Obama Inaugural Address Essay

When the twin towers were destroyed in New York City by the terrorist group led by Osama Bin Laden, a Country filled with panic, sadness, and anger was left behind. Thousands of innocent civilians were killed, and the families of the fallen suffered greatly. People demanded answers, and wanted justice. People also felt unsafe, and were unaware if it was reasonable to expect another attack. President George Walker Bush prepares a speech for congress to discuss the events that took place, and the plans that will take place because of these events. The objectives of the speech Bush was trying to accomplish were informing the nation what had happed on September 11th, he then noted that it was not Muslins to be blamed for the attack, the challenges that lie ahead, and our plan for the “War on Terror.” The President uses the canons of rhetoric to execute a speech that met his audience’s needs.

To start off Obama’s action blatantly ignores the separations of powers and the principle our country was founded on.(cnn.com) This tells me that Obama is not the right person to have the powers that others have had, because he hasn’t been on top of what he should be doing. Next to that, in the article it stated, “President Obama is not above the law and has no right to issue executive amnesty.”(cnn.com) This shows me if he is not above or thinking about the law how are we supposed to be safe? He needs to show the people why they voted for him. Furthermore, president Obama has said 22 times he does not have the power to legislate on immigration.(cnn.com) This is important because it tells us that Obama is not the right person to have the powers that others have hard. It tells me that because he hasn’t been on top of what he should be

President Ronald Reagan faced issues similar to what Obama is facing now; however, Reagan handled them more professionally and with more success. Obama is going about solving the United States’ issues poorly; he should be using methods similar to Reagan’s instead. Ronald Reagan was able to bring an end to the Cold War with tough negotiations and stand his ground for what he believed was right. Obama is faced with a war against ISIS and if he doesn't start taking actions to help protect the U.S., like keeping terrorists from entering the U.S., we could be faced with majors problems. When Reagan was president 35 years years ago, he was faced with harsh economic and foreign issues, primarily because of the Cold War. The United States’ current president, Barack Obama, faces similar issues regarding the economy and disputes with foreign countries. However, Reagan was more superior and

The common defense is the next main focus of this speech. Life, and Liberty are the main topics here. Obama says that “America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.” And then he states that “We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people” But then says “for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.” Obama seems to have some trouble explaining what he wants to achieve. He says we as country are ready to lead, and protect our friends from any terror or slaughtering, and that we will defeat any one inducing terror. While Obama tells us that he will continue the trend of protecting our country and friends, he must be forgetting that he is the one that wants out of Iraq. So does he want to help our friends, the Iraqi people, or not? Contradictory statements won’t answer that question.

The idea of democracy is highlighted by the fact that the executives don’t have too much power, so they can’t abuse it. Nonetheless, Obama is abusing his abilities in this particular counter-terrorism program. He has an overwhelming power as far as tactics and people’s lives. This is because the drone system is completely run through him and his final decisions (Babbin, 2013, Obama’s Drone War). In the academic journal Legal Ethics Is About the Law, Not Morality or Justice: A Reply to Critics, Bradley Wendel (2012) states “Obama Administration have prepared a still-secret memo authorizing the President to kill American citizens abroad without a trial.” A weak president is bad, but

Picture this: a cold January day in Washington D.C, the first African American president is about to be inaugurated with a combined audience of over 38 million looking to be inspired.

Since President Abraham Lincoln’s famous second inaugural address nearly 150 years ago it has been a long standing tradition for the President’s inaugural address to present a somewhat ambiguous claim for world transformation and diplomacy. President George W. Bush’s second inaugural address is no different. It set forth President Bush’s ambitious vision of the United States’ role in advancing of freedom, liberty, and democracy worldwide “with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world” (para. 7). In order to persuade his audience to adhere to his arguably over ambiguous goal, President Bush uses a rhetoric strategy that blends elements of ethos and pathos with specific word choice to

