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BY LAURA HATFIELD
President Barack Obama presented three important goals to help secure the future of America in his State of the Union Speech Tuesday.
President Obama suggested innovation, education and rebuilding of infrastructure as the main goals to help the U.S. Before the president gave the State of the Union speech, I predicted his major themes would be the economy, the war and his successes. Although my predictions were mentioned in his speech they were not the sole topic of the evening.
Before getting into debate about the topics at hand, Obama addressed the shooting in Tucson. My predictions included the mention of the Tucson shooting but I thought it would lead into gun control. Instead he went in a completely different direction. As a result of the shooting, Republicans and Democrats have started working together, something Obama said will only make the country stronger.
“Amid all the noise and passion and rancor of our public debate, Tucson reminded us that no matter who we are or where we come from, each of us is a part of something greater, something more consequential than party or political preference,” Obama said.
The president said by sitting together during the address it will not start a “new era of cooperation” for the Democrats and Republicans but from there it is up to them to make the changes.
“What comes of this moment will be determined not by whether we can sit together tonight, but whether we can work together tomorrow,” Obama said.
Although Obama was speaking to everyone in the room, with the high percentage of unemployment most Americans are more interested in finding jobs.
Much like Acting Governor of W.Va., Earl Ray Tomblin, President Barack Obama intertwined job creation through his entire speech. Job creation was a main topic in each of the three goals mentioned.
Obama suggests competing for jobs is what Americans have to work on to help “win the future” and innovation is the first step.
“We need to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world,” Obama said. “We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business.”
Obama said he plans to reach the same level of development and research that was obtained during the Space Race. This plan also relates back to job creation.
“We’ll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology, an investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people,” Obama said.
Although job creation in general is important, without education those jobs aren’t possible.
“But if we want to win the future, if we want innovation to produce jobs in America and not overseas, then we also have to win the race to educate our kids,” Obama said.
President Obama stressed the importance of higher education for students. America ranks ninth in the world for young people who have a college degree. Obama is launching a competition called Race to the Top. Schools in all 50 states will compete with teacher quality and student retention to win money for their school.
“Race to the Top should be the approach we follow this year as we replace No Child Left Behind with a law that’s more flexible and focused on what’s best for our kids,” Obama said.
To increase the amount of higher education, the president is asking Congress to make permanent tuition tax credit for $10,000 for four years worth of college.
Innovation and Education are both steps Obama said he wants to take to rebuild America, but he wants to literally rebuild America.
“To attract new businesses to our shores, we need the fastest, most reliable ways to move people, goods and information from high-speed rail to high-speed Internet, Obama said.”
Within the next 25 years Obama plans to get 80 percent of Americans access to a high-speed rail, getting people to places in half the time it would to get somewhere in a car. In the next five years Obama plans to expand wireless internet coverage to 98 percent of Americans.
Along with discussing his plans to innovate, educate and rebuild infrastructure, he also talked about his successes. Like I predicted, he discussed health care and encouraged suggestions to help better his plan. When talking about the war, Obama said no matter the race or sexuality of someone, there is no more discrimination in the military, which stemmed from Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Like I predicted, Obama made additional promises similar to the ones he made in the 2010 State of the Union address. He said they are working on a partnership with the Iraqi people along with efforts to finish bringing the troops out of Iraq.
“America’s commitment has been kept,” Obama said. “The Iraq war is coming to an end.”
President Obama said there is a lot of work ahead but he thinks innovation, education and infrastructure will be the key to job creation that will make the country better.
“From the earliest days of our founding, America has been the story of ordinary people who dare to dream,” Obama said. “That’s how we win the future.”
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
State of the Union Preview revised!
1-26-2011
Laura Hatfield
President Barack Obama will give his second State of the Union address Tuesday and will probably make the economy, health care and the war the center of his speech.
The economy is in a poor state even though the economy is in recovery. With unemployment being a big issue in the United States, Obama will discuss job creation. The United States as a whole has been in a great amount of debt. Due to the economy gas prices has skyrocketed, hitting all time highs. Much like Acting Governor, Early Ray Tomblin, President Obama will discuss the unemployment issue and more than likely promise more job creation.
The president may also introduce a more concrete plan for the budget deficit. The drastic economic decline has created the major deficits we have seen for the past few years.
