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...The Obama Inaugural Speech (Full Text) By barangayrp My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition. Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents. So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans. That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our plannet. These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and......
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...Weeman January 24, 2013 Inaugural Address Analysis On January 21, 2013, President Obama gave his inaugural speech. By giving an inaugural speech, this means that the president will bear witness to the enduring strength of the constitution and affirm the promise of the democracy. In the beginning of his speech, he stated the vows he has agreed to make as a country together. He says, “Together, we discover that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play. Together, we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortunes.” As the speech goes on, he explains that when times change we, the people, must do the same. We must come together as one nation and one people. He talks about the middle class- how America’s “prosperity” must rest upon their broad shoulders. He believes that every citizen deserves the same amount of security and dignity; therefore, he decided to reduce the cost of health care. He will maintain our economic vitality and our national treasure by not allowing other nations have the technology that will power new jobs and industries, but by claiming its promise. He wants to defend our people through strength of arms and rule of law; resolve issues with other nations peacefully. He ends his speech by saying that by being a citizen we, the people, have to set the course; by votes we cast and voices we lift. The last line of his speech is very powerful......
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...managed to come out on top, learn from our mistakes, and advance ourselves toward the greater good of all. Since its founding, America has grown as a whole. We have fought to eliminate injustices while promoting integrity, courage and greatness. The right of freedom of speech granted to us by our founding fathers ensures that if there are injustices being committed that the American people will find out about them and we will be courageous enough to stand up and face the oppressors. We are a country that fights for what we believe in. The belief in the American Dream has always been the vision of this country. A belief that everyone is created equal. Regardless of race, religion, gender, or social status, every man and woman should have access to the same education and opportunities for advancement. Every citizen of this country should be granted the same freedoms. We have always been a melting pot of different religions, races, and cultures all with different ideas. One of our foundational beliefs is that we all have the same opportunities. In his inauguration speech Barack Obama said, “Our success depends on honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism.” (Obama). The reward of hard work and dedication is the opportunity to be self-made, to rise to any social class that you desire, and have the ability to achieve anything you set your mind to. Our entrepreneurial ingenuity has made us leaders in technology, science,......
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...2.2.2 JFK Inaugural Address If anyone ever tells you that speeches don't make a difference, point them at JFK's Inaugural Address. After winning the Presidential election by one of the smallest margins in history, he received a 75% approval rating from the American public the following day, something most of today's politicians would kill for. The fact that so much of it is still remembered today is an indication of just how powerful his words were. People still debate today who wrote most of the speech - President Kennedy himself or his speechwriter Ted Sorensen - so perhaps we should just agree to look at it as a team effort. Unlike (say) President Obama's recent 2nd Inaugural, JFK's Inaugural was aimed not only at the people of American but the people of the world. It was, after all, delivered at the height of the Cold War (the Cuban Missile Crisis happened only 20 months later). If you read it in full you are immediately struck by how international in character and globally focused it is. Using a rhetorical device called anaphora, in successive paragraphs he directs his words as seen in these examples “To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share,” ”To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free,” “To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe “ “To our sister republics south of our border,” “To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations,” Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary”...
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...POTUS" Introduction Barrack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America on January 20th, 2009. He is the first African American to take office and with his presidency he promised to make changes to America that would liberate the American people from crisis into a bright new beginning. In his Inauguration speech, he claimed to mend the financial crisis by stimulating jobs and laying a “new foundation for growth” (Naughton, “Inauguration speech”). He promised to rebuild the Nation’s foundations such as roads, bridges, electric grids, and digital lines, to revive the prosperity and importance of science, to increase the care and lower the cost of health care, to mend the threat of global warming, to enact peace with Afghanistan, to withdraw from Iraq, and to transform the educational system to meet the conditions of a new era (Naughton, “Inauguration speech”). Throughout his first year as president Obama has enacted many policies and regulations such as the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and Health Care Bill. However, has Obama stayed true to his original promises stated throughout his campaigns, in his Inauguration speech, as well as his first State of Union speech. Has Obamba’s first year been a success or a failure? This essay will explore the history of Obama’s ascend to presidency, his success and failures, and an overall evaluation of Obama’s first year in office. The Rise of Barrack Obama Obama was born on August......
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...One of the most important social problems faced by any person is unemployment. Unemployment may lead to loss of self-esteem, depression, and chronic worry about how to provide for dependents. Underemployment is when a person is either not actually out of a job, but due to need for money, has taken a job which does not allow him (her) to take care of the people and housing as it was done before. It also may include joblessness when people give up on looking for a job. Both situations can be stressful and lead to serious emotional and physical illness. It is not only the loss of income… but also represents loss of control over what may happen in the future to their home and family. A parent no longer able to supply children with what they and most of their friends have had in the past may develop a sense of failure or shame. Unemployment (also underemployment) is a serious social problem, especially since most of those experiencing unemployment are dealing with something that was lost through no fault of their own and reversal of it is also out of their control. The amount of people unemployed is expressed as a percent of the total work force, and has been regarded as a marker for how the economy is doing in general. Calculation of the rate of REAL UNEMPLOYMENT (the unemployed and the underemployed and those who have given up) is actually much higher. While there is no agreement on any one cause of the great depression of 1929, it is generally noted the final blow to the......
