The State of Union Address

President Obama is an excellent speaker. He holds our attention and confidently attempts to get his idea across to the American people. There were parts of his speech that I enjoyed, but also parts I did not enjoy. I like what he had to say about bipartisan leadership in the Senate and the House of Representatives. When George Washington left office He urged the government to stay away from separating into political parties at all. He believed the country should work together, not be separated by angry rivalries and differences that separate us so much. I wish our country was not separated into political parties, but there is no way to change that. Obama's speech was very vague of topics like the reformation of government to help the deficit and immigration. He said the government needed reform, but he didn't propose what reform; he said the country should  "take on, once and for all the issue of illegal immigration. I know that debate will be difficult, I know it will take time, " added the President, "But tonight, let's agree to make that effort." Again, he didn't propose how to "take on immigration." I found it interesting that he didn't meant the issue of gun control after the very recent shooting in Arizona. Obama went on and on about innovation and technology. When he mentioned getting faster trains I started laughing and asked, "Who rides trains anymore?" Maybe they ride super fast bullet trains in China, but we don't use them. And proposing to spend money them just to out-innovate the rest of the world is ludicrous. His ideas about out-innovating, out-educating, and out-building the rest of the world would be encouraging and exciting if our country wasn't one trillion dollars in DEBT! 

All in all, I liked the speech. It gave me a little bit more nationalism to former amount-none.