President Obama will discuss his successes, and a major example of this is the Health Care reform. Last year health care was a big topic of interest. At the time of the State of the Union address last year, the reform had not yet been passed so he will definitely talk about how health care has helped others and how they will continue to work toward making it better for the people. The bill, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was also passed through congress this year. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tellended a ban on gays serving openly in the military field. It has yet to be officially implemented but is still a big success for the president.
Although the economy and health care are important, I think the war will be the topic of the night. In last year’s State of the Union, Obama promised troops would be out of Iraq by August. The president will make a lot of the same promises about the war because the war is such a big issue for the county. He will also discuss the war in Afghanistan and possibly make additional promises to end the war. In last year’s State of the Union, his major discussion was about the war and nothing has changed since then. I think a lot of this year’s discussion will be a repeat of last year. Although he did bring troops out of Iraq, he stationed them in other destinations, which I think could possibly happen again.
His speech has the potential to be like several of his predecessors because of the shape of the economy but I think it will be most like John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.
With the closeness in age between President Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy, I think Obama’s speech may be similar to Kennedy’s State of the Union speech in 1961. Kennedy said a lot about making peace with the world and with the war I think Obama will hope for the same goal. They are among the younger presidents, and Obama will continue to try to better the countryso this speech will be very important to his career, as it was for Kennedy.
During the time of Nixon’s State of the Union speech was also the time of the Vietnam War. In Nixon’s 1970 State of the Union address he discussed bringing the troops out of Vietnam, but it took much longer than expected much like what is happening with Obama right now. Nixon’s speech was dedicated to the war because it was of major concern to the people of the United States. Obama and Nixon share the same issues, therefore Obama may share some of his goals in the State of the Union address.
With the new majority of Republicans in the House and being a Democratic president, his speech will resemble Bill Clinton’s with some of the same ideas and hopes. When Clinton first came into office, there was a majority of Republicans. Clinton had the same challenges as Obama with getting the Republicans to work with the Democrats for the greater good of America. and may use Clinton’s uplifting and strong tone for his speech. The Republicans are trying to repeal the health care reform and Obama will have to keep his position and rise above it, much like Clinton did during his term as president.
President Obama is very well spoken and we will see this during the State of the Union address Tuesday.
Laura Hatfield
President Barack Obama will give his second State of the Union address Tuesday and will probably make the economy, health care and the war the center of his speech.
The economy is in a poor state even though the economy is in recovery. With unemployment being a big issue in the United States, Obama will discuss job creation. The United States as a whole has been in a great amount of debt. Due to the economy gas prices has skyrocketed, hitting all time highs. Much like Acting Governor, Early Ray Tomblin, President Obama will discuss the unemployment issue and more than likely promise more job creation.
The president may also introduce a more concrete plan for the budget deficit. The drastic economic decline has created the major deficits we have seen for the past few years.
President Obama will discuss his successes, and a major example of this is the Health Care reform. Last year health care was a big topic of interest. At the time of the State of the Union address last year, the reform had not yet been passed so he will definitely talk about how health care has helped others and how they will continue to work toward making it better for the people. The bill, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was also passed through congress this year. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tellended a ban on gays serving openly in the military field. It has yet to be officially implemented but is still a big success for the president.
Although the economy and health care are important, I think the war will be the topic of the night. In last year’s State of the Union, Obama promised troops would be out of Iraq by August. The president will make a lot of the same promises about the war because the war is such a big issue for the county. He will also discuss the war in Afghanistan and possibly make additional promises to end the war. In last year’s State of the Union, his major discussion was about the war and nothing has changed since then. I think a lot of this year’s discussion will be a repeat of last year. Although he did bring troops out of Iraq, he stationed them in other destinations, which I think could possibly happen again.
His speech has the potential to be like several of his predecessors because of the shape of the economy but I think it will be most like John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.
With the closeness in age between President Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy, I think Obama’s speech may be similar to Kennedy’s State of the Union speech in 1961. Kennedy said a lot about making peace with the world and with the war I think Obama will hope for the same goal. They are among the younger presidents, and Obama will continue to try to better the countryso this speech will be very important to his career, as it was for Kennedy.
During the time of Nixon’s State of the Union speech was also the time of the Vietnam War. In Nixon’s 1970 State of the Union address he discussed bringing the troops out of Vietnam, but it took much longer than expected much like what is happening with Obama right now. Nixon’s speech was dedicated to the war because it was of major concern to the people of the United States. Obama and Nixon share the same issues, therefore Obama may share some of his goals in the State of the Union address.
With the new majority of Republicans in the House and being a Democratic president, his speech will resemble Bill Clinton’s with some of the same ideas and hopes. When Clinton first came into office, there was a majority of Republicans. Clinton had the same challenges as Obama with getting the Republicans to work with the Democrats for the greater good of America. and may use Clinton’s uplifting and strong tone for his speech. The Republicans are trying to repeal the health care reform and Obama will have to keep his position and rise above it, much like Clinton did during his term as president.
President Obama is very well spoken and we will see this during the State of the Union address Tuesday.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
State of the Union
President Barack Obama will give his second State of the Union address. Tuesday, Jan. 25 the president will look back at the past but more importantly he will look on to the future. The president will discuss several issues including the economy, health care reform and the war.
The economy is in a very poor state even though we are in recovery. Unemployment is a big issue in the United States as a result of companies making cutbacks to save money. The United States as a whole has been in a great amount of debt. The economy has forced gas prices to skyrocket, hitting all time highs. Much like Acting Governor, Early Ray Tomblin, Obama will discuss the unemployment issue and more than likely promise more job creation. When the economy dropped, people had to borrow more money for their houses. To keep their homes people had to pay more money than what their houses were worth, leading to more foreclosures. The solution Obama will come up with for the economic problems will be job creation and more work on social security issues. The president may also introduce a more concrete plan for the budget deficit. The drastic economic decline has created the major deficits we have seen for the past few years.
President Obama will discuss his successes and a major example of this is the Health Care reform. Last year health care was a big topic of interest. At the time of his speech last year, the reform had not yet been passed so he will definitely talk about how health care has helped others and how they will continue to work toward making it better for the people. He also passed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell bill. The bill has been a major topic of issue this past year. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tellended a ban on gays serving openly in the military field. It has yet to be officially implemented but is still a big success for the president.
Although the economy and health care is very important, I think the war will be the topic of the night. In last year’s State of the Union Obama promised all the troops would be out of Iraq by August yet this has still not happened. The president will make a lot of the same promises about the war because it is one of the United States biggest issues at the moment. He will also discuss the war in Afghanistan and possibly make promises to end the war. In last year’s State of the Union his major discussion was about the war and nothing has changed since then. I think a lot of this year’s discussion will be a repeat of last year. Although he did bring troops out of Iraq, he stationed them in other destinations, which I think could possibly happen again. He will probably mention the shooting in Arkansas and discuss gun control, tied in with the subject of war.
His speech has the potential to be like several presidents because of the shape of the economy but I think it will be most like John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.
With the closeness in age I think Obama’s speech may be similar to John F. Kennedy’s speech in 1961. Kennedy said a lot about making peace with the world and with the war I think Obama will hope for the same goal. They are among the younger presidents and Obama will continue to want a name for himself so this speech will be very important to his career, as it was for Kennedy.
During the time of Nixon’s speech was also the time of the Vietnam War. In Nixon’s 1970 State of the Union address he discussed bringing the troops out of Vietnam, but it took much longer than expected much like what is happening with Obama right now. Nixon’s speech was dedicated to the war because it was of major concern to the people of the United States. Obama and Nixon share the same issues, therefore Obama may share some of his goals in the State of the Union address.
With the new majority of Republicans in the house and being a Democratic president, his speech will resemble Bill Clinton’s with some of the same ideas and hopes. When Clinton first came into office, there was a high majority of Republicans. Clinton had the same challenges as Obama and may use Clinton’s uplifting and strong tone for his speech. The Republicans are trying to repeal the health care reform and Obama will have to keep his position and rise above it, much like Clinton did during his term as president.
The State of the State
10. First three paragraphs from a newspaper
Job creation in West Virginia is key to acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. In the annual State of the State address Wednesday night at the capitol, Tomblin reiterated education is key for job creation. "And while we must do all we can to foster the creation of good paying jobs, it all goes for naught if we do not have a world-class, educated workforce to fill those jobs," Tomblin said.
Tomblin said there is nothing more important than "good paying jobs with good benefits." "In everything I do as Governor, I will create a renewed focus on putting the Government in a position that creates a favorable environment for the private sector to do what it does best - creating good paying job opportunities for the people of our state," Tomblin said.
The Govenor submitted a proposal about focusing W.Va. on job creation and economic development. "I have challenged the Department of Commerce to take a closer look at their operations and make sure that they are properly structured to recruit and keep businesses here," Tomblin said. "I will personally involve myself in these discussions and intend to have specific recommendations in the coming months."