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...A Historic Inauguration Chaquita Johnson ENG 121 Composition I Instructor Ginger Marcinkowski December 20, 2015 A Historic Inauguration I remember it like it was yesterday, feeling honored, excited and staring in awe among millions of people who were just as excited as me. I could not begin to comprehend how much this event would affect my life because I had a first-hand account of experiencing history. January 20, 2009, will forever be among the most remarkable events in my life. Witnessing the inauguration of our nation's’ first African American president holds a momentous place in my heart and mind. Two a.m. Sunday morning before Barack Obamas’ inauguration ceremony, many of my family and friends loaded a crowded charter bus for the historic journey to our Nations’ Capital to witness this life changing event. As we traveled 10 hours by bus to Washington D.C, you could hear women laugh like hyenas and gallant voices of men telling tales of when they encountered instances of racism and injustice. As I sat inaudible in my bucket seat wrapped in a patchwork chevron quilt, I immersed myself in the cultural conversations around me while acquiring knowledge of the struggles my elders endured during the Civil Rights Movement. One common facet in every conversation was the fact that they never thought they would live to see a black president. Oh, how it made me proud to see how our nation has evolved and that my elders lived to experience it too! Further......
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...characteristics apply to Kennedy, and demonstrates their causality of his charismatic leadership persona, which endured long past (and perhaps in part because of) his assassination in 1963. The United States was in a state of controlled turmoil. Unknown dangers were threatened from enemies abroad, while moral concerns further eroded confidence at home. The nation was emerging from a decade of paranoia and fear stirred up by certain high-ranking members of the federal government. In this election year, a Democratic Senator would become one of the youngest men ever elected to the office of President of the United States of America in a historically barrier-breaking election. No, the year is not 2008, and the President is not Barack Obama. Instead, turning the calendars back to 1960 brings us the year that John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected the thirty-fifth President of the United States of America, the youngest man ever elected to the office, as well as being the only Roman Catholic to ever hold the highest position in the nation. Social scientists have largely agreed on four basic characteristics common to the situations of all charismatic leaders. First and foremost, there must be a crisis situation, which leads to the second requirement, a potential group of followers who are in distress, presumably due to the crisis situation at hand. Third, the leader who steps into this...
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...http://hr.blr.com/whitepapers/Staffing-Training/Leadership/10-Qualities-that-Made-Abraham-Lincoln-a-Great-Lea 10 Qualities that Made Abraham Lincoln a Great Leader By Catherine L. Moreton, J.D. Capacity to Listen to Different Points of View While researching her Pulitzer Prize winning book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Kearns Goodwin learned that Lincoln had the capacity to listen to different points of view. He created a climate where Cabinet members were free to disagree without fear of retaliation. At the same time, he knew when to stop the discussion and after listening to the various opinions, make a final decision. Ability to Learn on the Job Lincoln was able to acknowledge errors, learn from them, and then move. In this way, he established a culture of learning in his administration, said Kearns Goodwin. Ready Willingness to Share Credit for Success In response to concerns expressed by friends about the actions of some of his Cabinet members, Lincoln stated that the "path to success and ambition is broad enough for two" said Kearns Goodwin. When there was success, Lincoln shared the credit with all of those involved. Ready Willingness to Share Blame for Failure When mistakes were made by members of his Cabinet, Lincoln stood up for them said Kearns Goodwin. When contracts related to the war effort raised serious questions about a member of his administration, Lincoln spoke up and indicated that he and his entire Cabinet...
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...decide whether to let Obama keep the keys to the White House or send him packing, here’s a primer in political prognostication: past is prologue; and personality drives behavior. Past is prologue The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. No speech, no campaign promise will fundamentally alter the general tenor of the Obama presidency in a second term. If you dislike Obama’s first-term agenda or leadership style as president, there’s little reason to cast a vote for Obama in hope of change. For the nonpartisan or independent voter, the great challenge is to anticipate how the candidate will govern. That task is simplified with an incumbent because the candidate’s track record telegraphs his likely path. However, the future is always uncertain. Little did we know when we sized up George W. Bush’s fitness for office in 2000 that history would throw us a curveball a year later in the form of Sept. 11. This is where political psychology earns its keep. Personality drives behavior Personality refers to the stable patterns of a person’s motives, thoughts and actions over time and across a broad range of situations. Accurate personality assessment allows us to anticipate a leader’s response to a broad range of contingencies – including those not currently on the political radar. Equally important, political psychologists have developed predictive models that link a leader’s personality traits to his or her likely performance as chief executive. Obama is a......
