Obama, Father-in-Chief, Hosts White House Conference on Bullying

The bullies are all in Wisconsin; Obama could go and cool that.

...Is this the same fellow that said "if they bring a knife, you bring a gun"? Oh my gosh. I don't think this fellow has a clue. He has never held a private sector job. He has never felt the intimidation tactics to join a union. He considers the United States to have bullied the rest of the world because we are a super power. I thinik it's ironic at best for him and his wife to hold a white house conference on bullying. God help us !

We have serious unrest in the Middle East and in particular Libya, gasoline prices going off the chart, union thugs 'bullying' talks in Wisconsin and causing over a million and a half damages to the State House, and the silence from the White House is deafening, yet the Obama's, have time to hold a conferance on 'BULLYING'? Should that not be local problems not a problem at the federal level?? What is next federal troops in the schoolyard? Another example of government interference in our lives. Can 2012 come to soon!

Doesn't Obama have any other pressing items on his agenda? I don't believe it's the Federal Government's job to police our schools. As a 5th grader, I was shunned when my sister won a beauty contest. It was a horrible experience that was not resolved until my dad was transferred. However, I emerged a stronger person because of it. Government interference may have actually made it worse.

Bullying has been around for eons. I'm not sure we can totally eradicate it. Being called dumbo ears or having your name meanly referred to, to me, shouldn't cause undo damage, however, some people do get bullyied because of the way they talk, or have a physical impairment, etc., and that could be damaging. It takes a diligent parent and aware school official to get that in check, and unfortunately, some slip through the cracks. I fear that it is virtually impossible to manage people's behavior and don't think that bullying will ever disappear in total.
The vicious, threatening type of bullying is where people can make a difference. That, in schools cannot be overlooked as normal bullying. The kids who walk around threatening to cause bodily harm, or in todays world, using the internet, facebook, etc., for verbal bullying or threats on another person can be stopped early if the victim will tell immediately. It's a slippery slope to think that we can eradicate it in total, but sever punishment can be inflicted upon the bully and serve as examples to all bullys to be ware! Parents need to have access to school authorities and those school authorities must listen and they, together should monitor their students.

I'm not sure our President should be getting involved in any legislative effort, nor should the HHS or Dept of Education be monitoring this behavior, but, I have my doubts he can resist the challenge as he loves to think he can save everyone, and when the federal government gets involved they usually go to far.