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One year ago, Barack Obama delivered a State of the Union Address and hopefully tonight’s will differ in the goals he verbalizes for our American future. As you view tonight’s speech and hear some of his featured quotes, keep these in mind from his speech in 2010.
"I have never been more hopeful about America's future than I am tonight. Despite our hardships, our union is strong. We do not give up. We do not quit. We do not allow fear or division to break our spirit."
This country is extremely divided due to legislation passed by Obama and the ideas of his fellow liberals.
"If there's one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans -- and everybody in between -- it's that we all hated the bank bailout. I hated it. I hated it. I hated it. You hated it. It was about as popular as a root canal."
It was equally painful when other bailouts followed and stimulus packages amounted to nothing notable in terms of the unemployment rate.
"For every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from, who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in response. That is why jobs must be our number-one focus in 2010, and that's why I'm calling for a new jobs bill tonight."
How did that work out for you, America?
"I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing. Even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future, because the nation that leads the clean-energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy, and America must be that nation."
While the Gulf States have been losing jobs and their economies have shrunk due to the drilling moratorium, our current Administration has made it clear that they have little interest in the wellbeing of these southern states or the epic boost in the economy and unemployment statistics, which drilling would bolster.
"This problem is not going away. By the time I'm finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance. Millions will lose it this year. Our deficit will grow. Premiums will go up. Patients will be denied the care they need. Small-business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether. I will not walk away from these Americans, and neither should the people in this chamber."
The health care reform bill, which is now law, will continue to make our deficit grow, premiums will still go up, patients will be denied a competitive level of quality health care, and small businesses will have great difficulty affording the mandated health care. Only now that ObamaCare has actually passed these looming threats he noted in his 2010 speech will be tenfold. Socializing health care has been done before in many other countries and it simply does not work. It looks like a great utopian idea at first, just like any other communist idea, but it just doesn’t work.
"If the Republican leadership is going to insist that 60 votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town, a supermajority, then the responsibility to govern is now yours, as well. Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it's not leadership."
Perhaps they are not just saying “No” to everything but that they coincidentally disagree with nearly every idea that comes out of Obama’s mouth. They are not bashful children crying over spilt milk, they are rational minds Americans elected who are fulfilling the wishes of their constituents.
"The spirit that has sustained this nation for more than two centuries lives on in you, its people. We have finished a difficult year. We have come through a difficult decade. But a new year has come. A new decade stretches before us. We don't quit. I don't quit. Let's seize this moment, to start anew, to carry the dream forward, and to strengthen our union once more."
The year 2010 and Barack Obama’s decisions and leadership has been deemed defunct beginning with the message American voters sent him as a result of the November Midterm Election and ending with a Lame Duck session, which crammed in more last minute legislation than facts a college student can cram into their mind the night before a test.
Stay tuned tonight for Paul Ryan’s Republican rebuttle after Obama’s speech!
1,689.8 miles to go.
One year ago, Barack Obama delivered a State of the Union Address and hopefully tonight’s will differ in the goals he verbalizes for our American future. As you view tonight’s speech and hear some of his featured quotes, keep these in mind from his speech in 2010.
"I have never been more hopeful about America's future than I am tonight. Despite our hardships, our union is strong. We do not give up. We do not quit. We do not allow fear or division to break our spirit."
This country is extremely divided due to legislation passed by Obama and the ideas of his fellow liberals.
"If there's one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans -- and everybody in between -- it's that we all hated the bank bailout. I hated it. I hated it. I hated it. You hated it. It was about as popular as a root canal."
It was equally painful when other bailouts followed and stimulus packages amounted to nothing notable in terms of the unemployment rate.
"For every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from, who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in response. That is why jobs must be our number-one focus in 2010, and that's why I'm calling for a new jobs bill tonight."
How did that work out for you, America?
"I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing. Even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future, because the nation that leads the clean-energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy, and America must be that nation."
While the Gulf States have been losing jobs and their economies have shrunk due to the drilling moratorium, our current Administration has made it clear that they have little interest in the wellbeing of these southern states or the epic boost in the economy and unemployment statistics, which drilling would bolster.
"This problem is not going away. By the time I'm finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance. Millions will lose it this year. Our deficit will grow. Premiums will go up. Patients will be denied the care they need. Small-business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether. I will not walk away from these Americans, and neither should the people in this chamber."
The health care reform bill, which is now law, will continue to make our deficit grow, premiums will still go up, patients will be denied a competitive level of quality health care, and small businesses will have great difficulty affording the mandated health care. Only now that ObamaCare has actually passed these looming threats he noted in his 2010 speech will be tenfold. Socializing health care has been done before in many other countries and it simply does not work. It looks like a great utopian idea at first, just like any other communist idea, but it just doesn’t work.
"If the Republican leadership is going to insist that 60 votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town, a supermajority, then the responsibility to govern is now yours, as well. Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it's not leadership."
Perhaps they are not just saying “No” to everything but that they coincidentally disagree with nearly every idea that comes out of Obama’s mouth. They are not bashful children crying over spilt milk, they are rational minds Americans elected who are fulfilling the wishes of their constituents.
"The spirit that has sustained this nation for more than two centuries lives on in you, its people. We have finished a difficult year. We have come through a difficult decade. But a new year has come. A new decade stretches before us. We don't quit. I don't quit. Let's seize this moment, to start anew, to carry the dream forward, and to strengthen our union once more."
The year 2010 and Barack Obama’s decisions and leadership has been deemed defunct beginning with the message American voters sent him as a result of the November Midterm Election and ending with a Lame Duck session, which crammed in more last minute legislation than facts a college student can cram into their mind the night before a test.
Stay tuned tonight for Paul Ryan’s Republican rebuttle after Obama’s speech!
1,689.8 miles to go.
