Watching the President last night I was struck by one thing right off the bat; he is very comfortable in the position he is in. He is a good speaker and shows passion in the right places, and clearly by how long the applause was (it was too long) at the beginning there is a great deal of love for him and a great deal of hope. I thought the overall speech was good- admittedly I'm not a huge fan of his policies, but he is my president too even if I'm not fawning over his every word. To me though the frustrating part of this - and this is spillover from an ongoing disagreement with Dave over the stimulus bill. I know great things are planned for this money (and their had better be some big things that do get done seeing how much it was) but when the president stood up there last night and says he's creating jobs, I can not get excited about paving a road, stringing up power lines, or building a house. (All jobs btw that when the money dries up the jobs do too- these are not permanent jobs but in my opinion band-aids, much like the new deal jobs) I heard no mention of money available for technology startups, for high technology- something (anything) that benefits me or my friends or co-workers. Great 57 policemen kept their job in MN thanks to the bailout by this bill while 49 people lost their job at my work because they didn't work for the government. All 43 thousand people in the Dept of Education deserve to keep their jobs? They each are that important? The same department that the President said has failed? I'm not saying that government should save everyone; that's unreasonable, but drawing that line is difficult. I just felt that for all the promise of leading technology again there was nothing to support that. All said though it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. I just hope it instills some confidence- we need that far more than petty politic-ing.
BTW was anything funnier than the Pelosi-in-the-Box behind the President? She was jumping up mid sentence to be first one up.
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I thought Obama did a great job, mostly in the form of providing more details that he has previously. All in all, after watching good ol' Bobby Jindal follow-up Obama, I'd have to say that Jindal has a LOT to learn in terms of speaking if he ever wants to be President... That had to be the driest, weakest follow-up I've ever seen... UGG. Good time to be a Dem, I guess... I particularly enjoyed him critisizing the budget for volcanic activity detection equipment, as being from Louisiana he's received way more than his fair share of goverment aid for natural disasters as of late... Well done, Mr. Jindal, well done...
hehe yeah he wasn't good... honestly I'd never even heard of him until the press lambasted him. =P
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