Watch at least 30 minutes of the State of the Union tonight (Januuary 25). After it is done, go to an alternate media. Watch or read the perspective persented.
Compare and Contrast: tell us what source you used (i.e., Salon.com) and how it matches to what you watched. Did it alter your perspective? 100 words or more.
Due: February 1, 2011
Compare and Contrast: tell us what source you used (i.e., Salon.com) and how it matches to what you watched. Did it alter your perspective? 100 words or more.
Due: February 1, 2011
If not an TV, watch on your Iphone=There is a White House app or wh.gov/live
ReplyDeleteI would just like to mention something. I'm sitting here watching Paul Ryan R-WI just bash Obama. I just think its funny because now everyone watching him knows about what Obama has done since he has went into office.
ReplyDeleteAfter President Obama's State of the Union address, I watched Representative Paul Ryan's response on Fox News. I typically watch CNN or MSNBC for news coverage, but I decided to watch Fox News in hopes of gaining perspective on an alternative point-of-view. Representative Ryan's claim that "health care spending is the driving growth of our debt" is a desperate attempt to discredit President Obama's fiscal plans. Unnecessary spending is a clear problem, but it is unrealistic to think that healthcare spending can or will decrease. People aren't going to stop getting sick simply because the government wishes to decrease healthcare spending. Fox criticized President Obama's address, calling it "vague." I agree that the address lacked detail in regard to proposed solutions for our nation's fiscal difficulties, but extensive detail cannot be expected from a brief address. Rome wasn't built in a day, people.
ReplyDeleteThe GOP's response to President Obama's address was just as I expected. Representative Ryan resorted to pointing fingers at the Democratic party - a typical reaction from members of opposing parties. Fox News' coverage did not change any of my views; it simply reinforced prior notions that politicians are more interested in playing the blame game than finding plausible solutions to national problems.
First of all, I thought that Obama's idea of bringing together both parties at the address, instead of each party sitting together on seperate sides of the room. I think his idea makes both political parties come together, having respect for one another and their beliefs, and it builds on his idea for America to work together to rebuild our nation. He said in his speech, "the challenges we face are bigger than parties and politics." This idea made me have more respect for him than before. However, when I watched CNN news after his speech, I thought they were really tearing apart his speech and not giving him enough credit for the things he has decided to send to Congress. Like Leslie said, it was a brief address, not set in stone and it will take more than one day to fix the problems we have in our homeland. I just really think that people belonging to the republican party were still bashing Obama, instead of using his idea of "sit together tonight, work together tomorrow."
ReplyDeleteCNN basically just picked every detail out of his speech that wasn't elaborate enough, but Obama was simply trying to convey his message in a timely, positive, and straight to the point manner. It was very clear that he had many ideas and plans to help with our nations deficit, and we as Americans should just trust him as our President and hope for a better tomorrow.
I agree with Morgan about the parties sitting together it was a way of not just showing respect for their fellow congresswoman who is still in the hospital but it also showed respect for each other even though they may not all have the same beliefs on the issues. President Obama talked a lot about how our country has changed and is more of a technology country. He discussed things that he would like to come of for our country such as the technology being worked on in California to make sunlight and water a source of power, how by 2035 80% of Americans will be getting their electric from clean energy sources, how he wanted to change the no child left behind act to the race to the top so we will not feel that all children must be passed just because of some silly bill they will be insured that all children will be educated no matter what the cost and he also talked about a tax credit for four years of college.
ReplyDeleteAfter I watched some of the MSNBC report. The people on there seemed to show little faith in any of Obama's plans happening. The Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett, on to back up the president. MSNBC felt like Obama was just using deals with the Republicans to get things passed. Jarrett relied by saying the Republicans will spend money on things they believe are worth spending on so it is not fully true that Obama is just making deals for the heck of it. One decent thing MSNBC had to say was that Obama his self has changed throughout his term so he is willing to do anything to create jobs whatever changes are necessary and POSSIBLE to make.
I feel that people are so caught up in the necessary part that they don't realize everything is possible in the blink of an eye.He has many ideas it just takes time for things to happen.
After watching the State of the Union Address on Tuesday night I hopped onto Foxnews.com to get a different perspective on the issues Obama spoke of. One hot topic with Sarah Palin was the issue of our national debt. Palin considered the theme of Obama's speech, WTF(Winning the Future), a spot on acronym. Palin mainly argued that Obama's statement that we cannot allow ourselves to be buried under a mountain of debt considered him to be disconnected from reality. We already are under a mountain of debt and as federal jobs increase over time, so will the debt and taxes.
ReplyDeleteAs I watched President Obama's address the other night, I felt like I as watching a campaign speech. It seemed to me that the president was making more of an effort to point out what he has accomplished to this point rather than submitting what he would like to do in the future. I think he is already concerned about reelection. This, in addition to his inability to captivate me as a speaker, contributed to my unmet expectations. Kevin McCullough, writing for FoxNews.com, agrees with my sentiment. He also made the following point that affected my perspective: Obama used the address to blame the Bush administration for issues that have only grown during his own presidency. In the president's defense, there aren't many positive things to say about the state of our country, so maybe that's why he used the address as a platform to position himself for a second term.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching the Dtate of the Union address, I was not surprised by the eloquence of President Obama's speech. Well all know he is very charismatic and well capable of inspiring hope through his words. But as I listen, that all I got... A lot of talk. He did meantion several things he wished to see happen that all sounded good, but until action is actually taken, I'm not sure how much is to be expected from him. I went to the Washington Post's online page to see what they gathered from his speech and found a link to a page where the paper's opinion panelists could post a "grade" for the president's speech. His overall average grade on the site was a "B+". You can read each of the panelist's grades and why such a grade was given. The general public can also join in and "grade" the president's speech.
ReplyDeleteI thought that President Obama delivered a great speech; he noted a lot of valuable information about that state of our nation. After the “State of The Union” I went on ABCNEWS.com to read up on the republican’s response. According to Republican Paul Ryan of Wisconsin he noted that “No economy can sustain such high levels of debt and taxation. The next generation will inherit a stagnant economy and a diminished country.” The Republicans commented on the negative but overall President Obama oozed with optimism and he finished his address with this note; “From the earliest days of our founding, America has been the story of ordinary people who dare to dream. That’s how we win the future.”
ReplyDeletePresident Obama's speech was to the point. We need to change, and we need to do that now. He discussed change to cleaner energy, improving education, and decreasing government spending. By making all these changes, leads to, by my interpretation of one of his biggest points, creating more jobs for Americans. After viewing the State of the Union, I watched several other alternative coverages of the speech and interviews that took place after President Obama had finished. One of the interviews that stood out was on the O'Reilly Factor. Bill O'Reilly talked with Dennis Miller, radio show host, about the speech. They tended to refer to Obama's speech as almost boring. Miller said repeatedly that Obama is going to have to discuss such issues in a different way in order to really influence the American people. He also stated that Obama's is going to have to change is attitude toward these topics. One of the key points during this interview on the O'Reilly Factor was how President Obama skirted around the term "Spending." Instead, Miller pointed out that Obama utilized other terms such as, "Investing."
ReplyDeleteAfter watching the State of the Union and the other interviews that took place afterward, my opinion of President Obama's speech was not swayed.
- Rachel Martin
It's never easy for a President to change our debt quickly, so over all what Obama said was relativly good. I did see on fox news that they were saying that his speech could have been better. Of course everyone can do better, but what do you want him to say. That we are never going to get out of this hole we are in? I'm not the biggest Obama fan, but i can't really mouth him for the speech he gave.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching the State of the Union I watched CNN’s Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley joined by Paul Begala and Michael Gerson. Begala commented on critics thinking Obama is too elitist. He feels that the President should be more focused on the middle class people and on jobs. I too think that it is important to focus on the middle class who never seem to make enough money to get ahead but too much money to get any help. Gerson mentioned Obama’s tone was good in reference to the Tucson tragedy and I was touched when President Obama said, “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.” I like the thought of everyone working together for a greater good.
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