My Fellow Americans, I Come Before You Today To..........

Honestly I am frightened about the nest four years. And I will be listening to what he has to say. Already I am seriously questioning some things about some of his decisions. Like the new stimulus plan of the govt taking less out of our federal tax (makes me wonder will I get less back next yr?, I purposely choose to claim no dependents so they take the max and I have a decent size check at tax time), and the cutting back on programs here in the US (like medicare and the talks about retirees of military) but yet we need to increase our foreign aide to other countries all the while plants, factories are shutting down all around us and people are having to file unemployment. KY already has to borrow money from the federal govt to be able to pay unemployment benefits to KY residents who cannot get work or were laid off. We're not even out of the second month of the year.... And now people at work mentioned this idea of possibly gas rationing in our future...give me a break. Now that the "moment" is over we all have to deal with consequences. And it is frightening. Sorry I had a moment Sparks LOL

Well, now, that's the first good idea I've heard in ages. OH HELLYEAH!! I think a woman SHOULD lead the country and we wouldn't be in the messes we are in. GREAT IDEA!!

Several of the things he has chosen to do have us on end..pulling the troups out of Iraq and wanting to have the government take over all of the banks. They can't manage anything they have to now...Lord help us if they take over the banks. Yeah, I think we do need a woman ruling....we've seen what the men can and will do. A woman can not do any worse...they would most likely do much better. I never thought I'd see either a woman or a person of color from any country as the president or even running during my lifetime. Well it's here...wish a woman was there instead.

Sparks, I'm an American and he scares the heck out of all of us here! He is not the change he campaigned on. The recession should have been left alone and let it clear itself up. It needed NO money to do that! But we are now in debt up to our teeth and they are out there wanting more! He talks more than he works, and I don't think he has a clue about anything he's doing. Yes, and we are scared that removing all the troops from Iraq is going to let Iran walk right in and take over and it's going to be worse than ever. Our troops will then be in Afghanistan and then some will probably have to go back to Iraq to fight another war. AND our troops are getting tired. We aren't going to have enough man power here to help at home if we need it for the bad times here! I won't be watching him. I can't stand to hear or watch him. I have Glenn Beck recorded and will probably watch him while the speech is going on. I'll see it enough on Fox News afterwards. Frankly, I am TIRED of hearing how bad we are, what a troubled country he took over from Bush, etc! He isn't half the man or leader that Bush was! I have never heard Bush get on television and play our nation down! AND that is all you get out of this guy's mouth! His has only fear and scare tactics and I've heard enough!

Hi sparky, I don't know much about politics to be truthful but everyone seems to favour Obama to pulling the troops out of Iraq as everyone was against it in the first place but as for recession, we are having big problems over her in the UK, many people are out of work and many businesses are closing down including large department stores, so I can really say we are in a deep s**t so how much more can we take? I thought Obama was going to make a big difference to us, but maybe it will take a long time before we see the light at the end of the tunnel, what do you think? love and hugs. Tamara xxxxx

Sure why not. Can't be any worse than what we have already. Man, Woman, doesn't matter to me. Just do the job right. I'll probably watch his speech if I can stay awake lol.

we can vote you in but then ya aint a citizen here but neither is Obama he wont even produce his birth certificatre! So I dont think he really has a right to be prez. as he didnt do this. I hear nothing that is gouing to be good for any of us but more taxes for us to pay!

I missed my favorite shows, but at least I saw NCIS. Oh according to one of the other Canadians, we up here should all be praising him. I do wonder whether the former presidents spent that much time on the network, other then during a war. You know I do not like Hlllary that much - not being a Democrat supporter, if I lived in the States I would go for Republicans - but she would be much better than Obama. He really should scare all of you. And I thought when the football, baseball, and hockey games ran into overtime, I was really suffering. It this goes on, maybe I will have to buy all of my favorite Tv shows on Dvds because it looks as though I am not going to have a chance to watch many of them.

I hate politics, and if I wouldn't listen to George W - who I liked, you can sure bet I'm not listening to that socialist jerk who's pres now.

YES!YES! and triple YES! I am so O'Bama sick! I think he just likes to see himself on TV Sparks. He says the same things over and over, and yes, you said it, he and his new cabinet members are spend crazy. He keeps talking about creating "New Jobs", how about saving the ones already established. Our country needs to stop sending all our jobs to China, Japan and Indonesia. Oh and I left out Mexico. As for Afghanistan, he and the Democratic party have criticized Bush until the man has no bones left to pick meat from, for sending our troops to Iraq, but what is the difference here, he is making Afghanistan, his Iraq, go figure! Well off my soap box, can you tell I am not at all pleased with our new Prez?

