Excellent speech. Laid out President Obama's vision

[ProSense]

Hit all the points:

• Investment in governmentt-funded research and technology
  
• Investment in infrastructure, repairing crumbling roads and bridges
  
• 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.
  
• Eliminate billions in taxpayer dollars subsidies for oil companies.
  
• By 2035, 80% of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources.
  
• Within 25 years, give 80% of Americans access to high-speed rail
  
• Investment in education, including replacing No Child Left Behind and preparing 100,000 new teachers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.
  
• Strengthen and protect Social Security for future generations.
  
• Eliminate tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans
  
• Strengthen health care law to increase affordability and reduce costs.
  
• Reduce the deficit by $400 billion over 10 years.
  
• Simplify the tax code for businesses by elimininating loopholes and and for individuals to make it more fair.
  
• Set a goal of doubling our exports by 2014
  
• DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform
  
• Bring all the troops home from Iraq this year.
  
• Begin withdrawal from Afghanistan in July.

[impik]

1. But where is the substance???!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kweli4Real]

5. IT WAS A SPEECH!!!!!

How, praytell, does one provide substance to an hour long wide ranging speech?

[CakeGrrl]

6. Exactly. The poster was being facetious. n/t

[donheld]

18. After 3 years of great speeches and little action

we've already seen the substance. During the campaign he was all about Main-street not Wall-street. Since his inauguration it's been 90% Wall Street 10% Main-street.

[tularetom]

2. And he's going to accomplish all this while "streamlining" government

I hope he can get even half of this done by 2016.

But I'm skeptical.

I printed out that list and I'm taping it to my desk where I can see it everyday. It'll make a nice scorecard.

[frazzled]

3. But where was the mention of ...

home remedies for your cat's hairballs? My cat has a hairball problem and he didn't address it once!

Where was there talk about the relative merits of AP courses in high school -- or not?

And prunes versus laxatives for constipation. He did not even TRY to address that issue. (Despite the fact that the orange-faced guy sitting behind him looked like he could have used some advice on the subject.)

[JohnnyLib2]

4. Is this list from the White House site?

I switched back and forth, so may have missed it.

[RichGirl]

7. I agree...EXCELLENT.

It's what the public needed to hear.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. Hey, he's been looking at my shopping list!

great job brother!

[ProSense]

14. Looking forward to the President's

budget. From the speech:

<...>

This is our generation’s Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven’t seen since the height of the Space Race. In a few weeks, I will be sending a budget to Congress that helps us meet that goal. We’ll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology – an investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people.

<...>

[eridani]

17. Geez. I don't recall that we responded to the first Sputnik by

--being deficit hawks and freezing government spending. We did the opposite--massive spending on the interstate highway system and expanding higher education.

[killbotfactory]

9. Reminds me of every republican speech that occurred during my lifetime.

Oh wait, no. No it doesn't.

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[slay]

12. Nobody has ever claimed Obama doesn't give good speeches...

his actions, well, those leave a lot to be desired IMO. Two costly needless pointless wars for profit, cover up of war crimes by the Bush admin, not standing up for REAL health care reform, siding with big business and big banks over the american people, etc.

[ProSense]

13. It was an excellent speech, and

his actions are here, here, here and here.

[Enrique]

15. I was wondering where you would come down on it

;-)

[woo me with science]

19. ...

:rofl:

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