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Speeches are work reports
Published Thursday, January 28, 2010
Two recent public addresses by the leader of our state and the leader of our nation should be looked at like reports from an employee who has been given a job to perform.
Essentially that is what citizens got from Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland in his State of the State address Tuesday and President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address Wednesday.
Both these men were elected to represent us and lead our state and nation, respectively, to new heights of prosperity.
But, for that dynamic truly to work, the citizens — and ultimately the voters — must take advantage of these proverbial progress reports and stay in tune with what these two men are doing.
Will some of it be rhetoric and political spin? Of course. But, for the most part, both men talked about what they view as recent successes and also plotted an outline for the future.
Gov. Strickland talked about, among other things, a $40 million investment in green energy technologies, called for creating a business lending gateway and said we must make it easier to do business in Ohio.
President Obama focused on education, job creation, the budget deficits and more stimulus efforts.
Do you agree with them? Do you believe everything they said? Would you like to see the state or the nation go a different direction?
Either way, the only place to provide those answers is at the polls.
Our democracy only works if it is a government “for the people, by the people” and we need those same “people” to be educated about events that are affecting our state, our nation and our entire world.
Our governor and our president both work for us. They gave their reports. Now is the time that we give each their performance reviews.
The best place to do that is at the polls.
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Posted by Noesis (anonymous) on January 28, 2010 at 11:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Now, this guy is a great patriot!!!
http://www.kitv.com/politics/22337870/de...
Dear President Obama,
My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.
I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor, allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.
One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man. So here goes.
I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish...
Posted by billco (anonymous) on January 28, 2010 at 2:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well said, now if we can just get these eggheads in this country- ohio, to get these two jerks out of office before they do ruin this country, and our state. I am a registered dem, but i will never vote for any dem ever again. It makes me sick to my stomach to listen to what they are doing, or better yet the lack there of.
Posted by 79Tiger (anonymous) on January 28, 2010 at 9:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I didn't see Stricklands speech but I have seen SOTU speeches since Carter and this one was by far the most negative and outrageous that I have ever witnessed. Obama looked like he was giving a campaign speech, in a primary none the less, and losing. Blaming everyone and everything for what this country is going through instead of Democrat leadership since 2006, of which he was a part of, and his leadership of the last year. What a whiner-in-chief we have elected. I hope, for my America's sake, we never have to witness such a combative and negative SOTU speech again. I fear, this is all we will see for the next two years.
Posted by Noesis (anonymous) on January 28, 2010 at 11:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Here's a really good article:)
PALIN EVISCERATES OBAMA ON SOTU SPEECH
http://www.healthcarebs.com/2010/01/28/p...
While I don’t wish to speak too harshly about President Obama’s state of the union address, we live in challenging times that call for candor … Last night, the president spoke of the “credibility gap” between the public’s expectations of their leaders and what those leaders actually deliver. “Credibility gap” is a good way to describe the chasm between rhetoric and reality in the president’s address. The contradictions seemed endless....
Posted by mickakers (John Michael Akers) on January 29, 2010 at 7:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
79Tiger & Noesis; You both are so biased and self opinionated in your beliefs, your remarks are lacking in substance and creditability. This frame of mind and position does not contribute to the betterment of our country.
Posted by snowglobe (anonymous) on January 31, 2010 at 12:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Based on most of the comments here, it seems many are not familiar with the phrase "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem".
There is much truth to this statement.
Posted by Noesis (anonymous) on January 31, 2010 at 9:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Posted by mickakers
79Tiger & Noesis; You both are so biased and self opinionated in your beliefs, your remarks are lacking in substance and creditability.
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And our "Biases and self-opinions in our beliefs" are any less valid than your beliefs in say... abortion for instance? Since you have such a belief against abortion Mickakers, are you saying you don't have any credibility?
Posted by 79Tiger (anonymous) on January 31, 2010 at 11:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
There was nothing in the SOTU speech about the state of the Union. It was about nothing more than a plea of support from someone who happens to be our President but has no idea what he is doing.
Posted by jonferguson (anonymous) on February 1, 2010 at 8:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Just more partisan rhetoric and nonsense from the party that whines about not being included in negotiations.
Maybe if the whining and crying stopped, people would actually want to listen to that side of the aisle....
Posted by Shooter (anonymous) on February 1, 2010 at 8:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I love it when the Repukes stroke each other...LMAO
Eat a bean
Posted by Noesis (anonymous) on February 1, 2010 at 9:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Whining Jonferguson? Who is it that said that we would have health care if just the republicans would cooperate? Even though they had a filibuster proof majority?
Then you have the "Whiner in Chief"... It's all Bush's fault!!! WAH!!!
Hey Shooter, it can't be any worse than all those liberals constantly stroking Obama.
How's that "Hope and Change" thingy working out for you?
Posted by jonferguson (anonymous) on February 1, 2010 at 10:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal." --John F. Kennedy
Posted by Noesis (anonymous) on February 1, 2010 at 10:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Liberal: A bloodsucking parasite who lives off others.
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