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The State of the Union address 2010 Commentary February 4, 2010

It was only a few days ago, January 27th, that President Barack Obama delivered “The State of the Union Address”. And of course, this had both its pros and cons. First of, President Obama covered a variety of topics during his address; from topics such as the recession, going “green”, and equal pay. The following quote is what I thought was one of the biggest “cons” in Obama’s address: “But to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more, efficiency, more incentives. And that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country. It means making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development. It means continued investment in advanced bio-fuels and clean coal technologies. And yes, it means passing a comprehensive energy and climate bill with incentives that will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy in America.” Clean coal, and nuclear power is certainly not eco-friendly, energy efficient, nor clean at all from my perspective. It just does not exist. It’s like trying to cleanse a puddle of mud with “Windex” and stating that it’s clean enough. On the contrary, one of the things I fully agreed on was “equal pay”. I am really glad president Obama mentioned this. Women make only about 75cents for every $1 men make. As you can see, there is a major gap between the two quantities. Equal pay would play a very important role in society. It is prejudice for women to get paid less than men. Lets hope this change is made. During The State of The Union, Obama managed to obtain the audiences’ laughter with what he said: “And if there’s one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans, and everybody in between, it’s that we all hated the bank bailout. I hated it — I hated it. You hated it. It was about as popular as a root canal.” If you missed out on Obama’s State of the Union Address, you can access his speech at the web address at the bottom of this page. Let us know what YOU thought about The State of the Union by sending us an email at elcilantro@lvejo.org http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/us/politics/28obama.text.html?pagewanted=1&sq=the%20state%20of%20the%20union%20address&st=cse&scp=1

By: an anonymous writer(: