State of the Union Address

After two years of his presidency, I still have don't quite decided what I think about President Obama. I hear so many people dislike him, but I don't feel like he's done anything wrong. I love how everyone at the Address is wearing the light blue ribbons in memory of Congresswoman Giffords. I have to admit, I have never seen Obama speak. I have always assumed that it would be boring, but after watching the first 20 minutes of this speech, I have come to the conclusion that Obama really is a great speaker. He doesn't bore me to death, not yet anyway. I like that he stressed at the beginning that everyone needed to work together. That's the only way we are ever going to get anything accomplished, by compromise. He said that we now have competition out there, such as China and India. I like that he stressed that we aren't going to get anything accomplished by just standing around. We need to put a heavier emphasis on math and science as these two countries have done. "We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world." I like that he wants to spark creativity in innovation in our country. This is how we will create new jobs. I love his line "This is our Sputnik moment." This is our time to shine and beat the world to the next level. I think it's great that he wants more of the country to "go green"; he even said that he plans on not giving as many of our tax payer dollars away to oil companies. I think "going green" is so so soooo important to not only our country, but the whole world. It has always been a secret dream of mine to help this movement. 

I am a strong believer of more kids having higher expectation in school. I love how Obama has taken interest in the kids of the nation not getting the education they deserve and need. I think being from the state with one of the highest rates of high school drop-outs, we need to really up our education if our children are going to get a good job one day. I really like his views on immigration too. It really doesn't make since that we have so many bright immigrants that we send back to their country to compete against us. NO sense at all. 

Now I don't know much about health care or insurance, but I think I like what Obama said about these issues. I also like that he is making an effort to fixing our debts. I think it's wonderful that he wants the people to know what's going on in the government too. haha I bet all of those people get tired of standing up and down so often. 

After watching the Address, I have decided that I like President Obama. I feel like he has some really good ideas about how to improve our country. He is also a very good speaker; I didn't get bored once the entire time. I feel that if he can make the changes he talked about tonight, America will be a much stronger nation and world power. Thank you for reading my blog; stay tuned for more!