Filled with inconsistensies and contradictions throughout.
This young man says it welll:
President Obama began Tuesday night's State of the Union address by celebrating the end of a war that he fought to extend. Reveling in the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, Obama neglected to mention that thousands of private military contractors are still stationed there. In 2007, private contractors proved that that they are relatively apt at recruiting anti-American terrorists when they shot seven civilians in Nisour Square.
This was the first of many contradictions in a speech rife with inconsistency. The president went on to defend the bailouts that marked the beginning of his term - arguing that letting businesses fail would have cost American jobs - but promised to "hold Wall Street accountable." Using taxpayer money to prop up failed corporations does the opposite – it perpetuates failure.
The president advocated prohibiting students from dropping out of high school. Forcing bad students to attend a school is not going to help that school produce results that will save it from failure. Students will be required to attend high school - or what? Will they be better off as criminals than dropouts?
Obama's claim that he's "put more boots on the border than ever before"...
This young man says it welll:
President Obama began Tuesday night's State of the Union address by celebrating the end of a war that he fought to extend. Reveling in the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, Obama neglected to mention that thousands of private military contractors are still stationed there. In 2007, private contractors proved that that they are relatively apt at recruiting anti-American terrorists when they shot seven civilians in Nisour Square.
This was the first of many contradictions in a speech rife with inconsistency. The president went on to defend the bailouts that marked the beginning of his term - arguing that letting businesses fail would have cost American jobs - but promised to "hold Wall Street accountable." Using taxpayer money to prop up failed corporations does the opposite – it perpetuates failure.
The president advocated prohibiting students from dropping out of high school. Forcing bad students to attend a school is not going to help that school produce results that will save it from failure. Students will be required to attend high school - or what? Will they be better off as criminals than dropouts?
Obama's claim that he's "put more boots on the border than ever before"...
Filled with inconsistensies and contradictions throughout.
This young man says it welll:
President Obama began Tuesday night's State of the Union address by celebrating the end of a war that he fought to extend. Reveling in the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, Obama neglected to mention that thousands of private military contractors are still stationed there. In 2007, private contractors proved that that they are relatively apt at recruiting anti-American terrorists when they shot seven civilians in Nisour Square.
This was the first of many contradictions in a speech rife with inconsistency. The president went on to defend the bailouts that marked the beginning of his term - arguing that letting businesses fail would have cost American jobs - but promised to "hold Wall Street accountable." Using taxpayer money to prop up failed corporations does the opposite – it perpetuates failure.
The president advocated prohibiting students from dropping out of high school. Forcing bad students to attend a school is not going to help that school produce results that will save it from failure. Students will be required to attend high school - or what? Will they be better off as criminals than dropouts?
Obama's claim that he's "put more boots on the border than ever before" doesn't add up with his administration's Dec. 20 announcement that it intends to cut the number of troops along our border with Mexico from 1,200 to 300. By contrast, there are 28,500 American troops guarding South Korea's border with North Korea.
At the close of the address, our political class disturbingly applauded the notion of a potential war with Iran. Einstein said that insanity is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." Have our politicians forgotten Iraq already - or are they insane?
Ian Huyett is a junior in political science and anthropology. Kansas State University.
(more)This young man says it welll:
President Obama began Tuesday night's State of the Union address by celebrating the end of a war that he fought to extend. Reveling in the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, Obama neglected to mention that thousands of private military contractors are still stationed there. In 2007, private contractors proved that that they are relatively apt at recruiting anti-American terrorists when they shot seven civilians in Nisour Square.
This was the first of many contradictions in a speech rife with inconsistency. The president went on to defend the bailouts that marked the beginning of his term - arguing that letting businesses fail would have cost American jobs - but promised to "hold Wall Street accountable." Using taxpayer money to prop up failed corporations does the opposite – it perpetuates failure.
The president advocated prohibiting students from dropping out of high school. Forcing bad students to attend a school is not going to help that school produce results that will save it from failure. Students will be required to attend high school - or what? Will they be better off as criminals than dropouts?
Obama's claim that he's "put more boots on the border than ever before" doesn't add up with his administration's Dec. 20 announcement that it intends to cut the number of troops along our border with Mexico from 1,200 to 300. By contrast, there are 28,500 American troops guarding South Korea's border with North Korea.
At the close of the address, our political class disturbingly applauded the notion of a potential war with Iran. Einstein said that insanity is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." Have our politicians forgotten Iraq already - or are they insane?
Ian Huyett is a junior in political science and anthropology. Kansas State University.
As for his comments regarding a shortage of scientists and technical engineers, I think the link below explains where that nonsense comes from and is as true today as it was back in 2010.
http://www.scientificamerican...
Of course, as the article notes, there aren't enough jobs in the sciences anyway. Students follow the jobs. Improve the market for science majors and more kids will study science. Other programs will not achieve that goal.
From my studies with Ph.D. economists in my university's Public Finance and Macroeconomics classes, it appears to me that his displayed optimism is to the point of delusion. He does not seem to grasp the utter gravity of the U.S. Federal Government's debt crisis and its implications on all Americans, people in the U.S., and holders of Federal Reserve Notes (especially if the people in these 3 groups have limited or no income).
But, others do see how bad things are: A record number of Americans are leaving the U.S. and the rate of them renouncing U.S. citizenship is on the rise.
God help the U.S. or it will suffer the same thing we are suffering in the Philippine Republic: brain drain. When a nation's best & brightest continually expatriate in great numbers, stagnation will be inevitable.
So what was the question again? Oh yeah... obummer and his SOTU B.S.
I'm never interested in what he has to say... well unless he says he's stepping down and quitting. But then that'd be scary too... Joe Biden??? Lordy, lordy. What a mess we're in.
Friend or Foe ?