would have an impact on you personally. Period.