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... Barack Obama Barack Obama Biography U.S. Representative, U.S. President, Lawyer (1961–) Early Life Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His mother, Ann Dunham, grew up in Wichita, Kansas, where her father worked on oil rigs during the Great Depression. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dunham's father, Stanley, enlisted in the service and marched across Europe in Patton's army. Dunham's mother, Madelyn, went to work on a bomber assembly line. After the war, the couple studied on the G.I. Bill, bought a house through the Federal Housing Program and, after several moves, landed in Hawaii. Barack Obama's father, Barack Obama Sr., was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Obama Sr. grew up herding goats in Africa, eventually earning a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and pursue his dreams of college in Hawaii. While studying at the University of Hawaii in Manoa, Obama Sr. met fellow student Ann Dunham, and they married on February 2, 1961. Barack was born six months later. Obama did not have a relationship with his father as a child. When his son was still an infant, Obama Sr. relocated to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University, pursuing a Ph.D. Barack's parents officially separated several months later and ultimately divorced in March 1964, when their son was 2. In 1965, Obama Sr. returned to Kenya. In 1965, Dunham married Lolo......
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...Macroeconomics in Unemployment Kimberly G Business, Government & the International Economy January 23, 2013 Abstract Macroeconomics in Unemployment With the economy struggling unemployment is a term that we have come to hear far too often over the past several years. Everywhere you turn millions of people are struggling to find some type of work. Those that are jobless find often themselves losing their sense of self respect, purpose, and income. Many of them will have their homes and cars repossessed. Sadly enough it is not just the individuals themselves that are hurt, their families also struggle along with them. Many people in today’s society think that unemployment does not affect them. The sad truth is that unemployment affects everyone on several different levels. The government is affect by benefit to be paid out and loss of tax earnings, businesses are affected by less spending, the unemployed face loss of ability to survive, and in general every working individual has to pick up the expenses through their taxes (McClelland & Macdonald, 1998). What is Unemployment and The Causes To understand how unemployment affects society one must first understand what defines a person as being truly unemployed. Unemployment is defined as when individuals do not have a job and they are able, willing, and seeking some form of work (Tucker, 2001). Not everyone that does not have a job is included in the unemployment numbers. Some of these people include full time......
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...Barack Obama Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States —becoming the first African American to serve in that office —on January 20, 2009. The son of a white American mother and a black Kenyan father, Obama grew up in Hawaii. Leaving the state to attend college, he earned degrees from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. Obama worked as a community organizer in Chicago, where he met and married Michelle LaVaughn Robinson in 1992. Their two daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha (Sasha) were born in 1998 and 2001, respectively. Obama was elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996 and served there for eight years. In 2004, he was elected by a record majority to the U.S. Senate from Illinois and, in February 2007, announced his candidacy for President. After winning a closely-fought contest against New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination, Obama handily defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican nominee for President, in the general election. When President Obama took office, he faced very significant challenges. The economy was officially in a recession, and the outgoing administration of George W. Bush had begun to implement a controversial "bail-out" package to try to help struggling financial institutions. In foreign affairs, the United States still had troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and warfare had broken out between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, illustrating......
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...The First Party System: Why Thomas Jefferson was Responsible American History to 1877 Thomas Jefferson is responsible for dividing the Federalist party of the late 1700s and creating what is known today as the first party system. Thomas Jefferson, who supported a small national government and individual rights, changed American politics by advocating rights of small planters and western farmers to divide the nation once united behind Federalist ideals. By dividing the once united Federalist party into two separate groups, he was able to gain the support needed to take the office of the President away from the Federalist party. This feat was more than a challenge for Jefferson and would shape the structure of American political parties forever. (1) In 1788, George Washington was the first President of the United States and he chose two men with contrasting views on what the fate of the United States should be as part of his advisory board. Thomas Jefferson was chosen by Washington as the head of Department of State. Jefferson was a Virginian and diplomat, known for his views on small national government and representing the small planters and western farmers of America. George Washington then chose Alexander Hamilton as his secretary of the Treasury. Born and raised in the Caribbean, he worked for Washington as his aid during the revolutionary war and was a lawyer. Hamilton was known for his views on a strong national government. He favored merchants and......
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...Just Water Under The Bush? By: Janice Foster There is a term that old folks often say to refer to something that has taken place in the past that cannot be changed and therefore you just get over it. This is easier said than done especially if you are the living reminder of what cannot be changed. All of us have been affected by George w. Bush and his administration whether it is good or bad, directly or indirectly. There are some of us who have been affected in ways that you can only imagine. Sometimes even though something has taken place in the past it can have an important bearing on how you prepare for your future. For Katrina and 911 victims, the term may not be so easy to apply in their lives. The presidency of George W. Bush began on January 20, 2001, when he was inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States of America. George W. Bush is the oldest son of former president George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush was elected president in the 2000 general election, and became the second US president whose father had held the same office. Bush did not get into office without some scandal and controversy because On December 8, 2000, the Supreme Court of Florida ordered that the Circuit Court of Leon County tabulate by hand 9,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County. It also ordered the inclusion in the certified vote totals of 215 votes identified in Palm Beach County and 168 votes identified in Miami-Dade County for Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., and Senator Joseph......
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