Student 2/22/13 Dr. Chambers Arts & Humanities 2 sec. 5 Extra Credit: Obama State of the Union Address On February 12th of this year President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address to the congress and people of this nation. In this address Obama would touch base on manufacturing‚ climate change‚ raising minimum wage‚ expanding pre-k‚ etc. Our lives are changing each day and most of us are lost and depend on the government to provide us with new information. It’s essential to do
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Obama read a lot throughout his term‚ it gave him “perspective”. “The Three-Body Problem” by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin helped him stay grounded‚ when he thought things were bad‚ he could look back at this book and compare his problems. Marilynne Robinson’s novels gave insight on midwestern citizens such as their values and responsibilities. Writing was his creative outlook‚ he was able to put his thoughts in words‚ following the footsteps of Lincoln. Obama would find people who were isolated
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Colonialism Obama mentions the book Heart of Darkness several times in the book‚ suggesting possibly that the context within which events are occurring in the book is colonialism. Heart of Darkness was written by Joseph Conrad at a time when European colonialism was at its height‚ invading and occupying large parts of Africa‚ including Kenya‚ the ancestral homeland of Obama himself. He also makes references to his father’s voice‚ much like Conrad refers to the voice of Kurtz‚ a mysterious character
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future Countless have said that all men were created equal‚ but what about the prodigious black men of all time. Were King‚ Douglass‚ and Obama all created equal‚ or were these men chosen to be predestined for greatness? What constitutes "greatness" in politics? Names that come readily to mind‚ like Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ Frederick Douglass‚ and Barack Obama‚ are those who rose to inspire their countries in times of turmoil and change; so it seems that circumstances are just as important as character
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Change If You Were President Acceptance in America really isn’t an African-American man’s forte. But that was not the case in the year 2008. The Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention‚ on August 28‚ 2008 was given by a man named Barack Obama. The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a convention held by the Democratic national committee. At the (DNC) the Democratic party nominates the candidate who they want to become the next President of the United States of America. The DNC has
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MLK/Obama Comparative Essay On September 18‚ 1963‚ in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ tragedy struck Sixteenth Street Baptist Church when a bomb planted in the basement detonated and killed four young teenage girls‚ who were changing into choir robes. Nearly 50 years later‚ a similar tragedy occurred in Newtown‚ Connecticut. Twenty-six were shot multiple times at Sandy Hook Elementary school‚ 20 of those killed victims being kindergarteners. After the bombing‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a public eulogy
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charged significantly more for basic services and died when medical care could have saved them. Unfortunately‚ it’s not only the uninsured who suffer in this desperate situation. Of the more than one million‚ five-hundred thousand bankruptcies filed in the United States before President Barack Obama’s administration‚ about half were a result of medical bills; of those‚ three-quarters of filers actually had health insurance (Pibel 1). On March 23 of 2010‚ the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Barack Obama delivered a speech on racial relations‚ people consider it was the one of the greatest speeches ever given on race. The speech‚ “A More Perfect Union” was delivered March 18‚ 2008‚ at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. Reaction was largely positive‚ drawing comparisons to Martin Luther King‚ “I have a dream speech.” On the other hand‚ the “Problem we All Live With” and Elizabeth and Hazel they both have same impact segregation. A wide-range of context surveying
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ABORTION: OBAMA VS. ROMNEY In today’s society‚ abortion is a very important topic in politics. Right now‚ President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney are running for presidency. I think that the view on abortion for these two candidates will be very important in this election. One reason I think this is because “In an October Gallup poll‚ most Americans identified abortion as an important issue in the coming election. Forty-five percent said that it will become one of the many factors that will affect
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When Obama was elected‚ he inherited the issue of the economic crisis from the Bush presidency. Unfortunately‚ he had to solve this issue before moving into some of the promises he had made to the American people during his campaign. Some of the decisions he made just to lighten the blow of the economic crisis were somewhat contradicting to his initial promises. Although Obama knew of the upcoming battle he had to face with the economic crisis‚ he made grand promises to the public‚ promises such
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