State of the Union

Tonight Barak Obama gave his state of the union address. Personally, i wasnt very excited to hear about it but it turned out that he brought up some very intresting points about our nation and about the people. In his introduction he was talking about the struggles of the nation during the beginning of his term what with the two wars, economic slump and unemployment rates going up very fast. He explained how recently the two main political parties, democrats and republicans, have been seperated and have only been unified by a few things. Obama believed that the groups were just unified by their hatred for the bank bail out and the hopes for a better future. This speech reminds me of the second inaugural speech of Lincoln. Lincoln addressed the nation and said that they need to be unified in order to have a more successful nation. The citizens and government also need to work better together in order to have a more mutual understanding of important issues. He closes he speech by saying, "let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan--to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations." This line shows that regardless the time period, the government is always striving for its citizens to get along and to fight for a better future.

Another point i wanted to bring up was that some Americans also have been quite upset with the direction that Obama has been leading the nation and feel that, "Change hasnt come fast enough". He makes this point in his speech because he wants to show America that change is gradual and its not going to automatically go to being great. I somewhat believe in his words but its very hard to be dependable on a good future with the state the country is in right now