State of the Union Address

First things first, I don’t consider myself a republican or a democrat. I’m moderate, and I try to listen to everyone’s opinions equally. However, no matter how hard I tried, I spent the entire State of the Union Address wanting to put the television on mute just so I wouldn’t have to listen to President Obama speak anymore. As my mom put it, “He’s his own biggest fan.” I do agree with many of the things than I disagree with, but I believe that’s only because of the way Obama worded his statements. This speech is just another “Yes We Can” campaign.

However, like I said, Obama made some valid points. I know I always do better in a class with a great teacher. I agree that we should pay teachers more. Without teachers, no American would be able to achieve anything. Lowering the cost of higher education would be so beneficial for bright students who work as hard as they can but can’t afford college. During the 1800s workers fought extremely hard to earn equal pay for equal work, so I agree that this should be done in every job field.  Simplifying credit card forms would definitely help Americans who are in a bad spot from making a poor decision.

Only two things stood out to me that I really didn’t agree with. While we are racing other countries, we also owe money that we don’t have. We can’t afford to spend more money to fund things. I like the strategy of using every source of energy we can, but what happens when we run out of those sources?

While my mother makes wonderful commentary, I think the best way to watch this speech would be sitting next to John McCain. I watched the State of the Union Address on NBC, and they got wonderful shots of McCain shaking his head in unashamed disagreement and distain. I think we would have a great time passing snide notes back and forth.