You lie!!!

I have been listening to all the news reports about Congressman Wilson from SC who had the "You Lie!!!!" outburst during the speech by President Obama.

Most of the commentary appears to be criticism about the 'lack of decorum' shown by Rep. Wilson. My response is at odds with most of the intellectuals that I have been hearing.

My mother was a great fan of education and reading. She was of German stock, and was a 1st generation American. Interestingly, she never graduated from high school. I will say that she was the hardest working woman I have ever known. When we were growing up, before we went to school, we learned to read, and do multiplication, all of the things that the schools don't seem able to get done today. Thanks Mom.

We read classics. Robin Hood, Shakespeare, Hawthorne, Tennyson, and yes....even the Bible. We read stories like Pinocchio, Red Riding Hood, 3 Little Pigs. We learned that these were not Disney movies, the stories all had teaching in them.

One of the stories was "The Emperors New Clothes". It is well known. Everyone fawned over the Emperor, and echoed the things they heard (it was what the polls said was true). Then during a parade, the boy hollers out "HE'S NAKED". People woke up. The Emperor was embarassed. The tailors (advisors) were exposed for the dishonesty they had shown.

THANK YOU CONGRESSMAN WILSON!!! Even though you may have embarassed the rest of the crowd, you spoke up. I hope that this is a precursor to more people waking up.