Hooray for a woman president. Who do you want to nominate?

I'm with you!..To bad you are not in the USA..I'd vote you in.. And no since he took 2 hours away from tv for me i had to come here and visit all of you..lol..I didn't vote for him so why would i watch him?

A woman can't do any worse than men have done thus far No, I will not be watching or listening to Obama's address. I rarely ever listen to politicians speak because I just don't have the patience to figure out what they said after weeding out all the manure they spoke

Hey sparks! I'm starting to get a bit worried myself! I will hear about it when it's over! I'm not a big fan of watching long winded speeches! I just hope that I didn't make a mistake in my voting choice although the only other choice for me would have been not to vote! I wasn't going to vote for the other moron! I don't know what is going to happen, but I do hope that our President will keep his word and get some money into our pockets and not start any more wars or make things any worse then they already are! And as for a woman in charge, I was backing Hillary....

It is time for a real change, though I don't agree with everything the New President of the United States has done, there is a lot I agree with. Frankly education is a big issue for me and schools here in America are failing. Second, I believe that it is going to take not just the government, but every day Americans to make a change to make this country a better place to live. Me, I would have let all these companies gone under, I have not been for any government bail out in the previous administration or the current one. I feel the only thing it is going to do is hold off the inevitable for a few moths and then make it worst. I also lived on a military base that does desert training when Bush was elected into office. Two days after he was sworn in, he ordered our base to train more soldiers. We went from 2,000 soldiers a month to training 20,000 soldiers a month, with no notice. When the General was asked what was going on he said and I quote "We are going to invade Iraq around Christmas". 9/11 happened and it was pushed off to a little later. But 9/11 was an excuse to invade that country. I believe if a country don't like its leader, it should revolt against that leader, it was not the job or the US or any other country to go into Iraq or any other country for that matter, until the people are fighting on there own, against the in justice. Not to say people can't come and help them later, but its the people who should have started it, not the US. I have been for hunting down terrorist that attacked the US on 9/11. If they are hiding in Afghanistan then that is where we should be.

[i]Hi sparks, I hate listening about politics but I know it is important to be well informed about what is going on! I am sure this economic condition will not be solved this year, a lot of people are losing their jobs and a lot of businesses are closing down, it takes time for sure to overcome this! I guess we need to try to have a woman power in this COuntry. I just don't have any clue who would it be! heheheheh![/i]

;tiptoeing gingerly through this discussion. Nothing to add at the moment, just waving at Sparks. ;skips off Hee

Well, 9 1/2 out of 10 politicians are suave talkers? AHahaWhat happened to "by the people, for the people"? Hmmm, even uncle Ben had a point when he told Pete " With great power comes great responsibility"? Haha

Hey Daffy, This guy has always frightened me. So far nothing I've seen or heard has made me anymore confident in his Presidency. I know it's only beena month but he sure has had a lot of press time in just one months time. An for what? America is in BIG trouble I'm afraid. A woman would be a welcome change. leenie

i did watch it and was waiting patiently in between the seemingly constant applause for the president to explain his plan to fix this mess we are in. was everyone who voted so blinded by the need for "CHANGE" that they didn't notice that maybe he was not qualified to handle it. don't get me wrong he probably was the lesser of two evils but it takes more than a new president to fix the mess this country is in. things have been crooked for a long time. i am sorry but some of his comments last night made no sense to me. so according to obama if i volunteer at my kids school somehow the government will recognize that and i will be rewarded for that? how can anyone who has to work to support themselves further their education? who is going to pay for that? i am unemployed due to my place of business closing down. aside from unemployment (which I paid into and I deserve) no one is bailing me out! his stimulas plan does nothing to give me health care, my previous job was not providing it. i have some money in the bank (it's called a nest egg) so therefore i cannot think of getting food stamps. i am not in foreclosure, i rent and pay it on time. i cannot now afford a home and when i had a job i knew my income was not enough to safely commit to a mortgage. i didn't like sarah palin but i could have seen hillary in charge. men need us for everything anyway, don't they. as obama says, michelle is in charge at home....hmmmm....makes you think!