The issue was job creation at this year's State of the State address. Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin put West Virginians in a uplifting mood Wednesday night. While Tomblin assured the people of the importance of job creation he also stressed the importance of education in this task. "And while we must do all we can to foster the creation of good paying jobs, it all goes for naught if we do not have a world-class, educated workforce to fill those jobs," Tomblin said.
As his first speech as acting Gov., Tomblin did well with making his points heard around the room. His information was clearly stated and to the point. It is clear Tomblin has the people of W.Va. in mind when thinking of job creation and education, where it has been such a problem in the past. "We have a stable government, a talented workforce, and a business climate that continues to improve on multiple fronts," Tomblin said. "It has taken a lot of hard work, but we are finally starting to right our economic ship."
In my opinion, Tomblin's proposal for job creation and more work with education should be adopted because it will only better our state. Without a good education, we do not have the grounds for good job creation like Tomblin stated above.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
thelede.blogs.nytimes.com
The Lede is a blog site that writes about more hard news. This blog site dicusses issues worldwide, which I thought was very interesting and well rounded. I think that every newspaper should have a blog centered around politics and informational material about world issues. Although I thought the site was very important and stronger than the other blogs I thought it was a little hard to follow. However, the use of video and pictures helped to give information on the material. I like that some of the stories started out with the videos to give the general idea and then the back up information following the video. I thought this blog site was a very different way of writing, but was very influential.
The Web site is http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/
The Web site is http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/
thequad.blogs.nytimes.com
This blog site is soley about sports. While I am not a huge sports fan I found the site very interesting. I like how authors of this site not only write about up to date current issues such as games and sportsmanship but the authors also delve into the hard issues such as sexual assult. I found it very interesting the decisions the authors made while writing these posts. These posts were less narrative and more informative. These blogs are something you would read in a newspaper article, something I found interesting about the site. I like that the site is very well connected to other parts of the New York Times and it gives links to similar pages of interests for the reader.
This Web site is http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/
This Web site is http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
While reading this blog site I found a few elements of the writings a little surprising. When I think of a professional blog coming from the New York Times, I think of something well formated and writeen with proper style. The author of today's post, Andy Newman writes a lot like Eugene Robinson. The post is written in a narrative style. I enjoyed the reading and could relate to the school children but I was surprised by him calling the mayor two-faced when describing the children's anger toward the mayor. He puts a lot of his own opinions into his writing. I personally like face to face interviews better than pulling quotes from twitter or facebook, but I thought it was a clever way of proving his points by posting their pages. I also like the layout of this blog site. The layout is very well put together with many informational tools and realted stories. I think this site is very useful for daily information and thoughts.
The Web site is http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/
The Web site is http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/
Eugene Robinson
While reading work by Eugene Robsinson I discovered his vast amount of interest in political injustice. In several of his posts for The Washington Post he examines issues where people are on trial, crimes people have commited and issues that have long time been in question. Robinson uses his own ideas and thoughts through his writings. He writes using correct AP style and gives informational details.
In Robinson's work he does very investigative interviews. He doesn't just go to the first source he digs down deeper getting the full story. I really like his use of narration, from his point of view. He gives the reader a visual in his writing. I also like how all of his posts are about the same genre of material. He states his opinion and then backs it up with great detail by interviews and statistics. While reading his posts I could see a great deal of thought was put into the research and writing.
Most posts I have read use only the writers thoughts and intuitions but Robinson brings up great points about issues that really matter; such as health care, crime, and current issues happening in the world today. I really like how he gives the information, writes his opinion and then marks it with a link to support what he means. All of his work is well thought out and descriptive, In my opinion, making for a strong writer.
In Robinson's work he does very investigative interviews. He doesn't just go to the first source he digs down deeper getting the full story. I really like his use of narration, from his point of view. He gives the reader a visual in his writing. I also like how all of his posts are about the same genre of material. He states his opinion and then backs it up with great detail by interviews and statistics. While reading his posts I could see a great deal of thought was put into the research and writing.
Most posts I have read use only the writers thoughts and intuitions but Robinson brings up great points about issues that really matter; such as health care, crime, and current issues happening in the world today. I really like how he gives the information, writes his opinion and then marks it with a link to support what he means. All of his work is well thought out and descriptive, In my opinion, making for a strong writer.
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