All too familiar with addressing tragedies, President Obama spoke again, this time condemning the “horrific terrorist attack” in Nice, France. He was equally appalled in November in response to the attacks in Paris, saying “Once again, we’ve seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians.” A month prior to the Paris attacks, he issued a challenge to the media following the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. He wanted news organizations to compare the number of Americans killed in terrorist attacks versus those killed by gun violence. They responded in droves and the results were predictable, gun deaths dwarf those of terrorism. But the President wasn’t wrong, he just didn’t

President Obama’s speech this Sunday really wasn’t all that bad. Mr. Obama talked about the border threat of terrorism, and how we can keep our country safe. He also talked about how we have been to war with terrorist ever since al Qaeda. Al Qaeda killed almost 3,000 people, on September 1999. The United States has kept a handle on keeping our nation safe, from big terrorist threats, to mass shootings, but we are slacking on the little things. The mass shootings are extremely ridiculous, and they need to figure something out.

What I learned about Obama's speech about American culture(s) was that he is trying to prevent massive killings such as 9/11, Sandy Hook shooting, and Boston Bombing. From this massive attacks Obama has came together with the muslims to help “take out” all these potential terrorist. But my a question i have is: Is Obama taking out the right people? Obama states that what's happening is like cancer something that has been going out through ages but there is a cure to end it; we just have not found it yet. The U.S is very strong and smart and we have enough equipment that we need in order to decrease the numerous attacks. One thing that Obama made clear was that we can’t “turn on one another” saying that we should cooperate with the Muslims and come all together and fight for our country. Obama is allowing government officials to take action if they sense any sort of danger to the communities or harm to others. Yes, we have very high tech equipment but are we using it in the best of our ability?

The President of The United States in supposed to be the epitome of strength and leadership, but it has shrank considerably with the increasing amount of attacks under Obama’s two terms. No matter what we do, terrorists seem to keep cause considerable trepidation throughout all, and terrorist pose a gargantuan threat to other parts of the world. Barack Obama was going to eliminate these threats, but after two terms, the country is still having terrorists creating panic in the country, this was inevitable. Barack Obama should have taken more offensive and defensive measures against terrorists because we have had eight terrorist attacks since his presidency, we have had suicide bombers traipsing through our boundaries, and we have not had any progress through his judgement.

After gathering the American people’s attention, Obama states the “heroic work of our military and our counterterrorism professionals.” Generally he tells the American people that they made lots of progress on the war on terrorism. He says “our” because it tells the American people their efforts weren’t futile. He also uses this term to show the American people are part of the war on terrorism. Constantly using words of unity, Obama uses a mixture of ethos and pathos. He makes

Some might say that one attack a year is not a lot, but the deaths caused by the attacks are irreparable. Obama claimed to have the issue of terrorism under control but still allowed the Orlando shooting. The Orlando shooting was one of the tragic and deadliest, malignant shootings. “Obama said Orlando ‘marks the most deadly shooting in American history.’ Actually, it was the second-worst act of Islamic terrorism in American history…” (Sperry). At the shooting, 49 people were killed by a shooter who pledged ISIS, a diabolical, ominous Islamic terrorist group, allegiance. Had Obama started his quest to end terrorism after the first attack, this shooting could have been

The American rhetoric of Presidents like Barack Hussein Obama and John F. Kennedy, who both served the United States of America are found in the corners of history. The inaugural speeches of Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy are given after reciting the oath of office as newly elected leaders of the country in the case of Kennedy and a second inauguration for the current commander-of-chief. The inaugural speeches of John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama are part of world history knowing that the United States of America is still the most powerful and influential nation in the world. Their voices in the inaugural addresses that they both delivered are very influential that even the younger generations could

The opportunity to attend the inauguration began November 9, 2016, the day after the election. Immediately after Mr. Trump won the election I sent an email to my local state representative, Mr. Ted Yoho, regarding acquiring tickets to the inauguration. Tickets can be acquired to the inauguration by inquiring to your state representative or senator. Tickets allow the attendee to have a closer viewing area for the inauguration that is closed to the public. Between the 100 senators and 435 state representatives there are 250,000 tickets distributed. However, you can still attend the inauguration without tickets, but you will be required to stand in the national mall instead of on the capitol grounds. When I arrived in Washington D.C. on January